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What’s worse than being Invisible?
Being noticed by the school bully.
Greta Grace likes her life. She isn’t the most popular girl in school – some days she even feels invisible – but she gets good grades and stays out of trouble.
She has a best friend in Samantha and a grandmotherly neighbor who is never too busy for a chat. Her mom can be a bit overprotective, but Greta Grace doesn’t blame her. Being a single parent probably isn’t the easiest job in the world.
When her longtime crush finally starts noticing her, Greta Grace thinks her life might even be perfect.
But when a merciless bully takes aim at Greta Grace, her carefree existence suddenly ends. However, Greta Grace handles it in a way that most kids her age wouldn’t. Maybe that’s because she was raised believing in angels, a higher power and divine intervention!
About Joanna Quinn
Joanna Quinn can usually be found learning something new to teach to teens. As a former middle school teacher, founder of Super Empowered One and a Spiritual Life Coach, it is no surprise that her middle-grade fiction book, Greta Grace, weaves some teachable moments into her character’s very relatable experiences. Think, middle school… LOTS going on during these years. For this reason, this age group has always held a special place in her heart.
She loves writing, reading, the ocean, a good run, and living in Connecticut with her husband and two kids.
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Joanna Quinn’s middle-grade novel, Greta Grace, is a candid reflection of middle school and high school student dynamics. The plot is well developed with multiple tangents and believable situations intertwined throughout. The characters and setting are well developed and dialogue is used effectively to carry the story along.
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“Joanna Quinn does well in presenting a young protagonist caught in a tornado of distressing scenarios in Greta Grace. One of the hallmarks of a skilled writer is being able to develop characters without dumping background information on them right out of the gate, something Quinn excels in as she slowly peels back layers as the book progresses. Greta’s world is well defined and this is what makes the shattering of so many aspects within it feel personal to the reader.”
“Beautifully written, Greta Grace by Joanna Quinn is a middle-grade book realistically depicting children’s drama and bullying at school. The story is right on the edge of the teen years and young adulthood, and the advice and wisdom the adult characters share are illuminating.”
“It’s a difficult time in a young person’s life to be on the cusp of teenage years, the playfulness of early childhood being slowly left behind as the infamous puberty years loom ahead. Things change, feelings are amplified, and every dark situation feels like it has the potential to be world-ending. It’s amongst this hotbed of emotional changes that Joanna Quinn has set this story, and as a former teacher, it’s a world she has unique expertise in. Greta and her peers are all wonderfully fleshed-out characters with all the accuracy and complexity of people their age. The subject matter of bullying is a very serious one for a book aimed at children, with those who have experienced it often regarding it as one of the worst chapters of their lives. Greta Grace manages to skilfully walk a very delicate line between realistic depiction and a sensitive discussion of the subject, making the book an extremely important resource for parents and educators wanting to open a dialogue with young people about the subject.”
“Relatable and interesting, Greta Grace by Joanna Quinn is an entertaining read. I liked that the book was written in the first-person narrative from Greta Grace’s perspective because it made me feel like I really got to know her. The story tackles many issues that school-aged readers may relate to, such as bullying, sickness of a loved one, and friendship fights, and reading this book may help them feel like they’re not alone. The way Greta Grace handles these problems is very realistic.”