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Harry Mazer


Born
in New York City, New York, The United States
May 31, 1925

Died
April 07, 2016

Genre
Young Adult, Children's Books


Harry Mazer is an American author of books for children and young adults, acclaimed for his 'realistic' novels. He has written twenty-two novels, including The Solid Gold Kid, The Island Keeper, Heroes Don't Run, and Snow Bound, which was adapted as an NBC After school special, as well as one work of poetry and a few short stories. ...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 7,206 ratings · 1,360 reviews · 42 distinct works • Similar authors
A Boy at War: A Novel of Pe...
3.81 avg rating — 2,049 ratings — published 2001 — 30 editions
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Somebody, Please Tell Me Wh...
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The Last Mission
4.06 avg rating — 743 ratings — published 1979 — 18 editions
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Heroes Don't Run: A Novel o...
3.98 avg rating — 713 ratings — published 2005 — 14 editions
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A Boy No More (Adam Pelko, #2)
3.77 avg rating — 672 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions
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Snow Bound
3.34 avg rating — 490 ratings — published 1973 — 25 editions
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The Island Keeper
4.15 avg rating — 352 ratings — published 1981 — 14 editions
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I Love You, Stupid!
3.62 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1981 — 10 editions
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My Brother Abe: Sally Linco...
3.54 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
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When the Phone Rang
3.21 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1985 — 12 editions
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“Books are our windows on the world. They permit us to safely experience other lives and ways of thinking and feeling. Books give us a glimmer of the complexity and wonder of life. All this, the censor would deny us.”
― Harry Mazer, Places I Never Meant to Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers
tags: censorship
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“Its my son again. Ja its Emory, God be thanked.”
― Harry Mazer, Heroes Don't Run: A Novel of the Pacific War
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“I struggle each day not to let the fear of the censor poison my writing. Where the censor rules, a dull sameness creeps into books.”
― Harry Mazer, Places I Never Meant to Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers
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