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Gail Gauthier

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

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	Happy Kid! 3.55 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 — 39 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 4.06 avg rating — 18 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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Hispanic Heritage Month: Short Stories

Recently, I discussed Junot Diaz's The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao as part of my Spanish Heritage Month observance. I feel I should point out that I am aware that seven years ago he was the focus of claims regarding inappropriate behavior toward several women writers. As a result of that issue at that time, writer and critic Monica Castillo tweeted "Because I need/want to deal with this Juno Read more of this blog post »

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Gail Gauthier rated a book it was amazing The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers by Tom Standage (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 thought this did a good job with a niche subject. The author does show how the telegraph impacted the nineteenth century, and I think makes his argument about the parallels between the past and the present.
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Gail Gauthier rated a book really liked it The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #3) by Malka Ann Older (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
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Gail Gauthier rated a book it was amazing The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (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
"This book is horror within a Native American culture. Four youngish Native American men go hunting in an area where they were not supposed to be hunting. They kill quite a number of elk, including a pregnant female who does not experience a quick an ...more
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Gail Gauthier rated a book it was amazing I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones (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
" The basic premise here is that this is the first-person account of poor adolescent Tolly who finds himself unwillingly pulled into a classic slasher story, as the slasher. I was about to say as the main character, but are slashers the main characte ...more
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Gail Gauthier rated a book it was amazing Money Hacks for Metalheads and Old Millennials: The Revised and Expanded Second Edition by Jessie May	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
For some reason, I thought this book was going to be heavy into money management, and I did finally learn what compound interest is as a result of reading it. But the author is clear in the preface that this is about "personal finance," meaning it's ...more
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Gail Gauthier rated a book really liked it Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal (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 liked this better than the first of Kowal's Lady Astronaut books, which I think is better known. My preference for this one was probably due to liking the time period in Ghost Talkers more than the time period in the Lady Astronaut books. ...more
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Gail Gauthier rated a book really liked it Portrait of a Scotsman (A League of Extraordinary Women, #3) by Evie Dunmore (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 read this because I was looking for adult fiction with ADHD characters and found Portrait of a Scotsman on a list. Also, it takes place in the late nineteenth century, one of my favorite periods. The main character clearly is ADHD but also dyslexic ...more
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Gail Gauthier rated a book it was amazing The Mystery of the Crooked Man (Pushkin Vertigo) by Tom Spencer	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
"One of the book's blurbs described it as "riotously funny," and while I wouldn't go that far, main character Agatha Dorn is extremely drole in a bitter way that I enjoyed very much." "Of course, any readers of mysteries, or at least any readers of a ...more
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Gail Gauthier rated a book really liked it Who Will Remember (Sebastian St. Cyr, #20) 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 have read a number of books in this series (though not any 20), and I think what the author does very well with them is history. Many historical mystery series have books that focus on one particular historical event. And while Harris does do some ...more
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Gail Gauthier rated a book it was amazing The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #2) by Alison Goodman (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 middle-aged characters and woman focused issues are definitely holding up for me. Hoping there's a third book. ...more
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