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Lisa Papademetriou

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Bestselling author Lisa Papademetriou is the author of the 'Confectionately Yours' series, 'Middle School: Big, Fat Liar' and 'Homeroom Diaries' (both with James Patterson), and many other novels for middle grade and young adult readers. Her books have appeared on the Bank Street Best Books of the Year list, the NYPL Books for the Teen Age, and the Texas Lone Star Reading List, among others. A former editor, Lisa has worked for Scholastic, HarperCollins, and DisneyPress, and holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. HarperCollins will publish her next novel, 'A Tale of Highly Unusual Magic', in October 2015. ...more

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	Rani in the Mermaid Lagoon (Tales of Pixie Hollow, #5) by Lisa Papademetriou (Goodreads Author), Judith H. Clarke (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 3,908 ratings — published 2006 — 27 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
	Accidentally Fabulous (Accidentally, #1; Candy Apple #12) 4.14 avg rating — 3,078 ratings — published 2008 — 14 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
	How to Be a Girly Girl in Just Ten Days (Candy Apple #4) 4.05 avg rating — 2,965 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Save the Cupcake! (Confectionately Yours, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,617 ratings — published 2012 — 13 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
	Taking the Cake! (Confectionately Yours, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 1,954 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
	M or F? by Lisa Papademetriou (Goodreads Author), Chris Tebbetts (Goodreads Author), Christopher Tebbetts 3.70 avg rating — 2,064 ratings — published 2005 — 9 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
	Sugar and Spice (Confectionately Yours, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 1,281 ratings — published 2013 — 8 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
	Accidentally Friends (Accidentally, #4; Candy Apple #20) 4.20 avg rating — 1,113 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Accidentally Famous (Accidentally, #2; Candy Apple #14) 4.15 avg rating — 998 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Something New (Confectionately Yours, #4) 4.21 avg rating — 917 ratings — published 2013 — 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

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I recently read two books by Abigail Thomas: Safekeeping: Some True Stories from a Life and What Comes Next and How to Like It: A Memoir. Both are memoir, and both are told in vignette. A vignette is a brief, evocative, descriptive moment, and Thomas uses this to brilliant effect.These books are not told in strict chronological order. They are ordered the way that memory is ordered, with one thoug Read more of this blog post »

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Confectionately Yours (4 books)
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Accidentally (4 books)
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Siren's Storm (2 books)
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The God of Small Things

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Recovery Dharma: How to Use Buddhist Practices and Principles to Heal the Suffering of Addiction

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Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging

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“She swore vengeance on all men with dark hearts.”
― Lisa Papademetriou, Siren's Storm

tags: calypso, dark-hearts, mermaid, rogues, siren, vengeance

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“People make mistakes; they do the wrong things. Sometimes they're annoying. Sometimes they're awful. (That's true for me, too, by the way.)
So how do you know when it's time to give up? And do you know when to hang in there? I guess you don't really. You just make your choices and hope for the best.”
― Lisa Papademetriou, Taking the Cake!

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“It's always best to avoid strangling the person you're on a date with. No matter how crazy he makes you.”
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“Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

tags: hope, hopelessness, magic

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Mar 19, 2012 05:15PM

Thanks, Sam! What a kind comment! That book is actually a parody of a lot of other fantasy novels, including the Lord of the Rings, the Chronicles of Narnia, and more. Enjoy exploring the genre!
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Thanks for accepting my friend request. Just wanted to say that I loved your novel "The Wizard, the Witch and the Two Girls from Jersey." It was one of the first fantasy books I've read an..."

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