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Nora Thompson

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Nora Thompson is an illustrator, graphic designer and fine artist, and has been illustrating professionally since 1991. She wrote, illustrated and designed her first book, Twisted: Tales to Rot Your Brain Vol. 1, which garnered enthusiastic reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews and Midwest Book Reviews. She holds the position of Illustration Coordinator for the Western Pennsylvania chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and is a life member of the Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators. ...more

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	Twisted: Tales to Rot Your Brain Vol. 1 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Yikes! Wow! Yuck!: Fun Experiments for Your First Science Fair by Elizabeth Snoke Harris (Goodreads Author), Nora Thompson (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2008	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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The Ground is Shifting

I woke up this morning with a sense of unbalance that I found hard to place. I’ve never really felt this way before, but then, I’ve never really been this old before. With all the changes in the world—in my world—(mostly…not good), the best way I can describe it is the ground shifting under my feet.

The easy place to start would be a general observation about the leadership of the country. The coun

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From Norvelt to Nowhere

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