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One Sentence Debut Reviews: Middle-Grade Edition

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Enter to win bookmarks from each of the following titles by leaving a comment and your email below. There will be multiple winners this month (until I run out of bookmarks).  The contest closes Wednesday, 9-14. 


With a Name Like Love — Tess Hilmo
With a Name like Love
New to Binder, Arkansas, Ollie refuses to condemn a down and out family and with her preacher-father stands for truth in this atmospheric To Kill a Mockingbird for the middle-grade set.


My Very Unfairy Tale Life — Anna Staniszewski
My Very UnFairy Tale Life
Fixing problems for uncooperative unicorns and being bossed around by a candy-popping gnome has Jenny fed up with her life as an adventurer in this utterly original, funny middle-grade spoof.


Vanished — Sheela Chari












Neela’s stolen veena becomes the instrument of everyone’s desire in this fresh, cross-cultural, cross-continental mystery focused on a curse and a dragon (with lots of potato chips thrown in).

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Comments

  1. Creepy Query Girl says

    September 7, 2011 at 12:07 pm

    loved your quick reviews! Thanks!

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  2. Augusta Scattergood says

    September 7, 2011 at 12:42 pm

    That’s a difficult task- one-sentence summaries! I find it hard to do even about my own book. And you didn’t even resort to “this book is about”! A good exercise for students and the books from their summer (fun) reading.

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  3. Augusta Scattergood says

    September 7, 2011 at 12:56 pm

    Didn’t leave my email but I’ll send, should I be a winner!

    Reply
  4. Matthew MacNish says

    September 7, 2011 at 2:40 pm

    What a fun idea for a post! Short, but sweet. Thanks, Caroline.

    Reply
  5. A.L. Sonnichsen says

    September 7, 2011 at 4:37 pm

    I’d love bookmarks! I’ll pass them on to our librarians. They need to know how to spend their money. 😉

    Amy
    a2sonnichsen(at)gmail(dot)com

    Reply
  6. Shannon O'Donnell says

    September 7, 2011 at 7:17 pm

    I’ve read My Very Un Fairy Tale Life–LOVED it!! The others are on my TBR list. Isn’t Tess’s cover gorgeous?! 🙂

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  7. Joanne Fritz says

    September 8, 2011 at 12:38 am

    These concise little reviews really grab my attention! Nice job, Caroline.

    To Kill a Mockingbird for the middle-grade set?? Wow! I’ve GOT to read that book.

    Reply
  8. Liesl Shurtliff says

    September 8, 2011 at 3:11 am

    Those all look wonderful! Adding to my pile…

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  9. Caroline Starr Rose says

    September 12, 2011 at 10:59 pm

    All seven of you have won bookmarks! I’ll contact you shortly for your mailing addresses.

    Reply
  10. Joanne Fritz says

    September 13, 2011 at 2:14 am

    Yay! Thanks, Caroline!

    Reply
  11. TerryLynnJohnson says

    September 14, 2011 at 11:10 am

    Such awesome middle grade books coming out! thanks, Caroline.

    Reply

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