Oddkins [Hardcover]

Dean Koontz (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Headline Book Publishing (November 14, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0747201129
• ISBN-13: 978-0747201120
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,624,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born and raised in Pennsylvania where I graduated from Shippensburg State College (now Shippensburg University). When I was a senior in college, I won an Atlantic Monthly fiction competition and have been writing ever since. My first job after graduation was with the Appalachian Poverty Program, where I was expected to counsel and tutor underprivileged children on a one-to-one basis. During my first day on the job, I discovered that the previous occupier of my position had been beaten up by the very kids he had been trying to help and had landed in the hospital for several weeks. The following year was filled with challenge but also tension, and I was more highly motivated than ever to build a career as a writer. I wrote nights and weekends, which I continued to do after leaving the poverty program and going to work as an English teacher in a suburban school district outside Harrisburg. After a year and a half in that position, my wife, Gerda, made me an offer I couldn't refuse: "I'll support you for five years," she said, "and if you can't make it as a writer in that time, you'll never make it." By the end of those five years, Gerda had quit her job to run the business end of my writing career. Gerda and I, along with our dog, Trixie, live in southern California.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Generational thing, November 11, 2011

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naomigregory (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Oddkins (Paperback)

Years ago "Gramps" read this to our grandson,Gary ---(they both loved it). Recently Gary's son Geremia, our great-grandson, told us that daddy was looking for this, his favorite childhood book, to read to him. I'm hoping to surprise them both!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Although unsure, Quite sure., May 4, 2004

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DOLFHETASKINGSTILL (Cigar City,Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oddkins (Hardcover)

Although I'm not sure if this is the same book I read in Fourth grade. Because there is not a detailed description of on this website. The story of victor bodkins and his misfit band of orphan toys excellent i highly recomend it. A must for anyone of any age.!! :):):):):):):)

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if you know this book you know me

-Chris.