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Kara Swanson

Goodreads Author

Born

in The United States

Website

https://www.karaswanson.com/dust

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Genre

Young Adult, Fantasy, Fiction

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March 2014

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As the daughter of missionaries, KARA SWANSON spent her childhood running barefoot through the lush jungles of Papua New Guinea. Able to relate with characters dropped into a unique new world, she quickly fell in love with the fantasy genre.

Swanson is the award-winning author of The Girl Who Could See and Peter Pan retelling Dust and Shadow. She helps young writers explore their passions as a faculty member of the Young Writer’s Workshop and also offers her own author coaching services.

Kara is passionate about crafting stories of light shattering darkness, connecting with readers, and becoming best friends with a mermaid—though not necessarily in that order.

You can connect with Kara online where she chats about coffee, fairy tales and ...more

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Kara Swanson’s books

Average rating: 4.1 · 3,863 ratings · 1,324 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dust (Heirs of Neverland, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 1,988 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow (Heirs of Neverland, #2) by Kara Swanson (Goodreads Author), Natasha Soudek (Narrator) 4.27 avg rating — 898 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl Who Could See 4.08 avg rating — 880 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seaglass 3.86 avg rating — 43 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	21 Days of Joy: Stories that Celebrate Mom by Kathy Ide (Goodreads Author) (Compiled By), Lori Freeland (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Anne Mateer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.57 avg rating — 23 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diamonds 2021: Purpose in Affliction: Study Guide by S.G. Willoughby (Goodreads Author), Rebecca Washburn (Editor), Angela R. Watts (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pearl of Merlydia by Charis Smith (Goodreads Author), Kara Swanson (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diamonds 2020: Fighting Together by Caitlin Mullon (Editor), S.G. Willoughby (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bethany Beal (Contributor) 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Kara Swanson

Heirs of Neverland (2 books)
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Kara Swanson (Goodreads Author),

Natasha Soudek (Narrator)

4.11 avg rating — 2,886 ratings

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Quotes by Kara Swanson (?)

“You were created for more than to bear the weight of your shadows- but you have to choose to no longer let them define you. You have to choose to let the light shine through the shattered pieces.” – Tiger Lilly”
― Kara Swanson, Dust

tags: encouraging, heirs-of-neverland, inspirational, neverland, peter-pan, pragmatic, profound, tiger-lily, touching

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“Today I am not the girl who's parents didn't love her. Or the women who's crazy. Or the aunt who can't keep a job.
I am the girl who can see what no one else can.
I matter, At least this once.”
― Kara Swanson, The Girl Who Could See

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“Why would you give up your life from a world that doesn't even believe you exist?'
A cough wracks his body, but his grip on me remains strong.
'Because I believe everyone should have the chance to live.”
― Kara Swanson, The Girl Who Could See

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Polls

Poll closes on 5/30/2022. What do you want to read for our June 2022 BOTM Group Read? The theme was to look back at past polls, 2021 or earlier, and choose a book that didn't win the group read vote.

Dust by Kara Swanson

8 votes 24.2%

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

6 votes 18.2%

The Girl in the White Van by April Henry

5 votes 15.2%

Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery

4 votes 12.1%

The Means That Make Us Strangers by Christine Kindberg

4 votes 12.1%

Remember, Remember by Anna Elliott

3 votes 9.1%

Resistance by Jaye L. Knight

3 votes 9.1%

A Girl Named Faithful Plum: A True Story of a Dancer from China and How She Achieved Her Dream by Richard Bernstein

0 votes 0.0%

33 total votes

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Kara’s Quotes

“There are passages and doors
And Realms that lie unseen.
There are Roads both wide and narrow
And no avenue between.
Doors Remain closed for those
Who in sad vanity yet hide.
Yet when Belief is chosen,
The key appears inside.
What is lived now will soon pass,
And what is not will come to Be.
The Door Within must open,
For one to truly see.
Do you see?
Believe and enter.”
― Wayne Thomas Batson, The Door Within

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“Never Alone!”
― Wayne Thomas Batson, The Door Within

tags: never-alone

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“He who lives for nothing costs the lives of many, but he who lives for something greater than himself preserves those he loves.”
― Wayne Thomas Batson, Christopher Hopper

tags: berinfell, christian-science-fiction, elves, grimwarden, jimmy, jimmy-gresham, sacrifice, the-berinfell-prophecies, venom-and-song

17 likes

“Adventures are funny things. They always begin with the unexpected, but they always end wit the promise of adventures yet to comestoriai”
― Wayne Thomas Batson

14 likes

“With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.”
― Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

tags: nico

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