LITLWITCH - Ellen Levine, author of children’s books, Jun 08, 2012

 "Ellen Levine, an author whose historical accounts of struggling immigrants and persecuted minorities illuminated complex social issues for children and young adults in clear and concise prose, died May 26 at a hospital in New York. She was 73.
She had lung cancer, said her wife, Anne Koedt.
Ms. Levine was a lawyer and producer for CBS documentaries before she became a celebrated author of more than 20 books.
Her writing career rose to prominence in the early 1990s, and her works included illustrated stories for children, novels for young adults and critical assessments of radical feminism"
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