None of the Above


None of the Above


by
I.W. Gregorio

This month we’re pleased to highlight debut novelists, I.W. Gregorio and her novel, None of the Above. Kristin is a senior in high school, homecoming Queen and track star, when she learns something about herself that makes her rethink everything about her she’s ever known. She’s intersex.


On
Friday, May 1, 2015, Marcy and I shared our Five
Favorite Things from I.W. Gregorio’s
debut novel None of the Above.
Now you get to hear the author’s favorites!
1) What is your favorite line or paragraph from the novel
as it relates to the main character’s development and/or growth?

My main character is a runner and a
hurdler, so perhaps my favorite line to show her growth (spoiler alert!) is in
the penultimate chapter:  
“I’d been running for so long, trying to escape from who I was.
Here in the steady circle of Darren’s arms, I was finally ready to stand
still.” 

2) What is your favorite chapter ending or cliffhanger?

Probably the end of Chapter 42 when
Kristin downed the bully who was trying to beat her up:
“It turned out that David Letterman’s gender verification test had
something to it, after all.”

3) Who is your favorite secondary character and why?

Definitely Darren. He is the
prototypical under the radar guy that doesn’t date much during high school but
who is GREAT husband material!
Little known fact: None of the Above was originally written
in dual narrative, with Darren as the second POV!
4) What is your favorite line or paragraph of
description?
“One day I would find my own place. I
couldn’t run there, though, because it didn’t exist yet; I had to build it
myself, out of forgiveness, truth, and terrifying gestures of friendship.”

5) What is your favorite line of
dialogue?


“Wait, you called the urologist asking for
surgery?” she asked. “And she let you go through with it without making you see
a psychiatrist first?”

“I wanted it.”

“But you were still wigging out over your
diagnosis. That is so not the
best time to go ahead with something like that.”

“I know, that’s what she said too, but I
needed them out.” I stopped for a second. “Wait a second. Does that mean you
still have them?”

“Have what?” Gretchen asked, smirking.

I blushed, and gestured toward my groin. “You
know.”

“Oh,” she said loudly. “You mean my testicles?”

I couldn’t help myself. I looked around to
see if anyone had noticed, but the nearest dog-walker was several hundred feet
away.

“Yes,” Gretchen said firmly. “I still have my
testicles.”

“How can you stand it?”

“What is there to stand? Whatever higher being you believe in made me
what I am. I heart my gonads.” 
We’d like to congratulate Ilene on the success of the
novel and can’t wait to read her next novel. 

I. W. Gregorio is a practicing surgeon by day, masked avenging YA writer by night. After getting her MD, she did her residency at Stanford, where she met the intersex patient who inspired her debut novel, None of the Above (Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins). She is a founding member of We Need Diverse Books™ and serves as its VP of Development. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News and Journal of General Internal Medicine. A recovering ice hockey player, she lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two children.


To read more about I.W. Gregorio’s None of the Above debut novel please go to:

 

Dave Amaditz May 18, 2015 Leave A Comment Permalink

First Friday – Five Favorite Things – Debut Novel Day

None of the Above

by
Dave Amaditz and
Marcy
Collier
Welcome to May’s version of – First Friday – Five Favorite Things – Debut Novel Day. In this
monthly series, we ask five simple questions about a debut novel that will
hopefully entice anyone reading this post to pick up the novel and read it
themselves, and/or give them at a glance some insight into the author’s writing
style and voice as well as how some of the characters might think or act. We do
this by presenting, first, answers to our
Five Favorite Things, followed by the author’s answers in a follow-up post.

This month we’re pleased to highlight debut novelists,
I.W. Gregorio and her novel, None of the
Above. Kristin is a senior in high school, homecoming Queen and track star,
when she learns something about herself that makes her rethink everything about
her she’s ever known. She’s intersex.
1) What is your favorite line or paragraph from the novel as it relates to
the main character’s development and/or growth?

Dave – Kristen has been
wondering since her diagnosis who she really is. A daughter, a friend etc. etc.
etc. She thinks back on something her track coach told her about hurdlers, as
that is the event she participated in during track.

Hurdlers were a breed of their own.

When Coach Auerbach talked about the hurdles, she cautioned us
that the event wasn’t for the faint of heart. “Hurdling has the steepest
learning curve, and probably the most painful. It’s all about technique, so
there’s a ton of practice involved. A lot of hitting your knees and
face-planting. They say that hurdlers need three things: speed, flexibility,
and courage.”

Within the first days of learning how to hurdle, I knew she was
right to warn us. I looked at my sprinter friends and was totally jealous of
how easy they seemed to have it. But at the same time, I loved being hard-core.
That’s who I was: a hurdler. And hurdlers were never afraid to fall.
Marcy –  Kristin is trying to come to terms with her
diagnosis and all of the emotions that come with it. She’s a runner and a
hurdler. When she runs, she clears her head and is able to better deal with her
problems.

You also tended to overthink less when it was close to freezing
outside: Don’t look at a problem from so many angles that you lose sight of the
real issue. Don’t worry about how your boyfriend will react  to your being a hermaphrodite, when you might
never be ready to tell him what you really are.

2) What is your favorite chapter ending or cliffhanger?

Dave – There were so many great
cliffhangers, but I chose this one because the depth of the betrayal from her
boyfriend, Sam, and whoever it was that divulged her secret, was so completely
devastating I felt I’d experienced it, too.

I collapsed against the lockers, and slid down into a crumple.
Above me, people turned to stare as they hurried to class. I couldn’t see their
faces through my tears, but I could feel the pounding and shuffling of their
feet as they walked past.

The bell rang. The ground went silent. And I began to process how
deeply I had been betrayed.

Marcy –  There were some terrific cliffhangers so like
Dave, I had a difficult time choosing. Kristin seeing the gynecologist for the
first time. When the doctor does her internal, she has a hard time telling
Kristin her findings. Finally after she gathers herself, on the third try tells
Kristin her discovery.

“Miss Lattimer, I think that you might be what some people  call a hermaphrodite.”

3) Who is your favorite secondary character and why?

Dave – I was torn between two,
Dad and Darren, both strong and likable characters. In the end though I settled
on Dad because of his inner strength which showed his true love for his
daughter. Three lines of dialogue exemplify this, one from early in the novel
when Kristen is first diagnosed and visits the doctor, one from later when Dad
makes her breakfast like he used to do before her mother died and one from the
end when Kristen had accepted her condition.

“What do you mean, you’ll look at her schedule?” My dad said,
his voice growing louder. “This is an emergency.”

“Oh, just wanted to do something special for my girl.”
“You know I love you too, sweetie. Forever and ever, until the
sun fades.”

Marcy –  Like Dave, I also had a hard time choosing,
but decided on Darren because he is both funny and honest. I won’t give details
since it will give too much away, but Darren’s offbeat sense of humor comes off
nicely in this line:

“It’s not like I did anything but distract him. You delivered the
knockout punch.” He let out a puff of a laugh. “Remind me to donate to a sperm
bank before I ever pick a fight with you.”

4) What is your favorite line or paragraph of description?

Dave - This section, this image was
so powerful I had to read again and again, each time I appreciated it more.

Most of the magazines were about golf and cars, and all the little
brochures by the windowsill advertised Viagra and drugs for people who peed
their pants. I stuck out like a sore thumb. One of the other patients, a man
with white hair and brows so bushy they almost flopped over his eyes, kept
looking up from his magazine in my direction. I wanted to say something to him
about how it wasn’t nice to stare, but I knew it would draw more attention, so
I tried to focus on the paperwork I was supposed to fill out. On the first line
of the very first page it read:

NAME:                  
SSN:                      
DOB:                             
SEX:

I stared at the posters on the walls, which were all colorful
diagrams of kidneys and prostrates. Each of them had cross-sections of people
cut in half – one male, with the penis sticking out like the mouth on the
faucet. One female.

That’s when I realized that life was a multiple-choice test with
two answers: male or female. And I was None of the Above.

Marcy – Great minds think alike. As Dave, the line (which is obviously the book title) stood out for me as well.


That’s when I realized that life was a multiple-choice test with two answers: male or female. And I was None of the Above.



5) What is your favorite line of dialogue?

Dave - This particular line of
dialogue is spoken from Darren. He has unique perspective on Kristin’s
diagnosis since his mother and father were divorced after his dad announced
that he was gay.

“When he finally spoke, his voice was quiet but clear as glass.
“If there’s one thing I learned from my dad leaving my mom, it’s that love
isn’t a choice. You fall for the person, not their chromosomes.”

Marcy
–  Kristin’s coach is a strong supporter
of her and their team. Throughout the book, Kristin keeps her team’s mantra in
mind and it becomes a reoccurring theme in the novel.

“Pain
is weakness leaving the body.”

And then of course this
line of dialogue made me laugh out loud with the visualization.

“Yeah,
I was telling Kristin that my sister thought you danced like a Muppet on
crystal meth.”

I. W. Gregorio is a practicing surgeon by day, masked
avenging YA writer by night. After getting her MD, she did her residency at
Stanford, where she met the intersex patient who inspired her debut novel, None
of the Above (Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins). She is a founding member of We
Need Diverse Books™ and serves as its VP of Development. Her writing has
appeared in The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News
and Journal of General Internal Medicine. A recovering ice hockey player, she
lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two children.

To read
more about I.W. Gregorio’s None of the Above debut novel please go to:

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My Heart and other Black Holes

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by Jasmine Warga

This past Friday, April
3, 2015, Marcy and I posted our answers to Jasmine’s debut novel, My
Heart and other Black Holes. Today, you get to read Jasmine’s
favorite’s. 
Great picks, Jasmine!
You’ve given us even more insight into the thoughts and motivations of
your characters.           
1) What is your favorite line
or paragraph from the novel as it relates to the main character’s development
and/or growth?

Hopefully
this isn’t too much of a spoiler, but I’ve always been partial to this
paragraph as I think it shows how Aysel’s view of the world may be starting to
change: 

“I once read in my physics book that the universe begs to be
observed, that energy travels and transfers when people pay attention. Maybe
that’s what love really boils down to—having someone who cares enough to pay attention
so that you’re encouraged to travel and transfer, to make your potential energy
spark into kinetic energy. Maybe all anyone ever needs is for someone to notice
them, to observe them.”
2)
What is your favorite chapter ending or cliffhanger?
Chapter
endings are tough! But I’ve always liked the one at the end of the carnival
scene as I think it captures the escalating tension of Aysel’s changing
feelings towards Roman pretty well: 

“He squeezes my hand so tight, I can’t
feel it anymore. I wish someone would do that to my heart.”
3)
Who is your favorite secondary character and why?
This
one is actually easy for me! Mike, Aysel’s little brother, is by far my
favorite secondary character. I think it may be because I have my own little
brother and I loosely modeled Aysel’s feelings towards Mike after my own
feelings, and so I’m pretty sentimental towards this character. I always really
love Roman’s mom as she has such a generous and big heart.
4)
What is your favorite line or paragraph of description?
Hm.
This is tricky, but I’ll go with this description of the old playground, which
is a spot Aysel and Roman end up at more than once: 

“I see the playground
on the left side of the street. The “old playground” apparently consists of a
rusted swing set, a cracked basketball court complete with a metal chain
basket, and three rotting picnic tables. It looks like it used to have a
sandbox, but at some point, I guess, the sand got replaced with gravel. Soda
cans and plastic potato-chip bags are littered across the muddy grass. In some
ways, the playground feels more like a graveyard. Like it’s a decrepit
testament to faded memories, better times. Maybe that’s why FrozenRobot likes
it so much.”
5)
What is your favorite line of dialogue?
I
don’t know if this was always my favorite, but lots of readers have pulled it
out and made really gorgeous fan art of it, so now I’m very partial to when
Roman says to Aysel, “You’re like a gray sky. You’re beautiful, even
though you don’t want to be.”
And congratulations on news of Paramount making the
book into a movie. Way to go!!! We can’t wait for our readers to read the book
and check out the movie after it’s made!

To read more about Jasmine Warga’s My
Heart and other Black Holes debut novel please go to:

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First Friday – Five Favorite Things – Debut Novel Day

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by
Dave Amaditz and 
Marcy
Collier



Welcome to April’s version of – First Friday – Five Favorite Things – Debut Novel Day. In this
monthly series, we ask five simple questions about a debut novel that will
hopefully entice anyone reading this post to pick up the novel and read it themselves,
and/or give them at a glance some insight into the author’s writing style and
voice as well as how some of the characters might think or act. We do this by
presenting, first, answers to our Five
Favorite Things, followed by the author’s answers in a follow-up post.

This month we’re pleased to highlight debut novelists,
Jasmine Warga and her novel, My Heart and
other Black Holes. Aysel is depressed and contemplating suicide. She makes
a pact with a suicide partner. The day for them to do it is set, but something
happens to her in the meantime to throw a wrench into her plans.
1) What is your favorite line or paragraph from the novel as it relates to
the main character’s development and/or growth?

Dave – There are so many places
within the novel where the main character grows. More specifically, where the
main character realizes she might be changing and why, and all were written so
well it was hard to choose. In the end, I decided to go with the one that
follows. I think why I chose it is pretty self-explanatory.

“Someone had too much wine,” I say in as normal of voice as I can.
I know he said that last night didn’t change anything, but I don’t know how to
act like things haven’t changed. He’s no longer FrozenRobot, my Suicide Partner
from the Internet. He’s Roman, the boy who kissed me by the river and held me
all night. To me, there’s a difference. A big difference. He’s no longer the
person I want to die with; he’s the person I want to be alive with.

Marcy –  The main character goes through many changes
throughout the novel. This scene happens when Aysel talks her suicide partner,
Roman (a.k.a. – Frozen Robot) into going to a local festival. Roman decides to try to win Aysel a prize at the basketball hoop game. He hasn’t played the real game of basketball in almost a year. Aysel sees
his passion and joy shine through as he makes each basket. Watching Roman experiencing joy gives her a bit of hope.

All of a sudden, I realize what that shadowy something is. It’s
joy. FrozenRobot loves basketball. He loves playing it. No matter how hard he
tries to push that joy away, it’s there. I wonder if joy has potential energy.
Or if there is potential energy that leads to joy, like a happiness serum that
lingers in people’s stomachs and slowly bubbles up to create the sensation we know
as happiness.

If that’s true, my black slug eats all of mine. Scratch that. Most
of mine. Watching FrozenRobot play basketball almost made me smile. Key word:
almost.


2) What is your favorite chapter ending or cliffhanger?

Dave – There were so many cliffhangers
to choose from. In the end, I chose this because of its upbeat message as well
as the literal versus figurative meaning attached.

“I’ll let you know if I hear anything else about my dad,” I call
out.

At this point, I don’t even care if his mom hears. For the first
time in my life, my dad is the least of my worries. I watch Roman drop the
camping supplies on the doorstep. He gives me a small backward wave, but he
doesn’t turn around. I need to figure out some way to turn him around. To turn
him all the way around.

Marcy –  Aysel and her mom have a long overdue heart
to heart about Aysel’s feelings. This chapter  ending allows the reader to share an intimate scene between mother and daughter.

“I know,” I say, and lean into her again. I breath in her floral
perfume and it reminds me of when I was younger, before the heaviness inside me
became so overwhelming, so unbearable. I wonder if that’s how darkness wins, by
convincing us to trap it inside ourselves, instead of emptying it out.
I don’t want it to win.

3) Who is your favorite secondary character and why?

Dave – My favorite secondary
character is Mrs. Franklin, Roman’s (Aysel’s Suicide Partner) mother. The
concern and caring she shows her son, because of his depression, is genuine and
is expressed so well in the following lines of dialogue.

“Okay, well, you kids have fun. But Roman…” She puts her hand on
his shoulders and her pink lacquered fingernails glint in the glow of my car’s
headlights. “Will you call me if you’re going to be out late?”

also

In a quiet voice, she adds, “This is new for me. Letting him go
off alone, unsupervised. But I couldn’t say no to him. He just seemed so happy
when he talks about you. This will be good for him, right?”

Marcy –  There were so many unique and terrific
supporting characters in this novel. I have to choose Mr. Scott, Aysel’s
physics teacher. He shows how with small acts of kindness, teachers can play a
huge role in their students’ lives.

He places a glossy brochure in front of me. “The University of
Kentucky sponsors a two-week summer program for students interested in the
sciences.” He grabs a chair from the desk in front of mine and pulls it up so
he can sit across from me. He opens the brochure and points at the text on the
third page. “There’s even a special physics program. I think you’d really enjoy
it.”

I take a deep breath. I can’t exactly tell Mr. Scott that I won’t
be able to attend that summer program because I won’t be alive. “I have to work
during the summer.”

His lips twist into a sympathetic smile. I’ve never noticed how
dark and soft his eyes are; they remind me of a horse. Maybe I was wrong about
Mr. Scott. Maybe he did always want to be a teacher. Maybe he’s one of those
people who were built for caring.

“You don’t have to worry about the money if you get in. They give
you a scholarship for the tuition and room and board for the two weeks.” He
pushes the brochure closer to me. “I think it’d be a really great experience
for you, Aysel.”

I take the brochure and slide it down into the depths of my
backpack. I tell him I’ll consider applying and thank him for thinking of me.
Later, in math class, I pull the brochure back out and run my fingers over
the shiny photographs. I wonder about all the so-called great experiences I’m
going to miss; I wonder about the relativity of greatness.
4) What is your favorite line or paragraph of description?

Dave - I picked two separate sections
because I think they define well the dichotomy of feelings Aysel felt, the
first from the beginning of the novel, the second from the end. In the first
section she responds to her sister, Georgia, who asks if she has a boyfriend.

I can’t help but laugh. If I have a boyfriend, his name is Death.
And I’m pretty sure Roman is in love with him, too. It’s like a love triangle
gone wrong. Or maybe it’s a love triangle gone right: we both get the guy on
April 7.
The next selection occurs during a
conversation with her Suicide Partner, Roman, who she has grown to care about,
as he cares about her.

Something inside me clicks. It’s like I’ve spent my whole life
fiddling with a complicated combination only to discover I was toying with the
wrong lock. And now, the vault inside of me that contains all my secrets is
swinging open and I feel this rush of blood swell in my chest.

Marcy
–  Aysel is the only one who truly
understands Roman and he is the only one who understands her.

Frozen Robot does have a frozen quality. All of his movements and
facial expressions have a tension to them, like he was carved out of stone and
locked in a chamber of ice and recently brought back to life. I don’t know how
to describe it, but the more I stare at him, the more I see his grief wrapped
around him like shackles he can never take off. I try to imagine him without
the grief, without the heaviness, without the frozenness, but it’s hard to see
him as anything other than desperately sad. Yes, he looks like someone who was
designed to be popular and successful, but he also looks like someone who was
made to wear grief.
5) What is your favorite line of dialogue?

Dave - This line was spoken from
one of Aysel’s coworkers. The lady is usually somewhat of a pain because she
always bugs Aysel about doing her job. It caused me to laugh out loud because
Aysel had just met a boy, Roman, her Suicide Partner.

“You’re just weird today.” She gets up and heads to the coffee
maker. “It’s almost like you’re happy. Did you finally meet someone?”

Marcy
–  Love these lines of dialogue. Roman wins
Aysel a huge stuffed animal at the carnival basketball game. Aysel tells the
attendant that she doesn’t want the prize.

I
try my best to explain. “Like if another kids comes to play but doesn’t make
any shots. Can you let them have a prize anyway?” I bite my bottom lip.

The
woman puts her hands on her hips. “But how will I know what kid to give it
to?”

I
shrug. “Give it to the one who looks like they need it the most, whoever looks
like the loneliest.”
To
read more about Jasmine Warga’s My Heart and other Black Holes debut
novel please go to:


Website:  http://www.jasminewarga.com/
Blog:  http://www.jasminewarga.tumblr.com/
Tumblr:  http://www.jasminewarga.tumblr.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jasminewarga
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/jasminewargabooks
Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/My-Heart-Other-Black-Holes/dp/0062324675/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1402495794&sr=8-1

GoodReads:  http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7224009.Jasmine_Warga

Dave Amaditz April 3, 2015 Leave A Comment Permalink

The Conspiracy of Us

by Maggie Hall

Maggie Hall The Conspiracy of Us (The Conspiracy of Us #1)
This past Friday, March 6, 2015, Marcy and I posted
our answers to Maggie’s debut novel The The Conspiracy of Us.
Today, you get to read Maggie’s favorite’s. 

Terrific answers, Maggie! We can’t wait for our
readers to read the novel. And hopefully to give us a few of their
favorites, too. 

1. What is your favorite line or
paragraph from the novel as it relates to the main character’s development
and/or growth?

There’s a point in the story where Avery starts to
realize exactly what a mess she’s gotten herself into. Until then, she’s been a
little naive, not quite understanding how serious the situation is. But now,
she realizes that her life is in danger. She’s in trouble, and she needs to
make a real plan, and needs to not freak out about everything she’s just
learned: 
If I was going to fall apart, I’d have to
do it some other time. 

2) What is your favorite chapter ending or
cliffhanger?

Ooh, this is a tough one. I love ending chapters on
cliffhangers, so there are a lot of these! 

Unfortunately, most of them are way
too spoilery to list here. This one is kind of spoilery, but still pretty early
on in the book:
He pulled out something that, for a
moment, didn’t register. It was too discordant with the marble floors, the
dresses, the Bach chiming from the speakers. He stepped toward me, and the
overhead light glinted off the object.

Then I knew, but I still didn’t
understand.

It was a knife.
3) Who is your favorite secondary
character and why? 

I count Avery, Jack, and Stellan as the three main
characters, so other than them? I love Luc. He’s so fully entrenched in the
world of the Circle, and yet so sweet and innocent at the same time. And he’s
funny! But not always on purpose, which is my favorite. 

4) What is your favorite line or paragraph
of description?

I loved writing all the Istanbul scenes—it’s such a
rich, intriguing city, and that was so fun to try to capture. But one of my
favorite paragraphs of description isn’t exactly about setting:
Istanbul had always been a crossroads
city. A crossroads between Europe and Asia. A crossroads of Christianity and
Islam, like the Hagia Sophia itself. A crossroads between ancient and
conservative, like that museum, and modern and anything but conservative, like
this club.

I squeezed the shoulder strap of my bag,
wondering what kind of crossroads the city would be for me tonight.
5) What is your favorite line of dialogue?

There’s a scene where Avery is talking to Stellan,
pretty early on. He’s been annoying her since they got to France, but all of a
sudden he says something that really resonates with her:
“Toska.” He leaned forward, too. “It’s a
Russian word. It has no translation into any other language, but the closest
I’ve heard is the ache. A longing. The sense that something is missing, and
even if you’re not sure what it is, you ache for it. Down to your bones.”
Bio: Maggie Hall indulges her obsession with
distant lands and far-flung adventures as often as she can. She has played with
baby tigers in Thailand, learned to make homemade pasta in Italy, and taken
thousands of miles of trains through the vibrant countryside of India. In her
past life, she was a bookstore events coordinator and marketing manager, and
when she’s not on the other side of the world, she lives with her husband and
their cats in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she watches USC football and
dabbles in graphic design.

To read more about Maggie Hall’s debut
novel THE CONSPIRACY OF US please go to:


Website:  http://www.maggiehall.com/
Blog:  http://www.maggiehall.com/
Instagram:  https://instagram.com/maggieehall/
Pinterest:  https://www.pinterest.com/maggie_hall/the-conspiracy-of-us/
Tumblr:  http://maggieehall.tumblr.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/maggieehall/
Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/The-Conspiracy-Us-Maggie-Hall/dp/0399166505
Good
Reads:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17134589-the-conspiracy-of-us
Barnes
& Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-conspiracy-of-us-maggie-hall/1119671351?ean=9780399166501
IndieBound: http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399166501

Dave Amaditz March 9, 2015 Leave A Comment Permalink

First Friday – Five Favorite Things – Debut Novel Day

by Dave Amaditz and
Marcy Collier

The Conspiracy of Us (The Conspiracy of Us #1)

Welcome to March’s version of – First Friday – Five Favorite Things – Debut Novel Day. In this
monthly series, we ask five simple questions about a debut novel that will
hopefully entice anyone reading this post to pick up the novel and read it themselves,
and/or give them at a glance some insight into the author’s writing style and
voice as well as how some of the characters might think or act. We do this by
presenting, first, answers to our Five
Favorite Things, followed by the author’s answers in a follow-up post.

This month we’re pleased to highlight debut novelists,
Maggie Hall and her novel, The Conspiracy
of Us. Avery’s world is turned upside down when she discovers she and her
family are part of the Circle of Twelve, a group of families who control the
world.
1) What is your favorite line or paragraph from the novel as it relates to
the main character’s development and/or growth?

Dave – Avery wanted nothing more
than to find her father and to discover what it was like to not be alone until
she did and realized the world he belonged to wasn’t the stuff of dreams.

I stared at the dress hanging on the wall. It was ivory, with a
V-neck and a delicate lace overlay. It was beautiful. It made me want to throw
up.

Out in the regular world, some girls might see this place, think
of the clothes and the balls and the fact that they would be literally in
charge of what went on in the world, and sign on the dotted line.

I glanced up at the iron work across the windows. The Circle might
be a beautiful, gilded cage, but it was still a cage. Even before I knew about
them, my whole life had been about running from them. They’d taken my past, and
now they wanted my future.
Marcy –  Avery always wanted to find her father. She
has never given up. At this point in the story, Avery realizes her wish may be
fulfilled.

I looked up at the sky. “I used to have a star wish,” I said.

Jack looked up.

“My father. I wanted him to come back more than I wanted anything
else in the world. My mom told me he left us when I was a baby, but still, he
was every wish when I was little.”

2) What is your favorite chapter ending or cliffhanger?

Dave – I picked this particular
chapter ending from later in the novel because Avery had just become somewhat
comfortable in her new world with Jack, a Keeper, a bodyguard and servant-of
sorts, to the ruling families of the Circle of Twelve. I practically ripped the
page to see what happened next.

And then, I heard the most frightening thing I’d ever heard.

A key, turning the lock on my bedroom door.
Marcy –  Wow, I actually picked the same, chapter
ending as Dave, so I’ll go with my next favorite.

He pulled out something that, for a moment, didn’t register. It
was too discordant with the marble floors, the dresses, the Bach chiming from
the speakers. He stepped toward me, and the overhead light glinted off the
object.

Then I knew, but still didn’t understand.

It was a knife.
3) Who is your favorite secondary character and why?

Dave – Jack is most definitely
my favorite secondary character. Because he is a Keeper for the Circle of
Twelve, he knows he risks severe punishment by getting involved with Avery.
Still, he says the following during a discussion with Avery even though he is drawn
to her.

“I’m
aware of the consequences of everything I do.”

Marcy –  I also fell in love with Jack from the very
beginning of the story when we just think he’s the new kid in school. The one
asking her to the prom.

“It’s just that – I was wondering –“ Jack rubbed the compass tattoo
on his forearm with his opposite thumb, like a nervous habit. Then he looked up
at me from under his lashes, his gray eyes unbearably hopeful, and I melted into
a puddle on the dirty hallway floor. “I wanted to see if you’d like to go. With
me.”
4) What is your favorite line or paragraph of description?

Dave - I picked this section from
early in the novel. I think it highlights well Avery’s feelings and why she is
hesitant to get close to anyone.

The thing is, being lonely is like walking into the cold without a
coat. It’s uncomfortable, eventually you go numb. Once you get used to not
being lonely, though, the shock of going back is like having your down
comforter yanked off at six o’clock on the Minnesota December morning.

Marcy
–  Avery has arrived at Prada – in Paris.
The store has been shut down so she can shop. This is an amazing scene. The
descriptions of the dresses she tries on makes me feel like I’m watching Avery spin
in front of the dressing room mirrors.

The
dress was nothing like the silver one. If that one had been storms, this was
sunlight. It glowed against my dark hair, and hugged my body all the way down,
from the plunging halter neckline to the flouncy mermaid hem. I ran my hands
over my hips, and my reflection glittered.

5) What is your favorite line of dialogue?

Dave - I picked this line because I
think it gives a little more insight into Avery’s character. She’s explaining
to Jack why she doesn’t make wishes.

“Because it’s worse to wish for something that’s never going to
happen and then be disappointed than to never wish for anything at all,” I
said, studying my chipped toenail polish.

Marcy
–  Stellan is an intricate and complex
character. He and Avery are talking, and she asks why he carries both a gun and
a knife. His reply shows the readers a lot about his character.

“It
takes more effort to kill with a dagger.” He rebuttoned his jacket. “You have
to do it on purpose. Guns make it too easy.”

To read more about Maggie Hall’s The Conspiracy of Us debut novel please
go to:

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Bingo Summer

Welcome!


My Debut Middle Grade Novel Available Now!


by Dawn Malone
This past Friday, February
6, 2015, Marcy and I posted our answers to Dawn’s debut novel Bingo
Summer. Today, you get to read Dawn’s favorite’s. 
Awesome answers, Dawn!
We can’t wait for our readers to read the novel. And hopefully to give us
a few of their favorites, too. 
1) What is your
favorite line or paragraph from the novel as it relates to the main character’s
development and/or growth?

In Chapter 29, when Summer decides to write her own
story for the school newspaper instead of letting her arch rival, Mara, submit
her version, Summer experiences a shift in how she confronts obstacles. 

“And
then we’d moved here, and I’d decorated my room just like my room in Stanton.
I’d tucked the spiral notebook away like the lottery ticket had never happened.
I’d pasted the stars on the ceiling, the same posters on the wall, and even
moved my new bed facing the same direction it had faced back home. But no
matter what I did, this wasn’t Stanton. It never would be. I couldn’t wish on
stars anymore.”
2) What is your favorite chapter ending or
cliffhanger?
The ending of the first chapter is my favorite. When I
first started writing this in 2007, I won an SCBWI Work-in-Progress grant based
on this first chapter. With validation like that, I knew I had a chapter
to use as a gauge for writing the rest of the book. It challenged me to try to
make the subsequent chapters just as intriguing. 
3) Who is your favorite secondary
character and why?

J.C. cracks me up. She’s full of rambunctious energy,
and ornery enough to cause some sisterly conflict between her and Summer, but
she’s not overtly mean. And of course, at the very basic level, even brothers
and sisters who are often at odds with one another will jump to their siblings’
defense when that person is threatened by someone else. J.C. shows that loyalty
near the end of the book when Summer’s competitor on the softball team causes
trouble. 

“Where’s this Mara Schmara person? Is that her?”
J.C. said, pointing at someone getting onto the bus. “I bet I could take
her.” J.C. jeered over my shoulder before she got in the car. 
4) What is your favorite line or paragraph
of description?

Despite Summer’s lack of confidence during much of the
book, she feels completely comfortable on the softball field, like in Chapter
31:

“I owned third base. Coach praised me
to the moon and back during practices every day. If I bobbled a grounder or
took an extra step before I threw to first, he didn’t say anything. It was like
he was watching the nightly news and catching the highlights, starring me.
Softball ruled.” 

Everyone has a gift, which can feed a sense of
empowerment. Sadly, some kids never figure out what they have a talent for, or
are encouraged to look for it.
5) What is your favorite line of dialogue?

Actually, it’s an exchange between Summer, J.C., and
their mom, Maggie, after they’ve landed in the town which Maggie impulsively
decides to call their new home. The conversation sums up the family’s dynamic;
they’re closely-knit, a little quirky, and the girls sometimes
find themselves in the parental role, taking care of their mom, since she
doesn’t always make the best choices. 

“This wasn’t what I had in mind,” Mom whispered to us.
“Who said money can buy everything?”

“I think that’s ‘money can’t buy everything’,”
I said.

“You should slip her a fifty,” offered J.C. 

“Real life doesn’t work like it does on television,” I
said. 

“Everyone has a price,” J.C. shot back. 

“Stop it, you two,” Mom said. “Let’s get down to
business.”

To read more about Dawn Malone’s debut
novel BINGO SUMMER please go to:

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First Friday – Five Favorite Things – Debut Novel Day

by Dave Amaditz and 
Marcy Collier


Bingo Summer


Welcome to February’s version of – First Friday – Five Favorite Things – Debut
Novel Day. In this monthly series, we ask five simple questions about a
debut novel that will hopefully entice anyone reading this post to pick up the
novel and read it themselves, and/or give them at a glance some insight into
the author’s writing style and voice as well as how some of the characters
might think or act. We do this by presenting, first, answers to our Five Favorite Things, followed by the
author’s answers in a follow-up post.
This month we’re pleased to highlight debut YA novelist,
Dawn Malone and her novel, Bingo Summer.
Summer and her mom and sister struggle financially. Each birthday, Summer’s mom
splurges on a BINGO lottery ticket. This year, Summer hits the jackpot and her
life changes dramatically, but not all for the better.

We can’t wait for you to read this exciting novel!
1) What is your favorite line or paragraph from the novel as it relates to
the main character’s development and/or growth?

Dave – I chose this particular
passage because I believe it is the first time Summer is aware of what she is
doing to try to fit in.

I waited for him to tell me what he meant. Ever since school
started, I felt like I was trying to slip inside someone else’s skin, and it
fit me like a too-tight shirt. Sometimes, I wanted to do whatever it took to
have friends, to be popular again like I was in Stanton.

Marcy – Summer is not happy in
her new situation. She’s trying to make the best of it, but there are so many
obstacles standing in her way. This paragraph demonstrates Summer’s attempt to
work through some of her problems. And it’s a fabulous idea!

My third-grade teacher, Mrs. Bertram, once told us to write our
troubles down on paper, to make a Worry List, and then get rid of those worries
by throwing the list in the garbage. I’d done that before, when Mom and Frank
were divorcing and she was too distracted to pay much attention to J.C. and me.
I’d felt like I was J.C.’s mom, that my own mom had gone missing. Every day, I
came home and listed my worries. Then I tore out the page, crumpled it, and
banked the shot off the wall and into the garbage can. Sometimes writing stuff
down worked. So I flipped to a new page in the notebook and tore it out.
Instead of complaining to Dana, I’d make a Worry List.

2) What is your favorite chapter ending or cliffhanger?

Dave – This particular chapter ending
comes from early in the novel. I chose it because when Summer moved it sets the
stage for what happens in the rest of the novel.

I thought people who won the lottery had everything they could
ever want. But I didn’t feel like a winner. In fact, I felt like the biggest
loser of all, watching Stanton disappear in the side view mirror as we headed
north to escape our small town that had become smaller still.

Marcy –  Summer is having a rough day. When she arrives
home, her situation only gets worse.

All I wanted was my bed, to pull the comforter over my head, and
sleep September away.

But there was a pickup truck in the driveway. That meant I
couldn’t disappear upstairs. I had expected a Harley, but he changed vehicles
as often as people changed underwear. And the crystal horseshoe dangling from
his rear view mirror was a dead giveaway. Mom had given it to him shortly after
J.C. was born.

Frank was here.

Just perfect.

3) Who is your favorite secondary character and why?

Dave – I choose Dana as my
favorite secondary character, although I also had Anna high on my list. Dana
stays true to her best friend even after Summer moves and begins to socialize
with neighbors and friends who have a lot of money. She’s not worried if she
will be accepted or not and she still feels comfortable telling Summer exactly
how she feels. Following, is an example.

She shrugged. “There’s nothing wrong with that, but you’re not
exactly politician material. Sorry. It’s true,” she said, when she saw me
frown. “You get defensive when no one likes your ideas. And you’re kind of
grumpy.” She looked pointedly at my frown and smiled. “See? That’s what I mean.
Grumpy.”

Marcy –  There are a cast of great characters, but
Dink is my favorite above all of the others because of his wit, humor and
offbeat personality.

Summer has
just delivered a speech because she is running for Student Council. She runs
into Dink behind the stage.

“Way to deliver a speech.”

“What are you doing back here?” I turned in circles, looking for
something. Anything.

“Working the sound system. Hey, you’re looking pretty green—”

Just then, I barfed into the nearest container, which happened to
be a barrel of basketballs. Next to me, Dink nodded and grinned. I came up for
air, wiping spit from my lips. Had my lunch not been making a repeat
appearance, I would have smacked him.

“The basketball team won’t like that, you know,” he said.

I’d never felt so humiliated. I barely made it away from Dink and
into the girl’s bathroom down the hall, before I threw up again.

4) What is your favorite line or paragraph of description?

Dave – This particular section depicts a perfect image. Not only does it
describe this scene but it highlights personality traits of the character as
well.

“Frank found his spot on the couch again, this time lying back and
propping his boots on the arm. He chewed on his fingernails and spit the bits
onto the front of his shirt.”

Marcy – Great line that describes the situation so well.

Announcing our good luck in front of Mrs. Hennessey was our
first mistake. She didn’t mean to cause trouble, but telling Ruth Hennessey
that you scored ten million dollars on a lottery ticket and expecting her to
keep quiet is like telling a rooster he can’t crow. It’s just not possible.


5) What is your favorite line of
dialogue?

Dave – This particular line of dialogue is spoken by Summer. I think
there’s a touch of irony in what she says given the fact that this is advice
given to her younger sister, yet Summer doesn’t apply it to herself when she
moves to Dorrance.

“Friends aren’t something you can just whip up like a batch of
cookies, you know. Dana and I were friends since kindergarten. Good friends
take time.”

Marcy
–  J.C. is Summer’s little sister. She is
an ornery, funny person and has no objection to moving into a new house in a
nicer area after they hit the jackpot.

“I’m
going to have a ton of friends here, and I’m not going to be a granny by the
time I make them either.”

To read more about Dawn Malone’s debut
novel BINGO SUMMER please go to:

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No Place to Fall

by Jaye Robin Brown

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by Jaye Robin Brown


This past Friday, January
2, 2015, Marcy and I posted our answers to Jaye’s debut novel, No Place to Fall. Today, you get to read Jaye’s
favorite’s. 
Awesome answers, Jaye!
We can’t wait for our readers to read the novel. And hopefully to give us
a few of their favorites, too. 
1) What is your favorite line or paragraph
from the novel as it relates to the main character’s development and/or growth?
Though I like both of
the passages you mentioned, I really love when Amber is by herself in her room,
singing along to the radio, the application to NC School of the Arts hidden
under her bed. To me it’s this wonderful sort of private moment fraught with maybes
and I can’ts, but also the beginning of a maybe I can. Even though it ends on a
frustrated note, she’s planted the seed inside of herself.
“I sing along as
the rain falls out my window. Drops of water gather on the windowpanes like a
shimmering audience. I play with my voice, testing out my range, creating new
sounds, trying to both imitate the radio singers and be myself. Finally I can’t
stand it anymore. I roll over and grab the folder.
The list of requirements
is long. Transcripts. A long application. Two letters of recommendation, at
least one from someone who has been your instructor in your art form. An
artist’s statement. An audition. The applicant must perform three pieces from
the following list. My eyes scan the options. I push the paper back in the
folder and shove the whole thing under the bed. I don’t even know what half of
that music is. I ball the quilt up under my chin and scoot deeper under the
sheets. Mama would never have let me go anyway.”

2) What is your favorite
chapter ending or cliffhanger?
My favorite chapter
ending is one where Amber arrives home after getting in trouble for something
she didn’t do at a football game. Her brother-in-law, just released from jail,
is drunk in the front yard hoping to see Amber’s sister. When Amber finally
gets to the door and away from him, her parents are fighting over money and her
sister runs straight into Sammy’s arms. Amber’s starting to realize how messed
up her life is, and this passage is her reaction to it. (Coby is her nephew, Giant
is the dog)
“The three of
us–me, Coby, and tiny Giant–huddle under the blankets, blocking out the
sounds from downstairs. I make up a story about a singer who rides a magical
bird and performs for kingdoms far and wide. 
As we fly out of the
window and up into the night sky, my voice stops working.
Because, honestly, I
can’t see how I’m going to get out of here.”
3) Who is your favorite
secondary character and why?
This is a hard question
because I tend to write big casts of characters and Mama, Devon, Will, and C.A.
all vie for places in my heart. But I think I’m going to go with C.A. who was
actually inspired by a student I taught. She was this perky blonde cheerleader
who, in my mixed up bag of an Art 1 class, truly got along with everyone. As
C.A. developed in the novel, she became kind of the same way, and I like that
about her. She’s the kind of girlfriend any girl would be lucky to have.
This passage is at a
school college fair, and Amber has been given a folder about the NC School of
the Arts high school program. It shows C.A.’s caring, that she’d push her
friend into following a dream even if it meant she’d lose her friend to a
far-off city in the process.
“I shrug and take
the brochure back from Devon, sliding it carefully into the bag. ‘My mama would
never let me go to a boarding school so far away from here.’
C.A. looks at Devon.
‘Can you talk some sense into her?’
Devon glances at me and answers
her. ‘Mama Vaughn is pretty protective of Amber.’
‘So? I bet we can
convince her.’ C.A. claps her hands. ‘I am awesome with mothers.'”
4) What is your favorite
line or paragraph of description?
This passage is from
chorus when Amber is practicing her audition songs for the group. It’s a big
growth moment for her as she’s gotten over her fear of singing in front of her
peers and realizes their reaction is something she’d like to have again and
again in her life.
“I close my eyes
and my arms lift slightly from my sides. I picture the song swirling inside of
me, like butterflies. I draw the notes out. When I release the words, they fly
around the room. The chorus is silent, listening, and all I hear is the sound
Will and I make. When the final notes of my last ‘Maria’ land, there’s a
collective inhale. It’s a quiet I wouldn’t mind living in for a while.”
5) What is your favorite
line of dialogue?
This is a kind of gritty
line, but it makes me laugh every time. It’s an exchange between Amber and her
sister, Whitney, in the car outside of a pawn shop. Amber has withdrawn her
entire savings account, all of fifty dollars, to do a favor for a friend and
Whitney’s questioning her.
“After school,
Whitney picks me up. I convince her to take me to the bank and to the pawnshop
for Sean.
‘So, are you in love
with this boy or something?’ she asks me.
‘Or something,’ I
answer.
‘Does Mama know you’re
wiping out your savings account?’
‘Does Mama know you love
Vicodin?’ That shuts her up.”

Thanks so much for
having me on your blog, Dave and Marcy!
Congratulations to Jaye on her young adult
novel, No Place to Fall! To read more, go to:
Website:  http://www.jayerobinbrown.com/books.html
Blog:  http://jayerobinbrown.blogspot.com/
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/jayerobinbrown
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/jayerobinbrown
Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/Place-Fall-Jaye-Robin-Brown/dp/0062270990
Good
Reads:  http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16144570-no-place-to-fall

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First Friday – Five Favorite Things – Debut Novel Day

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by Dave Amaditz and
Marcy Collier

Happy New Year to everyone and welcome to January’s
version of – First Friday – Five
Favorite Things – Debut Novel Day. In this monthly series, we ask five
simple questions about a debut novel that will hopefully entice anyone reading
this post to pick up the novel and read it themselves, and/or give them at a
glance some insight into the author’s writing style and voice as well as how
some of the characters might think or act. We do this by presenting, first,
answers to our Five Favorite Things,
followed by the author’s answers in a follow-up post.

This month we’re pleased to highlight debut YA novelist,
Jaye Robin Brown and her novel, No Place
to Fall. Amber dreams of traveling to the big city where she can use her
amazing voice to sing and meet new and exciting people. First, though, she must
come clean about some trouble she’s found herself involved in, which will
hopefully make life better for her and her family.
1) What is your favorite line or paragraph from the novel as it relates to
the main character’s development and/or growth?

Dave – I chose this particular
passage because when Amber, the main character, sings she feels like she is
somebody, like she is free, which brings her closer to her goal of leaving
small town Sevenmile.

As Pastor Early prays over me, I feel a simple strength enter
through my fingers and my toes. All of these folks, the people of my childhood,
are praying for my success. Success that means leaving them. Leaving my
mountains. But I’m not like Kush. I won’t be leaving because I hate this place.
I just want a bigger life somewhere, and I want to sing.

Marcy – Amber is passionate about
singing. This is the first instance where she allows her mind to wander and
explore the idea of using her talents outside of her hometown.

“It doesn’t matter. My mama would never let me be in a band. She
thinks singing’s only for church and baking.”

“What do you think?”

“I don’t know. I don’t think about it much.” I’m surprised at my
own answer. I mean, of course I’ve thought about it. I thought about it Sunday
when Sammy asked me to be in his band. I thought about it down by the creek
when Basil was talking about American Idol. I think about it all the time
2) What is your favorite chapter ending or cliffhanger? Amber’s life at home has always been filled with love. Even so,
she knows her father has been cheating on her mother and she wonders if her
mother is aware of what her father is doing or is simply naïve. My favorite
cliffhanger occurs while Amber is in the mall shopping with her mother.

Mama slowly flips the cap on a bottle. She raises it to her nose,
but the lilac smell hits us both quick. The bottle drops from Mama’s fingers.
It’s the scent. Daddy’s other woman. Lilac with a hint of vanilla and spice.
Mama shoves a handful of bills at the saleslady and grabs the bags.
Marcy –  There is so much turmoil in Amber’s family
life. Amber’s sister Whitney became pregnant very young and got married to
Sammy who has many faults, including being a drug dealer. This chapter ending
is heartfelt and foreshadows events to come.

“I love you, Whit.”

She doesn’t answer, but I can feel her tears as they hit my arm. I
hope they’re going to lock her husband up for a good long time.
3) Who is your favorite secondary character and why? This book has so many great characters, all of whom play a pivotal
role in the story, all of whom are so believable and so easy for me to relate.
If for no other reason than to get to use another great line of dialogue, I
chose Devon as my favorite character. He’s Amber’s best friend, someone with
whom she has shared for so much of her life almost all of her secrets and
desires – – and someone that also happens to be a homosexual, which is key to
understanding the following line of dialogue. Amber has just told him she had
sex with his brother. His reaction caused me to laugh out loud.

Dave – “Mad? I love my brother. I love you. It’s the closest I can ever come to
hooking up with you myself.”

Marcy – 
There are so many favorite characters to choose, but Devon’s character
hit home for me. He is Amber’s best friend and regardless of her imperfections
and the bad choices she makes, he loves her. He remains her best friend
throughout the novel and the rock that supports her when she falls. His endless
humor and good spirit shines through from the beginning to the end of the novel
as demonstrated in the line below.

Devon purses his lips and gives me his best Marilyn Monroe. “All
right, darlings, let’s go find us a man.”
4) What is your favorite line or paragraph of description? The town where Amber lives is near a rest stop on the Appalachian
Trail. She likes to go there to meet the hikers passing through and to hear
stories of places she only dreams of going. More than that, while she’s high in
the mountains it helps her to escape some of the more unpleasant things life
has dealt her. These few lines beautifully describe her feelings.

Up there, the air felt clean. I felt free, like it didn’t matter
who I was or what I did. I was like a current in the air, flying, swirling,
traveling. From up there, this place looked beautiful, but from down here…

Marcy – I adore Amber’s Mama. There’s a scene later in the book where
Mama shows off her strong self, but I don’t want to spoil it for you. This offbeat
image of how Amber sees her Mama is said so well in a few words.

I wrap my arms around her. People may make fun of fat people,
but I like having a squishy mama. She’s comfortable.
5) What is your favorite line of dialogue? This particular line of dialogue comes from about midway through
the novel. Her sister, Whitney, is speaking and I think it highlights well why
it will be so difficult for Amber to achieve her dream of leaving home.

Dave – “Life. Just. Is. I’ve got
Sammy. Daddy’s got Mama, and Mama’s got Daddy. And you, you’ve got a wild dream
that’s going to do nothing but disappoint you.”

Marcy – Some
of the scenes and exchanges between Amber and Cheerleader Amber are hysterical.
I had to share two scenes with the two girls, although there are three girls named Amber in the book!

“You’re
a gossip girl,” I say, nudging her with my arm.

“Yes,
but I’m one that’s made of out fairy dust and unicorn fur.”

Then another scene when Cheerleader Amber wants
to go into Amber’s attic to explore.

“So
you’re not afraid of ghosts, but you’re afraid of spiders?”

Amber
shuts her car door and follows me. “Girlfriend, have you not been reading all
those new paranormal romances in the library? There are some really hot
ghosts.” 

To read more about Jaye Robin Brown and her young
adult novel, No Place to Fall. go to:
Website:  http://www.jayerobinbrown.com/books.html
Blog:  http://jayerobinbrown.blogspot.com/
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/jayerobinbrown
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/jayerobinbrown
Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/Place-Fall-Jaye-Robin-Brown/dp/0062270990
Good Reads:  http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16144570-no-place-to-fall

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