Bye-bye, Blue Creek
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ANDREW SMITH is the author of several novels for young adults, including Winger, Stand-Off, 100 Sideways Miles, and the Michael L. Printz Honor Book Grasshopper Jungle and its sequel, Exile from Eden. He lives in a remote area in the mountains of Southern California with his family, two horses, two dogs, and three cats. He doesn’t watch television, and occupies himself by writing, bumping into things outdoors, and taking ten-mile runs on snowy trails.
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Grasshopper Jungle
Winger
Stand-Off
100 Sideways Miles
Rabbit & Robot
The Size of the Truth
Exile from Eden
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Smith, Andrew (Andrew Anselmo), 1959- author.
Title: Bye-bye, Blue Creek / Andrew Smith.
Description: First edition. | New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young
Readers, [2020] | Audience: Ages 8–12. | Audience: Grades 4–6. |
Summary: Twelve-year-old Sam Abernathy, nervous about leaving Texas soon for an Oregon boarding school, has one last adventure with friends when possible vampires move into the town’s haunted house.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020030138 | ISBN 9781534419582 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781534419605 (ebook)
Subjects: CYAC: Best friends—Fiction. | Friendship—Fiction. |
Self-confidence—Fiction. | Haunted houses—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.S64257 Bye 2020 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020030138