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Joan Holub

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NY Times bestselling children's book author:
GODDESS GIRLS series + HEROES IN TRAINING series (w Suzanne Williams); THIS LITTLE TRAILBLAZER a Girl Power Primer; ZERO THE HERO; I AM THE SHARK. Lucky to be doing what I love! ...more

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	Athena the Brain (Goddess Girls, #1) by Joan Holub (Goodreads Author), Suzanne Williams 4.08 avg rating — 8,567 ratings — published 2010 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Persephone the Phony (Goddess Girls, #2) by Joan Holub (Goodreads Author), Suzanne Williams 4.17 avg rating — 5,038 ratings — published 2010 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aphrodite the Beauty (Goddess Girls, #3) by Joan Holub (Goodreads Author), Suzanne Williams 4.15 avg rating — 5,051 ratings — published 2010 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Artemis the Brave (Goddess Girls, #4) by Joan Holub (Goodreads Author), Suzanne Williams 4.16 avg rating — 4,108 ratings — published 2010 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Athena the Wise (Goddess Girls, #5) by Joan Holub (Goodreads Author), Suzanne Williams 4.29 avg rating — 3,719 ratings — published 2011 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aphrodite the Diva (Goddess Girls, #6) by Joan Holub (Goodreads Author), Suzanne Williams 4.27 avg rating — 3,261 ratings — published 2011 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Medusa the Mean (Goddess Girls, #8) by Joan Holub (Goodreads Author), Suzanne Williams 4.26 avg rating — 2,841 ratings — published 2012 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Artemis the Loyal (Goddess Girls, #7) by Joan Holub (Goodreads Author), Suzanne Williams 4.27 avg rating — 2,818 ratings — published 2011 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pandora the Curious (Goddess Girls, #9) by Joan Holub (Goodreads Author), Suzanne Williams 4.23 avg rating — 2,357 ratings — published 2012 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Red Writing by Joan Holub (Goodreads Author), Melissa Sweet (Artist) 3.94 avg rating — 1,903 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Goddess Girls giveaway: Medea the Enchantress!

Hi, I'm Joan Holub.Since I'm a children's book author,my giveaway in this blog hop is...books!(always a great holiday gift)
3 entrants will be randomly chosento win an autographed copy of Goddess Girls: Medea the Enchantress

Greek mythology with a middle school twist,with books set at Mount Olympus Academy where Zeus is principal and classes include Hero-ology, taught by Mr. Cyclops.
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Series by Joan Holub

Goddess Girls (31 books)
by

Joan Holub (Goodreads Author),

Suzanne Williams

4.20 avg rating — 54,469 ratings

What was...? (73 books)
by

Joan Holub (Goodreads Author),

Who H.Q.,

Gregory Copeland (Illustrator)

4.18 avg rating — 24,360 ratings

Heroes in Training (18 books)
by

Joan Holub (Goodreads Author),

Suzanne Williams,

Craig Phillips (Illustrator)

4.23 avg rating — 7,118 ratings

Grimmtastic Girls (8 books)
by

Joan Holub (Goodreads Author),

Suzanne Williams

4.20 avg rating — 5,443 ratings

Mini Myths (8 books)
by

Joan Holub (Goodreads Author),

Leslie Patricelli (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations)

3.85 avg rating — 1,354 ratings

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“Letter make words. Words make stories. And stories can be changed with strong enough magic.”
― Joan Holub, Rapunzel Cuts Loose

tags: letters, magic, stories, words

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“It's one of my inventions-a shampoo," Athena explained. "Anyway, I didn't know it would do"-she gestured toward the snakes-"that.”
― Joan Holub, Athena the Brain

tags: athena, goddess, greek-mythology, wise

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“Yes!” Red pumped a fist at the thought of missing part of her least favorite”
― Joan Holub, Snow White Lucks Out

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Joan’s Quotes

“Letter make words. Words make stories. And stories can be changed with strong enough magic.”
― Joan Holub, Rapunzel Cuts Loose

tags: letters, magic, stories, words

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“It's one of my inventions-a shampoo," Athena explained. "Anyway, I didn't know it would do"-she gestured toward the snakes-"that.”
― Joan Holub, Athena the Brain

tags: athena, goddess, greek-mythology, wise

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“From the pocket of her robe she pulled out the ring he’d given her, she put it over her finger, sliding it back and forth over her knuckle.
“Can I tell you something?” Dad asked.
“Yes. Please.”
“Any promise you make, whether it’s to your school, or your family, or to Billy, half of the promise is commitment and the other half, is faith. Faith that your commitment is enough. There’s no answer, honey. None.”
She stared down at her ring, his words like bells ringing in her head.”
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tags: relationships, romance, young-love

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“I was just telling Claire about a guy I met in bread class. I hate him, but he could be my soul mate.”
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“They had killed one another so frequently that murder had been an accepted part of life”
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