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Sara Zarr

November 7, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Christie’s To Drool For: November/ December 2013 Releases

  Oh, so many good books coming! And with the holidays and everything, I don’t know how I will have time to read them all! November Drools:   6th in the Iron Fey series, Ethan slips back on the world of fairy in order to try and save both worlds, and the girl that he […]

March 19, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Review: The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr

Since Angie Manfredi is talking about Sara Zarr today, I thought I would review The Lucy Variations. Publishes May 7, 2013 by Little, Brown Lucy Beck-Moreau was a world renowned pianist at a young age, and the pressure from her family to be the best was intense.  That’s why one day in Prague, she simply […]

March 19, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

My Writing Hero: Sara Zarr, a guest post by Angie Manfredi for Women’s History Month

March is Women’s History Month, so when I put the call out for guest bloggers (we love guest bloggers here at TLT, you can write one too), I was so excited that Angie excitedly answered that call wanting to write about Sara Zarr.  I read my first Sara Zarr book last year, Story of a […]

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When most people think of Joss Whedon, they tend to think of the guy who writes kick-ass girls.  Which he does.  But when I think of Joss Whedon I think of this: you are born into a family, but you also build a family and in many ways, that family is so much stronger because […]

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It was only earlier this year that I read Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr.  I was touched by the fact that it was a simple yet raw coming of age story about a teenage girl.  There were no bells and whistles, no magical powers or arena fights to the death – just raw, […]

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