{"id":2118,"date":"2016-03-06T06:50:54","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T06:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colleenmstory.com\/?p=2118"},"modified":"2020-05-20T05:07:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T05:07:32","slug":"rise-of-the-sidenah-honored-in-new-apple-book-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colleenmstory.com\/story\/rise-of-the-sidenah-honored-in-new-apple-book-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Rise of the Sidenah Honored in New Apple Book Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m excited to announce that <em>Rise of the Sidenah <\/em>was recently honored in the New Apple Book Awards.<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2110\" src=\"https:\/\/colleenmstory.com\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015NewAppleMedallion250x250.gif\" alt=\"2015NewAppleMedallion250x250\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/>It was named an Official Selection in the Young Adult Category, one of only three books honored in that category. You can see the winning books on the <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/newappleliterary.com\/2015awardsCat30.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Apple website<\/a>.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is the second award given to the book, after it was recognized in the North American Book Awards last fall. (Read more about that <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"http:\/\/colleenmstory.com\/north-american-book-awards-winner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.)<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to read more about the book or get ahold of your own copy, see the <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"http:\/\/colleenmstory.com\/books-2\/rise-of-the-sidenah-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">book page<\/a><\/strong><\/span> for a synopsis, sample chapter, and buy links.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m excited to announce that Rise of the Sidenah was recently honored in the New Apple Book Awards. It was named an Official Selection in the Young Adult Category, one of only three books honored in that category. You can see the winning books on the New Apple website. This<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/colleenmstory.com\/story\/rise-of-the-sidenah-honored-in-new-apple-book-awards\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[85,388,389],"class_list":["entry","author-coladmin","post-2118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-writing","tag-fantasy","tag-new-apple-book-awards","tag-young-adult"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rise of the Sidenah Honored in New Apple Book Awards - Colleen M. 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