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Will Hobbs's Ghost Canoe
Will Hobbs is the author of many stories consisting of adventure for young readers. He is the author of nineteen novels and two picture books. Several of his novels such as Bearstone, Far North, and The Maze, were named Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association. His novel Ghost Canoe won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Young Adult Mystery in 1998. The American Library Association also added Downriver and Far North to their list of the 100 Best Young Adult Books of the Twentieth Century.
Will Hobbs was born on August 22, 1947 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He grew up in a military family, causing his family to move every two to three years. He started school in Falls Church, Virginia, and by third grade his family was

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