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Loretta Ellsworth

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Loretta received her BA from the University of Northern Iowa, and an MFA from Hamline University in writing for children and young adults. A former middle and high school teacher, she's the author of three young adult novels, The Shrouding Woman, In Search of Mockingbird, and In a Heartbeat. She has four children and one granddaughter, and lives in Minnesota.


There's a new journal article posted for you to read. In Unforgettable, Baxter Green remembers everything. What's your earliest memory? Share, and you're entered in a random drawing for a black-and-white Nook! Giveaway ends Oct. 6th, 2011. Here's the link:
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Average rating: 3.73 · 1152 ratings · 291 reviews · 4 distinct works
In a Heartbeat
3.91 of 5 stars 391 avg rating — 687 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions
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In Search of Mockingbird
3.39 of 5 stars 339 avg rating — 327 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions
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Unforgettable
3.62 of 5 stars 362 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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The Shrouding Woman
3.71 of 5 stars 371 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions
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"Thanks for the invite - I'm a YA author - titles include Unforgettable(Walker), In a Heartbeat(Walker), In Search of Mockingbird (Henry Holt), and The...more "
More of Loretta's books…
“I look back to where my life had been. It's always risky to think of letting go. That's why this is the perfect ending. Nothing left to reconcile.”
Loretta Ellsworth, In a Heartbeat

“That cake tasted good. But the cake in the garbage tasted better. It was the best cake I ever ate.”
Loretta Ellsworth, In a Heartbeat

“And I couldn't help but think about the time during the operation when there was nothing in my check: when they removed my heart, and before they put the other hear tin. When I was connected to the heart and lunch machine. When I was technically dead....

But I wasn't dead now...”
Loretta Ellsworth, In a Heartbeat

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