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John R. Thayer

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in Summit, NJ, The United States

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Young Adult, Thriller, Fiction

Member Since

October 2012

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John Thayer lives in Riverview, Florida with his wife, Judy, and son, Jared. His debut novel, Jared’s Island, came out in September, 2012. Jared was John’s inspiration to begin writing, which is why there is always a character named Jared in his books. His latest work, SHIMA, is currently avaiable through amazon. You can follow him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/jaredsisland. He also always loves to hear from people who have read his books and can be reached by email at Johnthayer11@gmail.com ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 95 ratings · 20 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Jared's Island 3.83 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Treehouse Boy 4.20 avg rating — 5 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
	The Jared Lagdon Files Dr. Rayther's Game 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Jared Lagdon Files:Providence really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	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
	Shima 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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

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Tell Me About That! Curse of the monkey lamp

Episode two of ‘Tell Me About That!’ was about to start. Enzo had arrived late. He met his new producer, Bob, but it was too close to air time to be able to have any real conversation. Bob had only joined the team the day before, and was acting in more of a learning capacity until he caught on to the way Enzo liked doing things.

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John Thayer is now following John R. Thayer Author of Jared's Island
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John Thayer made a comment in the group Authors Helping Authors — Who Are You..?? topic " Hi all, Thanks for the invitation. I'm John Thayer, and I've just put my 5th book on pre-release for December 1st on Kindle, and it will soon be avail ...more "
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“And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow,
stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.”
― Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

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