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I am a former elementary school teacher with published books for children and young adults. I write nonfiction, biography, humorous, contemporary, and historical fiction for elementary and middle grade readers, and historical and contemporary young adult fiction.
You can read more about me at http://www.karencoombs.com or follow my blog about my book Bully at Ambush Corner at http://www.bullyatambushcorner.com


Average rating: 3.56 · 66 ratings · 17 reviews · 11 distinct works · Similar authors
Sarah On Her Own
3.23 of 5 stars 3.23 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1996
Children of the Dust Days
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2000
Bully at Ambush Corner
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions
Flush!: Treating Wastewater
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1995
Woody Guthrie: America's Fo...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions
Saving Casey
3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions
Sexted!
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013
Beating Bully O'Brien
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1991
SEXTED!
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013
Jackie Robinson: Baseball's...
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1997
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"Titillation and trauma, crushes and consequences…Coombs gets it so right." Deborah Halverson, former Harcourt Brace children's book editor and author of YA books & Writing YA Fiction for Dummies. http://amzn.to/WGcIOU
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“Often the right path is the one that may be hardest for you to follow. But the hard path is also the one that will make you grow as a human being.”
Karen Mueller Coombs, Bully at Ambush Corner

“I’m proud of you, son,” he said. “I guess it has finally sunk in that it’s important to stand up for yourself in this world.”
Rocky shook his head. “It’s more important to stand up for someone who can’t stand up for herself,” he had answered.
Rocky Ryan speaking with his father.”
Karen Mueller Coombs, Bully at Ambush Corner

“My mother says we’re supposed to make mistakes. That’s the way we learn.” Rocky Ryan in Bully At Ambush Corner.”
Karen Mueller Coombs

“My mother says we’re supposed to make mistakes. That’s the way we learn.” Rocky Ryan in Bully At Ambush Corner.”
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“Life is a chain of choices. Making the correct one is never easy.”
“That’s for sure,” agreed Rocky.
“But if we didn’t make difficult choices, right or wrong,” said Mr. Veraldi, “we wouldn’t learn anything worth knowing." Rocky Ryan and his viola teacher, Mr. Veraldi, in Bully at Ambush Corner.”
Karen Mueller Coombs, Bully at Ambush Corner

“I’m proud of you, son,” he said. “I guess it has finally sunk in that it’s important to stand up for yourself in this world.”
Rocky shook his head. “It’s more important to stand up for someone who can’t stand up for herself,” he had answered.
Rocky Ryan speaking with his father.”
Karen Mueller Coombs, Bully at Ambush Corner

“Often the right path is the one that may be hardest for you to follow. But the hard path is also the one that will make you grow as a human being.”
Karen Mueller Coombs, Bully at Ambush Corner

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