Kimberly Willis Holt





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


Average rating: 3.67 · 4059 ratings · 801 reviews · 18 distinct works
When Zachary Beaver Came to...
3.56 of 5 stars 356 avg rating — 1690 ratings — published 1999 — 21 editions
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My Louisiana Sky
3.86 of 5 stars 386 avg rating — 731 ratings — published 1998 — 12 editions
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The Water Seeker
3.75 of 5 stars 375 avg rating — 512 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions
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Piper Reed: Navy Brat (Pipe...
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3.63 of 5 stars 363 avg rating — 411 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions
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Keeper of the Night
3.62 of 5 stars 362 avg rating — 199 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions
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Part of Me: Stories of a Lo...
3.77 of 5 stars 377 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions
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Dancing In Cadillac Light
3.66 of 5 stars 366 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions
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Piper Reed, The Great Gypsy...
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3.92 of 5 stars 392 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions
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Piper Reed Gets a Job (Pipe...
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3.64 of 5 stars 364 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions
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The Adventures Of Granny Cl...
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3.4 of 5 stars 340 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2007
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More books by Kimberly Willis Holt…
Piper Reed: Navy Brat Piper Reed, The Great Gypsy Piper Reed Gets a Job Piper Reed, Campfire Girl Piper Reed, Rodeo Star Piper Reed, Forever Friend
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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

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

“...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

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