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Bruce Coville


Born
in Syracuse, New York, The United States
May 16, 1950

Website

Genre
Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult

Influences
Mary Poppins, Doctor Dolittle, Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Tom Swift


12 posts
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TEACHERS! Permission Granted

Dear Teachers and Librarians –


You hereby have my permission to read any of my books or stories to your kids via whatever form of social media you have access to for as long as the Covid-19 crisis is keeping your schools closed. I only ask that you not make permanent recordings available in a public place, such as YouTube. Realtime readings to maintain connection with your students is best, of cour

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Average rating: 3.99 · 130,370 ratings · 6,960 reviews · 319 distinct works • Similar authors
Into the Land of the Unicor...
4.08 avg rating — 18,770 ratings — published 1994 — 37 editions
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4.26 avg rating — 14,033 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions
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Song of the Wanderer (The U...
4.12 avg rating — 10,988 ratings — published 1999 — 30 editions
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4.05 avg rating — 8,526 ratings — published 1991 — 41 editions
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Dark Whispers (The Unicorn ...
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My Teacher Glows in the Dar...
3.82 avg rating — 3,136 ratings — published 1991 — 31 editions
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The Monster's Ring
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Jennifer Murdley's Toad
3.89 avg rating — 2,497 ratings — published 1992 — 33 editions
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Series by Bruce Coville

Into the Land of the Unicorns Song of the Wanderer Dark Whispers The Last Hunt The Invasion of Luster THE WOUNDED TREE THE GATHERED GLORY
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The Monster's Ring Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hat... Jennifer Murdley's Toad The Skull of Truth Juliet Dove, Queen of Love
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My Teacher Is an Alien My Teacher Fried My Brains My Teacher Glows in the Dark My Teacher Flunked the Planet
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3.82 avg rating — 16,629 ratings

Aliens Ate My Homework I Left My Sneakers in Dimen... The Search for Snout Aliens Stole My Body
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“Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.”
― Bruce Coville
tags: censorship, control, dictatorship, information, tyranny
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“The real heroes are the librarians and teachers who at no small risk to themselves refuse to lie down and play dead for censors.”
― Bruce Coville
tags: censorship, heroes, librarians, teachers
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“I am ignoring you. In fact, I think you are a figment of my imagination.”
― Bruce Coville, Dark Whispers
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