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Valerie Hobbs (1)

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Works by Valerie Hobbs

Sheep (2006) 523 copies

Defiance (2005) 279 copies

Minnie McClary Speaks Her Mind (2012) 217 copies

Carolina Crow Girl (1999) 91 copies

The Last Best Days of Summer (2009) 91 copies

Anything But Ordinary (2007) 86 copies

Maggie & Oliver or A Bone of One's Own (2011) 75 copies

Tender (2001) 72 copies

Letting Go of Bobby James: Or How I Found My Self of Steam (2004) 63 copies

How Far Would You Have Gotten If I Hadn't Called You Back? (Point) (1995) 57 copies

Sonny's War (2002) 48 copies

Wolf (2013) 44 copies

Charlie's Run (2000) 26 copies

Stefan's Story (2003) 20 copies

Get It While Its Hot Or Not (1996) 13 copies

Call It a Gift (2005) 8 copies

Associated Works

Because of Shoe and Other Dog Stories (2012) — Contributor — 60 copies

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Minnie McClary Speaks Her Mind by Valerie Hobbs

https://www.ideasforlearners.com/minnie-mcclary-speaks-her-mind.html

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daisycaudron | 2 other reviews | Feb 17, 2024 |

Maggie & Oliver: Or a Bone of One's Own by Valerie Hobbs

What a sweet little story of riches to rags to riches for a puppy named Oliver and of a rags to riches for a sweet little girl named Maggie.

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RobertaLea | 2 other reviews | Oct 2, 2021 |

Defiance by Valerie. Hobbs

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lcslibrarian | 16 other reviews | Aug 13, 2020 |

Letting Go of Bobby James: Or How I Found My Self of… by Valerie Hobbs

Super quick, feel good read. Loved the main character. Have to suspend reality a LITTLE bit-but overall good message of standing up for yourself and doing good for others.

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kimpiddington | 1 other review | Jul 20, 2020 |

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Awards

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Best Fiction for Young Adults

How Far Would You Have Gotten If I Hadn't Called You Back? (Point) (Selection – 1996)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

Sonny's War (2002)

Nebraska Golden Sower Award

Sheep (Nominee – Honeybee (Chapter Book) – 2010)

Defiance (Nominee – Honeybee (Chapter Book) – 2008)

Young Hoosier Book Award

Defiance (Nominee – Intermediate – 2009)

Independent Publisher Book Awards

Call It a Gift (Finalist – Regional Fiction - West-Pacific – 2006)

Sequoyah Book Award

Sheep (Nominee – Children's – 2009)

Defiance (Nominee – Children's – 2008)

Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award

Defiance (Nominee – 2008)

Georgia Children's Book Award

Defiance (Finalist – Especially for the Upper Grades (7-8) – 2009)

Sheep (Finalist – Especially for the Lower Grades (4-5) – 2008)

Great Stone Face Book Award

Sheep (Nominee – 2008)

Kentucky Bluegrass Award

Sheep (Nominee – Grades 3-5 – 2008)

Defiance (Nominee – Grades 6-8 – 2007)

Letting Go of Bobby James: Or How I Found My Self of Steam (Nominee – Grades 9-12 – 2007)

Sasquatch Book Award

Defiance (Nominee – 2008)

William Allen White Children's Book Award

Defiance (Nominee – Grades 6-8 – 28885)

Carolina Crow Girl (Nominee – Grades 6-8 – 21394)

Mark Twain Readers Award

Defiance (Nominee – 2008)

Sunshine State Young Reader's Award

Defiance (Nominee – Grades 3-5 – 2010)

Gateway Readers Award

Letting Go of Bobby James: Or How I Found My Self of Steam (Nominee – 2007)

Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

Letting Go of Bobby James: Or How I Found My Self of Steam (Selection – 2005)

South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards

Tender (Nominee – 2002)

The Best Children's Books of the Year

Minnie McClary Speaks Her Mind (Nine to Twelve – 2013)

Maggie & Oliver or A Bone of One's Own (Nine to Twelve – 2012)

Tayshas High School Reading List

Letting Go of Bobby James: Or How I Found My Self of Steam (2006)

How Far Would You Have Gotten If I Hadn't Called You Back? (Point) (1998)

California Young Reader Medal

Sheep (Winner – Intermediate, Grades 3-5 – 2009)

ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Awards

Defiance (Winner – Young Adult – 2005)

Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth

The Last Best Days of Summer (2010)

Black-Eyed Susan Book Award

Defiance (Nominee – Grades 4-6 – 2007)

The White Ravens

Defiance (English / USA – 2006)

Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18

Minnie McClary Speaks Her Mind (Selection – 2013)

Maine Regional Library System Cream of the Crop List

Minnie McClary Speaks Her Mind (2013)

Magnolia Book Award

Wolf (Winner – Grades 3-5 – 2016)

Young Adult Favorites Award

Get It While Its Hot Or Not (1998)

Rhode Island Teen Book Award

Tender (Nominee – 2002)

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

Defiance (2005)

Children's Literature Council of Southern California Awards

Defiance (Distinguished Work of Fiction – 2006)

Publishers Weekly Starred Review

The Last Best Days of Summer

South Carolina Book Awards

Defiance (Nominee – Children's Book Award – 2008)

Booklist Starred Review

The Last Best Days of Summer

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Statistics

Works: 16
Also by: 1
Members: 1,713
Popularity: #14,989
Rating: ½ 3.7

Reviews: 47
ISBNs: 78
Languages: 2

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