A Winner, a Star, and a Review
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)
Yo, Baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So extremely happy for you, Caroline STARRRRRR Rose.
Caroline – that’s fabulous!!
Thank you!
Yay for the star!
So excited for you. I got chills reading your review. Very exciting.
Awesome!!!!!!
You (and May) totally deserve that star <3
Wooohoooo! May B is off to a great start, isn’t she?! Congratulations!
Wow! To get a STARRED review from Kirkus is amazing and wonderful. So happy for you!
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?
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…