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Janet Gurtler

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Young Adult, Children's, Nonfiction

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A Rita Award Finalist, Janet Gurtler's young adult books have been chosen for the Junior Literary Guild Selection and as Best Books for Teens from the Canadian Children’s Book Center.

Janet lives in Alberta, Canada, where she curses winter every year and dreams of moving to a world where cold weather means sweaters and boots and not layers of thermal, down, and the possibility of dying if exposed to the elements for longer than 20 minutes.

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Average rating: 3.85 · 14,729 ratings · 2,050 reviews · 34 distinct works • Similar authors

	I'm Not Her 3.95 avg rating — 4,563 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	#16thingsithoughtweretrue 3.75 avg rating — 2,603 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Truth About Us 3.81 avg rating — 1,615 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	If I Tell 3.66 avg rating — 1,681 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
	Who I Kissed 3.84 avg rating — 1,386 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	How I Lost You 3.70 avg rating — 1,167 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	You Too?: 25 Voices Share Their #MeToo Stories 4.38 avg rating — 626 ratings — published 2020 — 12 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
	Playing For Keeps 3.70 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2009	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
	Secrets Beneath the Sea (Mermaid Kingdom, #1 - 3) 4.21 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Shyanna's Song by Janet Gurtler (Goodreads Author), Katie Wood (Illustrations) 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2015 — 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

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“... We're just different."
"Yeah," I say. "I'm mute and you have verbal diarrhea.”
― Janet Gurtler, I'm Not Her

tags: personalities, sisters

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“I may not be happy with you right now, but I still love you.”
― Janet Gurtler, How I Lost You

tags: best-friend, best-friends, friend, friends, friendship

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“Just like that, he's gone. Things can change so quickly. One second you're in the present, the next you're remembering the past.”
― Janet Gurtler, Who I Kissed

tags: nostalgic

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Which genre would you like to read for the October Book of the Month?

Historical Fiction

11/22/63 by Stephen King

Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini

Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

35 votes, 25.2%

Mystery

Lies She Told by Cate Holahan

Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore

Traces of Guilt (Evie Blackwell Cold Case #1) by Dee Henderson

Traces of Guilt by Dee Henderson

35 votes, 25.2%

Fantasy

Shadow Rider (Shadow, #1) by Christine Feehan

Shadow Rider by Christine Feehan

Hunting Prince Dracula (Stalking Jack the Ripper, #2) by Kerri Maniscalco

Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco

All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai

32 votes, 23.0%

Contemporary

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

The Touch of Honey (The Honey Saga Book 1) by J. L. Brandenburg

The Touch of Honey by J. L. Brandenburg

Flawed by Kate Avelynn

22 votes, 15.8%

Romance

If I Tell by Janet Gurtler

Dear Aaron by Mariana Zapata

Ten Tiny Breaths (Ten Tiny Breaths, #1) by K.A. Tucker

Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker

15 votes, 10.8%

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