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Amy Timberlake's work has received a Newbery Honor, an Edgar, and a Golden Kite Award. One book was chosen to be a Book Sense Pick, another was reviewed in The New York Times Book Review. Her books have made several "best books of the year" lists, and she loves it whenever her books are chosen to be part of a state reading list. (Thank you!) Chicago's Lifeline Theatre has adapted both One Came Home and The Dirty Cowboy for the stage. She's received residency fellowships from Hedgebrook, and the Anderson Center.

Her most recent book, One Came Home, has been called "a True Grit for the middle school set" by Bookpage, "a valentine to sisterhood and a bird that no longer exists" by The Washington Post, and "a rare gem of a novel" by The Christi ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 16,326 ratings · 2,898 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	One Came Home 3.80 avg rating — 10,088 ratings — published 2013 — 21 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
	Skunk and Badger (Skunk and Badger, #1) by Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 4,297 ratings — published 2020 — 35 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
	Egg Marks the Spot (Skunk and Badger, #2) by Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illustrations) 4.06 avg rating — 1,284 ratings — published 2021 — 19 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
	That Girl Lucy Moon 3.86 avg rating — 269 ratings — published 2006 — 7 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
	Blaireau et putois - tome 2 - L'OEuf au trésor by Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illustrator), Alix Houllier (Translator) 3.63 avg rating — 8 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
	Tasso e puzzola 3.25 avg rating — 4 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
	La gema es una yema by Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illustrator), Patricia Antón (Translator) 3.50 avg rating — 2 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
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	El rovell de l'ou: Una aventura de Mofeta i Teixó liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Skunk and Badger 3 by Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illustrations) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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Quotes by Amy Timberlake (?)

“Living with uncertainty is like having a rock in your shoe. If you can’t remove the rock, you have to figure out how to walk despite it. There is simply no other choice.”
― Amy Timberlake, One Came Home

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“I say let all the earth be alive and overwhelmingly so. Let the sky be pressed to bursting with wings, beaks, pumping hearts, and driving muscles. Let it be noisy. Let it make a mess. Then let me find my allotted space. Let me feel how I bump up against every other living thing on this earth. Let me learn to spin.”
― Amy Timberlake, One Came Home

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“fastest way to win a kingdom is by being kind and gentle instead of using violence and cruelty. Do”
― Amy Timberlake, Skunk and Badger

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Polls

Due to popular demand we are starting our Book of the Month reading earlier.

What book should we read in April?

You may write in titles, provided the book is a 2014 Newbery contender and already published.

One Came Home by Amy Timberlake

23 votes 25.6%

Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool

17 votes 18.9%

The Center of Everything by Linda Urban (write-in)

10 votes 11.1%

Hokey Pokey by Jerry Spinelli

9 votes 10.0%

Jinx by Sage Blackwood

9 votes 10.0%

Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers by Tanya Lee Stone

5 votes 5.6%

navigating early (write-in)

3 votes 3.3%

jinx (write-in)

3 votes 3.3%

Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty by Tonya Bolden

2 votes 2.2%

Jinx by Sage Blackwood

2 votes 2.2%

One came home (write-in)

2 votes 2.2%

Hokey Pokey (write-in)

2 votes 2.2%

One Came Home

1 vote 1.1%

Center of Everything (write-in)

1 vote 1.1%

Center of Everything (read: One Came Home: book is hobbled by uncertain characterization of main character; Jinx is delightful (aimed at younger readers) (write-in)

1 vote 1.1%

90 total votes

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