Roxie can’t wait to take you on the adventure of a lifetime! In a snarky romp that explores popularity and friendship, Roxie will take you to a world you’ve never been to before. Excerpt. Release Day interview with Abbi Glines—author of BREATHE, and upcoming THE VINCENT BOYS and EXISTENCE–where I talk about very best friends, lucky charms and worms!

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How do you win?? Roxie has her own language:) Pick one of her words & doodle it. Send your doodle to elliwrite [at] yahoo [dot] com. Winners will be published in the print version of 13 ON HALLOWEEN! Good luck! The top 13 doodles will get a free Kindle copy of 13 ON HALLOWEEN! Contest open until 9/20, midnight PST!

Roxie Speak

Tarantulas– scares the heck out of people
Hamsters– hops from one thing to the other without really doing anything
Cats– annoys the heck out of me
Owls– knows everything
Zebras– thinks everything is black and white
Anteater– big-nosed
Dodo– fail

Condors– barely survives
Dodo Gauntlet– how geek brothers turn little sisters into nerds without said-sisters even knowing
Peacock– a popular boy or girl
Peacock Nectar– Red Bull
Hyenas– when I laugh my butt off
Hot Factor– Animal Attraction Number
Parrots– dances
Star-nosed mole– freaky

Skipper– ridiculously excited
Mustangs– runs like the wind
Porcupines– when I put up my spiny quills
Dolphins– fun & fierce
Chameleons– changes
Eagles– soars
Gophers– digs in
Pterosaurs– when a person tries to attract a peacock
Bees– ready to sting
Armadillos– ready for battle
Elephants– is afraid of the smallest thing.
Monkeys– takes off
Pumas– rules, determined, slaughters at will