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Friday, October 28, 2011

1 - 2 - 3 Bits of Awesome

1. It's Friday. I like Friday. I think Friday needs a hug, perhaps a high five or shoulder squeeze.

2. My CRACKED launch event invitations arrived in the mail yesterday. I'll admit it, I shed a tear. I will definitely share them here--just not yet.

3. This song and video = AWESOME and funky. Bob your head with me. (disclaimer, there may be one or two curses in there)

Anyone doing anything fun this weekend?? I will be deeeep in the revision cave with torches and a miner's helmet. See me? ; )

8 comments:

Christine Danek said...: I'm bobbing my head. Yeah on the invites and see that other light in the cave, yeah, that's me.; October 28, 2011 at 8:20 AM
Stina Lindenblatt said...: That's one scary look cave. Hmmm. I might have to visit it for my next project. YA horror. Or maybe I can find a creepy haunted house to use as my revision cave. :D; October 28, 2011 at 8:36 AM
storyqueen said...: I'm getting ready for Halloween this weekend, and really HOPING to get some writing done!; October 28, 2011 at 9:10 AM
Kelly Lyman said...: Awesome about the invites! And yeah, about revisions...I'm so deep in the cave that you can't even see my light.; October 28, 2011 at 9:46 AM
JEM said...: Those look like the subway lines in New York, or maybe I'm just still stuck on vacay brain.; October 28, 2011 at 10:14 AM
Joanne Fritz said...: Try to remember to come up for air once in a while...; October 28, 2011 at 9:12 PM
Masonian said...: You're a revision spelunker!
(I think everyone needs to hear or read the word "spelunker" at least once a month)

So stoked for you, revisions and rewriting make me want to bite my elbow. Stick in there!; November 1, 2011 at 2:27 AM
Paul Greci said...: Can't wait to read Cracked!! And then add it to my classroom library!!; November 1, 2011 at 11:20 AM

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SUMMARY

Dell is used to disappointment. Ever since her dad left, it’s been one let down after another. But no one—not even her best friend—gets all the pain she’s going through. So Dell hides behind self-deprecating jokes and forced smiles.

Then the one person she trusts betrays her. Dell is beyond devastated. Without anyone to turn to for comfort, her depression and self-loathing spin out of control. But just how far will she go to make all of the heartbreak and name-calling stop?

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REVIEWS

Like Walton’s debut novel, Cracked (2012), Empty wades fearlessly into the desperate inner lives of abused teens.Readers will feel Dell’s pain acutely in this emotionally wrenching novel. ~BOOKLIST

Dell is a well-drawn character, and her loneliness and hurt are palpable. Teens will be sucked into her downward spiral and will start to wonder if her situation is ever going to get better. Empty will hit home hard with teens who have been or are being tormented and should shed some light on how painful and destructive bullying is to its victims. ~SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

A cautionary tale about merciless bullying . . . . Portrayals may let readers (bullied, bully or observer) slot themselves in where appropriate and heed this red flag. ~KIRKUS

Walton writes books that matter. She writes with the intent of saving lives. Words are weapons-- but as Walton has deftly illustrated in Empty-- they are also hope.

~ Kim Sabatini, author of Touching the Surface

K.M. Walton's Empty is riveting, compelling, and brutally honest. Walton has crafted a very brave novel that draws readers not only into the complexities of a discarded teen's troubled world, but also toward the inevitable questions we must ask ourselves -- the questions EMPTY dares to explore.
~Andrew Smith author of Stick, The Marbury Lens, Passenger

Empty is a brave book written by a brave writer—relentless, unblinking, harrowing.
~ Beth Kephart author of Small Damages & You Are My Only

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Sometimes there's no easy way out.

Victor hates his life. He has no friends, gets beaten up at school, and his parents are always criticizing him. Tired of feeling miserable, Victor takes a bottle of his mother's sleeping pills—only to wake up in the hospital.

Bull is angry, and takes all of his rage out on Victor. That makes him feel better, at least a little. But it doesn't stop Bull's grandfather from getting drunk and hitting him. So Bull tries to defend himself with a loaded gun.

When Victor and Bull end up as roommates in the same psych ward, there's no way to escape each other or their problems. Which means things are going to get worse—much worse—before they get better….

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"In this powerful debut novel, K.M. Walton takes an unrelenting look at the corrosive effects of bullying, sometimes coming from where one would least expect it. CRACKED crackles with emotional intensity from beginning to end."

-- James Howe, bestselling author of THE MISFITS

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