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26. Confession of a killer

I have a confession to make. In the course of writing Girl, Stolen, I killed myself and blinded my teenage daughter.

Not literally, of course.

A couple of years ago, my daughter and I were walking down an unlit road when she noticed something almost magical. Each car that came up behind us would throw our shadows ahead of us. At first the shadows were long and thin, but as the cars got closer, our shadows grew shorter and thicker. But that wasn’t the only trick. “Look!” She pointed. “Our shadows are walking backward.”

And it was true. (If you are ever in a similar situation, watch what happens to your shadow.)

Read the rest of this post over at the MacMillan blog. And if you feel like it, leave a comment - there aren't any right now and it looks so lonely!



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27. Look what's out in the world - the video for Girl, Stolen



The video for Girl, Stolen has been unleashed!

It's the strangest feeling waiting for a book to come out. I have 53 days. I'm sure on most of those days I will feel joy, fear, anxiety, and anticipation. Sometimes all in the course of a single minute.



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28. Oopsie - urltocome.com is not an actual address

When I first heard about Stolen, I freaked out a bit. I mean, it's about a girl who is kidnapped.

Which reminded me of my own Girl, Stolen, which is also about a girl who is kidnapped.

But I'm reading Stolen right now and it's completely different. Different girl, different kidnapper, and of course a complete different setting - it's set in Australia.

The book pulls you in right away. Hardly any back story - just bang! Gemma is being drugged and kidnapped and waking up in a desolate area with only her kidnapper for company.

I saw that they had put out a book trailer for the book.

But someone clearly dropped the ball. Check out the bottom of the screen:





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29. Girl Stolen is on the Macmillan blog!

Makes me all shy and happy to read this.....



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30. Not too late to get in on the ARC tour for Girl, Stolen


It's still not to late to get in on the ARC tour for Girl, Stolen.

Here’s the description: “In Girl, Stolen, 16-year-old Cheyenne Wilder is napping in the back of the car while her stepmom fills her prescription. Before Cheyenne realizes what’s happening, someone is stealing the car - with her inside. Griffin hadn’t meant to kidnap Cheyenne; all he planned to do was take the car. But when Griffin’s dad finds out that Cheyenne’s dad is the president of a powerful corporation, everything changes - now there’s a reason to keep her. How will Cheyenne survive this nightmare? She’s not only sick - she’s blind.”

Girl, Stolen comes out in October, but currently two Advanced Readers Copies (ARCs) are zipping back and forth across the US. Each is making stops at the homes of interested readers, who will then send it on in turn.

Would you like your home/office/school to be a pit stop on the road trip for Girl, Stolen? Then send your name and address to me at aprilhenrymysteries at yahoo dot com. The only catch is that once you get it, you should read it fairly soon, because there are more readers waiting after you. And you have to pony up for postage to mail it to the next person in line. But that's it.

So what are you waiting for? Get your name on the list!



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31. The very, very, very, very first review of Girl, Stolen

From a book blogger and librarian, for Girl, Stolen.

“It was suspenseful and really interesting. A lot of the things that Cheyenne dealt with in being blind were really surprising. I never knew or even thought about how those who are blind might be treated or how they navigated in a world where most everyone else sees. And though Griffin's the kidnapper, he's not just the bad guy. He has depth and character.”

You can read the whole review here. I commented twice - which is probably a no-no. I mean, professional authors are probably not supposed to have Google alerts and not supposed to obsess over them. Right?

Ooh - shiny

In other news, Henry Holt gave Girl, Stolen a two-page spread in their September through March catalog. I've never had a two-page spread before!

And they even ran an ad for Girl, Stolen on the inside back cover.

I like this book so much. It was a book that almost didn't see the light of day - but then it found the perfect home at Holt.



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32. Girl (Stolen) goes on vacation


Today I'm taking these two advanced reader's copies of Girl, Stolen to the post office and sending them off on whirlwind cross-country journeys to folks who said they wanted to read the book early.

It's not too late to join the party. If you would like your home/office/school to be a pitstop for the book, email me your name and address at aprilhenrymysteries at yahoo dot com.

The only catch is that you have to pay for postage to send it to the next person who is eagerly awaiting the book. That's it! This means you - yes, you! - can read the book well before it comes out in October.

What's it about? In Girl, Stolen, 16-year-old Cheyenne Wilder is sleeping in the back of the car while her stepmom fills her prescription. Before Cheyenne realizes what’s happening, someone is stealing the car - with her inside. Griffin hadn’t meant to kidnap Cheyenne; all he planned to do was take the car. But when Griffin’s dad finds out that Cheyenne’s dad is the president of a powerful corporation, everything changes - now there’s a reason to keep her. How will Cheyenne survive this nightmare? She’s not only sick - she’s blind.



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33. Look what came in the mail! Girl, Stolen ARC


You guys have been with me every step of the way as I worked on this book. I posted when I finished the manuscript. I posted when I learned it had sold. When the publisher decided to change the name from Shadows Walking Backward, you helped me brainstorm new titles. And when they got hinky about the main character's dad working at Nike, you helped me think of alternative names for the company. (But guess what - Nike stayed!)

Here's the back cover copy: “In Girl, Stolen, 16-year-old Cheyenne Wilder is sleeping in the back of the car while her stepmom fills her prescription. Before Cheyenne realizes what’s happening, someone is stealing the car - with her inside. Griffin hadn’t meant to kidnap Cheyenne; all he planned to do was take the car. But when Griffin’s dad finds out that Cheyenne’s dad is the president of a powerful corporation, everything changes - now there’s a reason to keep her. How will Cheyenne survive this nightmare? She’s not only sick - she’s blind.”

Gail Giles, the best-selling author of Whatever Happened to Cass McBride, says, “April Henry’s Girl Stolen is page-turning suspense with a clever heroine who meets up with bad luck, bad men, a bad dog, bad weather, bad health, and has to face them without seeing them. A nail biter.”

And Todd Strasser, the best-selling author of Wish You Were Dead, says, “A unique and clever premise. Cheyenne has to be one of the most resourceful heroines in recent memory.”

[Full disclosure: I do not know Gail or Todd - I just asked if they would be willing to look at the book with no expectation of giving me a blurb. And they were nice enough - I’m sure they are both swamped - to say yes.]

I cannot WAIT until October!



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34. Homeless folks with dogs + Guide dogs = Bad combo

I'm particularly interested in guide dogs, because my character, Cheyenne Wilder, owns a guide dog named Shadow. While Shadow doesn't actually make an appearance in Girl, Stolen (due out in October), I still did a lot of research into guide dogs. I even spent a day at the campus of Guide Dogs for the Blind. Near the end, they blindfolded me and brought out a harness and a dog. You try putting a harness you have never seen on a dog you've never seen. You have to clip it on pretty tight, and I was afraid of hurting the dog. Finally I got everything on just right. I patted the dog.

And connected with her tail. Yes, I had put the harness on her hind end.

We’ve all seen the homeless folks with dogs. Some like the dogs for protection, others for companionship, and some probably are able to panhandle a little more successfully.

Guide Dogs for the Blind recently opened a satellite office in Portland to train guide dogs. After all, many dogs will have owners who live in cities, and the dogs will need to learn how to navigate a crowded environment.

But the trainers have run into an unexpected problem: homeless people with unleashed aggressive dogs. In a worst-case scenario, these dogs could make it so that the guidedog can’t be one - a cost that amounts to thousands of dollars.

Read more about this issue here.



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