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Brigit Young
Goodreads Author
Born
in Ann Arbor, The United States
June 09, 1986
Website
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November 2016
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The Prettiest
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2020
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8 editions
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Worth a Thousand Words
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2018
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10 editions
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Bright
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2022
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10 editions
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Banned Books, Crop Tops, and Other Bad Influences
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2024
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6 editions
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Lost & Found
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Paperback Cover!
The paperback of WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS hits stores on April 14 2020, and I'm delighted to share its lovely cover by artist Emma Lupin,designed byCassie Gonzales. 
A Junior Library Guild Selection“A suspenseful mystery/detective story [that] deepens into a nuanced coming-of-age story . . . [An] affecting debut novel.” ―Horn Book“The mystery . . . will keep readers turning pages in this touching deb
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A Junior Library Guild Selection“A suspenseful mystery/detective story [that] deepens into a nuanced coming-of-age story . . . [An] affecting debut novel.” ―Horn Book“The mystery . . . will keep readers turning pages in this touching deb
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| Not much to say except that this is one of the best books I've read in years. I hate to risk hyperbole, but here it goes: the reviewers who say Taffy Brodesser-Akner is the next Philip Roth are onto something. And because Brodesser-Akner is so clever ...more | |
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| I'm a longtime Laurie Morrison fan, and I love all her books, but this one is my favorite. We follow 14-year-old Grace - a classic overachiever whose anxiety over a need to be accomplished is consuming her - as she trains for a marathon alongside Jon ...more | |
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| Cathy Carr is a writer to watch. 365 DAYS TO ALASKA will delight middle grade readers with its fascinating, unusual initial setting, and its character's journey into the unknown. Rigel, the main character, is endearing and emotionally compelling. Any ...more | |
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| THE HOUSE SWAP hits all the right notes for me. It's a feel-good story with a fun, engaging plot, but its combination of those features along with the authentic emotional depth to the characters that makes this novel such a wonder. Kids will simply l ...more | |
“everyone had his or her own opinions about how other people should look, and those opinions were different all over the world, so how could any one opinion be true?”
― The Prettiest
― The Prettiest
“You’re the classiest person I know,” Nessa told her, nodding to the flower. “And you’re the cutest,” Lara said, taking Nessa’s hand and twirling her around.”
― The Prettiest
― The Prettiest
“I contain multitudes, we all contain multitudes, we are a million things unfolding eternally and we’ll never even know our own full stories.”
― The Prettiest
― The Prettiest
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“And now they were across the world in a wholly new place, but -- and she wasn't sure what this meant -- every new place reminded her of an old place. The moon, after all, was still the moon.”
― A Dual Inheritance
― A Dual Inheritance
“It is not enough to simply teach children to read;
we have to give them something worth reading.
Something that will stretch their imaginations-
something that will help them make sense of their own lives
and encourage them to reach out toward people
whose lives are quite different from their own.”
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we have to give them something worth reading.
Something that will stretch their imaginations-
something that will help them make sense of their own lives
and encourage them to reach out toward people
whose lives are quite different from their own.”
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“The closet is a closet, but it’s also a rocket or a tree house. Your mind is a palace, as long as you go in the right rooms.”
― The Land of Forgotten Girls
― The Land of Forgotten Girls
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
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