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Tara Sullivan

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Tara Sullivan is an award-winning author of Young Adult novels that address contemporary human rights issues. Born in India, she spent her childhood in Bangladesh, Ecuador, Bolivia, and the Dominican Republic. She received a BA in Spanish literature and cognitive science from the University of Virginia, and a MA/MPA in Latin American studies/nonprofit management from Indiana University. Her debut, GOLDEN BOY, won the 2014 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Award, and was selected as a best book of the year by YALSA, Kirkus Reviews and the Wall Street Journal. Her second novel, THE BITTER SIDE OF SWEET, won the 2017 Children’s Africana Book Award: Honor and was an ALSC Notable Children’s Book of 2017. Tara lives and writes i ...more

Radio Interview 7/13/14

This Sunday (July 13, 2014) I’ll be talking with Rodney Lear on Sunday Morning Magazine with Rodney Lear about GOLDEN BOY!  Tune in at 7:00 am on WKRQ-FM (101.9) and WYGY-FM (97.3) —and 6:00am on WUBE-FM (105.1) & WREW-FM (94.9).  Filed under: … Continue reading → Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 4.21 · 6,382 ratings · 1,162 reviews · 3 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Bitter Side of Sweet

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Golden Boy

4.19 avg rating — 2,278 ratings — published 2013 — 22 editions
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Treasure of the World

4.13 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions
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“I decide that, for now, I will allow myself to be happy with how far we’ve come and I won’t let myself fear what will happen next.”
Tara Sullivan, The Bitter Side of Sweet

“There is no problem so big, no anger so great that it can fill the sky.”
Tara Sullivan, The Bitter Side of Sweet

“I sit up, clenching my fists, wishing I had someone that I could beat.”
Tara Sullivan, The Bitter Side of Sweet

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