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Tag: Coo

COO: a delightful MG debut: author interview & giveaway

October 16, 2020 A. B. Westrick 7 Comments

This year’s most delightful middle grade debut has to be Coo by Kaela Noel, the story of a girl raised…

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Filed under: author interview, Bookends & Beginnings, Coo, fairy tales, fiction, Jersey City, Kaela Noel, libraries, middle school, middle-grade, pigeons, rafflecopter, revision

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#BookGiveaway Last day to signup. AS FAR AS BIRDS CAN FLY by @lindaoatmanhigh Author-interview full of insights into Linda's process & career #writing more than 20 books for young readers. #mglit #kidlit #fiction @koehlerbooks https://abwestrick.com/2021/01/her-grandparents-barn-an-interview-with-linda-oatman-high/ Thanks for the interview!

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Hey #mgbookchat, I love that you're talking about Youth Media Awards tonight! 9 PM is too late for me, so I'm chiming in early to say I'm doing another #MG #fiction #giveaway. Signup ends tomorrow: AS FAR AS BIRDS CAN FLY by @lindaoatmanhigh https://abwestrick.com/2021/01/her-grandparents-barn-an-interview-with-linda-oatman-high/ #kidlit

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Maggie Brown@MrsBrownRRMS·
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@what_a_story @ABWestrick I LOVE this book!!! @RRMSLibrary recommended it to me several years ago and I reference it (and recommend it) every year when I teach Reconstruction. Such a great read!

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