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Lorie Ann Grover

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Lorie Ann Grover is an awarded YA novelist and board book author whose works include Kirkus Starred Review, Firstborn, and Parents Magazine Best Children's Book, Bedtime Kiss for Little Fish. She co-founded readergirlz and readertotz. Living with her husband in the foothills of Mt. Rainier, she writes, practices weapons tai chi, and watches hawks take flight. ...more

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Thirdborn Debuts!

Well, I hoped to be able to release Thirdborn just months after Secondborn, and I made it! After about 22 years of working on this series, Tia’s story is complete. It’s deeply satisfying. I’m grateful for the years I’ve had to live and grow to be able to accompany Tia on this specific journey.

Thirdborn

After arriving home, one can still be lost.

Following her terrifying vision, Tia race

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	On Pointe 3.78 avg rating — 561 ratings — published 2004 — 5 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
	Hit 3.03 avg rating — 425 ratings — published 2014 — 3 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
	Firstborn 3.23 avg rating — 389 ratings — published 2013 — 6 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
	I Love All of Me by Lorie Ann Grover (Goodreads Author), Carolina Búzio (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.37 avg rating — 263 ratings	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
	Hold Me Tight 3.96 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2005 — 5 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
	I Believe in Me by Lorie Ann Grover (Goodreads Author), Carolina Búzio (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 3.73 avg rating — 79 ratings	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
	Loose Threads by Lorie Ann Grover (Goodreads Author), Steve Rawlings 4.08 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2002 — 5 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
	A Big Hug for Little Cub by Lorie Ann Grover (Goodreads Author), Rosalinda Kightley (Illustrations) 3.64 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2014 — 2 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
	Hug Hug! by Lorie Ann Grover (Goodreads Author), Rebecca Malone (Illustrator) 3.87 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2008 — 2 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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The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

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“Young lady, you are God's creation, beautiful and precious. When people hurt you, it's not because you should be hurt or you deserve it. They are the ones who have done wrong.”
― Lorie Ann Grover, Hold Me Tight

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“No one knows why we hate Hattie. Maybe it's her wool skirts and kneesocks. Maybe it's because she's the last to develop. Maybe it's because she makes A's. Maybe it's because if we hate her, no one will hate us.”
― Lorie Ann Grover, Loose Threads

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“But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.”
― George Eliot, Middlemarch

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“When you miss someone, they leave a person-shaped hole behind in the world that nothing can ever fill. If you don't keep thinking about them, the edges of the hole shrink and fade. You can't let go or the last of them disappears.”
― Martha Brockenbrough, Devine Intervention

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