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[This is a re-posting from Maggie’s blog archives] GRAIN VALLEY, Kan. – There was a big commotion on Main Street this afternoon as word spread like a prairie fire that Maggie Steele had been invited to appear on a national TV … Continue reading →

Can you hear it?! The media buzz is getting louder about the upcoming performance and release of Maggie Vaults Over the Moon on audiobook by Tavia Gilbert! In celebration of Audiobook Month in June, The Reading Date blog recently posted a … Continue reading →

Maggie’s New PR! 23,000 VISITORS! Thank You! #polevault @polevaultpower @TrackInKansas @GillAthletics Plz RT! pic.twitter.com/ObY5zeT8SS — Grant Overstake (@maggievaults) June 3, 2014

Win a giant Maggie poster at Watermark Books! @Watermarkbooks ! http://t.co/Y92UW1Sznq @TrackInKansas Please RT! pic.twitter.com/bL1AI6ppSM — Grant Overstake (@maggievaults) June 3, 2014

WICHITA, Kan. – Some 4,000 athletes competed this past Friday and Saturday at the Kansas State High School Track and Field Championships.  Cheering them on were more than 25,000 fans at Wichita’s Cessna Stadium, including storybook State Champion, Maggie Steele, … Continue reading →

Maggie says, “Congrats to our new Kansas State PV Champs!” GIRLS: Class 1A Dallas Reed of St. Francis; 2A Laramie Leakey, Jeff County North; 3A Alicia Maloney, Marion; 4A Jannell Clampitt, Desoto; 5A Alyssa Wheeler, Kapaun-Mt. Carmel; and 6A Megan … Continue reading →

WICHITA, Kan. – More than 4,000 athletes will compete in the nation’s largest track meet this Friday and Saturday — the Kansas State High School Track and Field Championships. Cheering them will be more than 25,000 fans at Wichita’s Cessna … Continue reading →

WICHITA, Kan. — Maggie Vaults Over the Moon is soaring again at Watermark Books & Cafe, the region’s top bookstore, making the best-seller list for May 11th. The novel, which features a Kansas farm girl who soars to new heights … Continue reading →

At this very moment, thousands athletes in the Sunflower State are on a quest to compete in the 2014 Kansas State Track and Field Championships, to be held May 30-31 at Wichita’s Cessna Stadium. Cheering them on is storybook track star … Continue reading →

JAMESTOWN, Kan. – Storybook pole-vaulter Maggie Steele celebrated her first anniversary in the company of a former world-record holder, Olympians, and Olympic hopefuls at Doctoberfest 2013 on Saturday, Oct. 5th. The eighth annual event at the Tailwind Pole Vault Club … Continue reading →

Longtime television producer John Rinkenbaugh has spent his entire adult life looking for and producing great stories all over the nation. He finally found a story that transported him back to his childhood — Maggie Vaults Over the Moon. “This … Continue reading →

TOPEKA, Kan. — To celebrate Maggie’s appearance at the Kansas Book Festival on Saturday, receive a free eBook download of the novel with each paperback copy of Maggie Vaults Over the Moon purchased on the State Capitol grounds. The inspirational young adult … Continue reading →

LONDON – A former British Champion and Great Britain International in the pole-vault has endorsed the inspirational sports novel, Maggie Vaults Over the Moon. “Maggie is a great read for any aspiring young athlete, and covers many of the topics … Continue reading →

One of America’s most inspirational writers has discovered a satisfying new source of inspirational reading: “I spent two evenings reading Maggie Vaults Over the Moon and this long-time adult enjoyed the story immensely,” writes Nancy Julien Kopp. “Maggie is a … Continue reading →

Maggie Steele is headed to the Statehouse! Author Grant Overstake will introduce his young adult novel, Maggie Vaults Over the Moon, to the book-loving people of Kansas at the Kansas Book Festival, to be held Saturday, Sept. 7th, on the … Continue reading →

Maggie Wheatley, 15, of Weston, Fla., was having such an awesome experience reading Maggie Vaults Over the Moon, that she just had to Tweet about it, and Tweet! about it, and Tweet!-Tweet!-Tweet! about it: “New book and it’s so good!” … Continue reading →

Coach Marcus Summers arranged for a special visitor to make a surprise appearance at the Western Express Track Club’s farewell practice of the summer on Monday, July 29th, in Garden City, Kan. The special guest was none other than the … Continue reading →