Is it crazy to talk to your dead mother on a daily basis? Thirteen year-old Evyn Linney doesn’t think so. For as long as Evyn can remember, she’s talked to her mom—the only mom she’s ever wished for, the only one she still wants. And now, Evyn needs her more than ever because, bombshell: Evyn’s dad is getting married. And they’re moving to Boston. Worse, the woman he’s marrying has six kids. Six. Six kids that Evyn and her brother Mackey will soon be related to. What happens when you’re forced to leave the only life you’ve ever known, to move in with a bunch of strangers? When you can’t stand the woman your father’s in love with? When you find yourself falling hard and fast for your twenty year-old stepbrother? The perils of dealing with a new stepfamily are illuminated in BOUNCE, the story of a girl who must learn how to manage her life . . . even when so many things are beyond her control.
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Natasha Friend
Hi! I’m Natasha. I became a writer in great thanks to my parents, who raised me in a house without a TV. At the time, I thought this was the worst form of torture. Now I understand the method to their madness: they wanted me to be a reader. I spent much of my childhood in the Hamilton Public Library in upstate New York, where I found my mecca, the young-adult section, and my idol, Judy Blume. Not long after discovering Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret, I began dictating stories to my father, who typed them up on his 1930’s Remington typewriter. Most involved rainbows, unicorns, and poor orphan girls discovering treasure. I knew I was supposed to be a real writer in seventh grade, when a sweet boy wrote me a love poem and I felt compelled to correct it for syntax and rhyme scheme. (No, I did not grade it, and I did not hand it back to him. I kept it, and I treasure it still.) Because my spiritual age is 13, I was a middle-school teacher for a while. Then I was a camp director. I decided to give full-time writing a shot after I got married because I knew I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom. My first book, Perfect, was published right after my first baby arrived. I wrote a second book. I had another baby. Wrote two more books, had another baby. Now, three kids and seven books later, I feel like I’m just hitting my stride. I love being a writing mom. When I’m not working on my latest book, I’m building forts and making chocolate-chip pancakes. Often, I am wearing a silly hat. Sometimes a press-on mustache. I sing a lot. I read voraciously. I eat peanut butter and banana sandwiches for breakfast. I like a clean house, but I am a horrible housekeeper. I would rather be having a spontaneous talent show in my dirty kitchen. Or writing another book. xo, NF
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