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Kate S. Richards

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South Africa

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http://www.katesrichards.com

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Children's, Historical Fiction, Young Adult

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Kate S Richards lives with her husband and two adult kids in a house in the rainforest, with a menagerie of cats and dogs. Kate is a school librarian at a primary school in the Waitakere Ranges, working in a cosy red library amidst the kauri trees and the swooping kererus.

Kate loves spending time with the children at school - chatting about books, dressing up as book characters, talking about writing and supporting reading engagement.

Trainsurfer is her debut novel.

Saving Thandi is the sequel to Trainsurfer, in the series "Adventures of Jabu & Friends". Nikau's Escape is the climactic final in the series.

Call Me Madeleine is a near future climate change fiction (Cli-Fi), with intergenerational themes and a Christian romantic subplot.

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Average rating: 4.09 · 101 ratings · 58 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Trainsurfer 3.93 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2018 — 4 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
	Saving Thandi 4.38 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2019 — 2 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
	Call Me Madeleine 3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2021 — 3 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
	Nikau's Escape (Adventures of Jabu & Friends Book 3) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 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
	Maia & the Mermaid Princess really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 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
	Adventures of Jabu & Friends: The Complete Trilogy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 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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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

by Gabor Maté

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Bookshop Dogs

by Ruth Shaw

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Kate has read Angelina: From Stromboli to D'Urville Island - A Family's Story by Gerard Hindmarsh	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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Kate’s Quotes

“Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart.”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

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“There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.”
― Kate DiCamillo, Because of Winn-Dixie

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“There is nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name.”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux

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