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A Winner, a Star, and a Review

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Congratulations to Jenny Willenberg! You’re the Take Five! Pick Two! winner. Please email me your mailing address so I might mail you a May B. journal.
 
An excerpt from May B.’s starred Kirkus review: 
As unforgiving as the western Kansas prairies, this extraordinary verse novel—Rose’s debut—paints a gritty picture of late-19th-century frontier life from the perspective of a 12-year-old dyslexic girl named Mavis Elizabeth Betterly… May B. for short.
If May is a brave, stubborn fighter, the short, free-verse lines are one-two punches in this Laura Ingalls Wilder–inspired ode to the human spirit. (Historical fiction. 9-14)

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  1. Beth Kephart says

    September 30, 2011 at 11:50 am

    Yo, Baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    So extremely happy for you, Caroline STARRRRRR Rose.

    Reply
  2. salarsenッ says

    September 30, 2011 at 12:04 pm

    Caroline – that’s fabulous!!

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  3. Caroline Starr Rose says

    September 30, 2011 at 9:49 pm

    Thank you!

    Reply
  4. Jeannine Atkins says

    September 30, 2011 at 10:25 pm

    Yay for the star!

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  5. bfav says

    October 1, 2011 at 4:47 pm

    So excited for you. I got chills reading your review. Very exciting.

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  6. Sherrie Petersen says

    October 2, 2011 at 5:10 pm

    Awesome!!!!!!
    You (and May) totally deserve that star <3

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  7. Irene Latham says

    October 3, 2011 at 2:29 am

    Wooohoooo! May B is off to a great start, isn’t she?! Congratulations!

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  8. Joanne Fritz says

    October 4, 2011 at 1:10 am

    Wow! To get a STARRED review from Kirkus is amazing and wonderful. So happy for you!

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  9. Liesl Shurtliff says

    October 5, 2011 at 4:32 am

    Wow, that is awesome. So I just have to ask, were you a wreck when May B. was going out to reviewers? How did you handle that?

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  10. Caroline Starr Rose says

    October 5, 2011 at 1:28 pm

    Thank you, everyone!

    Liesl, I’ve been kind of oblivious. I knew the ARCs had been sent but had no idea a review would come so early. Ignorance is bliss…

    Reply

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