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    Lurlene McDaniel, author portrait
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    Lurlene McDaniel

    Lurlene McDaniel began writing inspirational novels about teenagers facing life-altering situations when her son was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. “I want kids to know that while people don’t get to choose what life gives to them, they do get to choose how they respond,” she has said. Her novels are hard-hitting and realistic, but also leave readers with inspiration and hope. McDaniel’s bestselling books have received acclaim from readers, teachers, parents, and reviewers. They include The Year of Luminous Love and its companion, The Year of Chasing Dreams; Don’t Die, My Love; Till Death Do Us Part; and many more. Lurlene McDaniel lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Visit her online at LurleneMcDaniel.com and on Facebook and follow her on Twitter at @Lurlene_McD.
    The Girl with the Broken Heart
    The Girl with the Broken Heart
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9781524719500
    Ebook
    Dec 18, 2018
    Delacorte Press
    Grade 7 & Up
    Somebody's Baby
    Somebody's Baby
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780385384018
    Ebook
    Jul 11, 2017
    Delacorte Press
    Grade 7 & Up
    Losing Gabriel: A Love Story
    Losing Gabriel: A Love Story
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780385383998
    Ebook
    Jun 14, 2016
    Delacorte Press
    Grade 7 & Up
    Too Young to Die
    Too Young to Die
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780399551888
    Ebook
    Jul 28, 2015
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    The Year of Chasing Dreams
    The Year of Chasing Dreams
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780385741743
    $14.00 US
    Paperback
    Jul 14, 2015
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    Wishes and Dreams
    Wishes and Dreams
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780385373340
    Ebook
    May 13, 2014
    Delacorte Press
    Grade 7 & Up
    The Year of Luminous Love
    The Year of Luminous Love
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780385741729
    $15.00 US
    Paperback
    May 13, 2014
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    The End of Forever
    The End of Forever
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780385743808
    $14.00 US
    Paperback
    May 14, 2013
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    Hit and Run
    Hit and Run
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780385743815
    $12.00 US
    Paperback
    May 14, 2013
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    Don't Die, My Love
    Don't Die, My Love
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780385743792
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    May 14, 2013
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    Reaching Through Time: Three Novellas
    Reaching Through Time: Three Novellas
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780440240181
    $13.00 US
    Paperback
    Jul 24, 2012
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    Red Heart Tattoo
    Red Heart Tattoo
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307974112
    Ebook
    Jul 24, 2012
    Delacorte Press
    Grade 7 & Up
    For Better, For Worse, Forever
    For Better, For Worse, Forever
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307815989
    Ebook
    Apr 25, 2012
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    The Angels Trilogy
    The Angels Trilogy
    Angels Watching Over Me; Lifted Up by Angels; Until Angels Close My Eyes
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307814135
    Ebook
    Mar 28, 2012
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    One Last Wish: Three Novels
    One Last Wish: Three Novels
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307809339
    Ebook
    Mar 28, 2012
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Heart to Heart
    Heart to Heart
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780440240174
    $12.00 US
    Paperback
    Mar 13, 2012
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    Angels Watching Over Me
    Angels Watching Over Me
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307814128
    Ebook
    Feb 29, 2012
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Always and Forever: Two Novels
    Always and Forever: Two Novels
    Too Young to Die; Goodbye Doesn't Mean Forever
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776341
    Ebook
    Jan 25, 2012
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Let Him Live
    Let Him Live
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307800152
    Ebook
    Sep 28, 2011
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Starry, Starry Night
    Starry, Starry Night
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780375899225
    Ebook
    Sep 13, 2011
    Delacorte Press
    Grade 7 & Up
    Keep Me in Your Heart
    Keep Me in Your Heart
    Three Novels
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780385739825
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Dec 28, 2010
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    A Season for Goodbye
    A Season for Goodbye
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776396
    Ebook
    Dec 15, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Please Don't Die
    Please Don't Die
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776365
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Until Angels Close My Eyes
    Until Angels Close My Eyes
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776464
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Lifted Up by Angels
    Lifted Up by Angels
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776457
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Reach for Tomorrow
    Reach for Tomorrow
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776440
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Saving Jessica
    Saving Jessica
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776426
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    I'll Be Seeing You
    I'll Be Seeing You
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776419
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    All the Days of Her Life
    All the Days of Her Life
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776389
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    She Died Too Young
    She Died Too Young
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776372
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    The Legacy: Making Wishes Come True
    The Legacy: Making Wishes Come True
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776358
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Sixteen and Dying
    Sixteen and Dying
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776334
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Someone Dies, Someone Lives
    Someone Dies, Someone Lives
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776327
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Mother, Help Me Live
    Mother, Help Me Live
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776310
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Mourning Song
    Mourning Song
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776303
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    A Time to Die
    A Time to Die
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776297
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up

    Books

    The Girl with the Broken Heart
    The Girl with the Broken Heart
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9781524719500
    $8.99 US
    Ebook
    Dec 18, 2018
    Delacorte Press
    Grade 7 & Up
    Somebody's Baby
    Somebody's Baby
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780385384018
    $6.99 US
    Ebook
    Jul 11, 2017
    Delacorte Press
    Grade 7 & Up
    Losing Gabriel: A Love Story
    Losing Gabriel: A Love Story
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780385383998
    $8.99 US
    Ebook
    Jun 14, 2016
    Delacorte Press
    Grade 7 & Up
    Too Young to Die
    Too Young to Die
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780399551888
    $3.99 US
    Ebook
    Jul 28, 2015
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    The Year of Chasing Dreams
    The Year of Chasing Dreams
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780385741743
    $14.00 US
    Paperback
    Jul 14, 2015
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    Wishes and Dreams
    Wishes and Dreams
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780385373340
    $1.99 US
    Ebook
    May 13, 2014
    Delacorte Press
    Grade 7 & Up
    The Year of Luminous Love
    The Year of Luminous Love
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780385741729
    $15.00 US
    Paperback
    May 13, 2014
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    The End of Forever
    The End of Forever
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780385743808
    $14.00 US
    Paperback
    May 14, 2013
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    Hit and Run
    Hit and Run
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780385743815
    $12.00 US
    Paperback
    May 14, 2013
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    Don't Die, My Love
    Don't Die, My Love
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780385743792
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    May 14, 2013
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    Reaching Through Time: Three Novellas
    Reaching Through Time: Three Novellas
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780440240181
    $13.00 US
    Paperback
    Jul 24, 2012
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    Red Heart Tattoo
    Red Heart Tattoo
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307974112
    $6.99 US
    Ebook
    Jul 24, 2012
    Delacorte Press
    Grade 7 & Up
    For Better, For Worse, Forever
    For Better, For Worse, Forever
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307815989
    $4.99 US
    Ebook
    Apr 25, 2012
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    The Angels Trilogy
    The Angels Trilogy
    Angels Watching Over Me; Lifted Up by Angels; Until Angels Close My Eyes
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307814135
    $6.99 US
    Ebook
    Mar 28, 2012
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    One Last Wish: Three Novels
    One Last Wish: Three Novels
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307809339
    $6.99 US
    Ebook
    Mar 28, 2012
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Heart to Heart
    Heart to Heart
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780440240174
    $12.00 US
    Paperback
    Mar 13, 2012
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    Angels Watching Over Me
    Angels Watching Over Me
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307814128
    $4.99 US
    Ebook
    Feb 29, 2012
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Always and Forever: Two Novels
    Always and Forever: Two Novels
    Too Young to Die; Goodbye Doesn't Mean Forever
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776341
    $6.99 US
    Ebook
    Jan 25, 2012
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Let Him Live
    Let Him Live
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307800152
    $4.99 US
    Ebook
    Sep 28, 2011
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Starry, Starry Night
    Starry, Starry Night
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780375899225
    $5.99 US
    Ebook
    Sep 13, 2011
    Delacorte Press
    Grade 7 & Up
    Keep Me in Your Heart
    Keep Me in Your Heart
    Three Novels
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780385739825
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Dec 28, 2010
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    A Season for Goodbye
    A Season for Goodbye
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776396
    $4.99 US
    Ebook
    Dec 15, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Please Don't Die
    Please Don't Die
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776365
    $4.99 US
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Until Angels Close My Eyes
    Until Angels Close My Eyes
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776464
    $4.99 US
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Lifted Up by Angels
    Lifted Up by Angels
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776457
    $4.99 US
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Reach for Tomorrow
    Reach for Tomorrow
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776440
    $5.99 US
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Saving Jessica
    Saving Jessica
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776426
    $6.99 US
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    I'll Be Seeing You
    I'll Be Seeing You
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776419
    $6.99 US
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    All the Days of Her Life
    All the Days of Her Life
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776389
    $5.99 US
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    She Died Too Young
    She Died Too Young
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776372
    $4.99 US
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    The Legacy: Making Wishes Come True
    The Legacy: Making Wishes Come True
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776358
    $4.99 US
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Sixteen and Dying
    Sixteen and Dying
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776334
    $4.99 US
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Someone Dies, Someone Lives
    Someone Dies, Someone Lives
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776327
    $4.99 US
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Mother, Help Me Live
    Mother, Help Me Live
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776310
    $4.99 US
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Mourning Song
    Mourning Song
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776303
    $5.99 US
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    A Time to Die
    A Time to Die
    Lurlene McDaniel
    9780307776297
    $4.99 US
    Ebook
    Oct 27, 2010
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up

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