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October 3, 2017
YA Scavenger Hunt
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Welcome to YA Scavenger Hunt! My name is Pintip Dunn, and I am your hostess for this leg of the tour. I’m a NYT bestselling and RITA® award winning author of YA fiction, and I’m super excited about the scavenger hunt this year because today is the release day of SEIZE TODAY, the third and final book of my FORGET TOMORROW series! Be on the lookout for my inspiration board for SEIZE TODAY, which you’ll come across if you continue to link through the Blue Team!
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This bi-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite authors…and a chance to win some awesome prizes! At this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author, you also get a clue for the hunt. Add up the clues, and you can enter for our prize–one lucky winner will receive one book from each author on the hunt in my team! But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online for 120 hours!
Go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page to find out all about the hunt. There are seven contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the BLUE TEAM–but there is also a red team, an orange team, a green team, a gold team, a purple team, and a pink team for a chance to win a whole different set of books!If you’d like to find out more about the hunt, see links to all the authors participating, and see the full list of prizes up for grabs, go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page.
SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE
Directions: Below, you’ll notice that I’ve hidden my favorite number. Collect the favorite [image error]numbers of all the authors on the blue team, and then add them up (don’t worry, you can use a calculator!).
Entry Form: Once you’ve added up all the numbers, make sure you fill out the form here to officially qualify for the grand prize. Only entries that have the correct number will qualify.
Rules: Open internationally, anyone below the age of 18 should have a parent or guardian’s permission to enter. To be eligible for the grand prize, you must submit the completed entry form by OCT. 8, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.
SCAVENGER HUNT POST
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Today, I am delighted to be hosting the lovely Nina Rossing on my website for the YA Scavenger Hunt!
Nina Rossing lives in Norway, where the winters are long and the summers short. Despite the brilliant nature surrounding her, she spends more time in front of her computer, or with a book in her hands, than in the great outdoors. She works as a high school teacher, which in her opinion is probably the best job in the world.
Find out more information by checking out
EXCLUSIVE CONTENT
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MICK & MICHELLE
Book summary:
Fifteen-year-old Mick Mullins has a great life: his parents are sweet, his sister is tolerable, and his friendships are solid. But as summer descends on Queens, he prepares to turn his carefree existence upside down by disclosing a secret he has kept long enough. It’s time to work up the courage to reveal that he is not a boy, but a girl—and that her name is Michelle.
Doesn’t that book sound amazing??? I cannot wait to read it!
If you’re still not convinced, check out Nina’s inspiration board for MICK & MICHELLE:
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You can find more about MICK & MICHELLE here!
And don’t forget to enter the contest for a chance to win a ton of books by me, Nina Rossing, and more!
SECRET NUMBER
To enter, you need to know that there are FOUR books in the Forget Tomorrow series, three novels and one novella. FOUR is such a nice number, isn’t it? In fact, it is my very favorite number. Add up all the favorite numbers of the authors on the BLUE team and you’ll have the secret code to enter for the grand prize!
BONUS GIVEAWAY
[image error]Before you go, be sure to enter my bonus giveaway! I am giving away the complete set of print copies of the three novels in my NYT bestselling series, Forget Tomorrow. This includes: FORGET TOMORROW, REMEMBER YESTERDAY, and the newly released SEIZE TODAY.
This contest is open internationally and will run during the same time as the YASH competition.
Enter now: a Rafflecopter giveaway
CONTINUE THE HUNT
To keep going on your quest for the hunt, you need to check out L.H. Nicole!
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SEIZE TODAY release day!!!
How do you defend the present when you have no future?
It’s here! It’s here! I can hardly believe it. My Forget Tomorrow series is complete! I am so absolutely thrilled to introduce you to my star-crossed lovers, Olivia and Ryder…
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Synopsis:
Conclusion to the New York Times bestselling and award-winning series, Forget Tomorrow.
Seventeen-year-old Olivia Dresden is a precognitive. Since different versions of people’s futures flicker before her eyes, she doesn’t have to believe in human decency. She can see the way for everyone to be their best self – if only they would make the right decisions. No one is more conflicted than her mother, and Olivia can only watch as Chairwoman Dresden chooses the dark, destructive course every time. Yet Olivia remains fiercely loyal to the woman her mother could be.
But when the chairwoman captures Ryder Russell, the striking and strong-willed boy from the rebel Underground, Olivia sees a vision of her own imminent death…at Ryder’s hand. Despite her bleak fate, she rescues Ryder and flees with him, drawing her mother’s fury and sparking a romance as doomed as Olivia herself. As the full extent of Chairwoman Dresden’s gruesome plan is revealed, Olivia must find the courage to live in the present-and stop her mother before she destroys the world.
“Deliciously creative and a dazzling page-turner…Seize Today is simply unputdownable.” — Kristin Cast, New York Times bestselling author
“A breathtaking, beautifully written ending to a smart trilogy. I had to brace myself during this amazing ride through realities!” — Brenda Drake, New York Times bestselling author
“Romance, redemption, and suprising twists will keep you breathless until the very last page.” — Meg Kassel, author of Black Bird of the Gallows
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September 5, 2017
REMEMBER YESTERDAY paperback release!
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Happy September! I hope you all had a great summer. Today is a big day for me. Not only is it my kids’ first day of school…but the paperback edition of REMEMBER YESTERDAY is now available! If you’ve been interested in continuing Callie’s saga, you can now do so at the affordable soft cover price!
I’m so thrilled and honored to have received such kind reviews on this book. Here’s a selection of what readers are saying:
“Wow wow wow. What is this magic…” –Benjamin of Tomes
“My heart can’t contain all my emotions. I can sum up this entire review in one sentence: READ THE DAMN BOOK NOW.” –Laila, from Farah & Laila: Bookaholics.
“Just when I thought my heart couldn’t hurt anymore by this series, Pintip Dunn just takes it and rips it up some more. I mean, my god, my heart can only take so much breakage.” –Lacy, Goodreads reviewer
“Why must Pintip Dunn always put my emotions through the wringer in such a violent way? If you haven’t picked up this series, I’m judging you. Read it. Now.” –Bridget O’Toole, from Bridget’s Book Bungalow
“I was impressed with Forget Tomorrow; Remember Yesterday left me slack-jawed and speechless.” –Ann Shannon, Goodreads reviewer
“A spellbinding sequel that will leave you begging for more with every chapter you consume. Once I finished the 1st 20% of the book, each chapter ended with me yelling ‘What!’ & ‘OMG!’” –Ayah Assem, from Dystopian Citzn blog
“Completely addictive, totally intriguing, and so well thought-out, you’ll have the characters and the journey they face in your head for days. One of the most creative, well-articulated, and well-researched YA sci-fi stories I’ve read to date.” –Deanna, from Okie Dreams
Pick up your copy of REMEMBER YESTERDAY today!
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What makes this release day even more special is the fact that I’m sharing a book[image error] birthday with 2 other awesome books, both of which I had the distinct honor to blurb!
Here’s what I said:
BLACKBIRD OF THE GALLOWS, by Meg Kassel. “Gorgeous writing, unique mythology, and epic sacrifice. Do not miss this one.”
THE THING WITH FEATHERS, by McCall Hoyle. “Beautiful, touching, and bursting with hope.”
I absolutely adored these books, and I really think you will, too.
Click here to find out more about Blackbird of the Gallows.
Click here to find out more about The Thing with Feathers.
A Special Giveaway for My Newsletter Subscribers
Today is the release day of the paperback edition of Remember Yesterday, and I am celebrating by giving away a kindle copy of Forget Tomorrow to ten winners! That’s right, I said, TEN. If you subscribe to my newsletter, then you know what to do!
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Synopsis:
Companion to the New York Times bestselling and award-winning novel, Forget Tomorrow.
Sixteen-year-old Jessa Stone is the most valuable citizen in Eden City. Her psychic abilities could lead to significant scientific discoveries, if only she’d let TechRA study her. But ten years ago, the scientists kidnapped and experimented on her, leading to severe ramifications for her sister, Callie. She’d much rather break into their labs and sabotage their research—starting with Tanner Callahan, budding scientist and the boy she loathes most at school.
The past isn’t what she assumed, though—and neither is Tanner. He’s not the arrogant jerk she thought he was. And his research opens the door to the possibility that Jessa can rectify a fatal mistake made ten years earlier. She’ll do anything to change the past and save her sister—even if it means teaming up with the enemy she swore to defeat.
June 27, 2017
GIRL ON THE VERGE Release Day!
Release Week Blitz: Girl on the Verge by Pintip Dunn – Excerpt and Giveaway
Hello Friends! I am so very thrilled that my #ownvoices Thai girl novel is finally here. This book has a very special place in my heart. I’ve been an avid reader since I was a child, and I remember longing to read a book about a character who looked like me. This book is for the girls and boys who feel erased by our collective creative consciousness.
Check out the excerpt below, and
be sure to enter the giveaway found at the end of the post!
From the author of The Darkest Lie comes a compelling, provocative story for fans of I Was Here and Vanishing Girls, about a high school senior straddling two worlds, unsure how she fits in either—and the journey of self-discovery that leads her to surprising truths.
In her small Kansas town, at her predominantly white school, Kanchana doesn’t look like anyone else. But at home, her Thai grandmother chides her for being too westernized. Only through the clothing Kan designs in secret can she find a way to fuse both cultures into something distinctly her own.
When her mother agrees to provide a home for a teenage girl named Shelly, Kan sees a chance to prove herself useful. Making Shelly feel comfortable is easy at first—her new friend is eager to please, embraces the family’s Thai traditions, and clearly looks up to Kan. Perhaps too much. Shelly seems to want everything Kanchana has, even the blond, blue-eyed boy she has a crush on. As Kan’s growing discomfort compels her to investigate Shelly’s past, she’s shocked to find how much it intersects with her own—and just how far Shelly will go to belong…
Girl on the Verge by Pintip Dunn
Publication Date: June 27, 2017
Publisher: Kensington
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A fish swims beneath the open staircase in my Khun Yai’s house. A real live fish, with its translucent fins fluttering in the water, its belly gold-scaled and bloated from regular feedings. If I part my knees, I can catch long glimpses of its lazy swimming through the gap in the stairs.
Of course, I’m not supposed to part my knees. It’s not ladylike for a twelve-year-old girl, not here, not in Thailand. The land where my parents grew up; the place that’s supposed to be my home, too. That’s what the banner said, when my relatives came to pick us up at the airport. “Welcome home, Kanchana.”
Never mind that I only come to Thailand every couple years. Never mind that I don’t look like anyone else here, with my American build and my frizzy, out-of-control hair. Never mind that I don’t look like anyone in my hometown, either, since I’m the only Asian girl in school. Never mind that the only reason we’re here now is because my father’s dead and my mom can’t keep it together.
For a moment, pain lances through me, so sharp and severe that it might as well slice my heart in half, like in one of those video games my friends like to play. I squeeze my eyes shut, but that doesn’t keep the tears from spilling out. Neither do the glasses sliding down my nose. And so the tears drip down, down, down, past my unladylike knees, through the gap in the stairs, into the fish basin below.
The drops scare the fish, who swims away with its tail swishing in the water, no longer languid, no longer lazy. So, even this creature wants to get away from me—from my grief, from my strangeness—as quickly as possible.
“There you are, luk lak,” Khun Yai says in Thai, coming down the stairs. She is my mother’s mother, and since we arrived, she’s used the endearment—child that I love—more often than my name.
“You’re up early.” She pats her forehead with a handkerchief. It’s only seven a.m., and already sweat drenches my skin like I’ve taken a dip in the basin. No wonder they take two or three showers a day here.
“Couldn’t sleep. Jet lag.”
“I’ve been up for a couple hours myself.” She eases onto the step next to me, her knees pressed together, her legs folded demurely to one side.
Immediately, I try to rearrange my body to look like hers and then give up. My legs just don’t go that way.
“What do you want to do today?” Khun Yai asks. “More shopping?”
“Um, no thanks.” I make a face. “Didn’t you hear those salesgirls at Siam Square yesterday? They rushed up as soon as we entered and said they didn’t have anything in my size.” My cheeks still burn when I think about their haughty expressions.
She sighs. “The clothes there are just ridiculously small. We’ll go to the mall today. They should have something that will fit you.”
I stare at her diminutive frame and her chopstick legs. “One of the salesgirls asked how much I weighed. Another grabbed my arm and said I felt like a side pillow.”
“They didn’t mean any harm. It is just the Thai way to be blunt.” She catches my chin and tilts up my face. “You are so beautiful. I wish you could see that.”
I could say so many things. I could tell her that I’m ugly not only in Thailand but also in the United States. Even though I’m not big by American standards—far from it—I could confess how the boys call me Squinty. How those Thai salesgirls snickered at my poodle-fuzz hair. I could explain how I’m from two worlds but fit in neither.
But I don’t. Because my words will only make her sad, and there have been enough tears in our family.
Pintip is a New York Times bestselling author of YA fiction. She graduated from Harvard University, magna cum laude, with an A.B. in English Literature and Language. She received her J.D. at Yale Law School, where she was an editor of the YALE LAW JOURNAL.
Pintip’s first novel, FORGET TOMORROW won the RWA RITA® award for Best First Book. Her other novels include THE DARKEST LIE, REMEMBER YESTERDAY, and the novella, BEFORE TOMORROW. She is represented by literary agent Beth Miller of Writers House.
She lives with her husband and children in Maryland.
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May 9, 2017
SEIZE TODAY cover reveal!
Big thank you to YA Books Central for revealing the cover of Seize Today!
I am so thrilled to share the cover of SEIZE TODAY, the conclusion of my FORGET TOMORROW series. This story and these characters have been in my heart for so long that it is both exhilarating and bittersweet to reveal the ending to the world.
I absolutely LOVE the moth depicted on this cover. Not only is it visually stunning, but it represents the idea of the moth who approaches the flame, even though that’s what will eventually kill it. Throughout my series, I explore Fate and free will and the cyclical nature of time. In this book, in particular, my characters must figure out how to live in the present — when they have no future. Like the moth, they must learn to seize today.
I feel giddy every time I see this cover, and I hope you will love Olivia and Ryder as much as I do!
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Release Date: October 3, 2017
Synopsis:
Seventeen-year-old Olivia Dresden can literally see the path to goodness in each person. Her precognition means that different versions of people’s futures flicker before her eyes. But forced into isolation, she can only watch as her mother, Chairwoman Dresden, chooses the dark, destructive course every time. Even so, she remains fiercely loyal to the woman her mother could be.
When the chairwoman captures Ryder Russell, a boy from the rebel Underground, Olivia sees a vision of her own imminent death. Despite her bleak fate, she rescues Ryder and flees with him, drawing her mother’s fury and sparking a romance as doomed as Olivia herself. As the full extent of Chairwoman Dresden’s gruesome plan is revealed, Olivia must find the light in her mother—or blink out of existence with the rest of the world.
Links:
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Haven’t read the FORGET TOMORROW series yet? Read Book 1 now for the bargain price of $1.99! Sale ends 05/14.
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May 1, 2017
Forget Tomorrow & Thief of Lies on sale for $1.99!
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For a limited time only, both my and Brenda Drake’s New York Times bestselling novels are on sale for $1.99 each! Grab an e-copy of FORGET TOMORROW and THIEF OF LIES at this bargain price between May 1 and May 14. Available from all online retailers.
#WeLovePurpleAndGreen!
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April 4, 2017
YA Scavenger Hunt – Spring 2017!
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Welcome to the YA Scavenger Hunt! I’m Pintip Dunn, the New York Times bestselling [image error]author of the FORGET TOMORROW series, THE DARKEST LIE, and the upcoming GIRL ON THE VERGE, and I am your hostess for this stop of the hunt!
This bi-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite authors…and a chance to win some awesome prizes! At this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author, you also get a clue for the hunt. Add up the clues, and you can enter for our prize–one lucky winner will receive one book from each author on the hunt in my team! But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online for 6 days!
Go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page to find out all about the hunt. There are FIVE contests [image error]going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the BLUE TEAM — but there is also a red team, a gold team, a pink team, and a purple team for a chance to win a whole different set of signed books!
If you’d like to find out more about the hunt, see links to all the authors participating, and see the full list of prizes up for grabs, go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page.
SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE
Directions: Below, you’ll notice that I’ve listed my favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on the blue team, and then add them up (don’t worry, you can use a calculator!).
Entry Form: Once you’ve added up all the numbers, make sure you fill out the form here to officially qualify for the grand prize. Only entries that have the correct number will qualify.
Rules: Open internationally, anyone below the age of 18 should have a parent or guardian’s permission to enter. To be eligible for the grand prize, you must submit the completed entry form by Sunday, April 9, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.
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SCAVENGER HUNT
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Today, I am thrilled to be hosting Mindy McGinnis! Mindy writes across many genres. Her debut, NOT A DROP TO DRINK, a post-apocalyptic survival story set in a world with very little freshwater, with a companion novel, IN A HANDFUL OF DUST that released in 2014. Her Gothic historical thriller, A MADNESS SO DISCREET won the Edgar Award in 2015. Her newest release, THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES is available now!
GIVEN TO THE SEA
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Kings and Queens rise and fall, loyalties collide, and romance blooms in a world where the sea is rising—and cannot be escaped.
Khosa is Given to the Sea, a girl born to be fed to the water, her flesh preventing a wave like the one that destroyed the Kingdom of Stille in days of old. But before she’s allowed to dancean uncontrollable twitching of the limbs that will carry her to the shore in a frenzy—she must produce an heir. Yet the thought of human touch sends shudders down her spine that not even the sound of the tide can match.
Vincent is third in line to inherit his throne, royalty in a kingdom where the old linger and the young inherit only boredom. When Khosa arrives without an heir he knows his father will ensure she fulfills her duty, at whatever cost. Torn between protecting the throne he will someday fill, and the girl whose fate is tied to its very existence, Vincent’s loyalty is at odds with his heart.
Dara and Donil are the last of the Indiri, a native race whose dwindling magic grows weaker as the island country fades. Animals cease to bear young, creatures of the sea take to the land, and the Pietra—fierce fighters who destroyed the Indiri a generation before—are now marching from their stony shores for the twin’s adopted homeland, Stille.
Witt leads the Pietra, their army the only family he has ever known. The stone shores harbor a secret, a growing threat that will envelop the entire land—and he will conquer every speck of soil to ensure the survival of his people.
The tides are turning in Stille, where royals scheme, Pietrans march, and the rising sea calls for its Given.
EXCLUSIVE CONTENT
We are in for a special treat! As her exclusive content, Mindy has made us a video all about GIVEN TO THE SEA!
https://youtu.be/Ajrs2O8KlJE
Are you as intrigued by GIVEN TO THE SEA as I am? You can buy it here!
You can learn more about Mindy on her website. Follow her on Twitter and Facebook!
MY FAVORITE NUMBER…
Don’t forget to enter the contest for a chance to win a ton of signed books by me, Mindy McGinnis, and more! To enter, you need to know that this is my FOURTH time participating in the YA Scavenger Hunt. FOUR is such a nice number, isn’t it? In fact, it is my very favorite number. Add up all the favorite numbers of the authors on the BLUE team and you’ll have the secret code to enter for the grand prize!
BONUS GIVEAWAY
[image error]Before you go, be sure to enter my bonus giveaway! I am giving away a hardcover of my New York Times bestselling novel, FORGET TOMORROW, as well as a hardcover of the second book in the series, REMEMBER YESTERDAY, and a paperback of the prequel novella, BEFORE TOMORROW.
This contest is open internationally and will run during the same time as the YASH competition.
Enter now: a Rafflecopter giveaway
CONTINUE THE HUNT
To keep going on your quest for the hunt, you need to check out the next author on Team Blue, Patty Blount!
March 15, 2017
Pitch Madness 2017 Candy Land Edition…Game ON!!!!
Welcome to Team Peanut Brittle House ! It’s been a long week of reading through all the amazing pitches. Our wonderful readers have narrowed the slush, and your team hosts have chosen seventy pitches for the agent round. To meet the slush readers and hosts go to this post here. And you can find out more about the participating agents on this post here.
For those of you not familiar with Pitch Madness, it’s a contest where agents compete in a game against their peers for pitches and you can find the rules and instructions of the game here.
I’m co-hosting with the amazing Darcy Woods! Check out her site and follow her, you’ll be happy you did.
Darcy Woods
Counts laughter as exercise. Lives to swoon. Award-winning YA author of SUMMER OF SUPERNOVAS (Random House/Crown). Repped by @cjdrayton.
Scroll down to view all 10 picks for my blog or click on the links to each post …
Middle Grade
P1: Middle Grade Contemporary: SIXTH GRADE SECRET SERVICE
P2: Middle Grade Science Fiction: INTERGALACTIC BACKPACK
Young Adult
P3: Young Adult Fantasy LGBT #ownvoices: FOUR MEETS FORTUNE
P4: Young Adult Contemporary LGBT #ownvoices: THINGS WE WEREN’T SUPPOSED TO KNOW
P5: Young Adult Fantasty: NIGHTBRINGER
P6: Young Adult Contemporary: MY HOUSE, YOUR RULES
P7: Young Adult Contemporary #ownvoices: FOR WHATEVER WE LOSE
New Adult/Adult
P8: Adult Contemporary Romance: MOONLIGHT & WHISKEY
P9: Adult Mystery: DERAILED
Comments are set to moderation so the agents won’t see the other agents’ requests. Please no comments other than those from the agents. After the agent round, we’ll release the moderation and let you all comment on the entries.
We’ll reveal the agent requests on March 17 starting at 4:30 Eastern time. All the twitter fun will happen on the hashtag #PitchMadness, where we’ll tweet the results of the agent round.
Join us for the Twitter Pitch Party on March 23 from 8AM to 8PM Eastern time on the hashtag #PitMad. It’s open to everyone!
How do you twitter pitch? You can find all the details here.
A huge HUGE thank you to my team and to the wonderful agents!
Go to all the hosts’ blogs to read more winning pitches …
Team Ice Cream Sea – http://www.brenda-drake.com/
Team Gumdrop Mountains – https://heathercashmanblog.wordpress.com/
Team Peanut Brittle House – https://pintipdunn.wordpress.com/
Team Lollipop Woods – https://rebeccacoffindaffer.com/category/blog/
Team Licorice Castle – http://sharonmjohnston.com/
Team Peppermint Forest – http://wadealbertwhite.ca/blog/
Team Candy Castle – http://samanthajoyce.com/
P1: Middle Grade Contemporary: SIXTH GRADE SECRET SERVICE
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Title: Sixth Grade Secret Service
Age Category: Middle Grade
Genre: Contemporary
Word Count: 62,000
Pitch: The grandson of the most inept agents of the secret service must find the missing sixth grade president (his unrequited crush), before the school bully turns their democracy into a dictatorship.
First 250 Word of Manuscript:
My name is Abraham Truman and my problem started over a hundred fifty years ago. During a showing of Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre, my great, great, great…great…great…whatever, grandfather, Secret Service Agent Jessup Truman, left Abraham Lincoln’s balcony to go to the concession stand…
The rest, as my dad usually said, is in the history books.
Suffice to say, my parents don’t talk about Grandpa Jessup much.
Ninety-eight years later in Dealy Plaza, Texas, my triply great grandfather, Agent Clyde Truman, tripped over his shoelaces and stepped away from Kennedy’s motorcade. He was just about to pull Mr. Bunny Ears out of the hole when—again, history…
Clyde is another un-relatable relative to my folks.
After him, the secret service stopped trusting my ancestors with anything more challenging than changing the First Baby’s diapers. Until my dad.
He rewrote Truman family history when he rescued the president’s wife from the clutches of a rogue nation. Then my over-achieving, older brother just had to go and thwart that communist takeover of the White House…
Me—I can’t even get across the cafeteria without spilling my food tray. Which means, if Grandpas Jessup and Clyde are any indication, I’m one trip, rip, or wedgie away from my parents not even claiming me on their taxes.
But, like my best friend, Tibby Roosevelt, always said, “It’s not like there’s much chance to prove yourself in the sixth grade.”
That went double for me, until Tibby decided to run for class president.
