Here's how Kay is committed to making a difference in the world:
  1. Embrace gratitude and pay it forward
  2. Live a self-sufficient life
  3. Put family and friends first
  4. Seek out inspiring stories and share them with others
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June 3rd, 2009

New Trivia Challenges Available – Jun 09

Check out the June 2009 additions to The Great Scavenger Hunt Contest program for teen and youth librarians!

Any Which Wall by Laurel Snyder  (MG/Tween)
Bull Rider by Suzanne Morgan Williams  (MG/Tween)
Dreamquest by Brent Hartinger  (MG/Tween)
Initiation by Susan Fine  (YA)
Jane in Bloom by Deborah Lytton  (MG/Tween)
Operation Redwood by S. Terrell French  (MG/Tween)
Shrinking Violet by Danielle Joseph  (YA)
Vamped by Lucienne Diver  (YA)

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May 19th, 2009

Guest blog at Lucienne Diver – 5/20/09

I’ll be joining the ever-fabulous Lucienne Diver (Vamped, May 2010) for YA Week on her blog! I’ll be blogging on Wednesday, 5/20/09, about some favorite authors I first discovered at my local library. Come on over and share your story!

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May 5th, 2009

Congratulations to our first Great Scavenger Hunt winners!

Huge congrats go to our first monthly winners of The Great Scavenger Hunt Contest for teen and youth librarians. Please join me in cheering on the winning hunter:

** Aaliyah M. **

And the winning librarian:

** Susie Highley **

Enjoy your prizes!!!

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May 4th, 2009

New Trivia Challenges Available – May 09

Check out the May 2009 additions to The Great Scavenger Hunt Contest program for teen and youth librarians!

Band Geeked Out by Josie Bloss  (YA)
Breathing by Cheryl Renée Herbsman  (YA)
A Difficult Boy by M.P. Barker  (MG/Tween)
Fortune’s Folly by Deva Fagan  (MG/Tween)
My Big Nose and Other Natural Disasters by Sydney Salter  (YA)
One Wish by Leigh Brescia  (YA)
Sliding on the Edge by C. Lee McKenzie  (YA)
Solving Zoe by Barbara Dee  (MG/Tween)
TMI by Sarah Quigley  (YA)
The Twilight Prisoner by Katherine Marsh  (MG/Tween)

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May 1st, 2009

Great Scavenger Hunt Dueling Blog Tour – May Dates

The Great Scavenger Hunt Dueling Blog Tour is here! Join us in May at:

5/7 – A.S. King
5/11 – Class of 2k9
5/18 – YA Fresh (Kelly Parra/Tina Ferraro)
5/28 – Stephanie Kuehnert

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April 10th, 2009

Great Scavenger Hunt Dueling Blog Tour – April Dates

The Great Scavenger Hunt Dueling Blog Tour is here! Join us in April at:

4/11 – Sara Hantz
4/13 – Alyson Noel
4/16 – Kathryn Fitzmaurice
4/21 – Anjali Banerjee
4/23 – Melissa Walker
4/27 – C. Leigh Purtill
4/30 – Cynthia Leitich Smith

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April 2nd, 2009

Kay Cassidy 2.0 launches

Welcome to the new and improved KayCassidy.com! The new site offers the brand-new Great Scavenger Hunt Contest for teen and youth librarians and an inspiring Spread Some Cheer feature with quotes from dozens of YA and middle grades authors. Enjoy!

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August 21st, 2008

The Cinderella Society… SOLD

THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY has sold in a two-book hardcover deal to Egmont USA amidst multiple offers. Book one is slated for release in Spring 2010 with book two to follow in Spring 2011.

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August 2nd, 2008

The Cinderella Society wins the Golden Heart

THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY won the national Golden Heart award in the Young Adult category! Kay was there to accept the award on stage at the RWA national conference in San Francisco and managed not to trip on her dress.

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March 26th, 2008

The Cinderella Society is a Golden Heart finalist

THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY is a national finalist in the Young Adult category of RWA’s Golden Heart contest. Winners will be announced on August 2, 2008, during the awards ceremony at the RWA national conference in San Francisco.

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Project FMGM proposal


COMPLETE!


A 16 year old outsider gets tapped to join a secret society of good populars dedicated to defeating the mean girls of the world.

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I’m the author of teen fiction that I wish was based on my real life. My debut novel
THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY is about a secret society of good populars dedicated to defeating the mean girls of the world. Do you have what it takes to be a Cindy?






Kay Cassidy's 10-in-10-teen-chick-lit-challenge book recommendations, reviews, favorite quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists



#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