{"id":2077,"date":"2019-09-19T23:03:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T03:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storymamas.com\/wp\/?p=2077"},"modified":"2019-09-19T23:06:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T03:06:42","slug":"my-jasper-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/storymamas.com\/wp\/2019\/09\/19\/my-jasper-june\/","title":{"rendered":"My Jasper June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I knew I&#8217;d like this book before I even read it.  There is something about Laurel Snyder&#8217;s writing that captivates me, connects me, and pulls me in.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>My Jasper June<\/em> did just that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After one incident changed her family a year ago, Leah has struggled with the day to day distance growing between her and her parents.  When she unexpectedly meets Jasper, her life changes.  Together they both hide from their personal demons in a magical world they create and within each other they find the friend that they both needed.  This strong bond is challenged when real life creeps back in.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">A wonderful book that we think you will love!  Thanks to Walden Pond Press for sending us a copy to review. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"780\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/storymamas.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0821-1-780x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2080\" srcset=\"http:\/\/storymamas.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0821-1-780x1024.jpg 780w, http:\/\/storymamas.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0821-1-229x300.jpg 229w, http:\/\/storymamas.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0821-1-768x1008.jpg 768w, http:\/\/storymamas.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0821-1-1200x1575.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Author&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"180\" height=\"202\" src=\"http:\/\/storymamas.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Laurel-Snyder.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2081\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Laurel Snyder is the author of picture books and novels for children, including National Book Award nominee&nbsp;<em>Orphan Island&nbsp;<\/em>and the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner&nbsp;<em>Charlie &amp; Mouse<\/em>. A graduate of the Iowa Writers\u2019 Workshop, she currently teaches in Hamline University\u2019s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program. She lives in Atlanta with her family and can be found online at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.laurelsnyder.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.laurelsnyder.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0BxfrUXjhHrFnSnQxd3FhN2p4eWJWcjJvM3czb2ZYVVd3VWxN\/view?usp=sharing\">teaching guide<\/a> or enter to win a copy on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/storymamas\">twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/storymamas\/\">instagram<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-size=\"large\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I knew I&#8217;d like this book before I even read it. 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After one incident changed her family a year ago, Leah has struggled with the day to day distance growing between her and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/storymamas.com\/wp\/2019\/09\/19\/my-jasper-june\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My Jasper June&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4,28,18,24,11,6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>My Jasper June - Storymamas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/storymamas.com\/wp\/2019\/09\/19\/my-jasper-june\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My Jasper June - Storymamas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I knew I&#8217;d like this book before I even read it. 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