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LeAnne Hardy

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Although I grew up in the Midwest of the United States, I have lived in six countries on four continents. I have sipped cream tea in Oxfordshire, eaten stewed goat at a Mozambican wedding, slid down rocks in a Mato Grosso river and shopped at Mall of America. My books for children and young people come out of my cross-cultural experiences and my passion to use story to convey spiritual truths in a form that will permeate the lives of children and young people. I recently returned to the Northwoods of Wisconsin after three years in Johannesburg, South Africa, where I focused on writing for children affected by HIV/AIDS, teaching writing workshops and reading stories in after-school programs in Tembisa Township.

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This blog is moving to a new location.  I realize this blog has not been very active the past couple years, but if you are a subscriber and want to follow me to the new location, please contact me at leannehardy@gmail.com, and I will send you a link when it is up and running.
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Average rating: 4.02 · 168 ratings · 63 reviews · 13 distinct works
Glastonbury Tor (Glastonbur...

3.85 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions
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The Wooden Ox

4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions
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Honddu Vale (Glastonbury Gr...

4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions
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Crossovers

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Between Two Worlds: A Novel

3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions
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Black Mountain (Glastonbury...

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So That's What God Is Like!

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Beads and Braids

4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2007
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Keeping Secrets

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"Vibrant illustrations" says the blurb. It's a comic book. Excuse me, "graphic non-fiction. That means it's engaging and easy to read, although not necessarily easy to understand. He presents compelling arguments for open borders, and some pretty int ...more
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Have you ever wished you could undo something? Take back an unkind word you just spoke? Make a different decision? Alfie can. He has only to think of a time in the past, say twice, and he is back there. He can make short jumps or he can go back decad ...more
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The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1 by Beth Brower
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I am not a fan of epistolary novels or journals like this one because they tend to be much more telling and explaining than scene. It's all about voice. This one is a witty 19th-c female which I enjoyed, but not enough to read 8 volumes. This volume ...more
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So are readers cheering for her to get away with it? Again? Absolutely no admirable characters here, but it did keep me reading through all the twists.
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The pre-publication reviews raved about this, but I hesitated. It was an expensive hardback, but ultimately I realized, it was not the money that held me back. I was afraid of being disappointed. I have loved the stories of King Arthur since I read I ...more
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Beautifully written story of a boy growing up in the 1950s-60s with ocular albinism—red eyes. Even nice people do a double take when they first see him. His classmates call him “devil boy,” and you can imagine what the school bully does. Sam’s mom, a ...more
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I read this as a child or maybe young adult. I know I later read it aloud to my own children, and they savored it afterwards on their own. I found the Weekly Reader Children’s Book Club edition on my shelf the other day and remembered loving it. It w ...more
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“The Africans wouldn’t consider it a real visit unless they ate.”
― LeAnne Hardy, The Wooden Ox

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“There are four things that lead to wisdom. You ready for them?'
She nodded, wondering when the police work would begin.
"They are four sentences we learn to say, and mean." Gamache held up his hand as a fist and raised a finger with each point. "I don't know. I need help. I'm sorry. I was wrong'.”
― Louise Penny, Still Life

“It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture. It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin.”
― Benjamin E Mays
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“For me, reason is the natural organ of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning. Imagination, producing new metaphors or revivifying old, is not the cause of truth, but its condition.”
― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

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