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Katherine Applegate

Born

in Michigan, The United States

October 09, 1956

Website

http://www.katherineapplegate.com/

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Genre

Fiction, Children's Books

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Katherine Applegate is the author of The One and Only Ivan, winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal. Her novel Crenshaw spent over twenty weeks on the New York Times children's bestseller list, and her first middle-grade stand-alone novel, the award-winning Home of the Brave, continues to be included on state reading lists, summer reading lists, and class reading lists.

Katherine has written three picture books: The Buffalo Storm; The Remarkable True Story of Ivan, the Shopping Mall Gorilla (often used as a companion book to The One and Only Ivan for younger readers); and Sometimes You Fly (publishing in spring, 2018). For beginning readers, Katherine wrote Roscoe Riley Rules, a seven-book series.

With her husband, Michael Grant, Katherine co-wrote ...more

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Katherine Applegate’s books

Average rating: 4.06 · 667,817 ratings · 59,294 reviews · 283 distinct works • Similar authors

	The One and Only Ivan (The One and Only #1) by Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illustrator) 4.27 avg rating — 195,283 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Wishtree 4.29 avg rating — 38,428 ratings — published 2017 — 64 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
	Crenshaw 3.97 avg rating — 35,130 ratings — published 2015 — 61 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 One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2) by Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 24,307 ratings — published 2020 — 28 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
	Home of the Brave 4.26 avg rating — 12,452 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
	Odder by Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.24 avg rating — 10,364 ratings — published 2022 — 15 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 One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3) 4.28 avg rating — 7,256 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	The Last (Endling, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 6,145 ratings — published 2018 — 42 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
	Willodeen by Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 5,496 ratings — published 2021 — 23 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
	Beach Blondes: June Dreams / July's Promise / August Magic (Summer, #1-3) 4.07 avg rating — 5,598 ratings — published 2008 — 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

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Series by Katherine Applegate

The One and Only (4 books)
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Katherine Applegate

4.27 avg rating — 229,988 ratings

Summer (8 books)
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Katherine Applegate

3.98 avg rating — 12,110 ratings

Endling (3 books)
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Katherine Applegate

4.28 avg rating — 10,639 ratings

Making Out (28 books)
by

Katherine Applegate

3.89 avg rating — 8,368 ratings

Remnants (14 books)
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Katherine Applegate

3.65 avg rating — 7,619 ratings

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Quotes by Katherine Applegate (?)

“Memories are precious ... they help tell us who we are.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

tags: memories, personal-identity

178 likes

“I like colorful tales with black beginnings and stormy middles and cloudless blue-sky endings. But any story will do.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

tags: stories

147 likes

“Yes," he said. "You were strong. You were brave. You were good. You mattered.”
― Katherine Alice Applegate, The Beginning

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Polls

We have read a lot of wonderful books this year, but have we missed your favorite?

What book should we read in December?

Please write in your choice. As always, you may write in titles, provided the book is a 2023 Newbery contender and already published.

Odder by Katherine Applegate

27 votes 31.0%

The Patron Thief of Bread by Lindsay Eagar

18 votes 20.7%

Alias Anna by Susan Hood (write-in)

12 votes 13.8%

How to Build a Human: In Seven Evolutionary Steps by Pamela S. Turner

10 votes 11.5%

The Passport Project: Two Sisters Ditch Middle School for a Life-Changing Journey Around the World by Kellie McIntyre

7 votes 8.0%

Falling Short (write-in)

5 votes 5.7%

Odder (write-in)

3 votes 3.4%

My Life Begins by Patricia MacLachlan (write-in)

2 votes 2.3%

passport project (write-in)

1 vote 1.1%

Parron thief (write-in)

1 vote 1.1%

The Passport Project: Two Sisters Ditch Middle School for a Life-Changing Journey Around the World by Kellie McIntyre (write-in)

1 vote 1.1%

87 total votes

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