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Bobbi Miller

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Bobbi Miller earned her MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College, and was awarded honors with distinction for her Master of Arts in Children’s Literature degree from Simmons College in Boston.

Her first middle grade novel, Big River’s Daughter (Holiday House, 2013) comes recommended by the International Reading Association, and was nominated for the Amelia Bloomer Project (American Library Association, 2013). The Historical Novel Society, an international literary society, offeres, “..., this book comes recommended for its innovative language and use of folkloric elements which illuminate an unusual time and locale.” The book is listed on A Mighty Girl’s Top 2013 Mighty Girl Books for Tweens and Teens.

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	The Girls of Gettysburg 3.94 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Big River's Daughter 3.94 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Miss Sally Ann and the Panther by Bobbi Miller (Goodreads Author), Megan Lloyd (Illustrator) 3.63 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	One Fine Trade by Bobbi Miller (Goodreads Author), Will Hillenbrand (Illustrator) 3.11 avg rating — 36 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
	Davy Crockett Gets Hitched by Bobbi Miller (Goodreads Author), Megan Lloyd (Illustrator) 3.26 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2009 — 2 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
	The Magical Adventures of Bubbe Meisa: Book One: Sad Sally it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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“Grace is a good name. There's power in a name.”
― Bobbi Miller, The Girls of Gettysburg

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“How long have you been here?
Since the first shot to the last, and a lifetime in between, miss.”
― Bobbi Miller, The Girls of Gettysburg

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“She kept swimming out into life because she hadn't yet found a rock to stand on.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams

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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

tags: books, dragons, fairy-tales, inspirational, paraphrasing-g-k-chesterton

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“The greatest evil in our country today is...ignorance...We need to be taught to study rather than to believe.”
― Septima Poinsette Clark

tags: civil-rights-movement, inspirational-quotes, learning

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“All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
― Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho

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“Let’s imagine how we might grow as writers if we work in a slow writing way rather than rushing through our work trying to accumulate a pile of pages. Just imagine what we might gain from being writers who move slowly through our work and slowly through our lives.”
― Louise DeSalvo, The Art of Slow Writing: Reflections on Time, Craft, and Creativity

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