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Sarah Ockler
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Sarah Ockler

Sarah Ockler is the author of The Book of Broken Hearts, Bittersweet, Fixing Delilah, and the critically acclaimed Twenty Boy Summer, a YALSA Teens’ Top Ten nominee and IndieNext List pick. She is a championship cupcake eater, coffee drinker,... Read full bio

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Q. What were your previous occupations?
A. It's a blur of gray cubicles, meetings with the Bobs, and general corporate zombie-ness. Mostly I'm just glad I no longer have to do dumb work stuff like wear pantyhose or wake up early.
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The Book of Broken Hearts will be released on May 21, 2013 in Hardcover, eBook
May 21, 2013
The Book of Broken Hearts is now available in Hardcover, eBook
May 21, 2013
Bittersweet is now available in Trade Paperback
Dec 04, 2012
Bittersweet will be released on December 04, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Dec 04, 2012
Bittersweet will be released on January 03, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Jan 03, 2012
Bittersweet is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Jan 03, 2012
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Dec 03, 2011
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Sarah Ockler Revealed

Q. What was/is your favorite job? A. This one! I love writing young adult novels. Q. What is your favorite television show? A. It's a tie between The Walking Dead and Friday Night Lights (Texas Forever!). Q. What were your previous occupations? A. It's a blur of gray cubicles, meetings with the Bobs, and general corporate zombie-ness. Mostly I'm just glad I no longer have to do dumb work stuff like wear pantyhose or wake up early. Q. What is your favorite movie? A. The Lord of the Rings (all three volumes), The Good The Bad & The Ugly, The Breakfast Club, The Dark Crystal, Young Guns, Friday... it's too hard to pick just one! Learn more about Sarah Ockler

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Denver Post, June 2, 2013
...Argument for Eating a Plant-Strong Diet - Plus 140 New Engine 2 Recipes." Tuesday: 7 p.m. Sarah Ockler will read from and sign "The Book of Broken Hearts." Thursday: 7 p.m. Teen authors Anna Banks ("Of Triton"), Leigh Bardugo ("Siege & Storm"), Jessica...
Press Democrat, May 19, 2013
...Democrat’s events listings at pressdemocrat.com. YA (young adult) authors pizza party, 3 p.m. Shannon Messenger, Sarah Ockler, Suzanne Young, Jessie Kirby, Morgan Matson and Kimberly Derting. Copperfield’s Books, 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa,...
World News Network, May 3, 2013
...more May releases. In this list: "All I Need" by Susane Colasanti "The Book of Broken Hearts" by Sarah Ockler "Click to Subscribe" by L.M. Augustine "Five Summers" by Una LaMarche "How My Summer Went Up in Flames" by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski "The Lucy...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 25, 2013
...Ockler Simon & Schusters Simon Pulse imprint has signed up two new contemporary teen romances from its author Sarah Ockler (Twenty Boy Summer and Fixing Delilah). Ted Malawer at Upstart Crow Literary brokered the North American rights deal with Patrick...
TheStar.com.my, January 3, 2013
...they discover their strengths and weakness even while grappling with the dire situation their countries face. Bittersweet Author: Sarah Ockler Publisher: Simon Pulse, 400 pages SHES a master baker at only 17, so what is Hudson doing keeping her head...
Examiner.com, December 30, 2012
...When all signs point to heartbreak, can love still be a rule of the road? A poignant and romantic novel from the author of Bittersweet and Twenty Boy Summer.Jude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but the......
Springfield News-Leader, October 4, 2012
...that it was wrong. The Republic school board in 2011 removed Slaughterhouse Five and Twenty Boy Summer, by Sarah Ockler, from the high school library. Two months later the school board returned the books, but put them in a secure section of the library...
Press Democrat, May 19, 2013
...Democrat’s events listings at pressdemocrat.com. YA (young adult) authors pizza party, 3 p.m. Shannon Messenger, Sarah Ockler, Suzanne Young, Jessie Kirby, Morgan Matson and Kimberly Derting. Copperfield’s Books, 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa,...
Examiner.com, May 11, 2013
...Hawkins The Rules for Disappearing- Ashley Elston May 21 Thousand Words- Jennifer Brown The Book of Broken Hearts- Sarah Ockler All I need- Susane Colasanti May 28 Goddess- Josephine Angelini Wide Awake- Hilary T. Smith Death,...
World News Network, May 3, 2013
...more May releases. In this list: "All I Need" by Susane Colasanti "The Book of Broken Hearts" by Sarah Ockler "Click to Subscribe" by L.M. Augustine "Five Summers" by Una LaMarche "How My Summer Went Up in Flames" by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski "The Lucy...
TheStar.com.my, January 3, 2013
...they discover their strengths and weakness even while grappling with the dire situation their countries face. Bittersweet Author: Sarah Ockler Publisher: Simon Pulse, 400 pages SHES a master baker at only 17, so what is Hudson doing keeping her head...
Examiner.com, December 30, 2012
...When all signs point to heartbreak, can love still be a rule of the road? A poignant and romantic novel from the author of Bittersweet and Twenty Boy Summer.Jude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but the......
School Library Journal, November 14, 2012
...back to reviews from years past. Here is what I was reviewing in November 2010. Fixing Delilah by Sarah Ockler. 2010. Little Brown. From my review: “Fixing Delilah is not “oh noes, this thing happened eight years ago, here it is eight years later,...
Springfield News-Leader, October 4, 2012
...that it was wrong. The Republic school board in 2011 removed Slaughterhouse Five and Twenty Boy Summer, by Sarah Ockler, from the high school library. Two months later the school board returned the books, but put them in a secure section of the library...