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Story of a Girl

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 […]

June 29, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Why YA? The Story of a Girl (Sara Zarr) as discussed by Lisa Burstein

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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