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Gillian French

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Gillian French is the author of five novels for teens: GRIT, THE DOOR TO JANUARY, THE LIES THEY TELL, THE MISSING SEASON, and SUGARING OFF. Her debut adult mystery, SHAW CONNOLLY LIVES TO TELL, is slated for release from Minotaur Books in May 2025. Her short fiction has placed in many competitions, including Writer's Digest and Zoetrope: All Story contests, and has been published in such magazines are Weirdbook. She holds a BA in English from the University of Maine, and lives in her native state of Maine with her husband and four sons, where she's perpetually at work on her next novel. ...more

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	The Lies They Tell 3.34 avg rating — 2,709 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Grit 3.57 avg rating — 1,726 ratings — published 2017 — 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 Missing Season 3.25 avg rating — 1,257 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Sugaring Off 3.54 avg rating — 585 ratings — published 2022 — 9 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 to January 3.40 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Weirdbook #36 by Douglas Draa (Editor), D.C. Lozar (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), L.F. Falconer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.75 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Sanitarium #30 by Barry Skelhorn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Terry Miller (Contributor), Nick Kimbro (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Sanitarium Issue #30: Sanitarium Magazine #30 (2015) by Ian Sputnik (Goodreads Author), Nick Kimbro, Brandon Miller it was amazing 5.00 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
	Shaw Connolly Lives to Tell 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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“‘You can feel him.’ I’m still looking, spotting the fallen tree, the reeds broken and crushed into a hollow around it, where there could be anything, any hidden thing. ‘Go ahead, close ’em. He’s just standing there.’

I shut my eyes. Kincaid sounds hushed, close to my ear, words running together like they do when he’s excited. ‘You can make out his head right there, under those branches, and his sh

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“sometimes it's hard to know when things stop being fun and turn into a habit”
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“She just freaks out when she fells like nobody sees her" -Bree

There's something so spot-on about that; absolute truth. -Clara”
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“What is known cannot be unknown". -Trace”
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