I am so excited to have Holly Cupala on the blog today because she is sharing an exclusive with us! Not only is she sharing some amazing pictures from"Halloweens past" but she is presenting chapters 18 and 19 from Tell Me A Secret through the free podcast. I am so honored that for the first time, for little ole' me, Holly has released 2 chapters at once! If you haven't checked out the podcast yet, DO IT! The information will be listed below. But first, pictures!
When Holly and her husband were dating. How adorable!
The year they got married.
Tell Me A Secret
And here is a teaser section from chapter 18:
“We have to go to Dylan’s Halloween party next year,” Delaney had told me last spring. “It’s an Elna Mead legend. He’s been throwing them since, like, his junior year. You have to know him or one of his housemates to get in—but you’ll be with me.” When I asked her about the party before class, she shrugged her shoulders. “I don’t think he’s having one this year—I was thinking about going to visit my mom in L.A. What are you doing?” Apparently Milo didn’t get the top secret memo, because now he stood in the hall with a stack of party flyers, handing them out with a lazy smile to any reasonably attractive female. “Heeeey, see you there?” A pack of sophomore girls took the flyer, not realizing they had received one of the school’s most coveted invitations. They giggled, rolling their eyes as they bustled by and let the paper flutter to the ground. I snatched it up, slipping it into one of my folders, completely unnoticed… In art class, I pulled Milo’s flyer out for a closer inspection. Delaney’s initials were scrawled in the corner with a red pen—the key to opening Dylan’s door. Underneath the address and time, the scrabbled shape of a black crow stood out in relief against the white half sheet, an inversion of the white bird in my drawing. Like a sign left by Xanda, bidding me to follow.
Podcast
In order to get access to the Tell Me a Secret podcast, click on the banner or HERE to get to the page. Once there you can listen via iTunes or click RSS and pick the chapter you would like to listen to. Holly added Chapters 18 and 19 to help us celebrate Halloween because these chapters involve the"Halloween party" in the book.
Tell Me A Secret by Holly Cupala Publisher: HarperCollins (June 22nd, 2010) Reading Level: Young Adult Hardcover: 256 pages In the five years since her bad-girl sister Xanda’s death, Miranda Mathison has wondered about the secret her sister took to the grave, and what really happened the night she died. Now, just as Miranda is on the cusp of her dreams—a best friend to unlock her sister’s world, a ticket to art school, and a boyfriend to fly her away from it all—Miranda has a secret all her own.
Then two lines on a pregnancy test confirm her worst fears. Stripped of her former life, Miranda must make a choice with tremendous consequences and finally face her sister’s demons and her own.
- Thank you so much Holly for putting up 2 new chapters for Haunted Halloween! The podcast is amazing and I am truly honored that you did that for the event!: )
Also, you can find ME on Holly's blog today! I was so excited when Holly asked me to be part of her feature"What YA Bloggers Want". If you would like to check out the posts from this feature you can USE GOOGLE to see the bloggers that have already appeared so far this month.
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