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Jennifer Bohnhoff

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Jennifer Bohnhoff is the author of a trilogy of middle grade novels set in New Mexico during the Civil War, a YA novel about a girl who suffers through a wildfire that destroys her home, several stand-alone middle grade historical novels, a duel narrative YA novel that examines the Beowulf story in both a contemporary and paleolithic setting, a series of funny contemporary middle grade novels and an adult novel set on a ranch in Southern New Mexico during WWI.

A former middle school social studies teacher, she loves travel and history.

Mrs. Bohnhoff is the mother of three handsome men, the mother-in-law of three beautiful daughters and the grandmother of three very smart granddaughters and a grandson. She lives in the mountains of central N ...more

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Average rating: 4.44 · 112 ratings · 59 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Bent Reed 4.43 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2014 — 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 Blaze of Poppies 4.62 avg rating — 21 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
	Code: Elephants on the Moon 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	In the Shadow of Sunrise 4.36 avg rating — 11 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
	Valverde (Rebels Along The Rio Grande #1) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	The Last Song of the Swan 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Perspective it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 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
	Raven Quest (The Legends of Lumbra#1) 4.75 avg rating — 4 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
	On Fledgling Wings 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Famished Country (Rebels Along the Rio Grande #3) 3.50 avg rating — 4 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

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Depression Era Books and Giveaways!

Last October I published Perspective, a middle grade novel set in Duluth and Isle Royale during the Great Depression.

It's the story of a twelve year old girl who wants to grow up to be an artist. Genevieve lives a comfortable and quiet life with her mother, a high school English teacher. Their Duluth apartment isn't fancy, but it has all the modern comforts made possible by electrification an Read more of this blog post »

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Series by Jennifer Bohnhoff

Rebels Along The Rio Grande (3 books)
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Jennifer Bohnhoff (Goodreads Author)

4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings

Anderson Family Chronicles (3 books)
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Jennifer Bohnhoff (Goodreads Author),

Matt Bohnhoff (Illustrator)

3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings

Jennifer is Currently Reading

Jennifer Bohnhoff is currently reading

Roman Britain (The Pelican History of England, #1)

by Ian Archibald Richmond

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Demon Copperhead

by Barbara Kingsolver

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Jennifer Bohnhoff is currently reading Roman Britain (The Pelican History of England, #1) by Ian Archibald Richmond	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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Jennifer Bohnhoff rated a book really liked it The Fate of the Ninth: The curious disappearance of one of Rome's legions by Duncan B. Campbell (Goodreads Author)	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
Campbell does an excellent job of laying out the story of how the legend of the destruction of the Ninth began, and he decimates the theory, but his evidence on what really happened to Britain's lost legion is inconclusive, so we are left, rather uns ...more
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Jennifer Bohnhoff is now following J.E. Grace Author of Redemption at Shadow Lake (Houses of Mystery #1)
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Jennifer Bohnhoff made a comment on O.O.H.’s review of The Brothers Karamazov " This is the one book I got caught trying to Cliff Notes my way through back in high school. I am still not a fan of most Russian writers. "
Mar 02, 2026 10:54AM · see review
Jennifer Bohnhoff liked O.O.H.'s review of The Brothers Karamazov:
Mar 02, 2026 10:53AM · see review
Jennifer Bohnhoff and 2 other people liked Lacrima Mundi's review of Salt & Ashes: Poems From the Abyss: "Although it's a bit hard to categorise Thanh's writing, there is no doubt their poetry-essay-philisopical-poetic-writing poems and musing are splendid. I'm not sure who'll agree, but to some degree some of Thanh's poems remind me of the poetry of Eric" Read more of this review »
Mar 02, 2026 10:52AM · see review
Jennifer Bohnhoff and 19 other people liked Brett C's review of The Nixon Tapes: 1971-1972: ""...we're going to bomb 'em...If we've withdrawn [from Vietnam] and they haven't returned a thing, we'll bomb the hell out of North Vietnam. Get my point? Just bomb the living bejeezus out of it" - 17 April 1971, Richard Nixon in the Oval Office. Thi" Read more of this review »
Mar 02, 2026 10:51AM · see review
Jennifer Bohnhoff rated a book it was amazing The House at Otowi Bridge: The Story of Edith Warner and Los Alamos (Zia Books) by Peggy Pond Church	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 lovely and lyrical look at Edith Warner, a woman who came to New Mexico in the 1920s to heal an illness, then stayed. Edith lived a simple life in a little house on the road to what would become Los Alamos. She ran a tea room, where the scientists ...more
Feb 28, 2026 02:00PM · like · see review
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“Were all people who tried to help doomed to live outside society because others didn't understand them?”
― Jennifer Bohnhoff, Raven Quest

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“It doesn’t matter how many times you get knocked down,” he told his daughter, Marilynn. “What matters is how many times you get up.”
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― Neil Gaiman

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“Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry.”
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“A book is a dream that you hold in your hands."

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