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Holly Goldberg Sloan

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in Michigan, The United States

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Holly Goldberg Sloan was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and spent her childhood living in California, the Netherlands, Istanbul, Washington, DC, and Oregon (where she graduated from high school). She wrote the screenplay for Angels in the Outfield and directed The Big Green, as well as a number of other successful family feature films.

The mother of two sons, Holly lives with her husband (the writer/illustrator Gary Rosen) in Santa Monica, California. I'll Be There was her debut novel. Her next book, Counting By 7s, was Amazon's best novel of the year for middle grade. Her book Just Call My Name is a follow up to I'll Be There and takes place several months after the ending of the first novel.

Appleblossom the Possum was written by Sloan and ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 124,492 ratings · 16,296 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	Counting by 7s 4.13 avg rating — 88,719 ratings — published 2013 — 58 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
	To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan (Goodreads Author), Meg Wolitzer 4.08 avg rating — 9,502 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	I'll Be There 3.99 avg rating — 9,113 ratings — published 2011 — 44 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
	Short 3.78 avg rating — 6,531 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	The Elephant in the Room 4.20 avg rating — 3,643 ratings — published 2021 — 14 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
	Pieces of Blue 3.67 avg rating — 2,593 ratings — published 2023 — 4 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
	Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan (Goodreads Author), Gary A. Rosen (Illustrations) 3.90 avg rating — 2,100 ratings — published 2015 — 10 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
	Just Call My Name (I'll Be There, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 1,729 ratings — published 2014 — 14 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
	Finding Lost 4.09 avg rating — 494 ratings — 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
	Keeper (Dream Series) 3.72 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2002 — 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

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Quotes by Holly Goldberg Sloan (?)

“The ability to keep your mouth shut is usually a sign of intelligence”
― Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s

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“When you care about other people, it takes the spotlight off your own drama.”
― Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s

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“For someone grieving, moving forward is the challenge. Because after extreme loss, you want to go back.”
― Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s

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Which book would you give the 2014 Newbery award to?

These books were chosen from our It's January thread.

Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

22 votes 24.4%

Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool

15 votes 16.7%

Doll Bones by Holly Black

13 votes 14.4%

Far Far Away by Tom McNeal

7 votes 7.8%

The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt

6 votes 6.7%

The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata

5 votes 5.6%

The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes

5 votes 5.6%

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein

5 votes 5.6%

The Real Boy by Anne Ursu

4 votes 4.4%

Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle

4 votes 4.4%

Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo

2 votes 2.2%

One Came Home by Amy Timberlake

2 votes 2.2%

90 total votes

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Holly’s Quotes

“Dora sat on a corner of the spread rug, longing to be assigned some task so she could resent it.”
― Shirley Hazzard, The Transit of Venus

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message 2: by Angie

Sep 21, 2016 05:08PM

Hi Holly, i really like your books! I hope we can be following up on each other, i like your books so much i want to read any new ones, please send a message to me for new books, and just well a message anyway. Goodnight from where i am have a great day or sleep, whichever comes first, -Angie

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message 1: by Angie (last edited Sep 12, 2016 05:48PM)

Sep 12, 2016 05:47PM

Hi Holly,
Thanks for friend me! Love your books have a good night!

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