It's with utter astonishment that on the heels of readergirlz picking up the National Book Award for Innovations in Reading, my editor emailed me twice...
Once, to let me know that NORTH OF BEAUTIFUL was named to the 2010 Texas Lone Star Reading List.
And then again, to tell me that Kirkus named it one of the Best Books of 2009. I encourage everyone who loves a good read to check out the list for fabulous titles, including Malinda Lo's ASH, Laurie Halse Anderson's WINTERGIRLS, Tanita Davis's MARE'S WAR, Kathleen Duey's SACRED SCARS, David Gill's SOUL ENCHILADA, KL Going's KING OF THE SCREW UPS, and Sara Zarr's ONCE WAS LOST.
Thank you ALL for your support.
xoxoJustina
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Congratulations!
Congratulations! That is so exciting!!!
North of Beautiful is one of my favorite books that I read this year, I have been recommending it to friends. One of my other favorite books from this year, Wintergirls, also made the list :)
xoxo
YAY I'm so happy for you!!