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Tom McNeal

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Tom McNeal was born in Santa Ana, California, where his father and grandfather raised oranges. He spent part of every summer at the Nebraska farm where his mother was born and raised, and after earning a BA in English at UC Berkeley and an MFA in Creative Writing at UC Irvine, he taught school in the town that was the inspiration for his novel, Goodnight, Nebraska. Tom has been a Wallace Stegner Fellow and a Jones Lecturer at Stanford University, and his short stories have been widely anthologized.

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Average rating: 3.79 · 18,231 ratings · 3,328 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Far Far Away 3.87 avg rating — 8,767 ratings — published 2013 — 22 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
	To Be Sung Underwater 3.81 avg rating — 5,594 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Crooked by Laura McNeal (Goodreads Author), Tom McNeal 3.70 avg rating — 1,502 ratings — published 1999 — 13 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
	Goodnight, Nebraska 3.69 avg rating — 945 ratings — published 1998 — 10 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
	Zipped by Laura McNeal (Goodreads Author), Tom McNeal 3.42 avg rating — 697 ratings — published 2003 — 13 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
	Crushed by Laura McNeal (Goodreads Author), Tom McNeal 3.42 avg rating — 450 ratings — published 2006 — 11 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 Decoding of Lana Morris by Laura McNeal (Goodreads Author), Tom McNeal 3.61 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 2007 — 10 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 Dog Who Lost His Bob by Tom McNeal, Laura McNeal (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1996 — 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 Best of the West 5: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri by James Thomas (Editor), Denise Thomas (Editor), Lee K. Abbott (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 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
	Goodnight, Nebraska Reading Group Guide 3.50 avg rating — 2 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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“For you, I was a chapter. For me, you were the book.”
― Tom McNeal

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“Sometimes I think the cover of a book as a door to another world...but other times I think of it as an escape hatch from this one. I guess it's the same thing.”
― Tom McNeal

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“He says that all that happens when you go far, far away is that you discover you've brought yourself along.”
― Tom McNeal, Far Far Away

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Now that we have a Mock Newbery medal we can pick an honor book.

Which book would you choose to receive an honor award for our Mock Newbery?

Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool

21 votes 22.6%

Doll Bones by Holly Black

20 votes 21.5%

The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt

13 votes 14.0%

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein

13 votes 14.0%

The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata

10 votes 10.8%

Far Far Away by Tom McNeal

6 votes 6.5%

The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes

5 votes 5.4%

Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo

5 votes 5.4%

93 total votes

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