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J. Anderson Coats

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J. Anderson Coats has received two Junior Library Guild awards, two Washington State Book Awards, and earned starred reviews from Kirkus, School Library Journal, the Horn Book Review, and Shelf Awareness. Her newest books are The Night Ride, a middle grade action-adventure about a girl determined to protect horses in danger, and Spindle and Dagger, a historical YA set in medieval Wales that deals with power dynamics and complicated relationships. She is also the author of The Green Children of Woolpit, R is for Rebel, The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming, and The Wicked and the Just. Her next middle grade historical, A Season Most Unfair is forthcoming in 2023.

Average rating: 3.7 · 7,587 ratings · 1,770 reviews · 10 distinct worksSimilar authors
A Tyranny of Petticoats (A ...

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3.72 avg rating — 4,108 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions
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The Wicked and the Just

3.62 avg rating — 2,110 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions
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The Many Reflections of Mis...

3.94 avg rating — 633 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions
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Spindle and Dagger

3.48 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions
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R Is for Rebel

3.63 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions
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The Green Children of Woolpit

3.62 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions
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3.94 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions
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The Night Ride

3.66 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions
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A Season Most Unfair

4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — expected publication 2023 — 4 editions
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“Charming. We're going to be murdered in our beds.”
J. Anderson Coats, The Wicked and the Just

“Even better. We're going to be murdered in our beds by infidels.”
J. Anderson Coats, The Wicked and the Just

“God save me ere I have any babies. They are grabby, clingy creatures who steal your figure and always want a ribbon or a wooden sword. And who sometimes make you die bearing them.”
J. Anderson Coats, The Wicked and the Just

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