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Kate Albus

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Website

https://www.katealbus.com/

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@katealbus

Genre

Children's, Historical Fiction

Member Since

September 2012

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Kate Albus grew up in New York but now lives in rural Maryland with her husband and children. She loves reading, baking, knitting, hiking, and other activities that are inherently quiet.

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Kate Albus’s books

Average rating: 4.5 · 28,145 ratings · 5,479 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Place to Hang the Moon 4.56 avg rating — 24,384 ratings — published 2021 — 14 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
	Nothing Else But Miracles 4.09 avg rating — 3,761 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	The Passage of Jamie Quill 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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Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (with Cross-References): Old and New Testaments

by Anonymous

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The Betrothed

by Alessandro Manzoni

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Kate rated a book it was amazing The Secret to Belonging by Megan E. Freeman (Goodreads Author)	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
This is a read-it-in-one-sitting sort of novel. Gorgeous verse, a protagonist to fall in love with, and a trip to Norway to boot. Full of heartbreak and yearning, The Secret to Belonging is a coming of age story that you won’t be able to put down. My ...more
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Kate rated a book it was amazing Now That We Don't Talk by Sylvia Liu (Goodreads Author)	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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Kate rated a book it was amazing Listen to the Girls by Chrystal D. Giles (Goodreads Author)	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
So very timely. A poignant and lovingly rendered reminder of the importance of speaking out and speaking up about painful truths. My thanks to NetGalley for the eARC.
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Coming-of-age meets fairy tale in Melissa Dassori's charming second novel, GRETA EVER AFTER. Seventh grader Greta Starr is struggling to find herself. Her friends seem to have it all figured out, but Greta hasn't yet determined what her niche might be ...more
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Quotes by Kate Albus (?)

“The first words of a new book are so delicious—like the first taste of a cookie fresh from the oven and not yet properly cooled.”
― Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

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“It is often the case that, at times of great anxiety, when the diversion of a good story should seem most welcome, one is least equipped to focus one’s mind on reading.”
― Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

tags: anxiety, books, difficulty-focusing, reading

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“A librarian seemed a good sort of friend to have.”
― Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

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What book should we read in June?

You may write in titles, provided the book is a 2022 Newbery contender and already published.

A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus

42 votes 29.6%

Amber and Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz

26 votes 18.3%

Ground Zero by Alan Gratz

21 votes 14.8%

Starfish by Lisa Fipps (write-in)

17 votes 12.0%

The Boy Who Failed Show and Tell by Jordan Sonnenblick

9 votes 6.3%

The Girl in My Treehouse by S.A. Fanning

7 votes 4.9%

Starfish (write-in)

6 votes 4.2%

A Place to Hang the Moon (write-in)

3 votes 2.1%

Not All Heroes by Josephine Cameron (write-in)

3 votes 2.1%

A Place to hang the moon (write-in)

2 votes 1.4%

Amber and Clay (write-in)

2 votes 1.4%

Ophie's Ghosts (write-in)

2 votes 1.4%

Ground Zero (write-in)

1 vote 0.7%

The Boy Who Failed Show and Tell (write-in)

1 vote 0.7%

142 total votes

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