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Our Nine-Book Giveaway Winner (and our Second Summer Giveaway)!

Jun 22, 2010
Giveaways

And the winner of our nine-book giveaway is…

Megan Oliphant!

Congrats, Megan!  We hope you’ll enjoy each book.  Please send an email to msfishby@fromthemixedupfiles.com with your mailing address, and we’ll send the books to you.

For those who didn’t win, don’t worry.  Our summer giveaways are just getting started!  In fact, our second giveaway starts today!

We have the following three titles to give away to one lucky reader:

To enter, simply leave  a comment below.  Earn extra entries by blogging, tweeting, or facebooking this giveaway (don’t forget to share a link to your blog or tweet).  This giveaway is for US/CAN residents only (sorry, we can’t ship these internationally).  The winner will be chosen on Tuesday, July 6, 2010.

We also want to thank the authors who have donated books to our summer giveaways.  We appreciate your willingness to help spread the word about great middle-grade books!

Written by: Elissa Cruz on June 22, 2010.on July 11, 2012.
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  1. Renae Hipple  •  Jun 22, 2010 @12:46 am

    Looking for more great reads! LOVE the website! :)

    –Renae

  2. Heather Rae  •  Jun 22, 2010 @1:42 am

    Looks like some great books! I’ve been loving checking out your website. Thanks! I tweeted it, too – http://twitter.com/insearchofsquid :)

  3. Andrea  •  Jun 22, 2010 @5:06 am

    Wow – another great contest. And I love reading your MG news!

  4. Natalie Aguirre  •  Jun 22, 2010 @5:47 am

    Thanks for another contest. I love that you focus on MG books.

  5. Erin  •  Jun 22, 2010 @7:25 am

    I love hearing about all these books. Thanks for sharing!

  6. Kristen  •  Jun 22, 2010 @7:34 am

    Yay for another contest! :) I just love you Middle Grade authors. Big congrats to Megan! Green with jealousy over here. :)

    Also, I tweeted: http://twitter.com/bookgoil/status/16768494769

  7. Kurtis Scaletta  •  Jun 22, 2010 @8:06 am

    If ever you’d meet me
    You wouldn’t forget me.
    If you never do,
    You won’t think I’m true;
    But old Oliphaunt am I,
    And I never lie.

    (I’m not saying Megan is old… just remembering Tolkien’s oliphaunts. Congrats, Megan! Send us your address, I have a MUDVILLE to send you.)

  8. Lois D. Brown  •  Jun 22, 2010 @8:14 am

    I’ve got my fingers crossed.

  9. Emily aka WilowRaven  •  Jun 22, 2010 @9:44 am

    Awesome! Thanks guys!!

  10. Laura Marcella  •  Jun 22, 2010 @10:17 am

    Congratulations, Megan!

    Thanks for having these contests!!!

  11. Katrina  •  Jun 22, 2010 @10:25 am

    would love to win!

  12. Cathy Ogren  •  Jun 22, 2010 @11:36 am

    I love contests, and I love your new website!
    tweeted: http://twitter.com/CathySOgren

  13. Helene Boudreau  •  Jun 22, 2010 @3:21 pm

    Congratulations, Megan! Good luck to all the new entrants. MG rocks!

  14. Cindy  •  Jun 22, 2010 @3:29 pm

    These books look great… would love to win. Thanks!

  15. Shari  •  Jun 22, 2010 @3:42 pm

    Another contest?! Sweet. Thanks! :)

  16. Jess  •  Jun 22, 2010 @4:05 pm

    Haven’t heard of any of these, but am excited to check them out!

  17. Jess  •  Jun 22, 2010 @4:20 pm

    Facebooked it!

    http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=853380611

  18. Mindy Alyse Weiss  •  Jun 22, 2010 @4:45 pm

    Congrats, Megan!

  19. Barbra Hesson  •  Jun 22, 2010 @5:03 pm

    Hi, wow another books give-a-way. My new library could sure use them. I review books with the Calgary Herald and have your site on my personal website: barbra.hesson.com
    Tweet tweet, count me in, hope I win.
    http://twitter.com/barbhesson

  20. Jemi Fraser  •  Jun 22, 2010 @5:37 pm

    Great contest … again!

    Congrats to Megan :)

  21. KatherineR  •  Jun 22, 2010 @5:53 pm

    Would love to try again.

  22. Cathe Olson  •  Jun 22, 2010 @8:52 pm

    I’m enjoying finding out about all these great middle-grade titles. Would love to win them.

  23. Kristin Gray  •  Jun 22, 2010 @10:11 pm

    Thanks so much! *fingers crossed*

  24. Deb  •  Jun 22, 2010 @11:15 pm

    Congrats Megan!!

    Hoping to win this time around oh yes yes I am. I twittered here:

    http://twitter.com/WriterDebM/status/16824008166

    Thanks for another contest!

  25. Kari Townsend  •  Jun 23, 2010 @5:49 am

    Love the site and the books look awesome. Great job ladies.

  26. Marcia  •  Jun 23, 2010 @7:33 am

    Congrats, Megan! Please enter me in the new giveaway. It’s a sidebar on my blog: http://marciahoehne.blogspot.com. The avatars crack me up! :)

  27. colleen kosinski  •  Jun 23, 2010 @8:52 am

    Would love to read more MG books!

  28. S A Putnam  •  Jun 23, 2010 @9:07 am

    Congratulations, Megan! Thanks for posting another contest! Your site is terrific, by the way!!

  29. S A Putnam  •  Jun 23, 2010 @11:18 am

    I twittered here:http://twitter.com/saputnam and blogged here: http://saputnam.livejournal.com/

  30. Karen  •  Jun 23, 2010 @1:12 pm

    I’m never at a loss for suggestions of good MG books to read with this blog! I’d love to read the three giveaways shown above!

  31. Jennifer Duddy Gill  •  Jun 23, 2010 @2:53 pm

    Hooray for Megan!
    And good luck to everyone who wants to win the three titles in this new contest!

  32. Liz S  •  Jun 23, 2010 @5:13 pm

    I say congratulations to Megan, but I’m still having a hissy fit. Crongratulations anyway, someone had to win. Hooray for You!

    I love this site and the great books you list.

    I would tweet, but I haven’t an account yet. I would blog, but I haven’t a blog.

    Sigh.

    You can still pick me though. >very big grin<

  33. Cathi O.  •  Jun 23, 2010 @5:29 pm

    Ooo! Pick me! Pick me! Sorry… my inner middle-grader escaped for just a moment. I love this site – it’s the only blog I’m keeping up with on a regular basis!

  34. Susan Kaye Quinn  •  Jun 23, 2010 @6:03 pm

    Enter me in the second giveaway! Maybe second time is the charm!! :)

  35. Megan Oliphant  •  Jun 23, 2010 @9:08 pm

    Thank you so much for picking me!!! I check this blog almost everyday…except for yesterday, lol. Poor Elissa had to hunt me down to tell me the good news. I’m so excited—besides loving to read and write MG books, I have a couple of kids that love them, too.
    I never win anything, so to win BOOKS (the love of my life) is beyond awesome! I can’t wait to dig in!

  36. Melina  •  Jun 23, 2010 @10:22 pm

    Congrats to Megan!!!!

  37. Hilary Wagner  •  Jun 24, 2010 @8:43 am

    Oh, all great middle grade novels!!!!

  38. Betsy Pritts Ickes  •  Jun 24, 2010 @9:25 am

    I’d love to win some middle grade novels!

  39. Dawn Malone  •  Jun 24, 2010 @11:57 am

    Love your blog! Thanks for another contest.

  40. Kim  •  Jun 24, 2010 @1:02 pm

    Thank you authors for all the donations!

  41. Katrina  •  Jun 25, 2010 @10:18 am

    looks like some super cute books!

  42. Cassandra  •  Jun 25, 2010 @6:04 pm

    These books look lovely. I’d love to win them! Thanks for another contest.

  43. Kimberly Mitchell  •  Jun 25, 2010 @10:19 pm

    I can’t resist an opportunity to get new books to share with students! Thank you for the contest and for such a wonderful site. I have already shares this contest on Facebook.

  44. abi  •  Jun 26, 2010 @9:48 am

    Look like good reads. Love to win thanks

    ABreading4fun [at] gmail [dot] com

  45. jpetroroy  •  Jun 26, 2010 @3:47 pm

    Great contest! And a great website!

  46. Wendy M  •  Jun 26, 2010 @7:09 pm

    These look like wonderful books. Would love to read these.
    wmmahaney(at)att(dot)net

  47. Amanda Starr  •  Jun 27, 2010 @4:19 pm

    Count me in please and thank you :)

  48. gwendolyn b.  •  Jun 30, 2010 @9:06 am

    Great group of titles! My niece, nephew, and I would all enjoy them. Thanks for the chance!

  49. R.H.  •  Jun 30, 2010 @10:10 am

    Hooray for books!

  50. george  •  Jul 2, 2010 @5:58 am

    the covers look nice
    i am sure my kids would love it!

  51. Cathy  •  Jul 3, 2010 @11:08 am

    I am always trying to add new titles to my classroom, and this is the perfect site! So glad I discovered you. Thanks!

  52. Gail  •  Jul 3, 2010 @6:51 pm

    Love MG books, love blogs, love contests, love all of you!!!!

  53. Gail  •  Jul 3, 2010 @6:56 pm

    Just tweeted!!!
    http://twitter.com/teachrgail