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Pamela’s 2023 Year in Books
Take a look at Pamela’s Year in Books. The long, the short—it’s all here.
Pamela S. Turner’s Followers (46)
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Pamela S. Turner
Goodreads Author
Born
in The United States
Website
Twitter
Genre
Influences
C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, George Schaller, David Quammen
Member Since
January 2009
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/pamelasturner
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Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
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2016
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11 editions
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Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog
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2004
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13 editions
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Crow Smarts: Inside the Brain of the World's Brightest Bird
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2016
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4 editions
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The Frog Scientist (Scientists in the Field Series)
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2009
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8 editions
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How to Build a Human: In Seven Evolutionary Steps
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The Dolphins of Shark Bay
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2013
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2 editions
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Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes
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2005
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16 editions
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Project Seahorse (Scientists in the Field Series)
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2010
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10 editions
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Comet Chaser: The True Cinderella Story of Caroline Herschel, the First Professional Woman Astronomer
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A Life in the Wild: George Schaller's Struggle to Save the Last Great Beasts
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2008
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4 editions
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Pamela’s Recent Updates
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| THE UPSIDE-DOWN BOOK OF SLOTHS deftly moves between modern sloth species and their giant extinct relatives, helping to familiarize young readers with these very charming animals. You'll come away with a new appreciation of both modern and extinct slo ...more | |
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| This true story of the Cherry Mine disaster of 1909 reads like a thriller: who will live and who will perish? Walker's account doesn't just follow the fates of the miners, but also encompasses the families, the rescue workers, and those who rallied t ...more | |
“A twelfth-century samurai’s main weapon was his bow, but his sword offered a last line of defense if he ran out of arrows or was knocked off his horse. Yet even as a backup weapon the sword carried a symbolic weight that the bow did not. Weapons like bows and spears were also used for hunting. The sword had a singular purpose: to end human life.”
― Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
― Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
Polls
What book should we read in July?
You may write in titles, provided the book is a 2023 Newbery contender and already published.
You may write in titles, provided the book is a 2023 Newbery contender and already published.
The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat
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Jennifer Chan is Not Alone by Tae Keller
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Beatrix Prophecy
The Last Mapmaker
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My own lightning by LWolk
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My Own Lightning by Lauren Wolk
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Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd
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Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson
Zia Erases the World by Bree Barton
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96 total votes
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“When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
― On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature
― On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature
