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Augusta Scattergood
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When she was the state coordinator of SCBWI critique groups, my friend and former critique buddy, Sue LaNeve, introduced me to the children's writing community in Florida. Lucky me! A critique group is like family. When the new group she'd helped organize dissolved, we all stayed connected. Even better, Sue brought me along to her own smaller group.
(And may I just insert a word about SCBWI, and... read more »
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Read this one following another great read set in the 1960s - Dead End in Norvelt. Great read aloud for 3rd - 4th grade showing the perspective of a child during the civil rights movement. Great attention to specific details that reflect the 60s -...
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| Newly-divorced Leelee Satterfield has left Vermont for Memphis, bringing with her a broken heart and a “weakness for beautiful men.” She also has her two little girls in tow and needs a house and a job. But southern women are resourceful, especially...more | |
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| Based on personal experiences of the author who lived in Arkansas when Japanese citizens were forced into relocation centers, this remarkable story is told by a young girl trying to make sense of a mother’s complicated indignation. Family dynamics, r...more | |
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My interview with the author may be found on my blog today: http://ascattergood.blogspot.com/2012... And I'm giving away a copy of the book! (contest ends in a week) I try not to rate my goodreads books with stars but this one would get quite a few. I'm...more |
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Loved it. And I don't really love sports books all the time. But this was so much more. Funny writing, great character, terrific writing. Here's where I blog about it: http://ascattergood.blogspot.com/2012... Click over there and leave me a comment. I'm...more |
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"Sylvia, I bet you will love it. And there's more! I understand there's a companion book that I plan to reserve at the library asap.
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“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
― Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen
― Jane Austen
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”
― C.S. Lewis
― C.S. Lewis
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle
― Madeleine L'Engle
