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Brian Katcher
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June 2008
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Almost Perfect
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2009
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16 editions
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The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak
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2015
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Playing with Matches
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2008
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7 editions
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Deacon Locke Went to Prom
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2017
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Everyone Dies in the End
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2014
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Awake
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2011
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Marley's Ghost
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In Loco Parentis: How We Cultivate Our Garden
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Brian’s Recent Updates
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What's the Name of That Book???
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SOLVED. Children's Picture Book about a kid whose parents install a drawbridge on their house. Read in early 1980s.
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SOLVED. Children's Mystery book. Kids find something in a hollow tree after it's hit by lightning. Read around 1982.
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beichst wrote: "Pretty sure this is the 1949 YA novel Mystery in the Pirate Oak by Helen Fuller Orton. Your description is spot on."
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Pitigliano: The City of Stone and Sunlight 2026: A Complete Travel Guide to Pitigliano, Italy — Etruscan Legends, Caves, and Ancient Streets.:
"AI trash, just like the rest of his ‘books’, which are the outcome of some prompts. Avoid this scammer at all costs. "
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"Written by AI. Parts of AI prompts has been overlooked by editors and made it to the final print. Please refrain from byuing this book. "
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“Everyone thinks they're the only one who's ever been hurt.”
― The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak
― The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak
“Everyone has that one line they swear they'll never cross, the one thing they say they'll never do. Not something serious like I'll never kill anyone or I'll never invade Russia in the winter. Usually, it's something less earth-shattering.
I'll never cheat on her.
I'll never work at a job I hate.
I'll never give up on my dreams.
We draw the line. Maybe we even believe it. That's why it's so hard when we break that promise we make to ourselves.
Sage Hendricks was my line.”
― Almost Perfect
I'll never cheat on her.
I'll never work at a job I hate.
I'll never give up on my dreams.
We draw the line. Maybe we even believe it. That's why it's so hard when we break that promise we make to ourselves.
Sage Hendricks was my line.”
― Almost Perfect
“Because that's the way the world works, isn't it? You can work hard and be miserable, or do nothing and be happy.”
― The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak
― The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak
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Which book should the YA LGBT Group read for our February 2013 Book of the Month?
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Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Wild Things: YA G...: Reading Challenge #7 - Report Points Here | 480 | 223 | Apr 14, 2011 09:58PM | |
| The Teen Writing,...: Recommendations | 5 | 9 | Sep 02, 2011 11:40PM | |
| Wild Things: YA G...: August group read winners! | 19 | 87 | Aug 04, 2012 04:45PM | |
| Chaos Reading: YA Books Dealing with Gender Identity | 20 | 492 | Aug 26, 2012 02:28PM | |
| 2026 Reading Chal...: Trevor's 125 Books for 2012 | 197 | 149 | Dec 20, 2012 03:28PM | |
| 2026 Reading Chal...: Trevor's Corner | 31 | 93 | Dec 24, 2012 08:39AM | |
| YA LGBT Books: February Book of the Month - WINNER is Will Grayson-WG | 28 | 55 | Feb 04, 2013 07:22AM | |
| Wild Things: YA G...: Reading Challenge #15 - Report Points Here | 174 | 172 | Apr 01, 2013 09:34PM | |
| Book Nook Cafe: What I read ~~ March 2013 | 62 | 96 | Apr 11, 2013 07:01AM | |
| 2026 Reading Chal...: The Listopia Challenge January-December | 244 | 242 | Apr 30, 2013 05:54PM |
“dreamers--which the English call splash; Arabian poets gasgachau; and which we Frenchmen, who would be poets, can only translate by a paraphrase--the noise of water falling into water.”
― The Vicomte de Bragelonne
― The Vicomte de Bragelonne
“this is a very fair gathering--circumspect, calm, accustomed to disturbance, acquainted with blows! Peste! I have been lucky.”
― The Vicomte de Bragelonne
― The Vicomte de Bragelonne
“Mazarin, in his character of cardinal and prime minister, was almost an atheist, and quite a materialist.”
― The Vicomte de Bragelonne
― The Vicomte de Bragelonne
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Wow, my cats don't even have middle names. I'm glad that my book touched you so much. My next book should be out in summer of 2012. Thanks for the pick me up!
I've been wanting to tell you that my cat's middle name is Sage, after your character. :) Please keep writing--your characters are so intriguing to me!