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Rae Chalmers

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Rae Chalmers grew up in the Bay Area of California reading HARRIET THE SPY and NANCY DREW mysteries. She and her best friend biked through their neighborhood with notepads and pencils, jotting down license plates and clues for crimes they knew would be committed.
When she moved to Maine in the 1980s with her two young daughters, Rae felt like she had finally come home. Her first teaching job was in a two-room school on a small coastal island. Her students and their families lived the values that are embodied in the OXBOW ISLAND GANG series: resilience, generosity and valuing the contributions and unique talents of all community members. Since then, Rae has had the good fortune to live and work on many other Maine islands, with their woodsy ...more

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	Bear and the Oxbow Island Gang (#1) by Rae Chalmers (Goodreads Author), Jamie Hogan (Illustrator) 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings	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
	Oxbow Island Gang: Lobster Graveyard (#2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	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
	Oxbow Island Gang: Summer Bats by Rae Chalmers (Goodreads Author), Jamie Hogan (illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	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
	Oxbow Island Gang: Winter Crows (Oxbow Island Gang #3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
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Rae Chalmers rated a book it was ok Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden (Goodreads Author)	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
WOW! Just Wow! Incredible. Improbable. Imaginative. What to say? For the first 80% I was enjoying this book as a very dark comedy. The plot strained credulity but to the point of being funny. And then it got too dark and implausible to be humorous. B ...more
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Rae Chalmers and 499 other people liked Emily May's review of Dear Debbie: "I gave McFadden three tries and I can now conclude it's not meant to be! Despite my desperate attempts to join the fanwagon, I just don't get the popularity of these books. Short chapters, I suppose. And very easy to read (nix the mention of rape and" Read more of this review »
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Rae Chalmers and 1270 other people liked Nikos Drosinos's review of Dear Debbie: "5⭐️- What in the Desperate Housewives meets unfiltered female rage did I just read?! 😳🔥🍷 Because WOW. I can confidently say this is Freida McFadden’s best book to date 🏆📚✨ I finished it in one sitting because putting it down was simply not an option 😮" Read more of this review »
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