Hands down it has to be Roxie a snarky, saavy, hilarious twelve-turning-thirteen-year-old from 13 on Halloween. Her ideas about luck & popularity are seen through the animal kingdom. She uses humor and her own unique language to understand her changing world and her role in it. It’s what I love about her. She is a strong girl who wants two things: to be like Adrianne, the popular girl in school; and to have Hayden, the boy she likes, notice her. Roxie’s 13th birthday wish comes true in hilariously scary ways! Here’s an excerpt.
I got the idea for Roxie when my friends always laughed at the way I talk. I would say things like I hamster. Or, I squirrel. Or, I gopher. I use animals as verbs. And then I got to thinking that it would be fun to use this same idea to explore a girl who sees her life through the animal world. And so, Roxie was born! I had a blast writing her and I laughed a lot. I hope you do too:)
Will you be in Portland, OR tonight? I’m starting my first book tour, The Rain Boots Required Young Adult Book Tour! squueee! I’ve got some pretty cute rain boots too:) I haven’t worn rain boots in a coons age. I’ll be at the West Linn Library 1595 Burns Street, West Linn, Oregon tonight from 6:30-8:15 talking about “The magic in magical realism.” I’ll be there with my Rain Boot comadres: Stacey Wallace Benefiel, Angela Carlie, Lisa Nowak, and Rebecca Knight.
Here’s a shoutout to my fellow carnis:)
Need a scare this Halloween? Beyond The Veil: A Ghost Story Anthology by Rachel Coles is out on Kindle! And at Smashwords http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/94161
Griffin Rising by Darby Karchut is a nominee for the 2011 Cybils Awards (YA fantasy)!
Our own amazing Dani Snell has fellow carnie Kimberly Kinrade on the blog today with a giveaway for her first book in the Forbidden series, Forbidden Mind.
NEED MORE? Take a ride with my fellow carnis!
The Fuji Mermaid Dani Snell’s Refracted Light Reviews
Leopard Girl Patti Larsen Author of The Ghost Boy of MacKenzie House, The Hunted Series and the Hayle Coven Novels
Fire Breather Courtney Cole Author of Every Last Kiss, Fated, Princess, and Guardian. Also a contributing author in The Glassheart Chronicles
Strong Woman Nicole Williams Author of Eternal Eden, and Fallen Eden. She is also a contributing author in the Glassheart Chronicles
Champion Sword Swallower Fisher Amelie Author of The Understorey, as well as a contributing author in The Glassheart Chronicles
Snake Charmer Amy Maurer Jones Author of The Soul Quest Trilogy as well as a contributing author in The Glassheart Chronicles
Pretzel Woman Rachel Coles. Geek Mom. Book Reviewer Author of Diary of a Duct Tape Zombie, Whistles, Beergarden, Plagues, Bees of St. John, and Mushrooms
The Giant T. R. Graves T.R. Graves: Author of Warriors of the Cross
Jungle Woman P.J. Hoover Author of Solstice, The Emerald Tablet, The Navel of the World, The Necropolis
Shape Shifter Alicia McCalla Author of the upcoming science-fiction novel Breaking Free
Tarot Card Reader Heather Cashman Author of Perception
Fortune Teller Abbi Glines Author of Breathe, and the upcoming Existence and Vincent Boys
Knife Thrower Cheri Schmidt Author of Fateful, Fractured, and Fair Maiden
Fire Dancer Lexus Luke Author of Manitou, The Sky People Saga
Fire Breather Suzy Turner Author of December Moon and Raven
Dragonslayer K. C. Blake Author of Vampire Rules
Elephant Trainer Gwenn Wright Author of Filter
Ring-Leader Kimberly Kinrade Author of Bits of You, Pieces of Me and Forbidden Mind
Prestidigitator Darby Karchut Author of Griffin Rising and the upcoming Griffin’s Fire
Lion Tamer Madeline Smoot Author of Missing, Summer Shorts, and The Girls
Siren M. Leighton Author of the Blood Like Poison Series, Wiccan, Caterpillar, Madly & Wolfhardt & The Reaping
Horse Whisperer Cidney Swanson Author of Rippler
Thanks for sharing, Laura. I’ve lived through these types of drama’s with my daughter. I’m now wondering what it will be like when my son becomes a teenager. *YIKES*
hee-hee. I MISS TEENAGERS!!! I love my kids in their twenties too. And I never thought I’d ever say it in a million years, but teens will always have a very special place in my heart:)
I’m really looking forward to this book! She sounds fantastic… 🙂
AW, thanks Patti! I’m so excited about this book. Roxie is so much fun to hang with:) And she’s good in tight spots, like ya know, astral projecting and with doppelgangers and stuff…thanks for swinging by!
This trailer is gorgeous! And Roxie sounds fab, too. (And I get to be a horse whisperer! Yay! I always wanted a horse with whom to whisper!)
Thanks Cidney! Welcome to the carnival:) I’m so happy you joined this week. Looking forward to more of your posts. I loved putting together this trailer it was so much fun. And yes, we desperately needed a horse whisperer at this carnival, I mean before you came on board they were always getting out and running wild and it really made our finale so hard to pull-off. Thank goodness you’re here!