Will Hobbs

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born

August 22, 1947 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.willhobbsauthor.com/

genre

Young Adult, Outdoors & Nature

influences

Treasure Island

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WILL HOBBS is the author of seventeen novels for upper elementary, middle school and young adult readers, as well as two picture book stories. Seven of his novels, Bearstone, Downriver, The Big Wander, Beardance, Far North, The Maze, and Jason's Gold, were named Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association. ALA also named Far North and Downriver to their list of the 100 Best Young Adult Books of the Twentieth Centrury. Ghost Canoe received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in l998 for Best Young Adult Mystery.

In outdoor stories that appeal to both boys and girls, Hobbs has readers discovering wild places, sharing adventures with people from varied backgrounds, and exploring how to make important choices in their own lives. A gra...more

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Books by Will Hobbs

Average rating: 3.63 · 4,429 ratings · 907 reviews · 30 distinct works

	Crossing the Wire 3.73 avg rating — 620 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Downriver 3.54 avg rating — 528 ratings — published 1991 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Far North 3.84 avg rating — 381 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Jason's Gold 3.51 avg rating — 337 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Go Big or Go Home 3.37 avg rating — 323 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Maze 3.54 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 1998 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Jackie's Wild Seattle 3.76 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions	My rating:
	River Thunder 3.71 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Bearstone 3.46 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 1989 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Ghost Canoe 3.42 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 1997 — 12 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Will Hobbs

“Old Japanese saying, live scorpion in pants makes life interesting.”
― Will Hobbs, Downriver

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“Dreams aren't practical, but we can't live without them.”
― Will Hobbs, Beardance

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