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Jill Wolfson

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January 01, 1909

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http://www.jillwolfson.com

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Hello! I am a journalist (magazines and radio) and the author of novels for middle grade readers (8-12) and young adults.
My debut novel, "What I Call Life" and its follow-up, "Home and Other Big, Fat Lies" revolve around the lives of kids living in foster care. They have won many awards and are several state reading lists. Check out my website http://jillhwolfson.blogspot.com if you want the whole list.

My newest novel, "Cold Hands, Warm Heart," is being published my Henry Holt in April 09.

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Average rating: 3.75 · 554 ratings · 170 reviews · 5 distinct works

	What I Call Life 3.80 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Cold Hands, Warm Heart 3.69 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Home, and Other Big, Fat Lies 3.83 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Truth & Dare: 20 Tales of Heartbreak and Happiness by Liz Miles (Goodreads Author) (editor), Jennifer Finney Boylan (Goodreads Author), Sarah Rees Brennan (Goodreads Author) 3.43 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Somebody Else's Children: The Courts, the Kids, and the Struggle to Save America's Troubled Families by John Hubner, Jill Wolfson (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Cures for Heartbreak

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Leaving India: My Family's Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents

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The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution

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Jill Wolfson said "yes" to attending the event: SLJ's Battle of the (Kids') Books date: May 04, 2009 08:30AM location: School Library Journal's Blogsphere, All Around the Globe!, The United States description: Watch and cheer for the finest sixteen books from 2008 for children and teen battling it out on the virtual arena! This is a month-long event! Get psyched!!!
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