Quotes of Joan Holub

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“Letter make words. Words make stories. And stories can be changed with strong enough magic.” ― Joan Holub, Rapunzel Cuts Loose
“It's one of my inventions-a shampoo," Athena explained. "Anyway, I didn't know it would do"-she gestured toward the snakes-"that.” ― Joan Holub, Athena the Brain
“Yes!” Red pumped a fist at the thought of missing part of her least favorite” ― Joan Holub, Snow White Lucks Out
“closely” ― Joan Holub, Cassandra the Lucky
“them,” Snow admitted.” ― Joan Holub, Snow White Lucks Out
“would” ― Joan Holub, Athena the Brain
“Hit it, girls!” yelled the team leader in an unnaturally high voice. At that, the squad turned to face the audience. There was a moment of stunned silence. “Ye gods!” the goddessgirls shouted in unison. The squad was all boys! As Heracles, Hades, Actaeon, Ares, and Apollo began their comic routine, the girls and everyone else in the audience burst out laughing. The routine was full of hilariously clumsy leaps and strikingly awkward poses. But the chant the five boys had made up was actually pretty good: “Clap your hands, Stomp your feet. Those MOA girls can’t be beat! Go, blue. Go, gold. You’re a wonder to behold!” The boys tripped over one another, lost their wigs, and fell down a lot. At the end of their routine the pyramid they tried to form collapsed as badly as their cake had. They wound up sprawled on the floor. Making the best of it, they came up grinning.” ― Joan Holub, The Girl Games
“Swinging their hands between them, they raced (or race-limped in Jack’s case) down the trail to catch up with their friends.” ― Joan Holub, Gretel Pushes Back
“Artemis rolled her eyes. “All this yucky romance stuff is going to make me barf. Since we’re finished, I’m gonna go get my dogs some chow.” She headed over to unleash them from the stone bleachers.” ― Joan Holub, Athena the Brain
“He just likes to flirt!” ― Joan Holub, Athena the Brain
“But doesn’t fairness also mean not showing favoritism to one group over another? [fave quote from page 128]” ― Joan Holub & Suzanne Wiliams, Goddess Girls BOXED Set: The Starter Collection: Books 1-8 By Joan Holub & Suzanne Wiliams [Books: 1-athena, 2-persephone, 3-aphrodite the Beauty, 4-artemis, 5-athena, 6-aphrodite the Diva, 7-artemis
“Red” ― Joan Holub, Rapunzel Cuts Loose
“1901,” ― Joan Holub, Where Is Walt Disney World?
“Hero-ology, Spell-ology, Revenge-ology, Beast-ology, and Beautyology.” ― Joan Holub, Athena the Brain
“hesitated,” ― Joan Holub, Nyx the Mysterious
“Sighing, she wished Pallas were here right now. Then she’d have someone friendly to talk to. Shoving the pink scroll aside, Athena pulled out a ball of yellow yarn. Knitting relaxed her, and it would help disguise the fact that she was a loser with no friends. The soft click, click of her needles was a comforting sound. When lunch period was nearly over, she remembered the cookie. Finding it under the pink scroll, she tore off the wrapper and bit into it. Instantly, a small, dramatic voice announced, “You’ll be famous.” “What?” Athena looked around, her eyes wide. No one was near. “Who said that?” she asked. But no one answered. She took another bite.” ― Joan Holub, Athena the Brain
“supported the high ceilings.” ― Joan Holub, Snowflake Freezes Up
“Yeah, I have a feeling I’m going to be very happy at Mount Olympus Academy,” said Athena. Smiling, she tugged Pallas toward the stairs. “C’mon. I can hardly wait to show you around!” ― Joan Holub, Athena the Brain
“worries.” ― Joan Holub, Hestia the Invisible
Joan Holub
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Joan Holub

NY Times bestselling children's book author: GODDESS GIRLS series + HEROES IN TRAINING series (w Suzanne Williams); THIS LITTLE TRAILBLAZER a Girl Power Primer; ZERO THE HERO; I AM THE SHARK. Lucky to be doing what I love!

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