Interview & Giveaway with Sarvenaz Tash, author of Three Day Summer

Today I'm lucky enough to have author Sarvenaz Tash at The Hiding Spot to talk a bit about her new book, Three Day Summer, her writing process, the book that provides her with the perfect hiding spot, and more!

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Your newest novel, Three Day Summer, is set during Woodstock. Can you tell us about why you chose that particular historical event as a backdrop for Michael and Cora’s story?

Honestly, it was the closest I could ever get to attending Woodstock myself! I chose it because I’ve long been enamored with everything about the festival: the music, the vibe, the fashion and the sense that “anything can happen.” It was also so much about youth and love that it just made sense to me to see it through the eyes of two young people who happen to fall in love. 

Tell me a little bit about your writing process: Do you outline? Start at the beginning? The middle? The end?

I am very much an outliner and I almost always write chronologically. If I am really, really stuck I will sometimes work on a scene out of order, but that’s pretty rare because it’s hard for me to wrap my head around what happens next if I don’t follow my characters’ experiences in order. Usually when I start writing, I want to first get to know my characters, so I spend some time doing rough character sketches and backgrounds. My general philosophy is that if I know where a character is coming from, I can eventually figure out where they’re going.

What jobs did you have on your way to becoming a published author? Is there a certain work experience that has shaped your writing or provided inspiration?

I went to film school and ended up concentrating on screenwriting, so I think some of the lessons I learned there (like about three-act structure, story arcs, and dialogue) were some of the ones that have most directly influenced my fiction writing. However, I’ve also had jobs writing and managing websites and social media for both Bravo and MTV, and continue to do web editing. Even though I wasn’t writing fiction, they were all still very influential in honing my wordsmithing skills—especially learning to be succinct for Twitter!

If you had to pick a favorite word, what would it be and why?

Dulcet. I just love the way it sounds, how it’s spelled, and what it means.

My blog is dedicated to my personal hiding spot, books. Name a notable book that has provided you with a hiding spot.

Not that this is very original, but Hogwarts has been one of my hiding spots for a very long time. I’ve definitely spent a lot of time exploring its hidden staircases, moving portraits, and grand tapestries whenever I’ve needed a break from the real world.

What can readers look forward to next?

My next book, The Geek’s Guide to Unrequited Love, will be out in Summer 2016. I call it my comic con rom-com and it was pitched as Pretty in Pink goes to Comic Con. It’s about a lovelorn nerd who decides to profess his love for his best friend at the biggest event of their social calendar. I’m actually working on edits for it now and I can tell you that—just like with Woodstock in Three Day Summer—I’m having a lot of fun vicariously attending the convention along with my characters!

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About the Book

Michael is unsure about most things. Go to college? Enlist in the military? Break up with his girlfriend? All big question marks. He is living for the moment and all he wants is a few days at the biggest concert of the summer.

Cora lives in the town hosting the music festival. She's volunteering in the medical tent. She's like that, always the good girl. But there is something in the air at this concert and suddenly Cora finds herself wanting to push her own boundaries.

When Michael and Cora meet, sparks fly, hearts race, and all the things songs are written about come true. And all the while, three days of the most epic summer await them...

Check out the Three Day Summer playlist here! 

About the Author

Sarvenaz Tash was born in Tehran, Iran, and grew up on Long Island, NY. She received her BFA in Film and Television from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. She has dabbled in all sorts of writing including screenwriting, copywriting, and professional tweeting. Sarvenaz currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. For more information, visit: sarvenaztash.com.

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Cover Reveals - XXVIIII

NEED by Joelle Charbonneau

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"No one gets something for nothing. We all should know better."

Teenagers at Wisconsin's Nottawa High School are drawn deeper into a social networking site that promises to grant their every need . . . regardless of the consequences. Soon the site turns sinister, with simple pranks escalating to malicious crimes. The body count rises. In this chilling YA thriller, the author of the best-selling Testing trilogy examines not only the dark side of social media, but the dark side of human nature.

Dangerous Lies by Becca Fitzpatrick

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A teen is forced to make a fresh start after witnessing a violent crime—but love and danger find her anyway in this novel from Becca Fitzpatrick, the New York Times bestselling author of the Hush, Hush saga.

Stella Gordon is not her real name. Thunder Basin, Nebraska, is not her real home. This is not her real life.

After witnessing a lethal crime, Stella Gordon is sent to the middle of nowhere for her own safety before she testifies against the man she saw kill her mother’s drug dealer.

But Stella was about to start her senior year with the boyfriend she loves. How can she be pulled away from the only life she knows and expected to start a new one in Nebraska? Stella chafes at her protection and is rude to everyone she meets. She’s not planning on staying long, so why be friendly? Then she meets Chet Falconer and it becomes harder to keep her guard up, even as her guilt about having to lie to him grows.

As Stella starts to feel safer, the real threat to her life increases—because her enemies are actually closer than she thinks…

The Conjurer's Riddle by Andrea Cremer

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The Revolution is beginning–and Charlotte may be on the wrong side.

In this sequel to The Inventor's Secret, Charlotte and her companions escape the British Empire, but they haven't left danger behind. In fact, if they go against the revolutionaries, they face even greater peril.

Charlotte leads her group of exiles west, plunging into a wild world of shady merchants and surly rivermen on the way to New Orleans. But as Charlotte learns more about the revolution she has championed, she wonders if she's on the right side after all. Charlotte and her friends get to know the mystical New Orleans bayou and deep into the shadowy tunnels below the city–the den of criminals, assassins and pirates–Charlotte must decide if the revolution's goals justify their means, or if some things, like the lives of her friends, are too sacred to sacrifice.

This alternate-history adventure series asks the questions: What would have happened if America had lost the Revolutionary War? And what would people be willing to do to finally taste freedom?

These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly

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Set in gilded age New York, These Shallow Graves follows the story of Josephine Montfort, an American aristocrat. Jo lives a life of old-money ease. Not much is expected of her other than to look good and marry well. But when her father dies due to an accidental gunshot, the gilding on Jo’s world starts to tarnish. With the help of a handsome and brash reporter, and a young medical student who moonlights in the city morgue, Jo uncovers the truth behind her father’s death and learns that if you’re going to bury the past, you’d better bury it deep.

This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

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10:00 a.m.
The principal of Opportunity, Alabama's high school finishes her speech, welcoming the entire student body to a new semester and encouraging them to excel and achieve.

10:02 a.m.
The students get up to leave the auditorium for their next class.

10:03
The auditorium doors won't open.

10:05
Someone starts shooting.

Told over the span of 54 harrowing minutes from four different perspectives, terror reigns as one student's calculated revenge turns into the ultimate game of survival.

Truthwitch by Susan Dennard

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On a continent ruled by three empires, some are born with a “witchery”, a magical skill that sets them apart from others.

In the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are ways to get in trouble—as two desperate young women know all too well.

Safiya is a Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lie. It’s a powerful magic that many would kill to have on their side, especially amongst the nobility to which Safi was born. So Safi must keep her gift hidden, lest she be used as a pawn in the struggle between empires.

Iseult, a Threadwitch, can see the invisible ties that bind and entangle the lives around her—but she cannot see the bonds that touch her own heart. Her unlikely friendship with Safi has taken her from life as an outcast into one of reckless adventure, where she is a cool, wary balance to Safi’s hotheaded impulsiveness.

Safi and Iseult just want to be free to live their own lives, but war is coming to the Witchlands. With the help of the cunning Prince Merik (a Windwitch and ship’s captain) and the hindrance of a Bloodwitch bent on revenge, the friends must fight emperors, princes, and mercenaries alike, who will stop at nothing to get their hands on a Truthwitch.

The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie
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For Cassandra Leung, bossing around sea monsters is just the family business. She’s been a Reckoner trainer-in-training ever since she could walk, raising the genetically-engineered beasts to defend ships as they cross the pirate-infested NeoPacific. But when the pirate queen Santa Elena swoops in on Cas’s first solo mission and snatches her from the bloodstained decks, Cas’s dream of being a full-time trainer seems dead in the water.

There’s no time to mourn. Waiting for her on the pirate ship is an unhatched Reckoner pup. Santa Elena wants to take back the seas with a monster of her own, and she needs a proper trainer to do it. She orders Cas to raise the pup, make sure he imprints on her ship, and, when the time comes, teach him to fight for the pirates. If Cas fails, her blood will be the next to paint the sea.

But Cas has fought pirates her entire life. And she's not about to stop.

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Review: The Jottery: Thought Experiments for Everyday Philosophers and Part-Time Geniuses by Andy Selsberg

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Title: The Jottery
Author: Andy Selsberg
Publisher: Perigee
Pub. Date: May 5th, 2015
Genre: Nonfiction; Self-Help
Rec. Age Level: 18+
Pages: 224
More by this author: You Are Good At Things
Description:

In The Jottery, you'll find a series of prompts, suggestions, commands, and questions that are intended to cause neurons to fire and a spectrum of ideas to surface--possibly good, potentially useful, conceivably profitable, maybe illuminating, and hopefully amusing. There's also a chance you'll come up with nothing, and experience a beautiful "idea-lessness" that would be the envy of Zen monks everywhere. Also a win.

Think of this as The Book of Questions for creative types, from writers and artists, to idea gurus and daydreamers, perfect for writing classes, train rides, parties, meditation retreats, game nights, insomnia bouts, lulls in dates or low points in relationships, company brainstorming meetings, waiting rooms, therapy sessions, and more.

This book is so much fun! It contains page after page of unique, thought-provoking, often unusual questions and ideas that will force you to think outside of the lines in creative and, sometimes, unexpected ways.

Though this book is technically recommended for ages 18 and up, I see no reason why it couldn't be used with teens 14+, especially if an adult is reading the questions out loud. That way, if there is an inappropriate prompt, it can be skipped. 

There is room to write responses and thoughts after each prompt, which will be great for some readers, but I preferred reading the prompts aloud to family and friends and comparing responses. I could easily see this book being pulled out during gatherings and passed around.

Some of my favorite prompts include:

"You ain't got nothing on me!" you yell. List seven things they in fact do have on you.

You gain a new perspective. What are some things you miss about the old perspective?

Your opponents think they're about to defeat you. You ominously announce, "You forgot about just one thing." List some things your opponents may have forgotten about.

Someone assures you that whatever one worries about almost never comes to pass. What do you start strategically worrying about?

Come up with four technically honest excuses for not reading a friend's book.

Addicted? Pick up The Jottery for many, many more crazy prompts and conversation starters!
 

Highly recommended.

Interview with Anica Mrose Rissi, author of Anna, Banana, and the Friendship Split

Today Anica Mrose Rissi is at The Hiding Spot to celebrate the release of the first Anna Banana chapter book! Chapter book readers are going to love this new series. The main character, Anna, is wonderfully imagined; readers will easily relate to her actions and feelings. Check out my interview with Anica below to find out more about the experiences that informed Anna, Banana, and the Friendship Split, collaborating with illustrator Meg Park, why "pants" is her favorite word - and more!

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In your book, the main character, Anna, struggles to make sense of a broken friendship and the anger, sadness, and loneliness she feels. Did you draw on any specific experiences or memories when creating Anna and the situation in the book? 

Oh, absolutely. When I was Anna’s age, I was part of a friendship trio that was a lot of fun but also included all the hurt feelings that can arise from the tensions of being a threesome. We took turns being the one who felt left out by the other two—or sometimes all three felt it at once. Best friendships are intense and when things go wrong—whether in an explosive moment or a slow drifting apart—it’s so confusing and painful, especially when you’re younger and those experiences are new. I remember those experiences vividly. 

When I wrote the first draft of Anna, Banana, and the Friendship Split, I was reeling from a romantic breakup that I just couldn’t shake. It was cathartic to pour all of my hurt, sadness, anger, and confusion into a very emotional first draft. And it was even more cathartic to revise it. In later drafts, I kept in much of that real, raw emotion, while also infusing the story with humor and hope. It was a relief to make it funny, and to see Anna and Sadie find a way to come back together in the end, but on new terms that will make their friendship better for both of them. 

Tell me a little bit about your writing process: Do you outline? Start at the beginning? The middle? The end? 

The idea for Anna, Banana, and the Friendship Split started with the title—as have the plots for the other three Anna, Banana books I’ve written so far (more on those below). I don’t outline, but I do plan ahead. My process begins with a flurry of ideas—plot possibilities, dialogue snippets, emotions to hit, jokes to include. I let them all tumble out into a Scrivener doc over the course of several days or weeks. Once I have about three different books’ worth of material and multiple directions in which the plot might turn, I pull out starting points, middle points, and end points. I arrange those into some kind of order and begin eliminating the ideas that don’t fit, adding new ones that do, shifting things around, connecting dots. Once I have a rough idea of what the beginning, middle, and end of the story might be, I start writing chapter one. There are always shifts and surprises along the way; usually the plot changes quite a bit as a I go. But I like to have some sense of where I might be going before I begin. 

I loved Meg Park’s illustrations, especially the facial expressions which add so much to the text. How did you come to collaborate with Meg? 

Isn’t she great? Seeing the art for each book is one of the most exciting parts of the process for me. 

Soon after the book was acquired, my editor, Kristin Ostby at S&S, started sending me links to the kinds of illustrations she thought might work well for the project. It was thrilling to imagine Anna and Banana rendered in the many different styles we looked at. We sent links back and forth for a few months as Kristin discussed the possibilities with the team at S&S, including the book’s fabulous designer, Laurent Linn. When Kristin sent me Meg Park’s online portfolio, I was immediately smitten. Meg draws adorable animals and infuses her characters with so much personality. I was delighted when S&S approached her to do this project and she said yes! 

If you had to pick a favorite word, what would it be and why?  

The word “pants” makes me laugh. I especially enjoy it as a suffix, and especially in nicknames (example: Rissipants). 

My favorite scrabble/anagrams words are “ai” (a three-toed sloth) and “ort” (food waste). I use them in almost every game. 

My blog is dedicated to my personal hiding spot, books. Who, what, or where can be credited as your personal escape from reality? 

Music. I’ve been playing violin since I was two years old and viola since I was a pre-teen, and although I don’t play my instruments nearly as often now as I used to, music is still an escape and a safe haven for me. I work through a lot of emotions while playing Bach, Bruch, or Hindemith, and while listening to Gillian Welch, Gorillaz, or a new favorite pop tune. Music is centering, and one can escape into it alone or with other people. 

What can readers look forward to next? 

There are there more books in the series scheduled so far: Anna, Banana, and the Monkey in the Middle comes out in July, followed by Anna, Banana, and the Big-Mouth Bet in September and Anna, Banana, and the Puppy Parade in January 2016. It was so fun writing them. And in summer 2017 my first picture book comes out: The Teacher’s Pet, illustrated by Zachariah Ohora. It’s about a teacher so enamored of the new class pet, he can’t see all the trouble it’s causing. Zach is working on the sketches now—I can’t wait to see them!

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About the book:

A charming new illustrated chapter-book series about a girl named Anna who navigates the joys and challenges of third-grade best-friendship, with her beloved wiener dog, Banana, by her side.

Anna has two favorite things: her best friend, Sadie, and her dog, Banana. She can't wait to celebrate her birthday with both of them.

But Anna's birthday party turns into a birthday disaster when Sadie starts a terrible fight that Anna never saw coming. Anna doesn't know why her best friend is suddenly acting like her worst enemy, but she knows she'd do anything to fix it. She and Banana just need to come up with a plan.

Only, what if Sadie doesn't want their friendship to be fixed?  

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About the Author:

Writer, storyteller, editrix. Author of Anna, Banana, and the Friendship Split (S&S, May 2015). Fan of dogs and ice cream.

Anica Mrose Rissi grew up on an island off the coast of Maine, where she read a lot of books and loved a lot of pets. She now tells and collects stories, makes up songs on her violin, and eats a lot of cheese with her friends in Brooklyn, New York. She is a former executive editor at a major publishing house. She tweets about bookish things and her dog, Arugula, at @anicarissi. Anna, Banana, and the Friendship Split is her first book. Find out more at http://anicarissi.com.

Cover Reveals - Middle Grade - XXVIII

The Odds of Getting Even by Sheila Turnage

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The trial of the century has come to Tupelo Landing, NC. Mo and Dale, aka Desperado Detectives, head to court as star witnesses against Dale's daddy--confessed kidnapper Macon Johnson. Dale's nerves are jangled, but Mo, who doesn't mind getting even with Mr. Macon for hurting her loved ones, looks forward to a slam dunk conviction--if everything goes as expected.
Of course nothing goes as expected. Macon Johnson sees to that. In no time flat, Macon's on the run, Tupelo Landing's in lockdown, and Dale's brother's life hangs in the balance. With Harm Crenshaw, newly appointed intern, Desperado Detectives are on the case. But it means they have to take on a tough client--one they'd never want in a million years.

For everyone who's already fallen for Mo and Dale, and for anyone who's new to Tupelo Landing, The Odds of Getting Even is a heartwarming story that perfectly blends mystery and action with more serious themes about family and fathers, all without ever losing its sense of humor.

Confessions of an Imaginary Friend by Michelle Cuevas

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The whimsical "autobiography" of an imaginary friend who doesn't know he's imaginary—perfect for fans of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane and Toy Story

Jacques Papier has the sneaking suspicion that everyone except his sister Fleur hates him. Teachers ignore him when his hand is raised in class, he is never chosen for sports teams, and his parents often need to be reminded to set a place for him at the dinner table. But he is shocked when he finally learns the truth: He is Fleur's imaginary friend! When he convinces Fleur to set him free, he begins a surprising, touching, and always funny quest to find himself—to figure out who Jacques Papier truly is, and where he belongs.

Readers will fall in love with Jacques's sweet, quirky voice as he gives them a look at life from an incredible new perspective.

Classy Crooks Club by Alison Cherry

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12-year-old AJ's summer stay with her grandmother takes an unexpected turn when she discovers that Grandma's bridge club is actually a cover for a septuagenarian heist ring. In exchange for keeping her grandmother's secret, AJ gets to join the team, but must decide for herself what it means to be one of the good guys.

Bounders by Monica Tesler

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Thirteen years ago, Earth Force, a space-military agency, discovered a connection between brain structure and space travel. Now EarthBound Academy has recruited the first group of cadets, Bounders, to be trained as aeronauts and experts in quantum ship bounding—traveling anywhere in the universe in a split second.

Twelve-year-old Jasper is in the first group sent out to space. After being bullied back on Earth, Jasper is excited to serve in Earth Force and connect with the other cadets. At the Academy, Jasper and his new friends have a blast playing in the sensory gym and riding the suction chutes that connect the space station structures, not to mention learning about new technologies and taking classes on the proper use of jet packs.

But soon Jasper learns that they haven’t been told everything about Earth Force. The cadets weren’t brought to space to become perfect aeronauts, but to learn a new, highly classified tech that allows them to quantum bound . . . without a ship. And that might not be the only secret that Earth Force has been keeping—the new technology may have been stolen, and the original owners want revenge.

When Jasper and his friends discover the truth about why Earth Force needs the Bounders, they are faced with a choice: Do they rebel against the Academy that brought them together? Or do they fulfill their duties and protect the planet, no matter the cost?

With an alien threat on the horizon, they don’t have much time to decide.

The Kat Sinclair Files: Dead Air by Michelle Schusterman

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Kat didn’t believe in ghosts—until now. . .

When Kat Sinclair’s dad tells her his new job hosting the ghost-hunting TV show Passport to Paranormal means they’ll be living on the road and visiting the world’s most haunted places, Kat packs her bags without a second thought. But the ghostbusting life isn’t as cool as Kat expected. The cast and crew don’t always get along, the producer’s annoying nephew has unexpectedly shown up, and Kat thinks the show—and her dad—might be cursed. Kat decides to start writing a blog with “a behind the scenes look at the creepiest show on TV.” But she soon discovers that going behind the scenes may just reveal more than she really wants to know.

Night on Fire by Ronald Kidd

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Thirteen-year-old Billie Simms doesn't think her hometown of Anniston, Alabama, should be segregated, but few of the town's residents share her opinion. As equality spreads across the country and the Civil Rights Movement gathers momentum, Billie can't help but feel stuck--and helpless--in a stubborn town too set in its ways to realize that the world is passing it by. So when Billie learns that the Freedom Riders, a group of peace activists riding interstate buses to protest segregation, will be traveling through Anniston on their way to Montgomery, she thinks that maybe change is finally coming and her quiet little town will shed itself of its antiquated views. But what starts as a series of angry grumbles soon turns to brutality as Anniston residents show just how deep their racism runs. The Freedom Riders will resume their ride to Montgomery, and Billie is now faced with a choice: stand idly by in silence or take a stand for what she believes in. Through her own decisions and actions and a few unlikely friendships, Billie is about to come to grips with the deep-seated prejudice of those she once thought she knew, and with her own inherent racism that she didn't even know she had.

The Toymaker's Apprentice by Sherri L. Smith
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A gorgeously imagined Nutcracker retelling from award-winning author making her middle-grade debut

Stefan Drosselmeyer is a reluctant apprentice to his toymaker father until the day his world is turned upside down. His father is kidnapped and Stefan is enlisted by his mysterious cousin, Christian Drosselmeyer, to find a mythical nut to save a princess who has been turned into a wooden doll. Embarking on a wild adventure through Germany, Stefan must save Boldavia’s princess and his own father from the fanatical Mouse Queen and her seven-headed Mouse Prince, both of whom have sworn to destroy the Drosselmeyer family. 

Based on the original inspiration for the Nutcracker ballet, Sherri L. Smith brings the Nutcracker Prince to life in this fascinating journey into a world of toymaking, magical curses, clockmaking guilds, talking mice and erudite squirrels.  

Last in a Long Line of Rebels by Lisa Lewis Tyre
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Debut novelist Lisa Lewis Tyre vibrantly brings a small town and its outspoken characters to life, as she explores race and other community issues from both the Civil War and the present day.

Lou might be only twelve, but she’s never been one to take things sitting down. So when her Civil War-era house is about to be condemned, she’s determined to save it—either by getting it deemed a historic landmark or by finding the stash of gold rumored to be hidden nearby during the war. As Lou digs into the past, her eyes are opened when she finds that her ancestors ran the gamut of slave owners, renegades, thieves and abolitionists. Meanwhile, some incidents in her town show her that many Civil War era prejudices still survive and that the past can keep repeating itself if we let it. Digging into her past shows Lou that it’s never too late to fight injustice, and she starts to see the real value of understanding and exploring her roots. 

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Ally Carter & Friends Video Chat and Book Cover Reveal TOMORROW

Tomorrow evening, join New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter and fellow authors Carrie Ryan, Rachel Hawkins and Sophie Jordan as they take a break from their writing retreat to chat and debut the cover for Embassy Row Book 2: See How They Run. Ally will do a live Q&A with fans, moderated by her editor, David Levithan. Fans will be able to interact with Ally (and with each other) face-to-face on video chat!

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 About the Embassy Row books

This exciting new series from author Ally Carter focuses on Grace, who can best be described as a daredevil, an Army brat, and a rebel. She is also the only granddaughter of perhaps the most powerful ambassador in the world, and Grace has spent every summer of her childhood running across the roofs of Embassy Row.

Now, at age sixteen, she's come back to stay--in order to solve the mystery of her mother's death. In the process, she uncovers an international conspiracy of unsettling proportions, and must choose her friends and watch her foes carefully if she and the world are to be saved.

Book 1: All Fall Down is in stores now.  Click here to read an excerpt and find links to purchase.

Book 2: See How They Run will be released January 2016.

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