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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult

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Ray Bradbury; Pat Frank; Shirley Jackson

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Linda L. Zern lives, works, and dreams in Central Florida.

Born in Florida, raised on sunshine and bug spray, the author read every cereal box she could find and every book she could get her hands on, and when other people's books ran out, she started writing her own:

The Pocket Fairies of Middleburg, The Long-Promised Song, ZippityZern's: Uncommon Nonsense and Fifty More; MOONCALF (a finalist for the Space Coast Writers' Guild DON ARGO AWARD) BEYOND THE STRANDLINE (Book I); Following the Strandline (Book II); Ebook short story prequels: "Puppies", "Darby's Chickens", "Storm"; (COMING SOON) The Gryphon's Glade, a rural contemporary fantasy.

"I write because there can never be too many good books or the people who love them." Linda L. Zern ...more

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	Beyond The Strandline 4.28 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Mooncalf 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2013 — 4 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
	Before the Strandline: Darby's Chickens (The Strandline Series) 4.67 avg rating — 6 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
	The Gryphon's Glade: (Impossible Love, #I) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 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
	Before the Strandline: The Story of Stone (The Strandline Series) 4.80 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
	Following The Strandline (Strandline Series, #2) 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — 5 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
	Before the Strandline: Storm 4.67 avg rating — 3 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
	Before the Strandline: "Puppies" 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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
	The Apocalypse: Triple Threat Plus One it was amazing 5.00 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
	Before the Strandline: Rules (The Strandline Series, #8) 3.50 avg rating — 2 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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In Little League, there’s a saying the coaches would use when the players started trash talking each other. Like one kid would say, “You suck, you neanderthal,” and then another kid would come back with, “Your mother is a pony-faced dog soldier.”

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Series by Linda L. Zern

The Strandline (7 books)
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4.45 avg rating — 75 ratings

Impossible Love (1 book)
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The Pocket Fairies of Middleburg: Fairy Fables (2 books)
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ZippityZern Series (6 books)
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ZippityZern's Uncommon Nonsense (Humor)

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Description: It's harder than you might think to resist tattling on the neighbors.

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Description: The trouble with wrinkles.

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Description: The trouble with wrinkles.

Zippityzern's Uncommon Nonsense (Humor)

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Description: Getting a good deal is all about finding the cheapest way to get your house painted by a Jamaican named George.

ZippityZern's Uncommon Nonsense (Humor)

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Description: Once upon a time men were hairy and so were women. Now, not so much.

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“A world made of skulls was no place for roses, and it was time to plant more than bones. (From the novel Following the Strandline)”
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“Champing his gilded oats, the Hippogriff will stand in our stalls, and over our heads will float the Blue Bird singing of beautiful and impossible things, of things that are lovely and that never happen, of things that are not and that should be.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King

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“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
― Ray Bradbury

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“How does one become a butterfly?" she asked.
"You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.”
― Trina Paulus

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