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Julie Rieman Duck

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Born in Los Angeles and raised in San Clemente, California, Julie Rieman Duck wrote her way through school on an old-fashioned typewriter. Somewhere along the line, she was sidetracked by careers in magazine publishing and copywriting. While Julie honed her skills at writing print ads and articles, the stories that moved her heart and soul were bubbling underneath, waiting to escape.

It took a medical scare and the loss of her job — on the same day and within 30 minutes of each other — to finally allow her stories to free themselves and be put to paper. First came A Place In This Life, an edgy young adult story about a girl who falls for a boy with leukemia. Next there was SWELL, the story of an art prodigy who loves the most popular boy in...more


When paranormal is done “normal” then you have a story like Cornerstone by Misty Provencher. I am not partial to the genre that’s held YA captive for the last decade, save a few vampires and angels here and there. But with Cornerstone I got something different. What starts as the story of an awkward girl [...] read more »
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Average rating: 4.00 · 28 ratings · 19 reviews · 2 distinct works
A Place in This Life
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Julie Duck Julie Duck said: "I am stalled on this book. I don't think it has the "it" factor that Hush Hush had, but then again some sequels are mediocre, while others trump the original story. Will see if I can get through this. "
 

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Julie Duck is on page 40 of 336 of Pieces of Us: This story is right up my alley - a friend recommended it when I asked if there were any dark contemporary YA stories out there. So far I am not disappointed.
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The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
" Oh my…this was the book I needed to read. I’ve been in a slump lately, taking a while to read books that were okay, but that really didn’t do a whole lot for me. The Fault In Our Stars draws you out of whatever little crook you’ve been hiding in a... "
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A Thirty-Something Girl by L.M. Stull
A Thirty-Something Girl
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When I began reading this book, I felt like I was looking at me. Lost. Alone. Confused. Broken. The main character, Hope, is numb from several life-changing experiences that would challenge someone if they only had one of them. Through her friends wh...more
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" 3.5 stars, really, rounding up.

I came away from this book feeling that I *almost* loved it. I was drawn to the premise initially: Natalie is seventeen when she meets Todd, a young man struggling with leukemia, while on vacation. In vowing to see T... "
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36872 The Contemps — 196 members — last activity Mar 05, 2012 01:55pm
We're 21 YA authors putting real life in the spotlight and keeping readers up to date on the latest in YA contemporary fiction! Join us in our quest t...more
56407 Entangled in Romance — 1282 members — last activity May 20, 2012 03:43pm
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33611 Make a book a bestseller — 916 members — last activity Apr 21, 2012 07:11am
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