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Julie A. Swanson

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https://www.julieswanson.com/

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Children's, Young Adult, Sports

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March 2024

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Julie Swanson grew up on Michigan's "Little Finger", the Leelanau Peninsula, where many of her stories are set, but has lived in Wisconsin, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, California, and Virginia. For the past twenty-five years she's lived in Charlottesville, VA. Julie writes middle grade and young adult novels and enjoys sports, the outdoors, "making things" (almost any type of art or craft, woodworking), reading, writing, eating, planting trees, and spending time with family. She suddenly has 6 grandchildren! Good thing she loves kids... ...more

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Average rating: 4.13 · 349 ratings · 84 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Going for the Record 4.15 avg rating — 300 ratings — published 2004 — 8 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
	North of Tomboy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2025 — 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

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The Magic of Sewing

(My mom’s sewing cabinet looks like this only her black metal Singer machine doesn’t have as much gold decorative stuff on it and is a matt black, not shiny, and the foot pedal is just a rectangle of black.)

In my last post, I wrote about a quilt my great grandma started long ago that I’m just finishing now, which got me thinking about sewing, something I’ve been thinking a lot about lately sin

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Julie A. Swanson wrote a new blog post The Magic of Sewing (My mom’s sewing cabinet looks like this only her black metal Singer machine doesn’t have as much gold decorative stuff on it and is a matt black, no Read more of this blog post »
Mar 20, 2026 06:35AM · like
Julie Swanson and 1 other person liked Julie A. Swanson's blog post: Book Event February 12—Charlottesville Central Library 5-6 pm. " I know I posted about this a couple weeks ago, but just a reminder. Bluebird & Co. will be there to sell books."
Mar 17, 2026 05:27AM
Julie Swanson and 1 other person liked Julie A. Swanson's blog post: NORTH OF TOMBOY Shortlisted for Book Award "Chanticleer International Book Awards whittled down their long-list for the Gertrude Warner Awards for middle grade books and released the short list, and North of Tomboy made the cut. Here’s crossing my fingers it makes it to the finalist round…"
Mar 17, 2026 05:27AM
Julie Swanson and 1 other person liked Julie A. Swanson's blog post: Wishing Shelf Book Award Finalist " NORTH OF TOMBOY has been chosen as a 2025 finalist in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards.Children’s books (NORTH OF TOMBOY is in Category 3: Books for 9 – 12 year olds) were read and judged by children from 10 UK primary and secondary schools. Winn..." Read more of this blog post »
Mar 17, 2026 05:26AM
Julie Swanson rated a book it was amazing Lola Gillette and the Summer of Second Chances by Kimberly Behre Kenna (Goodreads Author)	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
Kimberly Behre Kenna drew me in right away, piquing my interest with spunky thirteen-year-old Lola and her uncle’s old mansion over the Connecticut River where she’s ‘locked down’ for the summer. Hoping she won’t have to be sent away to ‘bad girls bo ...more
Nov 17, 2025 02:19PM · 1 like · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Lola Gillette and the Summer of Second Chances by Kimberly Behre Kenna. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Lola Gillette and the Summer of Second Chances by Kimberly Behre Kenna <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Julie Swanson made a comment on Melissa’s review of North of Tomboy " Thanks! "
Aug 26, 2025 04:45AM · see review
Julie Swanson is now following Laura Smith Author of Saving Hascal's Horrors
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Jun 30, 2025 04:39AM
Julie Swanson rated a book it was amazing Isabela's Way by Barbara Stark-Nemon (Goodreads Author)	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 don't know how Barbara Stark-Nemon's ISABELA'S WAY can paint pictures more vivid than its beautiful cover art, but it does, many times over. Whether descriptions of Isabela's embroidery or landscapes or the weather, I could envision every color and ...more
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