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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 — 7,941 ratings — published 2010 — 28 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 4.16 avg rating — 4,708 ratings — published 2010 — 21 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 4.18 avg rating — 4,600 ratings — published 2010 — 23 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 4.18 avg rating — 3,824 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Athena the Wise (Goddess Girls, #5) by Joan Holub (Goodreads Author), Suzanne Williams 4.29 avg rating — 3,517 ratings — published 2011 — 17 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 4.28 avg rating — 3,086 ratings — published 2011 — 18 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 4.29 avg rating — 2,655 ratings — published 2011 — 7 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 4.27 avg rating — 2,665 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Pandora the Curious (Goddess Girls, #9) by Joan Holub (Goodreads Author), Suzanne Williams 4.24 avg rating — 2,204 ratings — published 2012 — 9 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 (Illustrator) 3.94 avg rating — 1,863 ratings — published 2013 — 7 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

Who Was . . . ? Series (232 books)
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Joan Holub (Goodreads Author),

Ted Hammond,

Nancy Harrison (Illustrations)

4.18 avg rating — 64,624 ratings

Goddess Girls (27 books)
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Joan Holub (Goodreads Author),

Suzanne Williams

4.21 avg rating — 49,951 ratings

What was...? (63 books)
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Joan Holub (Goodreads Author),

Gregory Copeland (Illustrations),

Kevin McVeigh (Illustrations)

4.21 avg rating — 19,270 ratings

Heroes in Training (18 books)
by

Joan Holub (Goodreads Author),

Suzanne Williams,

Craig Phillips (Illustrations)

4.23 avg rating — 6,071 ratings

Grimmtastic Girls (8 books)
by

Joan Holub (Goodreads Author),

Suzanne Williams

4.22 avg rating — 4,965 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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The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

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Girl Meets Boy by Ali Smith

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The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

12 votes 10.8%

A Pomegranate and the Maiden by Tamara Agha-Jaffar

11 votes 9.9%

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

11 votes 9.9%

Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin

10 votes 9.0%

The Girl in the Glass Box by Andi Adams

9 votes 8.1%

Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente

8 votes 7.2%

The Goddess Chronicle by Natsuo Kirino

7 votes 6.3%

The Letters of Mina Harker by Dodie Bellamy

5 votes 4.5%

The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley

2 votes 1.8%

Athena the Brain by Joan Holub

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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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“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.”
― Molly O'Keefe, Naughty & Nice: Room at the Inn / All I Want for Christmas is You / One Perfect Christmas

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.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost

tags: autumn, fall, first-frost, garden-spells, lost-lake, sarah-addison-allen, waverly

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“They had killed one another so frequently that murder had been an accepted part of life”
― Stephenie Meyer, The Host

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