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Julie Bowe
Julie is the author of My Last Best Friend, a humorous middle-grade novel (Harcourt, Spring 2007) - ISBN: 0-15-205777-3.
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Julie Bowe grew up on the shores of Little Butternut Lake, just outside of Luck, Wisconsin, within a Danish-American community called West Denmark.
As a young Dane she learned that blue plates are hung on walls, not set on tables, Christmas trees are danced around, and the secret to a great pot of coffee is a raw egg in the grounds.
One of her earliest memories is being fed coffee from a teaspoon by her mother.
She likes coffee and her mother to this day.
Julie graduated from college with a degree in anthropology and few employment opportunities (her mother was right after all).
Since starving was an undesirable option, she took a job as a youth director hoping there would be similarities between prehistoric humans and postmodern junior and senior high school youth.
As a youth director, Julie learned a number of new life skills including how to strum a guitar, drive a bus, and play a wicked game of foosball.
She also discovered that junior and senior high school youth are deeply compassionate, funny, multi-talented, and not nearly as dusty as prehistoric people.
Julie continued entertaining other peoples' kids until she decided to raise a couple of her own.
She also began writing curriculum for children of all ages, completing dozens of projects over the span of fifteen years.
More recently, she began writing and submitting children's stories for publication.
Her first children's novel, My Last Best Friend, will be published by Harcourt Children's Books in spring of 2007.
Julie still enjoys working with youth in her community, playing guitar, and beating the pants off any foosball opponent.
She has, to the great relief of pre- and post-historic people everywhere, given up bus driving.
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Debut author Julie Bowe tells a charming story that will win the heart of any girl who's faced her fear sideways.
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Julie Bowe has created a thoughtful, funny and realistic look at one girl's struggles with losing her best friend.
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"...In this heartfelt, slice-of-life story, first-time novelist (Julie) Bowe explores both the uncertainties and rewards of friendship… Ida's hurt at being bullied by Jenna is skillfully evoked, but what readers will feel most strongly is Ida's yearning to share simple pleasures…with someone special, who likes her just for who she is… Bowe's characters emerge fully formed.
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