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Jean E. Karl


Born
in Chicago, The United States
July 29, 1927

Died
March 30, 2000


Jean Edna Karl was an American book editor and writer who specialized in children's and science fiction titles. She founded and led the children's division and young adult and science fiction imprints at Atheneum Books. ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 322 ratings · 63 reviews · 8 distinct works
But We Are Not of Earth
4.18 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1981 — 7 editions
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Beloved Benjamin Is Waiting
4.06 avg rating — 83 ratings — 5 editions
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The Turning Place: Stories ...
4.02 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1976 — 8 editions
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Strange Tomorrow
3.50 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions
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How to Write and Sell Child...
3.52 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1994
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The Search for the Ten-Wing...
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4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions
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From Childhood to Childhood...
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1970 — 9 editions
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America Alive: A History
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1994 — 2 editions
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What's the Name o...: SOLVED. Looking for a book I read 20 + years ago. HS. It's a mystery. The scene I remember is the girl finds a tunnel that leads to a mausoleum in the cemetery behind property. [s] 9 48 Apr 16, 2017 08:59PM  
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What's the Name o...: Children's/ Teen Sci Fi: Boy protagonist sent through a maze on futuristic space station that keeps getting harder - as punishment for transgressing society's laws. Possibly initiation into adulthood, contains punishments. Read in 1980s. 141 2028 Dec 11, 2025 02:23AM