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Douglas Rees

Born

in Riverside, California, The United States

October 19, 1947

Website

http://otterlimits.org/doug/

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Genre

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I was born on October 19th, 1947 in the hospital at March Air Force Base just outside Riverside, California. My father, Norman, was a career sergeant who'd served as an aircraft mechanic and infantryman in the Philippines campaign early in the war and was taken prisoner on Bataan. My mother, Agnes, was a nurse at the hospital where he was sent to recuperate after the war was over.

Until I was fifteen, I lived on or near a number of Air Force bases in this country and in Germany. My sister, Patricia, was born in 1950 at Travis AFB.

Until I was six, I wanted to be a fireman. Between six and twelve, I wanted to be a paleontologist. When I was twelve, I decided I wanted to be a writer. I still haven't outgrown that.

I made some occasional stabs ...more

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Teddy’s Terrors

While Fifth Corps pauses on the road to Santiago, a few words about who and what the Rough Riders actually were.

Congress had recently passed a law allowing for the wartime recruitment of about ten thousand men as U.S. Volunteers. Neither regulars nor national guardsmen, they were intended to enlist for two years. They would serve under regular officers. The original idea was that the ten thousand

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Average rating: 3.7 · 5,107 ratings · 711 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	Vampire High 3.69 avg rating — 1,986 ratings — published 2003 — 19 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
	Tyrannosaurus Rex vs. Edna, The Very First Chicken by Douglas Rees, Jed Henry (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 882 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	The Juliet Spell 3.38 avg rating — 730 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Vampire High: Sophomore Year 3.79 avg rating — 321 ratings — published 2010 — 10 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
	Sinclair, the Velociraptor Who Thought He Was a Chicken by Douglas Rees, Galia Bernstein (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 3.82 avg rating — 171 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
	Majix: Notes from a Serious Teen Witch 3.58 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2010 — 7 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
	Buttercup the Bigfoot by Douglas Rees, Isabel Muñoz (Illustrations) 3.84 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Uncle Pirate 3.82 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2008 — 9 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
	Jeannette Claus Saves Christmas by Douglas Rees, Olivier Latyk (illustrator) 3.41 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Elektra's Adventures in Tragedy 3.10 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2018 — 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

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Vampire High (2 books)
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Quotes by Douglas Rees (?)

“Careful, Edmund,” I said. “She eats guys for breakfast.”
“Should I pour milk on meself?” Edmund asked me, and grinned.”
― Douglas Rees, The Juliet Spell

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“I cast a spell to make me Juliet. It worked. But I forgot that Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy. I got what I asked for.”
― Douglas Rees, The Juliet Spell

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“I'd heard of Vlad Dracul, but only the name. The kids at Cotton Maher never said much except things like "The football team's up against Vlad this Saturday. Pray for them."
When I'd heard that, I'd asked the kid who'd said it what the big deal was.
"Shut up," he'd explained.”
― Douglas Rees, Vampire High

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