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Kathleen Karr

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Kathleen Karr


Born
in Allentown, Pennsylvania, The United States
April 21, 1946

Died
December 06, 2017

Genre
Young Adult, Children's, Historical Fiction


Kathleen Karr was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and grew up on a chicken farm in Dorothy, New Jersey. After escaping to college, she worked in the film industry, and also taught in high school and college. She seriously began writing fiction on a dare from her husband. After honing her skills in women’s fiction, her children asked her to write a book for them, (It Ain’t Always Easy, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1990), and she discovered she loved writing for young readers.

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Average rating: 3.97 · 4,183 ratings · 519 reviews · 38 distinct works • Similar authors
The Great Turkey Walk
4.04 avg rating — 3,085 ratings — published 1998 — 21 editions
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Exiled: Memoirs of a Camel
3.88 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions
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The Boxer (Sunburst Book)
3.87 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions
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Gilbert & Sullivan Set Me Free
3.93 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions
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Skullduggery (Skullduggery,...
3.54 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions
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The Great Turkey Walk: A Gr...
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Mama Went to Jail for the Vote
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Oh, Those Harper Girls! or ...
3.68 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1992 — 10 editions
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Go West, Young Women! (The ...
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Fortune's Fool
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