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Denise Vega

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I've been writing since I was a kid but it took awhile to get published-I had to work at improving my craft! Click Here was the sixth novel I'd written, the first to be accepted for publication. It went on to become a bestselling title for the Scholastic Book Fairs/Clubs, won the Colorado Book Award for Young Adult Literature, and was a 2008 Louisiana Reader’s Choice Nominee. I was excited and nervous to write Access Denied, the sequel to Click Here, because so many readers have written to tell me how much they loved it. But luckily my readers have really liked it - whew. Fact of Life #31 won the Colorado Top Hand Award and the Colorado Book Award for Young Adult Literature. My newest book, ROCK ON, which was so much fun to write. Other stu ...more

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	Click Here: To Find Out How I Survived Seventh Grade 3.84 avg rating — 2,173 ratings — published 2005 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rock On 3.84 avg rating — 611 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If Your Monster Won't Go To Bed by Denise Vega (Goodreads Author), Zachariah OHora (Illustrator) 3.57 avg rating — 593 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Access Denied: And Other Eighth Grade Error Messages 3.99 avg rating — 477 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fact of Life #31 3.98 avg rating — 446 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adela's Mariachi Band by Denise Vega (Goodreads Author), Erika Medina (illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 193 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Build a Burrito: A Counting Book in English and Spanish: (Bilingual) by Denise Vega (Goodreads Author), David Díaz (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grandmother, Have the Angels Come? by Denise Vega (Goodreads Author), Erin Eitter Kono (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.73 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Learning the Internet for Kids: A Voyage to Internet Treasures (Learning Series) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	WordPerfect 101 for the law office: A guide to basic document production 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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What to Eat Now: The Indispensable Guide to Good Food, How to Find It, and Why It Matters

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“Somebody once told me that good friends are like Tootie Pops, if you don't bite them they won't bite you. Erin Swift”
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Congratulations, Denise, you are one of the very few people who write the types of books that should be written.

I've added Plants and your other books to my to-read list.

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