we just love her, that’s all

~ jama

 
  WE WANT CARRIE! WE WANT CARRIE! WE WANT CARRIE!!

At a recent liter-rally held right here in the alphabet soup kitchen, thousands of fur-clad supporters (okay, four) growled their overwhelming support for an author they can’t help but
love — Carrie Jones (

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)!

Indeed, the name of this illustrious kayaking cowgirl, who has been known to consume 100 fudgsicles an hour while writing young adult novels with very strange titles resembling repair manuals, is also on the minds and lips of every card totin’ voter in the kidlit blogosphere today.

               

Why? Because her books are tastier than the best tomato soup — her first novel, Tips on Having a Gay Ex-Boyfriend (Flux, 2007), recently won the Maine Literary Award for Children’s Fiction. Her second novel, Love (and Other Uses for Duct Tape), released just a month ago, is already stacking up good reviews and creating serious buzz among those in the know.                          

       Cover Image   Love (and Other Uses for Duct Tape)   

                                            
      
And if that wasn’t enough, Ms. Jones has two more books coming out this year — another novel called Girl, Hero, in August, and a nonfiction picture book published by David Godine in the fall. Bloomsbury will release Need, a fantasy containing elements of magical realism, in early 2009.

                
Now, Carrie’s fabulous books are only part of the reason she is so loved and admired in these parts. Awhile ago, I awarded Carrie a ROAR for Powerful Words, because, "she is unafraid to voice her political convictions while wearing two different shoes in public. She is so wise, yet vulnerable, highly intelligent and irresistibly quirky."

Little did I realize that she would decide to run for the Maine State Legislature! Read her "Message of Hope," more about her life, and the issues she will work on if elected as delegate for Maine District 38 here.  

So, as part of Women’s History Month, we celebrate and salute all that is Carrie Jones. Keep your eye on her, folks. This rising star is skyrocketing to the moon!        
  
(Thanks to Tori Winning

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 for creating the awesome Carrie buttons!) 

5 thoughts on “we just love her, that’s all”

  2. You know I ALWAYS adore your posts, and this morning… this morning… I just can’t even breath.
    You are incredibly kind and amazingly funny. Thank you so much for being part of this surprise and for making me smile and laugh and cry and snort all at the same time.
    Sigh. You are just the best.

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