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Laura Shovan

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Teaneck, NJ, The United States

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Laura Shovan is a children's novelist, arts educator, and Pushcart Prize-nominated poet. Her chapbook, Mountain, Log, Salt, and Stone won the inaugural Harriss Poetry Prize. She has edited literary journals and anthologies. Laura Shovan’s middle grade debut, THE LAST FIFTH GRADE OF EMERSON ELEMENTARY, won multiple awards including the Arnold Adoff Poetry Award for New Voices honor book. Her middle grade sports novel TAKEDWON was selected for Junior Library Guild, PJ Our Way, and the ALA’s RISE Project. A PLACE AT THE TABLE, co-written with Saadia Faruqi, was a Sydney Taylor Notable. Laura is a longtime poet-in-the-schools and serves on the faculty of Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA program in writing for children and young adults. Her firs ...more

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	A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi (Goodreads Author), Laura Shovan (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 2,380 ratings — published 2020 — 15 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 Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary 4.06 avg rating — 1,831 ratings — published 2016 — 10 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
	Takedown 4.22 avg rating — 344 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Welcome to Monsterville by Laura Shovan (Goodreads Author), Michael Rothenberg (Illustrator) 4.74 avg rating — 19 ratings	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
	Just YA: Short Poems, Essays, & Fiction for Grades 7-12 by Sarah J. Donovan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Regina Harris Baiocchi, Kristin Bartley Lenz (Goodreads Author) 4.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Hides the Dark Tower by Kelly A. Harmon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Vonnie Winslow Crist (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Anatoly Belilovsky (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Mountain, Log, Salt, and Stone 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010	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
	Life in Me Like Grass on Fire 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Pet Crazy: A Poetry Friday Power Book by Janet Wong, Sylvia M. Vardell, Don Tate (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings	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
	Pen in Hand: Literary Journal of the Maryland Writers' Association, January 2017 (Mwa Literary Journal, Jan. 2017) by Gandharva Raja (Goodreads Author), Tapendu Basu (Editor), Thomas L. Budesheim 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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

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Poetry Friday: When I Cry

My heart is broken. My dear friend and collaborator, the poet Michael Rothenberg, passed away on November 21.

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The Tapping Toolbox: Simple Mind-Body Techniques to Relieve Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, Pain, and More

by Fred Gallo

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When He Was Wicked (Bridgertons, #6)

by Julia Quinn (Goodreads Author)

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Man's Search for Meaning

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“whispers. “She loves talking about food.” I’m surprised that Elizabeth has picked up on it. “How do you know she’s not always this serious?” I whisper back. “Your mom is friendly. Last week she kept a smile on her face, even when kids were giving her a hard time.” Mama is definitely like that. Always smiling. The thought of the big stack of bills on the kitchen table rises in my mind. Another person would have been crying at the idea of debt, or at least getting angry or stressed out. But not her. “That’s my”
― Laura Shovan, A Place at the Table

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