Kimberly Willis Holt

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Kimberly Willis Holt is the author of the Piper Reed series, including Piper Reed, Navy Brat, Piper Reed, Clubhouse Queen, and Piper Reed, Rodeo Star. She has written many award-winning novels, including The Water Seeker and My Louisiana Sky, as well as the picture books Waiting for Gregory and Skinny Brown Dog. A former Navy brat herself, Holt was born in Pensacola, Florida, and lived all over the U.S. and the world—from Paris to Norfolk to Guam to New Orleans. Holt long dreamed of being a writer, but first worked as a radio news director, marketed a water park, and was an interior decorator, among other jobs. A few years after she started writing, her third book, When Zachary Beaver Came to Town, won a National Book Award for Young People...more

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Books by Kimberly Willis Holt

Average rating: 3.67 · 4059 ratings · 801 reviews · 18 distinct works

	When Zachary Beaver Came to Town 356 avg rating — 1690 ratings — published 1999 — 21 editions	My rating:
	My Louisiana Sky 386 avg rating — 731 ratings — published 1998 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Water Seeker 375 avg rating — 512 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Piper Reed: Navy Brat (Piper Reed #1) by Kimberly Willis Holt, Christine Davenier (Illustrator) 363 avg rating — 411 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Keeper of the Night 362 avg rating — 199 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Part of Me: Stories of a Louisiana Family 377 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Dancing In Cadillac Light 366 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Piper Reed, The Great Gypsy (Piper Reed #2) by Kimberly Willis Holt, Christine Davenier (Illustrator) 392 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Piper Reed Gets a Job (Piper Reed #3) by Kimberly Willis Holt, Christine Davenier (Illustrator) 364 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Adventures Of Granny Clearwater And Little Critter by Kimberly Willis Holt, Laura Huliska-Beith (Illustrator) 340 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2007	My rating:

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Series by Kimberly Willis Holt

Piper Reed (6 books)
by Kimberly Willis Holt, Christine Davenier (Illustrations)

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“Some people are just afraid of what's different. It doesn't mean different is bad. It just means different is different. ”
― Kimberly Willis Holt, My Louisiana Sky

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“If you're gonna fret, fret over something you can change. Then stop fretting and do something about it.”
― Kimberly Willis Holt

tags: my-louisiana-sky

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“...I decided I'd changed my mind about home. Home was not Pensacola San Diego Guam or any of the other places we might have lived. In fact home wasn't any particular place at all. Home was my family. Even if they didn't get my jokes sometimes.”
― Kimberly Willis Holt, Piper Reed, The Great Gypsy

tags: family , home , military-family

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