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Nina LaCour

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Nina LaCour is the Michael L. Printz Award-winning and nationally bestselling author of six young adult novels, including Watch Over Me and We Are Okay; the children's book Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle; and Yerba Buena, a novel for adults. She's on faculty at Hamline University's MFA in writing for Children and Young Adults program, and teaches an online class of her own called The Slow Novel Lab. A former indie bookseller and high school English teacher, she lives with her family in San Francisco.

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Hold Still Paperback Giveaway, Part Three!

Well, the fall semester is finally in full swing for me, so I'm writing this a day late and right before I run off to teach my students. Which means I'm going to get straight to business.

To enter this week's giveaway–the FINAL giveaway, at least for a little while–please ask me a question in the comments section. Your question could be about Hold Still, the writing process, how publication works–a

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	We Are Okay 3.93 avg rating — 100,686 ratings — published 2017 — 5 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
	Everything Leads to You 3.83 avg rating — 35,284 ratings — published 2014 — 19 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
	Yerba Buena 3.84 avg rating — 30,815 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Hold Still 3.99 avg rating — 28,076 ratings — published 2009 — 41 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
	You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour (Goodreads Author), David Levithan (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 19,004 ratings — published 2016 — 2 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
	Watch Over Me 3.83 avg rating — 13,746 ratings — published 2020 — 19 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 Disenchantments 3.70 avg rating — 9,191 ratings — published 2012 — 21 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
	Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle by Nina LaCour (Goodreads Author), Kaylani Juanita (Illustrator) 4.42 avg rating — 850 ratings — published 2022 — 10 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
	Ella Josephine and the Apartment House on Poppy Hill (The Apartment House on Poppy Hill, #1) by Nina LaCour (Goodreads Author), Sònia Albert (Illustrator) 3.80 avg rating — 487 ratings — published 2023 — 4 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
	My Friend, Loonie by Nina LaCour (Goodreads Author), Ashling Lindsay (Illustrator) 3.74 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2023 — 2 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

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“The sun stopped shining for me is all. The whole story is: I am sad. I am sad all the time and the sadness is so heavy that I can't get away from it. Not ever.”
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“I don't want to hurt you or anybody so please forget about me. Just try. Find yourself a better friend.”
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