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Rae Chalmers grew up in the Bay Area of California reading HARRIET THE SPY and NANCY DREW mysteries. She and her best friend biked through their neighborhood with notepads and pencils, jotting down license plates and clues for crimes they knew would be committed.
When she moved to Maine in the 1980s with her two young daughters, Rae felt like she had finally come home. Her first teaching job was in a two-room school on a small coastal island. Her students and their families lived the values that are embodied in the OXBOW ISLAND GANG series: resilience, generosity and valuing the contributions and unique talents of all community members. Since then, Rae has had the good fortune to live and work on many other Maine islands, with their woodsy ...more

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	Bear and the Oxbow Island Gang (#1) by Rae Chalmers (Goodreads Author), Jamie Hogan (Illustrator) 4.88 avg rating — 8 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
	Oxbow Island Gang: Lobster Graveyard (#2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 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
	Oxbow Island Gang: Summer Bats by Rae Chalmers (Goodreads Author), Jamie Hogan (illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 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
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A Murder in Springtime (Bruno, Chief of Police #19)

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Rae Chalmers liked Becky Ganong's review of Come from Away: "I bought this book while vacationing on Campobello Island, and it was not worth the $20 I paid for it. There are some spelling errors, and it was very hard to follow. As someone who reads all the time with no issues, I had to go back dozens of times " Read more of this review »
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Rae Chalmers made a comment on Em Coates’s review of Come from Away " Thank you for writing this. I’m 70 pages in and hoping there will be a story arc, lessons, learned, women and men humanized. I guess not "
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Rae Chalmers liked Em Coates's review of Come from Away: "I can see why the author used a pen name because I wouldn’t want my name attached to something so poorly written. The plot was not followable and there were too many characters introduced too quickly to be able to keep up with who was who and what wa" Read more of this review »
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