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Bradley Steffens

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Born

in Waterloo, The United States

Website

http://www.firstscientist.net/

Genre

Historical Fiction, Biography, Fiction

Influences

Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson, W.B. Yeats, Isak Dinesen, Walter Bez ...more

Member Since

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Bradley Steffens is a novelist, poet, and author of more than seventy nonfiction books for children and young adults.

Kirkus Reviews named his The Dark Side of Social Media one of the ten Best Young Adult Nonfiction Books of 2021. Steffens is a two-time recipient of the San Diego Book Award for Best Young Adult & Children's Nonfiction. His Giants won the 2005 award and his People in the News: J.K. Rowling received the 2007 prize. J.K. Rowling also received the Theodor S. Geisel Award for the best published book by a San Diego County author in 2007. Five of Steffens' books, including Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist, have been selected by California Readers to be part of the California Collections.

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	People in the News - J.K. Rowling 3.82 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	The Prisoner of Al Hakim 4.29 avg rating — 42 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
	Ibn Al-Haytham: First Scientist 4.27 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2006	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
	Monsters - Giants 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	The Children's Crusade 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1991	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 Importance of Emily Dickinson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1998	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 Loch Ness Monster (Exploring the Unknown) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1995	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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“It's true. I doubt. I doubt because I seek the truth. Doubt has served me well.”
― Bradley Steffens, The Prisoner of Al Hakim

tags: biographical-fiction, biography, historical-fiction, history-of-science, ibn-al-haytham, islam, islamic-history, muslim, science

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“It's true. I doubt. I doubt because I seek the truth. Doubt has served me well.”
― Bradley Steffens, The Prisoner of Al Hakim

tags: biographical-fiction, biography, historical-fiction, history-of-science, ibn-al-haytham, islam, islamic-history, muslim, science

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“It is not down on any map; true places never are.”
― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

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