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Rodman Philbrick

Born

The United States

Website

http://www.rodmanphilbrick.com

Genre

Children's Books

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Aka William R Dantz, Chris Jordan, W.R. Philbrick.

Rodman Philbrick grew up on the New England coast, where he worked as a longshoreman and boat builder. For many years he wrote mysteries and detective novels. The Private Eye Writers of America nominated two of his T.D.Stash series as best detective novel and then selected Philbrick's 'Brothers & Sinners' as Best Novel in 1993. Writing under the pen name 'William R. Dantz' he has explored the near-future worlds of genetic engineering and hi-tech brain control in books like 'Hunger', 'Pulse', 'The Seventh Sleeper'. And 'Nine Levels Down'.

Inspired by the life of a boy who lived a few blocks away, he wrote 'Freak The Mighty', the award-winning young-adult novel, which has been translated into n ...more

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Rodman Philbrick’s books

Average rating: 3.95 · 88,308 ratings · 9,732 reviews · 61 distinct works • Similar authors

	Freak the Mighty (Freak the Mighty, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 54,817 ratings — published 1993 — 71 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 Book in the Universe 3.91 avg rating — 9,976 ratings — published 2000 — 27 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 Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg 3.69 avg rating — 7,394 ratings — published 2009 — 20 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
	Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina 3.97 avg rating — 3,688 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Max the Mighty (Freak the Mighty, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 3,259 ratings — published 1998 — 16 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
	Wildfire (The Wilds, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 3,225 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	The Young Man and the Sea 3.77 avg rating — 1,299 ratings — published 2004 — 25 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
	Wild River (The Wild, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 1,147 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
	The Big Dark 3.71 avg rating — 1,191 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds: The Donner Party Expedition, 1846 3.80 avg rating — 672 ratings — published 2001 — 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

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Series by Rodman Philbrick

Freak The Mighty (1 book)
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4.01 avg rating — 58,075 ratings

The Wilds Series (3 books)
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Quotes by Rodman Philbrick (?)

“The only real treasure is in your head. Memories are better than diamonds and nobody can steal them from you”
― Rodman Philbrick, The Last Book in the Universe

tags: memories

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“Books are like truth serum-- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.”
― Rodman Philbrick, Freak the Mighty

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“Pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of everything, even pain.”
― Rodman Philbrick, Freak the Mighty

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Nightingale's Nest by Nikki Loftin

29 votes 40.8%

Seven Stories Up by Laurel Snyder

14 votes 19.7%

Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina by Rodman Philbrick

10 votes 14.1%

Searching for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl in America by Tonya Bolden

5 votes 7.0%

Seven Stories Up (write-in)

4 votes 5.6%

How I Discovered Poetry by Marilyn Nelson

3 votes 4.2%

Zane and the hurricane

2 votes 2.8%

Under the Egg (write-in)

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Nightingale's Nest (write-in)

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Bird (write-in)

1 vote 1.4%

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