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The Contemps Challenge Winner-ME! New Books Coming Soon

November 19, 2010

I’m soooooooo excited right now!  I found out that I am the winner of The Contemps Challenge. That means I’m getting 21 new books – what’s better than new books to read and bring into my classroom?!?  The Contemps is a group of 21 contemporary realistic fiction authors who got together and created a website to promote their books and the love of reading their genre. They had a contest to get people to take the challenge to read as many of their books as possible. When you accepted the challenge, you also were entered into the contest to win all of the books. I can’t believe it, but I won!


Thanks so much to The Contemps: YA Authors Keeping It Real!  Visit their website for more information from all of the authors: The Contemps


This is the list of books I’ll be getting as they’re published (with publisher and release date):
Losing Faith by Denise Jaden (Simon Pulse, September 7, 2010)
The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger (Little, Brown/Poppy, September 7, 2010)
Girl, Stolen by April Henry (Henry Holt, September 28, 2010)
Freefall by Mindi Scott (Simon Pulse, October 5, 2010)
The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney (Little, Brown, November 2, 2010)
Fixing Delilah by Sarah Ockler (Little, Brown, December 15, 2010)
Fall For Anything by Courtney Summers (St. Martin’s Press, December 21, 2010)
Trapped by Michael Northrop (Scholastic, February, 2011)
Rival by Sara Bennett Wealer (HarperTeen, February 15, 2011
Sean Griswold’s Head by Lindsey Leavitt (Bloomsbury, March 1, 2011)
Like Mandarin by Kirsten Hubbard (Random House/Delacorte, March 8, 2011)
Family by Micol Ostow (Egmont USA, April 26, 2011)
Back When You Were Easier to Love by Emily Wing Smith (Dutton, April 28, 2011)
Pearl by Jo Knowles (Henry Holt, Spring, 2011)
Saving June by Hannah Harrington (Harlequin Teen, May, 2011)
Between Here and Forever by Elizabeth Scott (Simon Pulse, May 24, 2011)
The Day Before by Lisa Schroeder (Simon Pulse, June 28, 2011)
Small Town Sinners by Melissa Walker (Bloomsbury, July 19, 2011)
The third book in the Carter series by Brent Crawford (Summer, 2011)
Sharks & Boys by Kristen Tracy (Disney-Hyperion, Summer, 2011)
Want to Go Private? by Sarah Darer Littman (Scholastic Press, August, 2011)

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  1. Micol Ostow says

    November 23, 2010 at 1:30 pm

    Yahoo for supporting contemp fiction and WINNING the prize pack!

  2. girlsinthestacks.com says

    November 22, 2010 at 8:22 pm

    AWESOME!!! Love their website, it's a great idea.

  3. sarahockler.com says

    November 20, 2010 at 5:46 am

    Congratulations and thanks for sharing your love of books with your students! 🙂 Fixing Delilah will go out next week. Enjoy!

    – Sarah Ockler

  4. sarahockler.com says

    November 20, 2010 at 5:46 am

    Congratulations and thanks for sharing your love of books with your students! 🙂 Fixing Delilah will go out next week. Enjoy!

    – Sarah Ockler

  5. Mindi Scott says

    November 20, 2010 at 1:40 am

    Congrats to you! I sent FREEFALL this afternoon, so you should be getting it very soon. 🙂

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