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To what does the title of Holly Black's book Ironside refer?
a. The Merrimack
b. The mortal world
c. A Seelie run locomotive
d. That Perry Mason guy, only he's in a wheel chair
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Holly Black

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born
November 10, 1971

gender
female

place of birth
New Jersey, The United States

website
http://www.blackholly.com/


about this author

Holly Black is a best-selling author of contemporary fantasy novels for children and teens. She was influenced by a childhood spent reading books about ghosts and fairies. Her first book, Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale (2002), was an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award. She collaborated with long-time friend Tony DiTerlizzi on the best-selling Spiderwick Chronicles, which has been translated into 32 languages worldwide. Her latest book, Ironside (Simon & Schuster, 2007), is the sequel to Tithe. She lives in Massachusetts."




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Happy Halloween!
Hope you are having a fabulous night. I am newly back from Mexico and in no mood to do anything but sleep, but I trust out there you are partying such to raise the dead.

Now to sprawl on my couch like a corpse. ...more
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books by Holly Black

avg rating: 3.83 | 34,945 ratings | 3,668 reviews | 42 distinct works | 305 fans
Tithe Tithe (A Modern Faerie Tale, #1)
by Holly Black
avg rating 3.72 — 4,778 ratings — published 2002
12 editions 		my rating:
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The Field Guide The Field Guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles, #1)
by Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi
avg rating 3.80 — 4,646 ratings — published 2003
17 editions 		my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Seeing Stone The Seeing Stone (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 2)
by Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi
avg rating 3.82 — 3,857 ratings — published 2003
14 editions 		my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Lucinda's Secret Lucinda's Secret (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 3)
by Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi
avg rating 3.82 — 3,437 ratings — published 2003
19 editions 		my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Ironwood Tree The Ironwood Tree (The Spiderwick Chronicles, #4)
by Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi
avg rating 3.86 — 3,260 ratings — published 2004
13 editions 		my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Wrath of Mulgarath The Wrath of Mulgarath (The Spiderwick Chronicles Book 5)
by Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi
avg rating 3.87 — 3,159 ratings — published 2004
17 editions 		my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faer... Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie (Book 2)
by Holly Black
avg rating 3.85 — 2,772 ratings — published 2005
14 editions 		my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Ironside Ironside (The Modern Faerie Tales, #3)
by Holly Black
avg rating 4.00 — 2,311 ratings — published 2007
8 editions 		my rating:
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The Spiderwick Chronicles Boxe... The Spiderwick Chronicles Boxed Set (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Books 1-5)
by Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi
avg rating 3.97 — 1,186 ratings — published 2004
13 editions 		my rating:
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The Nixie's Song The Nixie's Song (Beyond The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1)
by Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi (Illustrator)
avg rating 3.67 — 977 ratings — published 2007
7 editions 		my rating:
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quotes by Holly Black

"You are the only thing I have that is neither duty nor obligation, the only thing I chose for myself. The only thing I want. "
— Holly Black (Ironside)
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"What an author doesn't know could fill a book."
— Holly Black (Lucinda's Secret)
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"She knew what it felt like to tremble like that before touching someone-desire so acute that it became despair. "
— Holly Black (Ironside)
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