The Liberation Of Gabriel King [Paperback]

K. L. Going (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Listening Library (Audio) (2005)
• ASIN: B000OSPI0K
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,973,805 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

K.L. Going is the award-winning author of books for children and teens. Her first novel, Fat Kid Rules the World was a Michael Printz Honor Book, listed with YALSA's Best Books for Young Adults and their Best Books for the Past Decade. Her books have been Booksense picks, Scholastic Book Club choices, Junior Library Guild selections, NY Public Library Best Books for the Teenage, and winners of state book awards. Her work has been published in Korea, Italy, Japan, Germany, and the UK, and Fat Kid Rules the World will soon be a movie!

K.L. began her career working at one of the oldest literary agencies in New York City. She used this inner knowledge of publishing to write Writing and Selling the Young Adult Novel -- a how-to book for aspiring writers, published by Writer's Digest. She has also written short stories for several anthologies and currently has multiple picture books under contract. She lives in Glen Spey, NY where she both writes and runs a business critiquing manuscripts. She's also an adoring mom.

To visit KL on-line go to www.klgoing.com, www.facebook.com/KLGoing, or find her on Twitter!

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Liberation of Gabriel King, June 27, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Liberation of Gabriel King (Hardcover)

I loved reading this book. I read all the time and have lots of favorites, now the Liberation of Gabriel King will join them. I had to read a book for 5th grade that was set in the same time period and covered the same topics but it was definately not as interesting. I'm going to tell my teacher she should have her class read this book instead. The characters determination and perseverance was amazing. It was funny reading about the ways Frita conquered Gabriel's fears. I liked it so much I read it in one sitting. I highly recomend this book to anyone 9-13. I think adults would even enjoy it.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Among our most favorites, June 30, 2005

By 

Gae Polisner "The Pull of Gravity, fsg." (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Liberation of Gabriel King (Hardcover)

I read this to my 7 and 9 year old boys. We couldn't put it down. It now ranks among our favorites with Tale of Desperaux and Ida B. A true treasure of a book.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book for all ages, June 21, 2005

By 

Lynn D. Hoffmann - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Liberation of Gabriel King (Hardcover)

Although this book is targeted at young people in the 10-14 age bracket, I enjoyed it very much as an adult. I purchased it for my grandson and he has called me up to tell me "what happened next" two nights in a row. Engaging characters and an important life lessons are neatly woven into an adventure tale of two young people in a little town over a hot summer. If you buy it for your children or grandchildren, read it first. You'll enjoy it.