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Karen Blumenthal

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Dallas, TX

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Karen Blumenthal is a critically acclaimed author of narrative nonfiction for young people, who is fascinated by controversial subjects and social change. Her books include Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different; Tommy: The Gun that Changed America; Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History, and Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX. Her books have won a Sibert Honor and a Jane Addams Children's Book award and have been a finalist for YALSA's Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults award three times. She lives in Dallas, where Roe v. Wade originated. For more information, go to www.karenblumenthal.com. ...more

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Average rating: 3.91 · 11,585 ratings · 1,948 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors

	Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different: A Biography 3.95 avg rating — 6,560 ratings — published 2012 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jane Against the World: Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights 4.33 avg rating — 1,136 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend 3.79 avg rating — 1,191 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition 3.68 avg rating — 1,072 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America 3.58 avg rating — 377 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History 3.79 avg rating — 336 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tommy: The Gun That Changed America 3.63 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929; A Wall Street Journal Book 3.73 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revolutionary Mary: The True Story of One Woman, the Declaration of Independence, and America's Fight for Freedom by Karen Blumenthal (Goodreads Author), Jen McCartney, Elizabeth Baddeley (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2025	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grande Expectations: A Year in the Life of Starbucks' Stock 3.29 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2007 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”
― Karen Blumenthal, Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different: A Biography

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“BIG THINKERS OFTEN DO BIG THINGS. SMALL THINKERS NEVER DO BIG THINGS.”
― Karen Blumenthal, Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different: A Biography

tags: dream-big, limitless, look-up, passionate, the-sky-is-the-limit, think-big, think-bigger, thinkers

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“Steve Jobs, He trusted that the dots would connect . He believed the reward is the journey.
He followed his heart. He didn't settle for Okay.
He did what he loved. And if he didn't love what he did, if didn't believe it was a great work, he redid it again and again.
He tried to live each day as though it really matter, even before he had cancer.”
― Karen Blumenthal, Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different: A Biography

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Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma

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Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol

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Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard

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Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey

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The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow

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Karma by Cathy Ostlere

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Queen of Hearts by Martha Brooks

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The Silver Bowl by Diane Stanley

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Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition by Karen Blumenthal

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Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court by Marc Aronson and Charles R. Smith Jr.

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