Liberty Belle

 

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Liberty Belle by Emily Ungar
 

Release Date: August 12, 2014

Summary from Anaiah Press:
 

On the same day she turns twelve years old, Savannah moves away from everything she’s known in sweet, sunny Georgia to preppy Washington D.C. Not only will she miss her best friends Katie and Tessa, but Savannah will start a new school where schoolmates love to brag—about their clothes, their parents’ governmental connections, and even who has the "in" with the school authorities.
 

Unhappy and lonely, Savannah decides that if she can’t make life better, she can at least make it sound that way.

Soon she is living in the childhood home of George Washington, riding in the limo of the vice president’s daughter, and even moving into the former Luxembourg embassy.

 

All is well until she learns that her true friends from Georgia are coming for a visit. Now Savannah must create the life she’s been talking about in her letters—and fast! Will Savannah find herself or lose her friends?

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Author Bio:

Emily Ungar is a graduate of Indiana University, where she majored in journalism. After living in seven different U.S. states between grade school and college graduation, she now lives in Indianapolis, Indiana, with her husband and very curious twin toddlers. When she isn’t chasing after her twin boys, Emily loves to curl up in a chaise lounge with a book in one hand and a lemon cupcake in the other. Emily loves connecting with her readers, so she welcomes you to say hi on her blog at emilyungar.com.

 

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Publisher:  Anaiah Press

 

 

 

Dear Readers,

Although I usually focus on YA and the occasional adult fiction, today I am part of a cover release promotion for an upcoming MG release, Liberty Belle.

 

This is one I would definitely be promoting to my daughter is she was still in 5th or even 6th grade.  The cover reminds me of one of those American Girl dolls that my daughter, sadly, received a little too late at the end of her 5th grade year. 

 

By the end of 6th grade the doll and the accessories were placed simply on display. 

 

What I am trying to say is that Liberty Belle is straight up middle grade fiction and any girl between the ages of 3rd through 6th grade would love to read this.  And what I really love about Liberty Belle is that the novel is a perfect transition book since the plot is moving towards the issues that our young girls begin facing as they grow older, but at the same time Liberty Belle does not contain any of the edgy elements of mainstream, full-out YA. 

The storyline in Liberty Belle is one many young girls will find relatable to their lives--fitting in and trying to keep up appearances.  We all know that feeling out of place can come at any moment and in any place.  It does not require moving to an entirely new state. 

 

This happens to many young people at the start of a brand new school year, and it especially happens when entering middle school.  My daughter had her first taste of "not fitting in" pre-teenage reality at the beginning of 6th grade.  Also, I remember that when I was in 6th grade that was the year I was going to make things seem better for myself even though this wasn't true. 

 

Being untruthful starts with being untruthful with yourself.  And are we ever really truthful with ourselves?  Then there is the aspect of not being truthful to others in our lives. 

No one wants to be singled out in middle school for being different--we all want to fit in.  If I were Savannah I might have lied to my friends at home as well.  I would not want them to know the girls up here in preppy D.C. were a different breed I could not completely connect with immediately.

P.S.  This is for my lovely Celeste, soon to be a high school freshman, but always in my heart that little gal' who didn't know people can hear someone humming a tune while finishing classwork.  Really, she revealed this to me about a year ago.  That she would hear humming and stop to listen and try and figure out who it was.  It turns out she was humming.

 

 

Fictionally Yours Siempre,

 

Minerva