Category: Young Adult

5/3/2018 1 Comment

Glenn McCarty Writes

THE BOOK

Inspired by buddy adventure novels like Homer Price, The Great Brain, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the story follows 12-year-old Eugene Appleton, whose summer in the frontier town of Rattlesnake Junction, Colorado, promises to be just as sleepy as the ones before, with his only excitement provided by the pulse-pounding Dead-Eye Dan adventure novels he devours. But Eugene’s life swerves into unexpected territory with the arrival of Tumbleweed Thompson, a gangly, red-haired drifter who spins yarns about whaling voyages in the Atlantic and ice fishing with the Inuits. It’s a novel about friendship, adventure, belonging, and finding out there’s a whole lot more out there than you first thought.

Pub date: TBA
Genre: Middle Grade YA
Donate: Tumbleweed Kickstarter Campaign

Other titles by Glenn:
Horace and Oscar Visit the Lake
Genre: Children's
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THE AUTHOR

Glenn McCarty is the author of the children's chapter book Horace and Oscar Visit the Lake. He has written about stories and parenting at Story Warren, and has shared the magic of stories with children and adults through speaking engagements, workshops, and hands-on writing classes. He lives with his wife, two boys, and a cowardly dog in a small town in Western New York that’s pretty much Mayberry. He wishes he could play the banjo, and has a slight obsession with all things Pixar. But he’s working through it.

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K.L. Gore Writes

THE BOOK

Seven popular high school cheerleaders. Seven distinctive lives. Seven little secrets.
And the truth that haunts them all.

The Janes have everything: beauty, brains, a secure future. So why did co-captain
Natalie Greene trade her perfect life for eternal sleep? Her teammates hold pieces of
the puzzle, but putting the parts together means revealing defects and
vulnerabilities.

And when you're a Jane, you're flawless.
An afternoon of mourning turns into a day of disclosures. A day that challenges the
teammates to discover the true meaning of friendship.

Pub Date: 2017
Genre: YA
Buy: Amazon

THE AUTHOR

Kimberly Gore is a writer and freelance editor in Rochester, New York. Her play, Something Blue, was performed for the college stage in 1995.

Her other writing credits include “Gone,” a short story published in Beginnings Magazine, and “Hamsters, Vietnam War, and Me,” published in Cicada Magazine. Her novels, published under pen names, include Seven Little Secrets, The Miss- Adventures of Amy and Tracy, and a short story collection, When We Make Our Beds. Her soon-to-be released novel, Knucklebone, won first place in two competitions: one given by author Cynthea Liu and literary agent Jennifer Jaeger, the other through the Write On Con/Reading Room 2012 Aspiring Writer’s Competition.

She created scripts for the syndicated radio show, Magic of the 80s, and radio commercials for Lakeville Jewelers. She was editor-in- chief for Rochester literary magazine Imprint Journal as well as a contributor and now facilitates a local writer’s group that produces an annual Halloween anthology.

For the past fifteen years, she’s taught creative writing to adults, teens, and children through community education programs and private tutoring. She can occasionally be bribed with chocolate.