Katherine Marsh
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Katherine Marsh

Teens | Kids

Katherine Marsh is an award-winning author of books for children and young adults including NOWHERE BOY; THE DOOR BY THE STAIRCASE; JEPP, WHO DEFIED THE STARS; and THE NIGHT TOURIST books.

Her latest book, NOWHERE BOY (Roaring Brook Press, August 2018), will also be published in fifteen languages in addition to English. The story is based on the three years Katherine spent living in Brussels, Belgium with her family, including her husband, two children, two cats and flock of chickens. A former journalist and managing editor of The New Republic, Katherine recently moved back to Washington, DC.

Katherine has won the Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery and her books have also been selected as Junior Library Book Guild selections, New York Times Notable, New York Public Library Best Books, Indie Next selections, Publishers Weekly Flying Start and various other state and critical lists.

Learn more at http://www.katherinemarsh.com or http://nowhereboybook.com/

You can also follow her updates and musings at https://www.facebook.com/katherinemarshauthor/

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    • Nowhere Boy

    • By: Katherine Marsh
    • Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
    • Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 13
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      5 out of 5 stars 13
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 12

    Ahmed, 14, is stuck in a city that wants nothing to do with him. Newly arrived in Brussels, Belgium, Ahmed fled a life of uncertainty and suffering in Aleppo, Syria, only to lose his father on the perilous journey to the shores of Europe. Now, Ahmed’s struggling to get by on his own....

    Regular price: $27.99

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  • The Door by the Staircase audiobook cover art

    • The Door by the Staircase

    • By: Katherine Marsh
    • Narrated by: Laural Merlington
    • Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 43
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 35
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 34

    Twelve-year-old Mary Hayes can't stand her orphanage. But when an attempted escape doesn't go quite as well as she'd hoped, Mary fears she'll be stuck in the Buffalo Asylum....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Very creative tale

    • By Audible Dad on 02-01-19

    Regular price: $34.99

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  • Jepp, Who Defied the Stars audiobook cover art

    • Jepp, Who Defied the Stars

    • By: Katherine Marsh
    • Narrated by: Paul Michael Garcia
    • Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 12
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 11
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 12

    Fate - is it written in the stars from the moment we are born, or is it a bendable thing that we can shape with our own hands? Jepp of Astraveld needs to know....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Lovely storytelling

    • By BeHonestAndKind on 07-26-18

    Regular price: $20.97

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