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Gail Giles

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Born

Galveston, The United States

Website

http://www.gailgiles.com

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

Member Since

May 2010

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Gail Giles is the author of six young adult novels. Her debut novel, Shattering Glass, was an ALA Best of the Best Book, a Book Sense 76 selection, and a Booklist Top 10 Mystery for Youth selection. The novel is about an high school boy named Simon Glass that is helped to become one of the most popular dogs in school by other students. Her second novel, Dead Girls Don’t Write Letters, was an ALA Top 10 Quick pick (2003) and a Book Sense 76 selection. Her third novel, Playing in Traffic, is an epic story about a boy trying to help a gothic girl.

She is a former high school teacher who grew up in Texas and now lives there happily with her husband, two dogs, and three cats. Gail has one son and two grandsons.

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It's all because of those birds

I can't write lately. I'm obsessed with birds. Angry Birds. Yes, THOSE angry birds and those, arrogant green pigs that smile when I can't kill them.

I gotta get out more.

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Average rating: 3.81 · 25,931 ratings · 3,364 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Right Behind You 4.02 avg rating — 5,466 ratings — published 2007 — 18 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
	What Happened to Cass McBride? 3.71 avg rating — 5,427 ratings — published 2006 — 24 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
	Girls Like Us 3.93 avg rating — 4,991 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Shattering Glass 3.84 avg rating — 5,046 ratings — published 2002 — 20 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
	Dead Girls Don't Write Letters 3.57 avg rating — 2,702 ratings — published 2003 — 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
	Dark Song 3.40 avg rating — 1,549 ratings — published 2010 — 10 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
	Playing in Traffic 3.58 avg rating — 711 ratings — published 2003 — 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
	Breath of the Dragon really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1997 — 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
	No Returns (The Battleband Saga, #1) by Gail Giles (Goodreads Author), Deb Vanasse (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Shattering Glass by Gail Giles (2003-09-01) 3.75 avg rating — 4 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

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“I figured out that I can't forget. I can't really forgive. But I can live. Live with it. Like you live with a scar or a limp or whatever. You always know it's there. It reminds you never to let yourself do anything so stupid and horrible and wrong again. I step out of my rut, step again, and keep stepping. (277)”
― Gail Giles, Right Behind You

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“Just like the breakthroughs, the bad stuff always takes you by surprise. (121)”
― Gail Giles, Right Behind You

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“Did you read the book or did you just read the words in order?”
― Gail Giles, Right Behind You

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Polls

Mystery March Readathon 2023
Please DON’T vote for one of the options.
Recommend mystery books or graphic novels for our readathon

Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: The Death of Nancy Drew by Anthony Del Col

4 votes, 33.3%

The Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson

2 votes, 16.7%

Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead

2 votes, 16.7%

Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Is Bad Manners) by Robin Stevens

1 vote, 8.3%

The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd

1 vote, 8.3%

Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton (write-in)

1 vote, 8.3%

The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer

0 votes, 0.0%

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

0 votes, 0.0%

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

0 votes, 0.0%

Pepper's Rules for Secret Sleuthing by Briana McDonald

0 votes, 0.0%

Dead Girls Don't Write Letters by Gail Giles

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Something Rotten by Alan Gratz

0 votes, 0.0%

Forget Me by K.A. Harrington

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Goldie Vance Vol. 1 by Hope Larson

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Framed! by James Ponti

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The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

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The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane by Julia Nobel

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Cold Case by Julia Platt Leonard

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