Most Popular Books by Holly Sloan

In this heartwarming and funny middle-grade novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Counting by 7s, Julia grows into herself while playing a Munchkin in The Wizard of Oz Julia is very short for her age, but by the end of the summer run of The Wizard of Oz, she’ll realize how big she is inside, where it counts. She hasn’t ever thought of herself as a performer, but when the wonderful director of Oz casts her as a Munchkin, she begins to see herself in a new way. As Julia becomes friendly with the poised and wise Olive—one of the adults with dwarfism who’ve joined the production’s motley crew of Munchkins—and with her deeply artistic neighbor, Mrs. Chang, Julia’s own sense of self as an artist grows. Soon, she doesn’t want to fade into the background—and it’s a good thing, because her director has more big plans for Julia! Bubbling over with humor and tenderness, this is an irresistible story of self-discovery and of the role models who forever change us.

Holly Sloan is a never-married, educated, independent woman. Holly struggled sporadically with self-worth and value as a never-married. As a person who acknowledges gratitude on a daily basis, she has felt thankful in many ways for never having been married, especially based on feedback from various married peoples' stories. When Holly realized her negative self-value judgments were a result of outside comments and opinions, she wanted to appreciate the assets of bachelorette status openly. Holly also finds the humor in the stereotypes of being a never-married woman. When she found kittens in her yard at age 40, she felt that God left them specifically for her to get a laugh and told Him, "Well played." Holly thought that the rhymes that have played in her mind for two years might be worth sharing when she reflected on how many friends she has who have never married. For the record, if ever proposed to by the right person, Holly would say "yes."