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Julie Berry
Julie Berry grew up in western New York. She holds a BS from Rensselaer in communication and an MFA from Vermont College in writing for children and young adults. She now lives in eastern Massachusetts with her husband and four young sons. "All the Truth That's in Me" (September 2013, Viking) is... show more

Julie Berry grew up in western New York. She holds a BS from Rensselaer in communication and an MFA from Vermont College in writing for children and young adults. She now lives in eastern Massachusetts with her husband and four young sons. "All the Truth That's in Me" (September 2013, Viking) is Julie's first YA novel. It has earned starred reviews from Kirkus, School Library Journal, Publisher's Weekly, BCCB, and the Horn Book. It's been named a Horn Book Fanfare title, a School Library Journal Best Book of 2013, a Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2013, and a Junior Library Guild selection. It's been nominated for a Carnegie Medal and a YALSA BFYA award. It's being published in 12 international countries and territories. Julie is also the author of "The Amaranth Enchantment" and "Secondhand Charm" (Bloomsbury) and the "Splurch Academy for Disruptive Boys" series (Penguin Books for Young Readers). A forthcoming middle grade release is "The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place" (Fall 2014, Roaring Brook). Julie's works appear in audio and international versions worldwide.
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Her Fine Eyes
Her Fine Eyes rated it 5 years ago
I love Julie Berry. She's quietly breaking boundaries in young-adult literature, and doing it with hard work and beautiful prose, and good on her for that. This one is exceptionally researched, as always. The framing device--having the stories of these four human characters told through the eyes o...
Portable Magic
Portable Magic rated it 6 years ago
This is not the kind of children's book that adults love. Or at least, not this adult. The premise is interesting, and I think little girls may very well love it. But it seems like a fairly standard one-dimensional story of a misfit girl, rejected by her conventional family, battling mean girls and ...
Olivia Kadylak
Olivia Kadylak rated it 7 years ago
The sisters of Prickwillow Place find someone they know to be murdered. It is up to them to figure out who did this and why.
The Book Nook
The Book Nook rated it 7 years ago
The book is intriguing and fun with a touch of humor. We begin the story by being introduced to the girls with a quick look into why they were sent to St. Etheldreda's School for Girls. Then shortly after, we have the death of the headmistress and her brother, leaving the girls to solve a mystery w...
Portable Magic
Portable Magic rated it 7 years ago
DNF at 15%. It was okay, but just not very interesting. Too twee for my tastes. Previous Updates: 1/9/18 – 8%
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