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Bruce Coville


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

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

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


16 posts
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Average rating: 3.99 · 133,427 ratings · 7,346 reviews · 285 distinct works • Similar authors
Into the Land of the Unicor...
4.08 avg rating — 19,055 ratings — published 1994 — 38 editions
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William Shakespeare's: A Mi...
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4.26 avg rating — 14,569 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions
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Song of the Wanderer (The U...
4.13 avg rating — 11,112 ratings — published 1999 — 34 editions
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Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hat...
4.05 avg rating — 8,734 ratings — published 1991 — 45 editions
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Dark Whispers (The Unicorn ...
4.17 avg rating — 3,446 ratings — published 2008 — 18 editions
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My Teacher Glows in the Dar...
3.82 avg rating — 3,184 ratings — published 1991 — 34 editions
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3.78 avg rating — 3,190 ratings — published 1982 — 34 editions
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3.96 avg rating — 2,851 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions
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3.90 avg rating — 2,566 ratings — published 1992 — 34 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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William Shakespeare's: The ... William Shakespeare's: A Mi... Macbeth William Shakespeare’s: Rome... William Shakespeare’s: Hamlet William Shakespeare’s: Twel... William Shakespeare's: The ...
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4.17 avg rating — 19,811 ratings

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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3.95 avg rating — 17,714 ratings

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 — 16,918 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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