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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 · 122,978 ratings · 16,134 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	Counting by 7s 4.14 avg rating — 87,887 ratings — published 2013 — 59 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 — 9,440 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 — 9,084 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 — 6,497 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 — 3,563 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 — 2,563 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) 3.84 avg rating — 1,777 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 — 1,717 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 4.14 avg rating — 382 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

tags: grief

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Polls

It's our coming-in-second poll! The books included in this months poll were ranked highly in our monthly polls but lost by a few votes. It's time to give them another look.

What book should we read in October?

As always, you may write in titles, provided the book is a 2022 Newbery contender and already published.

Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh

21 votes 15.9%

Just Like That by Gary D. Schmidt

19 votes 14.4%

Amber and Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz

18 votes 13.6%

Rescue by Jennifer A. Nielsen

16 votes 12.1%

Alone by Megan E. Freeman

15 votes 11.4%

The Sea in Winter by Christine Day

14 votes 10.6%

The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan

6 votes 4.5%

Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff (write-in)

6 votes 4.5%

Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan (write-in)

4 votes 3.0%

Amber & Clay (write-in)

3 votes 2.3%

Finding Junie Kim (write-in)

2 votes 1.5%

Amber and Clay (write-in)

2 votes 1.5%

The Elephant in the Room (write-in)

1 vote 0.8%

Rescue is my choice. I’ve read The Elephant in the Room and very enjoyed it! (write-in)

1 vote 0.8%

Rescue is my vote. I have read Amber and Clay and really loved it,. (write-in)

1 vote 0.8%

Finding Julie kim (write-in)

1 vote 0.8%

Just Like That (write-in)

1 vote 0.8%

The Sea in Winter (write-in)

1 vote 0.8%

Unsettled by Reem Faruqi (write-in)

0 votes 0.0%

Room to Dream (write-in)

0 votes 0.0%

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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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