Very in Pieces (30 page)
Authors: Megan Frazer Blakemore
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MEGAN FRAZER BLAKEMORE
grew up in a college town in New Hampshire much like the one in
Very in Pieces
. She attended Columbia University, where she earned a degree in English. After brief stints in the Peace Corps and the television industry, she pursued a master's in library science at Simmons School of Library and Information Science. She has over ten years' experience as a librarian and has taught writing to students in elementary through graduate school. She lives in Maine with her husband, two children, a cat, and two hives of bees. She is the author of other books for teens and young readers, including
Secrets of Truth & Beauty
, an Indie Next Kids' Pick;
The Water Castle
, which was named a
Kirkus Reviews
Best Book of the Year; and
The Spy Catchers of Maple Hill
. Learn more about Megan at
www.meganfrazerblakemore.com
.
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Blakemore, Megan Frazer.
    Very in pieces / Megan Frazer Blakemore. â First edition.
        pages    cm
    Summary: “A straight-A student in a family of free-spirited artists must come to terms with the hard truths about those she loves most”â Provided by publisher.
    ISBN 978-0-06-234839-5 (hardback)
    EPub Edition © September 2015 ISBN 9780062348418
    [1. Family problemsâFiction.]  I. Title.
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