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Sara Lewis Holmes

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Sara Lewis Holmes is the author of the middle-grade novel, Operation Yes, which ALA's Booklist called "purest stagecraft: quick, funny, sad, full of heart, and irresistibly absorbing." It was also named as one of Booklist's Top Ten Arts Books for Kids 2009.

Operation Yes was a Cybils finalist in the Middle Grade Fiction category and the audio version won a 2010 Audie award for the best audiobook for kids, ages 8-12. Listen to an excerpt here.

The Provo Library Review says:

Operation Yes is filled with riches: caring, loving parents, a multileveled portrait of what it is like to live in a military family, sympathetic and well-developed characters, sorrows, laughter, growing up, and thousands of LGMs (you'll see). Contemporary realistic juveni...more


When I asked how many kids knew someone in the military at a recent Arlington Public Library event, hands went up all over the room.

Then those same kids shared with me the advantages and challenges of being part of a military family. For a video of the conversation, please see the post here: http://saralewisholmes.blogspot.com/2...

For a list of resources to help military students, you can chec... read more »
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Published on April 26, 2011 10:53 • 65 views • Tags: military, military-children
Average rating: 3.76 · 557 ratings · 160 reviews · 2 distinct works
Operation Yes
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 378 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions
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Letters from Rapunzel
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
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Letters From Rapunzel (Children's Books)
1 chapters   —   updated Jun 24, 2010 12:44pm
Description: Winner of the Ursula Nordstrom Fiction Prize, this debut novel is for ages 10 and up.
Operation Yes (Children's Books)
2 chapters   —   updated May 19, 2010 11:26am
Description: You have Plans A, B, C and D-Z. But what you really need is Operation Yes.
The Annotated Pha...
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Alone with All That Could Happen by David Jauss
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Darth Paper Strikes Back by Tom Angleberger
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Is it real? Should I believe? That's what Tommy always wants to know about the paper Yoda finger puppet Dwight uses to dispense wisdom and advice to his classmates. Especially now that Yoda is challenged by another force, Darth Paper, a scorn-spewing...more
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Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Dead End in Norvelt
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message 3: by Ceci

Ceci Thanks for the add, Sara!! Your book looks absolutely magical... I'll need to try and get my paws on it asap. :)


message 2: by Sara

Sara Thank you! And thank you for reading to your kids. :)


Daniel Sara, each one of us finds our nitche in this literary jungle. I read the Dr. Zeuss books to my kids. They were all the rage many years ago. Good luck in the children's book world.


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