Tom McNeal

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Tom McNeal was born in Santa Ana, California, where his father and grandfather raised oranges. He spent part of every summer at the Nebraska farm where his mother was born and raised, and after earning a BA in English at UC Berkeley and an MFA in Creative Writing at UC Irvine, he taught school in the town that was the inspiration for his novel, Goodnight, Nebraska. Tom has been a Wallace Stegner Fellow and a Jones Lecturer at Stanford University, and his short stories have been widely anthologized.

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Average rating: 3.79 · 16,596 ratings · 3,089 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Far Far Away 3.87 avg rating — 7,999 ratings — published 2013 — 19 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
	To Be Sung Underwater 3.80 avg rating — 5,059 ratings — published 2011 — 18 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
	Goodnight, Nebraska 3.70 avg rating — 792 ratings — published 1998 — 8 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 Dog Who Lost His Bob by Tom McNeal, Laura McNeal (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1996	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
	Goodnight, Nebraska Reading Group Guide 3.50 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
	Zipped by Laura McNeal (Goodreads Author), Tom McNeal 3.42 avg rating — 648 ratings — published 2003 — 8 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
	Crooked by Laura McNeal (Goodreads Author), Tom McNeal 3.70 avg rating — 1,385 ratings — published 1999 — 9 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
	Crushed by Laura McNeal (Goodreads Author), Tom McNeal 3.40 avg rating — 408 ratings — published 2006 — 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 Decoding of Lana Morris by Laura McNeal (Goodreads Author), Tom McNeal 3.57 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 2007 — 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 Best of the West 5: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri by James Thomas (Editor), Denise Thomas (Editor) , Lee K. Abbott (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 2.50 avg rating — 4 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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“For you, I was a chapter. For me, you were the book.”
― Tom McNeal

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“Sometimes I think the cover of a book as a door to another world...but other times I think of it as an escape hatch from this one. I guess it's the same thing.”
― Tom McNeal

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“He says that all that happens when you go far, far away is that you discover you've brought yourself along.”
― Tom McNeal, Far Far Away

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Which book would you give the 2014 Newbery award to?

These books were chosen from our It's January thread.

Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

22 votes 24.4%

Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool

15 votes 16.7%

Doll Bones by Holly Black

13 votes 14.4%

Far Far Away by Tom McNeal

7 votes 7.8%

The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt

6 votes 6.7%

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein

5 votes 5.6%

The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata

5 votes 5.6%

The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes

5 votes 5.6%

Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle

4 votes 4.4%

The Real Boy by Anne Ursu

4 votes 4.4%

One Came Home by Amy Timberlake

2 votes 2.2%

Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo

2 votes 2.2%

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