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Second Summer Giveaway Winner!

Jul 6, 2010
Giveaways

The winner of our second summer giveaway is…

Cathe Olson

Congratulations Cathe! Please send an email to msfishby@fromthemixedupfiles.com with your mailing address, and we’ll send the books to you.

If you didn’t win, no problem! Our third summer giveaway starts today!

Here’s three more titles for our next lucky winner:

Tortilla Sun by Jennifer Cervantes (ARC)


The Last Best Days of Summer by Valerie Hobbs


8th Grade Super Zero by Olugbemisola Rhuday Perkovich (Hardcover)

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 Thursday, July 22, 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: Karen B. Schwartz on July 6, 2010.on July 11, 2012.
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  1. Jenni in KS  •  Jul 6, 2010 @7:47 am

    I’d love to check these out along with my dd. Thanks for the chance to win them!

  2. Deb  •  Jul 6, 2010 @8:22 am

    Congrats, Cathe!!!

    I’m in for this round, too. Thanks for keeping these contests a rolling. You guys are great!

  3. Erin  •  Jul 6, 2010 @8:23 am

    I love all the chances you are giving us all for receiving books. Thanks a ton!

  4. Kathleen  •  Jul 6, 2010 @8:45 am

    Thanks for having these contests. It’s fun to try to win books I can use for my Newbery Club.

  5. Laura Marcella  •  Jul 6, 2010 @9:58 am

    Congrats to Cathe!

    Thanks for another great giveaway!

  6. Sherrie Petersen  •  Jul 6, 2010 @10:07 am

    Congrats, Cathe, you lucky woman! Would you believe, I have two out of the three books in this giveaway, so don’t enter me. But I wanted to say the Val Hobbs book, Last Best Days of Summer, is a wonderful story. Of course, she’s in my critique group so I might be biased :)

  7. Liz S  •  Jul 6, 2010 @4:40 pm

    The third times a charm right? Right?

    I love contests, I always enter, someday I will win. hehehe

    Congratulations Cathe!

  8. Cathe Olson  •  Jul 6, 2010 @5:28 pm

    YAY!!!! Can’t believe I won. How exciting.

  9. Elliah Terry  •  Jul 6, 2010 @5:54 pm

    I’d love to read Last Best Days of Summer THIS summer!

    Middle-grade books are the BEST.

  10. Angela  •  Jul 6, 2010 @6:56 pm

    My daughter and I love discovering new books and authors together!

  11. Natalie Aguirre  •  Jul 6, 2010 @7:34 pm

    I’d so love to win.

  12. Emily aka WilowRaven  •  Jul 6, 2010 @8:23 pm

    Please enter me :) Love the blog!

  13. Cathy Stakey  •  Jul 6, 2010 @8:37 pm

    I can’t believe there are actually people that still give things as great as books away for FREE! Thanks for the opportunity and congrats to Cathe.

  14. Cathi O.  •  Jul 6, 2010 @8:41 pm

    Ooo, missed it by that much! Congrats, Cathe! What are the chances they’ll pick someone else with the same initials…? I can hope! Thanks for all the great giveaways!

  15. Melina  •  Jul 6, 2010 @10:13 pm

    Congrats !!!

  16. Tracy Edward Wymer  •  Jul 6, 2010 @10:41 pm

    Can’t think of anything better to do than read these books over the summer.

  17. June Morgan (chorkie)  •  Jul 7, 2010 @6:36 am

    As always, I am in! I always love getting books whether they are ARCS or final editions. My students love checking out books from my library. I love your website. Finally, one that addresses MG!

  18. Suzie F.  •  Jul 7, 2010 @6:45 am

    Thanks for another opportunity to receive great books!

  19. Robyn Gioia  •  Jul 7, 2010 @7:48 am

    Count me in! Not only do we discuss them in our SCBWI meetings, they go straight into our school library.

  20. Joyce Lansky  •  Jul 8, 2010 @7:39 pm

    Thanks for the contest. I’m always up for middle grade books. Especially The Last Best Days of Summer by Valerie Hobbs and 8th Grade Super Zero by Olugbemisola Rhuday Perkovich (Hardcover) because they are Advanced Reader (AR) books that my students will read. Any chance of getting Tortilla Sun by Jennifer Cervantes (ARC) on the AR list?

    jlansky(at)comcast(dot)net

  21. Joyce Lansky  •  Jul 8, 2010 @7:39 pm

    P.S. Please add +1 for the retweet.

    Joyce_Lansky

    Thanks!

  22. Marcia  •  Jul 9, 2010 @7:46 am

    Count me in! On blog sidebar: http://marciahoehne.blogspot.com

  23. Julie H.  •  Jul 9, 2010 @11:25 am

    Please count me in, I’ve heard good things about all three!

  24. Meaux Riley  •  Jul 11, 2010 @12:53 am

    I’d surely use these books for an opening-week read aloud during library class!

  25. TRACY HEYER  •  Jul 11, 2010 @11:12 pm

    Thanks for the chance to win some nice books.

  26. KatherineR  •  Jul 12, 2010 @4:48 pm

    I’d love to be in for another round!

  27. edmontonjb  •  Jul 13, 2010 @8:54 pm

    I think my son would love the 8th Grader Zero book. Please count me in

  28. Gooberella  •  Jul 21, 2010 @10:02 pm

    I love a good read and the best reads are MG and YA books! I’d love to win any of the three books that are up for prizes :)

    thanks for the opportunity to win!

    http://www.Gooberella.com
    http://www.facebook.com/FurAngels

  29. Allison  •  Jul 22, 2010 @3:47 pm

    Thanks for a great giveaway!