Karen Rivers

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  • Bibliography:
    22 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 1999
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Full Series List in Order

XYZ Trilogy

1 - X in Flight (Oct-2007)
2 - Y in the Shadows (Apr-2008)
3 - What Z Sees (Aug-2008)

Book List in Order: 22 titles

  • Tree Tattoo

  • Dream Water

  • Waiting to Dive

    Carly is nine-going-on-ten and she loves to dive - dive from the rocks at her family's cabin in the Gulf Islands, dive from the boards at the pool where she and her friends belong to the Dolphins Diving Club. She loves the feeling of floating up into...

  • Surviving Sam

    Gr 9 Up-Pagan is just 14 when her twin brother, Sam, and their Uncle Bob are killed by an avalanche. She and her father survive, but are physically, emotionally, and psychologically battered. Academically and musically gifted Pagan loses an eye, ...

  • The Gold Diggers Club

    The Gold Diggersí Club brings back ten-year-old Carly and her friends first introduced in Waiting to Dive. As in her earlier adventure, Carlyís life seems somewhat more complicated than perhaps it should. First off, her mother is about to have a ba...

  • The Healing Time of Hickeys

    Haley Andromeda is 16, and in her last year of high school - "The Greatest Year of My Life," or TGYML. Haley likes to think she's just a normal girl, plagued with all the normal doubts of a too-smart-for-her-own-good, slightly hypochondriac, hickey-p...

  • Cure for Crushes (and Other Deadly Plagues)

    This follow-up to The Healing Time of Hickeys, covers the second half of hapless Haley Andromeda Harmony’s last year of high school. Haley likes to think she's just a normal girl, plagued with all the normal doubts of a too-smart-for-her-own-good...

  • Quirky Girls' Guide to Rest Stops and Road Trips

    A high school graduate, wannabe writer, and proud owner of a VW van, Haley decides to hit the road in search of good material -- after, of course, getting her driver’s license. Finally, license in hand, she concocts a story for her hapless, hipp...

  • X in Flight

    XYZ Trilogy - 1

    X in Flight centers on the lives of three intriguing teens. X -- short for Xenos -- is 17, tough but shy. He’s a decent golfer, but his mother thinks he’s the next Tiger Woods. One night, X is shocked to discover that he can fly. Is he a s...



  • Y in the Shadows

    XYZ Trilogy - 2

    Change is a natural part of growing up. Bodies change, moods change, voices change, personalities change. But what happens when the changes aren’t natural but super natural? And what if they can be used for both good and evil? That’s the dilemma ...

  • What Z Sees

    XYZ Trilogy - 3

    Zara is really close to her brother, Axel. Not just the usual brother-sister close, but so close that she can actually see his thoughts. It’s a little weird, even for twins. Then, after she has a horrible accident, Zara can see what everyone is thi...

  • What Is Real

    Dex Pratt's life has been turned upside down. His parents have divorced and his mother has remarried. When his father attempts suicide and fails, Dex returns to their small town to care for him. But he's not prepared for how much everything has chang...

  • The Encyclopedia of Me

    A is for "Tink Aaron-Martin," "Aardvark," and "Amazing" in this wonderful alphabetical novel! Tink Aaron-Martin has been grounded AGAIN after an adventure with her best friend Freddie Blue Anderson. To make the time pass, she decides to write an e...

  • Finding Ruby Starling

    THE PARENT TRAP comes to the digital age! When Ruth Quayle used a special app to search for pictures of herself online, she found dozens of images of "Ruth Quayle" -- and one of "Ruby Starling." When Ruby Starling gets a message from a Ruth Qua...

  • The Girl in the Well Is Me

    Longing to be one of the popular girls in her new town, Kammie Summers has fallen into a well during a (fake) initiation into their club. Now Kammie’s trapped in the dark, counting the hours, waiting to be rescued. (The Girls have gone for help, ha...

  • Before We Go Extinct

    Grief can sometimes feel like being caught in the jaws of a great white shark. J.C., who goes by the nickname Sharky, has been having a hard time ever since his best friend died in front of him in what might or might not have been an accident. She...

  • Love, Ish

    My name is Mischa “Ish” Love, and I am twelve years old. I know quite a lot about Mars. Mars is where I belong. Do you know how sometimes you just know a thing? My mom says that falling in love is like that, that the first time she saw Dad, she j...

  • All That Was

    Two best friends. The boy who loves them both. What happens when there is only one girl left? Piper and Sloane are best friends. They grew up together, dress alike, and never do anything without each other. To Sloane, Piper has always been extraor...

  • A Possibility of Whales

    The story of a girl who learns the true meaning of family -- thanks to her best friends near and far, a loving and quirky single dad, and an unexpected encounter with a whale.  Twelve-year-old Natalia Rose Baleine Gallagher loves possibilities: ...



  • You Are the Everything

    Can you want something -- or someone -- so badly that it changes your destiny?Elyse Schmidt never would have thought so, until it happened to her. When Elyse and her not-so-secret crush, Josh Harris, are the sole survivors of a plane crash, trag...

  • Naked Mole Rat Saves the World

    Can Kit’s super-weird superpower save her world? Twelve-year-old kit (with a small k) likes shopping at the flea market with her best friend, Clem, roller-skating, climbing to the roof to look at the stars, and volunteering at an animal shelter. Un...

  • A Pretty Implausible Premise

    When Hattie and Presley meet, it's love at first sight. Head-spinning, Taylor-Swift-song-level feelings. Their instant connection seems implausible, even impossible, as they start to realize all they have in common. Both are grieving, living in...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Karen Rivers has published 22 books.

Karen Rivers does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Pretty Implausible Premise, was published in October 2023.

The first book by Karen Rivers, Tree Tattoo, was published in September 1999.

Yes. Karen Rivers has 1 series.
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