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Deborah Kent


Born
in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, The United States
October 11, 1948

Genre
Children's


Deborah Kent was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Little Falls. She graduated from Oberlin College and received a master's degree from Smith College School for Social Work. For four years, she was a social worker at University Settlement House on New York's Lower East Side. In 1975, Ms. Kent moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she wrote her first young-adult novel, Belonging. In San Miguel, Ms. Kent helped to found the Centro de Crecimiento, a school for children with disabilities. Ms. Kent is the author of numerous young-adult novels and nonfiction titles for children. She lives in Chicago with her husband, children's author R. Conrad Stein, and their daughter, Janna. ...more

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Average rating: 3.75 · 1,552 ratings · 217 reviews · 189 distinct works • Similar authors
Too Soon to Say Good-Bye
3.99 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions
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Why Me?
3.74 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions
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The Only Way Out
3.99 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions
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Why Me? The Courage to Live...
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Blackwater Creek
4.13 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions
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Riding the Pony Express
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Chance of a Lifetime
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One Step at a Time
3.93 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1989
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Te Amo Means I Love You (Sw...
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On the Edge of Revolution
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