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Jennifer Bohnhoff

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in Las Cruces, New Mexico, The United States

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Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Children's

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Jennifer Bohnhoff is the author of a trilogy of middle grade novels set in New Mexico during the Civil War, a YA novel about a girl who suffers through a wildfire that destroys her home, several stand-alone middle grade historical novels, a duel narrative YA novel that examines the Beowulf story in both a contemporary and paleolithic setting, a series of funny contemporary middle grade novels and an adult novel set on a ranch in Southern New Mexico during WWI.

A former middle school social studies teacher, she loves travel and history.

Mrs. Bohnhoff is the mother of three handsome men, the mother-in-law of three beautiful daughters and the grandmother of three very smart granddaughters and a grandson. She lives in the mountains of central N ...more

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Average rating: 4.4 · 105 ratings · 54 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Bent Reed 4.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	A Blaze of Poppies 4.62 avg rating — 21 ratings — 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
	Code: Elephants on the Moon 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	In the Shadow of Sunrise 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — 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
	Valverde (Rebels Along The Rio Grande #1) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2017 — 4 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 Song of the Swan 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Raven Quest (The Legends of Lumbra#1) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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
	On Fledgling Wings 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014 — 3 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 Famished Country (Rebels Along the Rio Grande #3) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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
	Where Duty Calls (Rebels Along the Rio Grande #1) by Jennifer Bohnhoff (Goodreads Author), Ian Bristow (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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

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Walking the Wall: Day 8, Corbridge to Robin Hood Inn

I walked Hadrian's Wall with my husband and four friends during June 2025. This is an account of our eighth day on the trail.

When we left Corbridge and walked north to rejoin the Hadrian's Wall path, we didn't expect to see much different than we'd seen on the way down the previous day. After all, we were walking the same path! But we surprise ourselves.

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Series by Jennifer Bohnhoff

Rebels Along The Rio Grande (3 books)
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Jennifer Bohnhoff (Goodreads Author)

4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings

Anderson Family Chronicles (3 books)
by

Jennifer Bohnhoff (Goodreads Author),

Matt Bohnhoff (Illustrator)

3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings

Jennifer is Currently Reading

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Eyes on the Horizon

by Canyon Young

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Jennifer Bohnhoff rated a book really liked it Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America by Dan Flores (Goodreads Author)	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
Fun broad history of North America and the interaction between humans and animals. Filled with lots of interesting tidbits, it also is a cautionary tale.
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Jennifer Bohnhoff rated a book it was amazing Hadrian's Wall in the Days of the Romans by Ronald Embleton	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
My fourth grade self would have loved this book, and my adult self does, too! Ronald Embleton's many illustrations are fabulous, and the text very informative. This book talks about the wall and what life would have been like for the men who manned i ...more
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Jennifer Bohnhoff rated a book really liked it Destined to Ride Alone by R.G. Yoho (Goodreads Author)	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
When fifteen-year-old, Jimmy Yeager rides an Orphan Train from New York City to the wild west, he's hoping to become part of a loving family. Instead, he finds himself with Hiram Bates, a parsimonious old codger who works Jimmy hard, houses him in a ...more
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Kate Quinn's The Alice Network has two intertwining storylines. One involves a woman who is part of the Alice Network, a real spy ring in German occupied Northern France in World War I. The other involves Charlie St. Clair, an American who is searchi ...more
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“Were all people who tried to help doomed to live outside society because others didn't understand them?”
― Jennifer Bohnhoff, Raven Quest

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“It doesn’t matter how many times you get knocked down,” he told his daughter, Marilynn. “What matters is how many times you get up.”
― Daniel James Brown, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

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“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.”
― Neil Gaiman

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“Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry.”
― Jack Kerouac

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“If you don't like someone's story, write your own.”
― Chinua Achebe

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“A book is a dream that you hold in your hands."

(As quoted on BookRiot, June 18, 2013)”
― Neil Gaiman

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