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Joanne Levy

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Joanne Levy’s love of books began at a very early age. Being the youngest and the only female among four children, and the daughter to voracious readers, she was often left to her own devices and could frequently be found sitting in a quiet corner with her nose in a book.

A survivor of the corporate world, Joanne now works from home, supporting other authors and creating the friends she wishes she had when she was a kid.

She lives in Ontario, Canada with her husband, two mischievous cats, a mean African Grey parrot and a sweet but not-so-smart dog. When she’s not busy writing or assisting, she enjoys reading (obviously), needle-felting with wool (Google it), and taking long walks with her faithful writing companion, Labrador Retriever, Zoe. ...more

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Average rating: 3.95 · 4,808 ratings · 1,083 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Small Medium at Large (Small Medium, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 1,076 ratings — published 2012 — 13 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
	Sorry For Your Loss 4.10 avg rating — 459 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	The Sun Will Come Out 3.92 avg rating — 426 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Crushing It 3.99 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Fish Out of Water 4.11 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Bird Brain 4.11 avg rating — 55 ratings — 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
	Double Trouble 3.60 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	The Book of Elsie 4.03 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	All the Things We Found 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — 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
	Small Medium Takes Charge (Small Medium, #2) 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — 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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Looking Forward to a Very Busy Fall 2024

Hello, friends!

It’s been a minute but it’s fair to say I’ve been busy. And when I say busy, I mean really, really busy. I’m bad at blogging at the best of times, but when stuff gets busy around here, well, you see what happens.

Anyway, there are SO MANY things I need to tell you, so please bear with me.

NEW BOOKS are coming this fall, just in time for your holiday shopping. You’re welcome.

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Joanne is now friends with Sally Stieglitz
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Joanne rated a book it was amazing Swan: The Girl Who Grew by Sidura Ludwig	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
While this was a very accessible novel in verse written in our time, the setting and characters gave me serious Anne of Green Gables vibes. A fictionalized account of Anna Swan, known as The Giantess from Nova Scotia, this lovely novel, portraying An ...more
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Joanne is now following Danielle Joseph Author of Shrinking Violet
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Joanne made a comment on Nancy Runstedler’s review of The Paradise Problem " I just finished this one and feel exactly the same. Not just you. Or maybe I'm tired too. ...more "
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Joanne rated a book it was amazing The Secret Language of Birds by Lynne Kelly (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
As a bird and animal-lover and a human who loves great middle grade stories, I've long been a fan of Lynne Kelly's books. From her sweet and touching debut about an elephant, Chained to the fascinating and fun Song for a Whale, and now her latest, Th ...more
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“I like cheese.”
― Joanne Levy

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“Part of being a good funeral director—
and even a good friend—is knowing that someone may not want to be consoled. They may not welcome your words of support, and you need to respect that. Someone else’s grief is not for you to solve.”
― Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss

tags: death, death-and-dying, funeral, grief, grief-and-healing, jewish, tween-fiction

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“Does it stop hurting because I have to start forgetting about them?” he asked, his lip quivering. “Because I don’t want to forget them.”
― Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss

tags: death-and-dying, friendship, grief, loss, middle-grade, orphan, tween

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Joanne’s Quotes

“Life’s not fair. If it were, I wouldn’t look like this, and I’d be out there with the rest of the kids. But I don’t think you should let a couple of mean girls keep you from doing fun stuff. Stop running away, Bea. You don’t have a disease. You have nothing to run away from.”
― Joanne Levy, The Sun Will Come Out

tags: middle-grade

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“I like cheese.”
― Joanne Levy

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“Another thing about being the daughter of funeral directors? You get used to a lot of random and
spontaneous hugs.”
― Joanne Levy

tags: death-and-dying, funeral-home, funerals, jewish, middle-grade, tween

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“I took some comfort in thinking about how when I grew up and became a funeral director like my parents, I wouldn’t have to worry about my clients being mean to me.
Because they’d already be dead.”
― Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss

tags: death-and-dying

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“Someone else’s grief is not for you to solve.”
― Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss

tags: death-and-dying, funeral, grief, kidlit, middle-grade, trauma, tween

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