21 ratings | 20 reviews | avg rating:5.00

more photos (1)

Alison McGhee’s Followers (400)

Alison’s Bookshelves

to-read (12)
currently-reading (2)
read (19)

Alison McGhee

Goodreads Author

Website

http://alisonmcghee.com/

Twitter

alisonmcghee

Genre

Fiction, Children's, Poetry

Influences

@alisonmcgheewriter

Member Since

August 2011

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/alisonmcghee

edit data

Alison McGhee writes novels, picture books, poems, and essays for all ages, including the just-published THE OPPOSITE OF FATE, a novel, and the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestseller SOMEDAY, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. Her work has been translated into more than 20 languages. She lives in Minneapolis and California.

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Alison McGhee questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Alison McGhee’s books

Average rating: 3.99 · 38,625 ratings · 6,258 reviews · 54 distinct works • Similar authors

	Someday by Alison McGhee (Goodreads Author), Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) 4.43 avg rating — 3,055 ratings — published 2007 — 31 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
	What I Leave Behind 3.78 avg rating — 2,188 ratings — published 2018 — 14 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
	Shadow Baby 3.47 avg rating — 1,796 ratings — published 2000 — 14 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
	Never Coming Back 3.84 avg rating — 1,397 ratings — published 2017 — 11 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
	Tell Me a Tattoo Story by Alison McGhee (Goodreads Author), Eliza Wheeler (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 1,281 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Dear Sister by Alison McGhee (Goodreads Author), Joe Bluhm (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 4.43 avg rating — 1,143 ratings — published 2018 — 12 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
	Firefly Hollow by Alison McGhee (Goodreads Author), Christopher Denise (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 1,031 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Opposite Of Fate 3.62 avg rating — 820 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	World So Wide by Alison McGhee (Goodreads Author), Kate Alizadeh (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 4.40 avg rating — 621 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
	A Very Brave Witch by Alison McGhee (Goodreads Author), Harry Bliss (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.66 avg rating — 732 ratings — published 2006 — 11 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

More books by Alison McGhee…

515 posts
Alison McGhee's Blog

Poem of the Week, by Kaylin Haught

Young woman across the street, waving and calling to me as I trudge through the snowdrifts on the way home from my astonishingly wonderful church for the non-churchy, where I go seeking solidarity amongst my equally post-election troubled neighbors and friends: “Mama! Mama!”

Me, calling back: “I’m not your mama!”

YW: “Thank you, mama, come here!”

Me, crossing the street in an Oh, what the hell sort o Read more of this blog post »

View more on Alison McGhee's website »

1 like · Like • 0 comments • flag

Published on December 11, 2016 09:33

View all 515 posts »

Series by Alison McGhee

Julia Gillian Trilogy (3 books)
by

Alison McGhee (Goodreads Author),

Drazen Kozjan (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator)

3.90 avg rating — 993 ratings

A Very Brave Witch (2 books)
by

Alison McGhee (Goodreads Author),

Harry Bliss (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator)

3.60 avg rating — 984 ratings

Alison is Currently Reading

Alison McGhee is currently reading

The Butterfly Girl (Naomi Cottle, #2)

by Rene Denfeld (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

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

Alison McGhee said: " Both Denfeld's earlier book "The Child Finder" and now "The Butterfly Girl" are about such troubling and dark topics - yet they leave me filled with hope and comfort. She's a magician of a novelist, unafraid to face the brutal depths humans are capab ...more "

Jan 23, 2020 03:03PM · see review

Alison McGhee is currently reading

Never Coming Back

by Alison McGhee (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

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

Sep 30, 2017 05:11AM

Quotes by Alison McGhee (?)

“You are most powerful when you are most silent. People never expect silence. They expect words, motion, defense, offense, back and forth. They expect to leap into the fray. They are ready, fists up, words hanging leaping from their mouths. Silence? No.”
― Alison McGhee, All Rivers Flow to the Sea

tags: expectations, powerful, silence

745 likes

“Your heart literally hurts when it's breaking. You can feel it, every beat another ache, and nothing you can do will stop it, either from beating or breaking.”
― Alison McGhee, All Rivers Flow to the Sea

tags: pain

133 likes

“Don't hurt someone who cares about you like that. You're not the only person in the world who's ever been hurt. Don't be cruel. Don't go breaking someone else's heart in the hope that you'll feel better. Becaues you won't.”
― Alison McGhee, All Rivers Flow to the Sea

49 likes

See all Alison McGhee's quotes »

Polls

What book should we read in October?

You may write in titles, provided the book is a 2016 Newbery contender and already published.

Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead

52 votes 43.0%

Chasing Secrets by Gennifer Choldenko

28 votes 23.1%

Firefly Hollow by Alison McGhee

15 votes 12.4%

Ghostlight by Sonia Gensler

11 votes 9.1%

Goodbye Stranger (write-in)

6 votes 5.0%

Crenshaw (write-in)

4 votes 3.3%

Chasing Secrets (write-in)

2 votes 1.7%

chasing secrets (write-in)

1 vote 0.8%

Ghost light (write-in)

1 vote 0.8%

Firefly Hollow (write-in)

1 vote 0.8%

121 total votes

5 comments

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
What's the Name o...: SOLVED. Coming of age, girl trying to discover unknown father [s]	8	108	Oct 29, 2009 10:54AM
Challenge: 50 Books: Lisa's 2009 Reads	106	610	Dec 31, 2009 04:07PM
The Seasonal Read...: Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)	2867	1116	May 31, 2011 09:01PM
Children's Books: September 2010: Back-to-School Books (Master List & General Discussion)	50	116	Aug 08, 2011 09:24AM
The Seasonal Read...: Summer Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)	2503	772	Aug 31, 2013 09:04PM
Pick-a-Shelf: Newly Needham's 2014 Challenge Board	27	48	Mar 17, 2014 06:46PM
Unquenchable Reads: 2014 A-Z Author CHALLENGE	7	57	Nov 08, 2014 08:16PM
The Challenge Fac...: August 2015 TCF Monthly Challenge	39	113	Sep 02, 2015 06:36AM