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Melissa Sarno

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Born

October 20

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Melissa Sarno is the author of middle grade novels Just Under the Clouds, a Bank Street best book of the year, and A Swirl of Ocean. She is based in the lower Hudson Valley where she lives with her husband and two children.

The only thing she loves more than writing books is reading them. She also loves to hike, run, bake cakes, and take photos.

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Average rating: 3.85 · 1,104 ratings · 260 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Just Under the Clouds 3.85 avg rating — 821 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	A Swirl of Ocean 3.72 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 2019 — 6 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 best of Vine Leaves Literary Journal 2012 by Jessica Bell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dawn Ius (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Adam Byatt (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.71 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2012	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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