Will Hobbs

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Will Hobbs


Born
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The United States
August 22, 1947

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WILL HOBBS is the author of seventeen novels for upper elementary, middle school and young adult readers, as well as two picture book stories. Seven of his novels, Bearstone, Downriver, The Big Wander, Beardance, Far North, The Maze, and Jason's Gold, were named Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association. ALA also named Far North and Downriver to their list of the 100 Best Young Adult Books of the Twentieth Centrury. Ghost Canoe received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1998 for Best Young Adult Mystery.

In outdoor stories that appeal to both boys and girls, Hobbs has readers discovering wild places, sharing adventures with people from varied backgrounds, and exploring how to make important choices in their own lives. A gra
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Average rating: 3.61 · 22,097 ratings · 2,489 reviews · 38 distinct worksSimilar authors
Bearstone: With Related Rea...

3.19 avg rating — 5,289 ratings
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Crossing the Wire

3.83 avg rating — 2,690 ratings — published 2006 — 17 editions
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Far North

3.96 avg rating — 1,859 ratings — published 1996 — 28 editions
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Downriver

3.73 avg rating — 1,913 ratings — published 1991 — 22 editions
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Jason's Gold

3.56 avg rating — 1,656 ratings — published 1999 — 28 editions
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Never Say Die

3.79 avg rating — 1,029 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions
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Go Big or Go Home

3.56 avg rating — 1,027 ratings — published 2008 — 14 editions
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The Maze

3.70 avg rating — 965 ratings — published 1998 — 15 editions
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Take Me to the River

3.70 avg rating — 788 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions
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Bearstone

3.54 avg rating — 661 ratings — published 1989 — 30 editions
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More books by Will Hobbs…
Downriver River Thunder
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3.75 avg rating — 2,468 ratings

Jason's Gold Down the Yukon
(2 books)
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3.64 avg rating — 2,039 ratings

Bearstone Beardance
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3.62 avg rating — 912 ratings

Quotes by Will Hobbs  (?)
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“Old Japanese saying, live scorpion in pants makes life interesting.”
Will Hobbs, Downriver

“Dreams aren't practical, but we can't live without them.”
Will Hobbs, Beardance

“Pigs might fly, but they're unlikely birds.”
Will Hobbs, COMMON CORE PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE TVTT BEARSTONE NOVEL GRADE 7

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