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WINTER 2015 BOOKS ANNOUNCED
Check out HOT OFF THE PRESS for details of two future books, coming in early 2015. UNLEASHED is the seventh installment in the SWINDLE series, and MASTERMINDS is the first book in a thrilling new middle-grade trilogy about a group of kids living in a Pleasantville-type town who discover a dark secret that connects them to some of the greatest criminal masterminds […]
CHECK OUT THE OFFICIAL 39 CLUES BLOG POST FOR FLASHPOINT
Hot off the Cahill grapevine, via the39clues.com. CLICK HERE TO READ
TITLE AND COVER REVEALED FOR 39 CLUES: UNSTOPPABLE, BOOK 4 – FLASHPOINT
The wait is over – Book 4 of THE 39 CLUES: UNSTOPPABLE finally has a title – FLASHPOINT. Here’s a preview of the flap copy: Final Hours Tick tock. Fifteen-year-old Amy Cahill only has few days to live. There’s a poison coursing through her, and her only chance is to collect ingredients for an antidote. […]
NEW “VIDEO” SECTION UP AND RUNNING
I’ve just set up a brand new page for videos. It’s a variety of clips from live appearances, interviews, book trailers, and webcasts. CLICK HERE to check it out!
UNGIFTED NOMINATED IN ILLINOIS
Is it awards season, or are people just telling me about it now? Anyway, more great news: UNGIFTED has been nominated for the 2015 Rebecca Caudill, the awesome Young Readers Choice Award in Illinois. Woo-hoo! As you can see, Tin Man and I couldn’t be more grateful to our Illinois fans. He’s on a roll! […]
UNGIFTED on 2014 Texas Lone Star List
And speaking of award lists, UNGIFTED has been chosen for the Texas Lone Star! Tin Man and I have mad robotic love for the librarians of Texas!
WHOOPS – FORGOT TWO NOMINATIONS
I left out two nominations – HIDEOUT for Gate City Book Award and THE MEDUSA PLOT for the Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Award. The PNWYRCA is especially big because it encompasses several states and Canadian provinces. Plus it’s kind of rare to get nominated for a 39 CLUES book. If I forget to mention […]
LATEST AWARD NOMINATION NEWS!
Thanks, Ontario, for nominating THE HYPNOTISTS for the 2014 Silver Birch Award. This comes hot on the heels of a bunch of awesome nominations for UNGIFTED – in Kansas (William Allen White Award), Maine (Maine Student Book Award), Tennessee (Volunteer State Book Award), Maryland (Black-eyed Susan Award), Utah (Beehive Award), Nebraska (Golden Sower Award), and […]
CALLING ALL TEACHERS
Calling all teachers! CLICK HERE to check out my article from the November issue of The Reading Teacher!
Happy New Year + JACKPOT is out today!
Happy New Year! The big news for SWINDLE fans is that JACKPOT comes out today! This time the team is hot on the trail of a lost winning lottery ticket worth $30 million! The catch? It’s about to expire and become worthless. So it’s not just a high-stakes mystery; it’s also a race against time. […]