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Caroline Carlson

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Born

Boston, MA

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http://carolinecarlsonbooks.com

Twitter

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Children's Books

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Caroline Carlson is the author of funny and fantastical books for young readers, including The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates trilogy, The World’s Greatest Detective, and The Door at the End of the World. Her novels have won accolades from the New York Times, the American Booksellers Association, Bank Street College of Education, the American Library Association, and Junior Library Guild, among others.

Caroline holds a BA from Swarthmore College and an MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College of Fine Arts. A Massachusetts native, she now lives in Pittsburgh with her family. You can visit her online at http://carolinecarlsonbooks.com. ...more

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A New Monthly Kidlit Column

I’m ridiculously pleased to share that I’ll be writing a monthly column about children’s books for the website Literary Hub, which has published great content about books for adults for many years now and is currently expanding its coverage of writing for children. My column will preview ten wonderful new books each month, from board books all the way through young adult literature, and I hope it

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	Magic Marks the Spot (The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates, #1) by Caroline Carlson (Goodreads Author), Dave Phillips (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 4,626 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Terror of the Southlands (The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates, #2) by Caroline Carlson (Goodreads Author), Dave Phillips (Illustrations) 4.22 avg rating — 1,237 ratings — published 2014 — 27 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 World's Greatest Detective 4.09 avg rating — 909 ratings — published 2017 — 16 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 Buccaneers' Code (The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates, #3) 4.28 avg rating — 811 ratings — published 2015 — 14 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 Door at the End of the World: A Middle Grade Portal Fantasy About Time, Space, and Eight Worlds for Kids (Ages 8-12) 4.06 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Wicked Marigold 4.14 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2024 — 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 Tinkerers 4.55 avg rating — 22 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
	Ueberreuter Lesebuch Kinder- und Jugendbuch Herbst 2017 by Usch Luhn (Contributor), Michaela Holzinger (Contributor), Magnus Myst (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2017	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 Very Nearly Honourable League of Pirates: Magic Marks the Spot by Caroline Carlson (2014-01-02) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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“A good pirate fights back," said Jasper, "and a good pirate finds treasure.”
― Caroline Carlson, Magic Marks the Spot

tags: pirates, treasure

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“If you want to know the truth, pirates can be even sillier than Miss Pimm’s girls, although they are not nearly as cruel.”
― Caroline Carlson, Magic Marks the Spot

tags: pirates

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“However, many a pirate has tried to make his name on the High Seas by searching for famous, long-lost treasures. These include the fabled wreck of the good ship Petunia, the infamous magic stash of the Enchantress of the Northlands, and, of course, the toothbrush collection of Blackjaw Hawkins.”
― Caroline Carlson, Magic Marks the Spot

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