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Gail Gauthier

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Gail Gauthier has written eight books for children, as well as short stories, essays, humor, and creative nonfiction for adults. She also writes about books and writing at her blog Original Content. In 2026 she's focusing on history. ...more

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Average rating: 3.47 · 519 ratings · 108 reviews · 17 distinct works

	Happy Kid! 3.56 avg rating — 290 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	The Hero of Ticonderoga 3.20 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2001 — 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
	Saving The Planet & Stuff 3.38 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2003 — 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
	A Year with Butch and Spike 3.83 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1998 — 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
	A Girl, a Boy, and a Monster Cat by Gail Gauthier (Goodreads Author), Joe Cepeda (Illustrations) 3.17 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2007 — 6 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
	My Life among the Aliens really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1996 — 6 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
	A Girl, A Boy, and Three Robbers by Gail Gauthier (Goodreads Author), Joe Cepeda (Illustrator) 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Club Earth it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1999 — 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
	My Life Among the Aliens 2.50 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
	Saving the Planet & Stuff 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	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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A 24-Hour Readathon? In My Day, We Did 48.

I learned of Dewey's 24-Hour Readathon nine minutes before it started. For a hot second I considered being all impulsive, dropping everything, and taking part. Believe me, I had way more than 24-hours of reading to do. But in my search for time, I'm try to stay on-task, and the task that Saturday involved some invasive plants at the back of my yard and a wide array of additional activities both wo Read more of this blog post »

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Gail Gauthier rated a book liked it The Silver Palate Cookbook by Julee Rosso	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
This year I'm making an attempt to actually "read" some cookbooks that are being used with a cookbook club at my library. This is only the second one. I have to say I found this somewhat...elitist. It may be because of the constant talk of entertaini ...more
Jul 14, 2026 04:20PM · like · see review
Gail Gauthier made a comment on her review of The Mere Wife " I'm not sure if we read bits of The Aeneid in my classic and folk epic class. I had to look it up just now to see what it's about. And while I recogni ...more "
Jul 14, 2026 04:18PM · see review
Gail Gauthier rated a book it was amazing The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne (The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne #1) by Jonathan Stroud (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
These characters are not Bartimaeus in Stroud's best-known series, but they're good nonetheless. I can see myself reading the next book at some point. ...more
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Gail Gauthier rated a book really liked it When the Wolves Are Silent (Sebastian St. Cyr, #21) by C.S. Harris (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
Liked the American history connection in this one.
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Gail Gauthier rated a book it was amazing ADHD Is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD by Penn Holderness	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
I felt this was a memoirish self-help book by an ADHD advocate, not a medical professional. As such, I found it informative and easy to read, but I don't have ADHD, myself. I have a very young family member with an ADHD diagnosis. I can understand th ...more
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Gail Gauthier rated a book really liked it Make Believe by Mac Barnett	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
Probably neither as good nor as bad as its fans and detractors find it.
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Gail Gauthier rated a book really liked it What Cannot Be Said (Sebastian St. Cyr, #19) by C.S. Harris (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
I like to read these books when I need diversion, so I was going to stop for a while, until the next time I needed diversion. Then I started driving a family member to medical appointments, so divert me! The history in the Sebastian St. Cyr books is a ...more
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Gail Gauthier rated a book really liked it The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley (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
"Beowulf" is my favorite epic (Doesn't everyone have one?), and this isn't the first "Beowulf"-related novel I've read. I'd like to make that a reading thing for me. I did get diverted by other reading projects while reading this and had to keep comin ...more
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Gail Gauthier rated a book liked it The Terrible Two (The Terrible Two, #1) by Mac Barnett	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
There was some wry wit in this book I appreciated, and I liked the twist on the suck-up character stereotype and the main character who wasn't entirely positive. I thought it ended rather abruptly. I will admit that I don't understand the attraction ...more
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Gail Gauthier rated a book really liked it Who Cries for the Lost (Sebastian St. Cyr, #18) by C.S. Harris (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
I binge read a number of these books years ago, then stopped because I find the books so formulative. (Lot of repetition of descriptions, characters all use the same phrasing, Sebastian kills an unrealistic number of people each book, for instance.) ...more
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