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Biography, Suspense, Children's

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Ellie Crowe loves to read and to write and is the author of Surfer of the Century, The Life of Duke Kahanamoku,(Lee and Low NY 2008), Hardcore Inventing, Invent, Protect, Promote and Profit (Skyhorse Publishing, NY 2009), Hawaii, A Pictorial Celebration, (Sterling Publishing NY), Exploring Lost Hawaii, Places of Power, History, Mystery and Magic, (Island Heritage, Hawaii 2003), content featured on the History Channel and the Travel Channel, and Hoku the Stargazer, The Exciting Pirate Adventure, (Island Heritage, Honolulu, Hawaii 2009), Gatorlands, Harold and the Poopy Little Puppy, The Story of Olympic Swimmer Duke Kahanamoku, I Escaped North Korea, I Escaped the World's Deadliest Shark Attack, I Escaped Amazon River Pirates.
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	I Escaped The World's Deadliest Shark Attack by Ellie Crowe (Goodreads Author), Scott Peters (Goodreads Author) 4.48 avg rating — 329 ratings — 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
	I Escaped North Korea!: A North Korea Survival Story by Ellie Crowe (Goodreads Author), Scott Peters (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 274 ratings — 6 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
	Surfer of the Century: The Life of Duke Kahanamoku by Ellie Crowe (Goodreads Author), Richard Waldrep (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	I Escaped Amazon River Pirates by Ellie Crowe (Goodreads Author), Scott Peters (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 181 ratings — 6 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
	I Escaped The Donner Party by Ellie Crowe (Goodreads Author), Scott Peters (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 147 ratings — 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
	I Escaped Pirates In The Caribbean by Ellie Crowe (Goodreads Author), Scott Peters (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	I Escaped The Grizzly Maze by Ellie Crowe (Goodreads Author), Scott Peters 4.47 avg rating — 87 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
	I Escaped The Tower of London: A Renaissance England Kids Survival Story by Ellie Crowe (Goodreads Author), Scott Peters (Goodreads Author) 4.49 avg rating — 85 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
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	I Escaped North Korea by Ellie Crowe (Goodreads Author), Scott Peters (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2018 — 6 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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“When I was in the water and I wanted to give up, I saw my dad’s face, and I wasn’t going to give up for him. He brought me home.”
― Ellie Crowe, I Escaped The World's Deadliest Shark Attack

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