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Saturday, June 2, 2012

Meet The Apocalypsies

Anyone heading to BEA next week, you are officially invited to come Meet The Apocalypsies. Well, 24 of us!

Lizzie K. Foley
Zoraida Cordova
Sarvenaz Tash
Lenore Appelhans
Emily M. Danforth
Tamara Ireland Stone
Gretchen McNeil
Claire Legrand
Kat Zhang (YA Buzz Panel Honoree)
Sarah Tregay
Hilary Weisman Graham
Tiffany Schmidt
K.M. Walton
Gennifer Albin (YA Buzz Panel Honoree)
Gina Damico
Shannon Messenger
Sarah J Maas
Fiona Paul
AC Gaughen
Jess Rothenberg
Lauren Morrill
Kimberly Sabatini
Leanna Renee Hieber
Elisa Ludwig

Check it out:

The lovely and brilliant Hilary Weisman Graham, author of REUNITED, created this invitation. We'll be handing them out all week up there in NYC.

There will be cookies and book swag and prizes and custom made signature cards. Swing by! EVERYONE IS INVITED.Join in on the FUN!

PS A big THANK YOU to Lenore Appelhans for organizing this event and creating the signature cards, to Hilary Weisman Graham for creating the invitation cards, and to Kat Zhang for creating the power point of covers. Apocalypsie Teamwork!

4 comments:

kami said...: It sounds like such a blast, I wish I could join you guys, but HAVE a GREAT TIME!!!!!! Super invitation, btw.

Kami; June 2, 2012 at 10:59 AM
K. M. Walton said...: Kami: Wish you could be with us too. How cool would it be if all 148 of us were able to get together one day?!?!?!; June 2, 2012 at 7:48 PM
Alexia561 said...: Can't wait to meet you guys!; June 3, 2012 at 6:30 PM
K. M. Walton said...: Alexia: It is going to be a fun event!; June 4, 2012 at 8:22 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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