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Sally Felt

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in St. Louis, MO, The United States
January 08

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Like most storytellers, Sally Felt is an adventurer at heart. Six foot tall and insatiably curious, Sally has spent the night in some odd places—in a hammock, on a riverboat, in a convent and in a whorehouse. She’s waded barefoot in the Mississippi and swum in the Amazon.

Her formative teen years included a student exchange to Middle Earth (aka, New Zealand) and a summer working as a chore girl on a dude ranch.

These days, Sally makes wishes on the new moon, refuses to dye her silver hair, enjoys fine sipping tequila and hopes to inherit her mother’s laugh. She’s also a decent Wii bowler.

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Average rating: 4.25 · 8 ratings · 3 reviews · 2 distinct works
Flushed

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Going Native

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The Story of Mankind
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Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
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What a lovely book. If you’re curious about the Alaska wilderness north of the Arctic Circle, let 13-year-old Julie/Miyax be your guide. When we meet her, she’s lost her way crossing the tundra as she flees her child marriage in hopes of finding a sh ...more
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
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(Like other books I’ve read in this period, I was distracted while reading and laid it down, unfinished, for a two-week trip, which may have affected my evaluation. )

I’d been looking forward to this one, being a big fan of its animated movie adaptati
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What a lovely book. If you’re curious about the Alaska wilderness north of the Arctic Circle, let 13-year-old Julie/Miyax be your guide. When we meet her, she’s lost her way crossing the tundra as she flees her child marriage in hopes of finding a sh ...more
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Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
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Another story-in-a-story. In this one, 13-year-old Sal (Salamanca) is on a week-long road trip with her paternal grandparents — Ohio to Idaho — and spends the hours telling them about her new classmate Phoebe.

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The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
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I’ve seen teenagers time travel before, and rogue time travelers who stole the technology, but this is a teenager goaded by his genius siblings to put his money where his mouth is regarding this untested technology. When he arrives in late summer 199 ...more
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Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
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Another story-in-a-story. In this one, 13-year-old Sal (Salamanca) is on a week-long road trip with her paternal grandparents — Ohio to Idaho — and spends the hours telling them about her new classmate Phoebe.

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The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
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In the 1980s, we started seeing female authors telling high fantasy stories from a female point of view — including Terri Windling, Patricia Wrede, Pamela Dean, Jane Yolan, and Robin McKinley. At the time, I mostly read the potent fairy tale retellin ...more
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The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon
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Rowena Sally!!!!!!

Amazing to see you here, as well. Thank you very much for adding me Rowena Cherry as a friend.

I look forward to getting to know you better.

Rowena Cherry
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