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Erin Entrada Kelly

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Lake Charles, The United States

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Judy Blume, Rebecca Stead

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Average rating: 3.96 · 66,793 ratings · 11,199 reviews · 39 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly (Goodreads Author), Isabel Roxas (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 26,203 ratings — published 2017 — 54 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
	We Dream of Space 4.11 avg rating — 9,198 ratings — published 2020 — 2 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 First State of Being 4.04 avg rating — 6,646 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	You Go First 3.81 avg rating — 5,652 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Lalani of the Distant Sea: An Epic Fantasy Quest About Courage and Friendship Inspired by Filipino Folklore for Children (Ages 8-12) 3.92 avg rating — 3,940 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Blackbird Fly 4.15 avg rating — 2,973 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Land of Forgotten Girls 3.89 avg rating — 3,033 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Those Kids from Fawn Creek 4.10 avg rating — 2,553 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
	Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey (Maybe Marisol, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 1,560 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	The Last Resort 3.77 avg rating — 1,610 ratings — published 2025 — 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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Fellow GoodReaders:
I am thrilled to announce that my debut fantasy, THE GIRL WITH GOLDEN FEET, will be released by Greenwillow/HarperCollins in 2019. It feels so far away, doesn't it? But it'll be here before you know it, so make sure you add it to your Want-To-Read list. That way you don't forget. :-)

THE GIRL WITH GOLDEN FEET is inspired by Filipino folklore and tells the story of Mari Sarita, a Read more of this blog post »

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Published on May 27, 2017 09:01 • Tags: 2019, asian, debut, fantasy, filipino, middle-grade

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“People don't want to listen to their thoughts, so they fill the world with noise.”
― Erin Entrada Kelly, Hello, Universe

tags: listen, noise, thoughts

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“Crying is good for the soul. It means something needs to be released. And if you don't release the something, it just weighs you down until you can hardly move.”
― Erin Entrada Kelly, Hello, Universe

tags: crying, emotion, release, soul

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“Sometimes life calls on you even when you don't raise your hand”
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What book should we read in August?

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Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming

19 votes 26.8%

El Niño by Pam Muñoz Ryan

18 votes 25.4%

Please Pay Attention by Jamie Sumner

16 votes 22.5%

At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom by Erin Entrada Kelly

5 votes 7.0%

Rebellion 1776 (write-in)

5 votes 7.0%

Halfway to Somewhere by José Pimienta

4 votes 5.6%

At Ladt She Stood (write-in)

2 votes 2.8%

Death in the Jungle (write-in)

1 vote 1.4%

Please Pay Attention by Sumner (write-in)

1 vote 1.4%

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“Trying to forget really doesn't work. In fact, it's pretty much the same as remembering. But I tried to forget anyway, and to ignore the fact that I was remembering you all the time.”
― Rebecca Stead

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“...the worst aspect of our time is prejudice... In almost everything I've written, there is a thread of this - man's seemingly palpable need to dislike someone other than himself.”
― Rod Serling

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“No one in the world gets what they want and that is beautiful.”
― They Might Be Giants

tags: humor, pessimistic, they-might-be-giants, tmbw

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“For a bunch of hairless apes, we've actually managed to invent some pretty incredible things.”
― Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

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“It makes you wonder. All the brilliant things we might have done with our lives if only we suspected we knew how.”
― Ann Patchett, Bel Canto

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message 1: by Ablevins

Feb 22, 2013 02:48PM

Until your book comes out (hooray!), I'm in need of another fabulous recommendation. I'm reading Insurgent by Veronica Roth. I don't seem to want to read anything by YA. I loved Dirty Little Secrets, by the way. I hope life is treating you and Carolanne right. Take care.

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