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Scott Young


Born
in Canada
April 14, 1918

Died
June 12, 2005

Genre
Children's Books, Mystery & Thrillers, Biographies & Memoirs


Scott Alexander Young was a Canadian journalist, sportswriter, novelist and the father of musician Neil Young. Over his career, Young wrote 45 books, including novels and non-fiction for adult and youth audiences.

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Average rating: 3.86 · 874 ratings · 90 reviews · 112 distinct works • Similar authors
Neil and Me
3.97 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 1986 — 11 editions
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A Boy at the Leafs Camp
3.92 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1963 — 9 editions
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Scrubs on Skates (Hockey St...
4.17 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1952 — 7 editions
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Boy on Defence
4.03 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1985 — 6 editions
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Murder in a Cold Climate (R...
3.35 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1988 — 8 editions
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The Shaman's Knife (RCMP I...
3.45 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1993 — 6 editions
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Hello Canada!: The Life And...
4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1985 — 6 editions
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Heaven and Hell in the NHL
3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1982 — 4 editions
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Boys of Saturday Night
3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions
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Revelations of the Red Pill...
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Series by Scott Young

Scrubs on Skates Boy on Defence A Boy at the Leafs Camp
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Murder in a Cold Climate The Shaman's Knife
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“Even the things we do for fun, we enjoy to a large extent because we feel we’re capable of getting better at them.”
― Scott Young, Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery
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“It’s more effortful to actively practice than to passively watch a video, so it’s easy to lean toward consumption rather than action.”
― Scott Young, Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery
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“Every essay written, song composed, or building designed is a novel problem, and thus can’t merely be copied from solutions of the past. But even if many problems are new, the knowledge that is best served to solve them usually isn’t.”
― Scott Young, Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery
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