I Won Diary of a Penguin-Napper by Sally Harris

http://www.amazon.com/The-Ninja-Librarian-ebook/dp/B0079NQFAA/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1360954145&sr=1-1&keywords=the+ninja+librarian

 I had read this wonderful novel about a mysterious and unusual librarian in a town with a grudge against Librarians and loved it, and likened it to a wild west Mary Poppins or Nanny McPhee.  So when I heard that the author, Rebecca M. Douglass had been included in an anthology of middle grade novels, I uploaded the kindle ebook and entered the drawing to win a kindle fire or a copy of one of the 14 books included in excerpt in the anthology.  I didn't win the kindle fire, which is fine, but I did get introduced to many interesting titles which I think my students might enjoy.

http://www.amazon.com/Love-Middle-Grade-Actually-ebook/dp/B00B2KEI32/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1360954195&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=love+middle+grade+actully

And I was lucky enough to win the ebook copy of the first story in the anthology, one excerpt which had me laughing as soon as I started reading.  

http://www.amazon.com/Diary-of-a-Penguin-napper-ebook/dp/B00A25GNEA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1360954103&sr=8-2&keywords=diary+of+a+penguin+napper

The following is the blurb about the book from Goodreads

3 weeks ...
2 boys ...
1 little penguin ...

What could possibly go wrong?

When 11 (and a half) year old Marty is partnered up with Jessica on the overnight science trip, he thinks all of this dreams are about to come true. It's his big chance to impress the most beautiful girl in Year 7 (and probably the world) and he wouldn't miss it for anything.

Only problem is: Marty can't afford to go on the overnight trip. 

Yet.

Inspired by the urban myth that it is possible to steal a penguin from the zoo on a school visit, Diary of a Penguin-napper is a hilarious tale of growing up, bending the rules and how one big fuss can be caused by stealing just one little penguin.

So thank you to Sally Harris, and the other authors, and best of luck getting your wonderful books out into the hands, and ebooks of people who will love them.

And because every chance to remind you about my books is a chance I am not going to pass up, here are the links to a couple of my own Novels for middle school on up.

http://www.amazon.com/Double-Time-Oregon-Trail-ebook/dp/B008G3JZB8/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1360954231&sr=1-1&keywords=dixie+dawn+miller+goode

http://www.amazon.com/Duffy-Barkley-Tales-Uhrlin-ebook/dp/B004478F5M/ref=la_B004458ES2_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1360954270&sr=1-4