One summer, four friends, seven parties -- what could go wrong?
It's almost here! On Tuesday, May 19th, 2015, You're Invited, the fun book Jen Malone and I wrote together, will hit shelves at a bookstore near you. Here's a quick recap of the book:
Twelve-year-old Sadie loves helping her mom with her wedding planning business, but when a "Little Mermaid"-themed wedding goes awry, Sadie finds herself "fired" by her own mother. Enter Sadie's best friends: sporty Vi, ace student Lauren, and boy-crazy Becca. The girls decide that in order to get Sadie's mom to reconsider, they have to make her see how amazing Sadie is at party planning. Before long, RSVP--your one-stop shop for the most creative parties in town--is born. But in this particular party-planning business, nothing goes according to plan. Is the girls' friendship strong enough to survive a business? Or does RSVP spell the end of these BFFs?
To learn more about You're Invited, click here.
Jen and I are so excited that we're throwing a pre-order party, RSVP-style (meaning, just like Sadie, Lauren, Becca, and Vi in the book)! If you pre-order You're Invited from anywhere (Barnes & Noble, Amazon, your favorite indie bookstore, our favorite indie bookstores Carmichael's and The Book Rack, wherever!) between May 1st and May 25th, we'll give you stuff! Plus, you'll have a chance to be entered into a big grand prize drawing, which is so, so, so grand that even Becca would totes mcgoats be at a loss for words. Lauren would call this giveaway astonishing (definition: impressive or amazing), and would then probably question our logic in giving away so much good stuff.
So what will you get? Glad you asked!
If you pre-order, you'll get your choice of one of the following:
And that's not all!
If you also send a request for purchase of You're Invited to your local library system, you'll get to pick another goodie from the list above, plus you'll get three more entries into the grand prize drawing! (To make this a little easier, here's some information your library might need -- Title: You're Invited, Author: Jen Malone and Gail Nall, Publisher: Aladdin/Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 978-1481431972)
How to enter:
I mean, you've gotta be dying to enter this giveaway now, right? So, once you pre-order You're Invited (as paperback, hardcover, or ebook) from one of the links above (or from any other source of your choice), send us an email to sadiepleffer@gmail.com. In your email, include the following:
Thank you for stopping by and we hope you love You're Invited!
It's almost here! On Tuesday, May 19th, 2015, You're Invited, the fun book Jen Malone and I wrote together, will hit shelves at a bookstore near you. Here's a quick recap of the book:
Twelve-year-old Sadie loves helping her mom with her wedding planning business, but when a "Little Mermaid"-themed wedding goes awry, Sadie finds herself "fired" by her own mother. Enter Sadie's best friends: sporty Vi, ace student Lauren, and boy-crazy Becca. The girls decide that in order to get Sadie's mom to reconsider, they have to make her see how amazing Sadie is at party planning. Before long, RSVP--your one-stop shop for the most creative parties in town--is born. But in this particular party-planning business, nothing goes according to plan. Is the girls' friendship strong enough to survive a business? Or does RSVP spell the end of these BFFs?
To learn more about You're Invited, click here.
Jen and I are so excited that we're throwing a pre-order party, RSVP-style (meaning, just like Sadie, Lauren, Becca, and Vi in the book)! If you pre-order You're Invited from anywhere (Barnes & Noble, Amazon, your favorite indie bookstore, our favorite indie bookstores Carmichael's and The Book Rack, wherever!) between May 1st and May 25th, we'll give you stuff! Plus, you'll have a chance to be entered into a big grand prize drawing, which is so, so, so grand that even Becca would totes mcgoats be at a loss for words. Lauren would call this giveaway astonishing (definition: impressive or amazing), and would then probably question our logic in giving away so much good stuff.
So what will you get? Glad you asked!
If you pre-order, you'll get your choice of one of the following:
- A read-along companion list of the Top Ten behind-the-scenes stories from Jen & Gail's experience writing You’re Invited, or
- A download of the song Becca writes and sings in the story, composed & performed by the uber-talented Grace Mann, or
- For the writers out there, a query critique from either Jen or Gail.
- a one-hour Skype visit from both Jen and Gail into the classroom of your choice, or
- a selection of hot ARCs for upcoming middle grade titles, or
- A character named after you or the person of your choice in the sequel, You're Invited Too, which will be out on February 2, 2016.
And that's not all!
If you also send a request for purchase of You're Invited to your local library system, you'll get to pick another goodie from the list above, plus you'll get three more entries into the grand prize drawing! (To make this a little easier, here's some information your library might need -- Title: You're Invited, Author: Jen Malone and Gail Nall, Publisher: Aladdin/Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 978-1481431972)
How to enter:
I mean, you've gotta be dying to enter this giveaway now, right? So, once you pre-order You're Invited (as paperback, hardcover, or ebook) from one of the links above (or from any other source of your choice), send us an email to sadiepleffer@gmail.com. In your email, include the following:
- Your name
- Where you pre-ordered You're Invited (we'll ask for a receipt if you win the grand prize, so hang on to it!)
- Which giveaway goodie you'd like (the read-along companion, the song download, or a query critique)
- And, if you also requested that your library purchase You're Invited, the name of the library AND which second goodie you'd like from the list above
- Remember the contest runs from May 1st-25th, so be sure to send your email between those dates!
Thank you for stopping by and we hope you love You're Invited!