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Greg Van Eekhout

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Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Greg van Eekhout writes books. Some are for kids, some are for adults. He lives in San Diego.

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	California Bones (Daniel Blackland, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 2,353 ratings — published 2014 — 17 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
	Norse Code 3.32 avg rating — 1,307 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	The Boy at the End of the World 3.85 avg rating — 1,070 ratings — published 2011 — 11 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
	Cog by Greg Van Eekhout (Goodreads Author), Beatrice Blue (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 978 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Weird Kid 3.71 avg rating — 930 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Pacific Fire (Daniel Blackland, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 751 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Voyage of the Dogs 4.15 avg rating — 684 ratings — published 2018 — 13 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
	Dragon Coast (Daniel Blackland, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 475 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
	Fenris & Mott 3.85 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Kid vs. Squid 3.76 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 2010 — 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

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Happy Town review from the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

The September 2024 issue of the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books has a nice review of Happy Town.

Keegan doesn’t like anything about his new home, Happy Town, apart from his new pals Gloriana and Tank, two fellow misfit kids who are also highly suspicious of this weird little high-tech town. In theory, Happy Town should be the perfect place to live—climate controlled under a dome, eve

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Greg Van Eekhout wrote a new blog post Happy Town review from the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books The September 2024 issue of the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books has a nice review of Happy Town. Keegan doesn’t like anything about his ne Read more of this blog post »
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“Because we're not what we eat. We're what we do, and what we sacrifice, and what we love. And if we choose right more often than we choose wrong, we become who we want to be.”
― Greg Van Eekhout, Dragon Coast

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“Magic is like pulling the pin on a grenade and then stuffing it down your pants to see what happens.”
― Greg Van Eekhout, Norse Code

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“To act as though we have hope is to keep hope alive”
― Greg Van Eekhout, Diverse Energies

tags: despair, hope, hopelessness

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SEPTEMBER FANTASY: This poll decides which two books will go on to the run off poll for the September 2015 Fantasy BOTM.

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

22 votes, 28.9%

Suldrun's Garden by Jack Vance

15 votes, 19.7%

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

10 votes, 13.2%

Heroes Die by Matthew Woodring Stover

10 votes, 13.2%

Except the Queen by Jane Yolen & Midori Snyder

7 votes, 9.2%

The King's Blood by Daniel Abraham

7 votes, 9.2%

California Bones by Greg Van Eekhout

5 votes, 6.6%

76 total votes

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