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July 27th, 2009
Friday’s winner + the fun secret I hinted at last week
Happy Monday! I’m having a great visit with my family this week. They arrived last Friday and we’ve been having a fabulous time every day. As some of you know, The Cinderella Society is dedicated to my mom. I have managed to keep this a secret from her for the entire eleven months since the book officially sold. I didn’t even tell her my ARCs arrived a month ago because I didn’t trust myself not to blurt out the secret that’s been bubbling inside me for so long. The unveiling was quite a moment. Not only was she thrilled to see that a) my ARCs had arrived and b) she was the only person in the family to get her very own copy (though she didn’t know why at first), we both got teary-eyed when she read the inscription. For those of you who don’t have a copy yet, it reads:
For my mom, my role model, my friend, and I love you, Mom. Watching her read the dedication was hands-down one of the best moments of my life since finding out the book was actually going to be on bookstore shelves… and worth every single second of secret keeping. So there you go. That was the secret I was bursting to share last week but couldn’t. And now, I get to spread the joy by announcing the winner of the fun prize pack in honor of Friday’s first Librarian Spotlight (with the awesome Eleanor Wood). If you haven’t gone over to check out her lie, be sure to check it out. Has she lived a fascinating life or what? She gave that sorry old librarian stereotype a big-time throwdown, I tell you. Here’s the prize pack that was up for grabs simply by commenting on Friday’s blog: Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson ~AND~ Lipstick Apology by Jennifer Jabaley
Alex (A Flight of Minds) Way to go, Alex! To claim your prize, contact me here. See you all tomorrow for Week 3 of the Teen Author Challenge!
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Project FMGM proposalCOMPLETE! 
A 16 year old outsider gets tapped to join a secret society of good populars dedicated to defeating the mean girls of the world.
On shelves now! IndieBound   I’m the author of teen fiction that I wish was based on my real life. My debut novel    
 #1 – GOOD GRIEF by Lolly Winston #2 – THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins #3 – CATCHING FIRE by Suzanne Collins #4 – THE NAUGHTY LIST by Suzanne Young #5 – THE MAGICIAN’S ELEPHANT by Kate DiCamillo #6 – WINGS by Aprilynne Pike #7 – EIGHTH GRADE SUPERZERO by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich #8 – THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE by Kate DiCamillo #9 – HOW TO TRAIN A DRAGON by Cressida Cowell #10 – THE SEASON by Sarah MacLean #11 – THE SEVEN RAYS by Jessica Bendinger #12 – WHISPER by Phoebe Kitanidis #13 – SHADOW HILLS by Anastasia Hopcus #14 – NIGHTSHADE by Andrea Cremer #15 – MOLLY MOON’S INCREDIBLE BOOK OF HYPNOTISM by Georgia Byng #16 – GRACELING by Kristin Cashore (This is a second reading which is super rare for me. One of my all-time faves!) #17 – FIRE by Kristin Cashore #18 – THE REPLACEMENT by Brenna Yovanoff #19 – HEIST SOCIETY by Ally Carter #20 – NEED by Carrie Jones #21 – BRIGHTLY WOVEN by Alexandra Bracken #22 – CAPTIVATE by Carrie Jones #23 – PROPHECY OF DAYS by Christy Raedeke #24 – THIS WORLD WE LIVE IN by Susan Beth Pfeffer #25 – THE LOST SYMBOL by Dan Brown #26 – PLAIN KATE by Erin Bow #27 – THE OVERTON WINDOW – by Glenn Beck #28 – THE THIEF by Megan Whalen Turner #29 – PARANORMALCY by Kiersten White #30 – THE DUFF by Kody Keplinger #31 – MOCKINGJAY by Suzanne Collins #32 – ONLY THE GOOD SPY YOUNG by Ally Carter #33 – THE LONELY HEARTS CLUB by Elizabeth Eulberg |
A special thanks to Nico Medina at Egmont USA for going above and beyond to make sure the dedication made it into the galleys. I appreciate you!
Aw, that’s such a cool story about your mom and the inscription
Go Alex!
Enjoy your wins! 
And how sweet Kay!
I would never be able to keep that a secret from my mom, lol she figures everything out.
That’s so sweet! Your mom must be honored.
That is so sweet!
Hi
What a fantastic blog post.
It was very heart-warming to read.
The culmination of that dream in the tears in both your eyes is so very life-affirming.
Thank you very much for sharing.
Love and best wishes from Northern Ontario
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xoxo
Congrats, Alex!
I don’t think I’d be able to keep that secret from my mum. I swear she has psychic powers!
Congrats!
Ok -just read this and now I have teared up. What a beautiful tribute. I can imagine what what moment must have been like and bet you are still flying on it.
Ah! Thanks Kay! Sending you a message in a moment.
I love your story. It’s so heartwarming and sweet.
Aww I got a little choked up reading that about your inscription. I’m sure your mom is so PROUD!! I loved this post.
Congrats to Alex! Yay!! Two great books.