Children's Fiction Novel "Jodie and the Library Card" Wins New Apple Book Award for Excellence in Independent Publishing

Dayton, OH, April 01, 2015 --(PR.com)-- "Jodie and the Library Card" by Julie Hodgson, illustrated by Nuno Alexandre Vieira, receives Medalist Honors in the Children's Fiction category of the 2014 New Apple Book Awards for Excellence in Independent Publishing.

Book Synopsis
Jodie Broom, a 12-year-old girl (almost 13!), is like most girls her age. She loves her friends, music, and is always up for a good adventure. What she treasures above all else are books and she is consumed by them, reading and collecting whatever she can to satisfy her voracious appetite for stories, facts, and history. But Jodie lives in the year 2075, and more than fifty years have passed since the banning of books and paper; it's a time when no one can own a printed book, or even print photographs. In this E-world, experiences are largely simulated, from the reconstituted food to the zoo that only shows films of all the extinct species. With her student library card, which gives her the ability to time travel, Jodie discovers that she and her friends can experience historical events and meet legendary characters, and can also find and bring home her precious books to keep safe in her secret hiding place.

About the Author
Julie Hodgson aged 53 now lives in Sweden with her husband John, has travelled extensively all over the world writing for children. Working on the children’s page of the Kuwaiti times for about a year. Just before the first Gulf conflict in 1989. And the story tellers page for the Dumfries and Galloway standard, and the press and journal Banff Standard in Scotland plus numerous other papers and short story books to her credit, she loves to write and gives most of her earnings from her books to her favourite charities. She was recently on Radio Swedens, P4 being their correspondent for the week. Writing is her life and her passion, writing for children is the cherry on the cake.

About the New Apple Book Awards
The New Apple Annual Book Awards for Excellence in Independent Publishing was established to honor the creative achievements of the unsung books fighting for their place within the publishing world. Any English language book published within the last three years, currently available for sale by an independent author or small press that met the Awards' guidelines was eligible for entry including e-books, print-on-demand and self-published works.

Contact Information
Jodie and the Library Card is available in paperback and e-book and can be purchased at Amazon. To find out more about the New Apple Book Awards, visit http://NewAppleBookAwards.com

Jodie and the Library Card
Author: Julie Hodgson
Illustrator: Nuno Alexandre Vieira
Publishing House: Lulu (Cloudy Day Books)
ISBN: 978-1-304-50084-7
Amazon: http://bit.ly/julie-hodgson-amazon
Goodreads: http://bit.ly/julie-hodgson-goodreads
Author website: http://www.juliehodgson.com
Twitter: @redragdolly

Julie Hodgson is available for public appearances, signings, interviews and blog tours. Contact the author at juliehodgson@hushmail.com

New Apple Contact Information
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