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Bruce Coville

Born

in Syracuse, New York, The United States

May 16, 1950

Website

http://www.brucecoville.com

Genre

Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult

Influences

Mary Poppins, Doctor Dolittle, Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Tom Swift

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Bruce Coville’s books

Average rating: 3.99 · 133,712 ratings · 7,366 reviews · 288 distinct works • Similar authors

	Into the Land of the Unicorns (The Unicorn Chronicles, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 19,081 ratings — published 1994 — 38 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
	William Shakespeare's: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare Retellings, #2) by Bruce Coville (Adaptor), Dennis Nolan (Illustrator) 4.26 avg rating — 14,626 ratings — published 1996 — 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
	Song of the Wanderer (The Unicorn Chronicles, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 11,117 ratings — published 1999 — 34 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
	Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (Magic Shop, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 8,762 ratings — published 1991 — 45 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
	My Teacher Is an Alien (My Teacher Is an Alien, #1) by Bruce Coville, Mike Wimmer (Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 8,984 ratings — published 1989 — 38 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
	Dark Whispers (The Unicorn Chronicles, #3) 4.17 avg rating — 3,455 ratings — published 2008 — 18 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
	My Teacher Glows in the Dark (My Teacher Is an Alien, #3) 3.82 avg rating — 3,190 ratings — published 1991 — 34 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 Monster's Ring by Bruce Coville, Katherine Coville (Illustrator) 3.78 avg rating — 3,201 ratings — published 1982 — 34 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
	William Shakespeare's: The Tempest (Shakespeare Retellings, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 2,853 ratings — published 1994 — 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
	Jennifer Murdley's Toad 3.90 avg rating — 2,575 ratings — published 1992 — 34 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 Bruce Coville

The Unicorn Chronicles (7 books)
by

Bruce Coville

4.12 avg rating — 36,713 ratings

Shakespeare Retellings (7 books)
by

Bruce Coville,

LeUyen Pham (Illustrator)

4.17 avg rating — 19,921 ratings

Magic Shop (5 books)
by

Bruce Coville

3.95 avg rating — 17,772 ratings

My Teacher Is an Alien (4 books)
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Bruce Coville

3.82 avg rating — 16,961 ratings

Alien Adventures (4 books)
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Bruce Coville

3.93 avg rating — 4,238 ratings

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Quotes by Bruce Coville (?)

“Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.”
― Bruce Coville

tags: censorship, control, dictatorship, information, tyranny

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“The real heroes are the librarians and teachers who at no small risk to themselves refuse to lie down and play dead for censors.”
― Bruce Coville

tags: censorship, heroes, librarians, teachers

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“I am ignoring you. In fact, I think you are a figment of my imagination.”
― Bruce Coville, Dark Whispers

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For the month of June, we will be featuring one author and voting for one of their books. Please vote for the author you would like to have featured!

Lois Lowry

13 votes, 16.5%

Linda Sue Park

9 votes, 11.4%

Judy Blume

8 votes, 10.1%

Lisa Graff

6 votes, 7.6%

Mary Downing Hahn

6 votes, 7.6%

Andrew Clements

6 votes, 7.6%

Jennifer A. Nielsen

5 votes, 6.3%

Avi

4 votes, 5.1%

Gail Carson Levine

4 votes, 5.1%

Bruce Coville

4 votes, 5.1%

Obert Skye

4 votes, 5.1%

E. D. Baker

3 votes, 3.8%

Ann M. Martin

3 votes, 3.8%

Morris Gleitzman

2 votes, 2.5%

Lucy Maud Montgomery

2 votes, 2.5%

79 total votes

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