from School Library Journal - adult books for high school students

Adult/High School - JP Kinkaid, a member of the legendary British rock band Blacklight, is unnerved when he learns that Perry Dillon, a tabloid biographer, is writing an exposé of the group. Kinkaid has a lot of secrets he would like to remain hidden: heroin addiction, deportation, and his struggle with multiple sclerosis. His fear only escalates when Dillon turns up dead in his dressing room and his life partner, Bree Godwin, is identified as the prime suspect in the investigation. As the mystery unravels, the novel provides a behind-the-scenes look at the world of professional rock and roll, revealing the close bonds that are formed within it. As the story progresses, secrets are revealed as JP revisits his early days with Blacklight and Bree. The more that is revealed, the less trustworthy the characters are as their seemingly normal existence becomes shrouded in mystery and suspicion. The novel is reminiscent of Meg Cabot's Size 12 Is Not Fat (HarperCollins, 2006). Grabien's novel is likely to appeal to casual readers as well as those with an affinity for rock and roll.-Kelliann Bogan, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH

[Dark in the Park] WHEEEEEEEEE! Book deal!

Sold, to Regina Griffin at Egmont, Haunted Ballads and JP Kinkaid Chronicles author Deborah Grabien's Dark in the Park, a YA urban fantasy novel narrated by an abandoned cat struggling to form alliances and survive an incursion of coyotes in Golden Gate Park. World English rights with a second book option, Fall 2010, in a deal that makes the author do a happy little dance. WOOT!



In which said author loses her YA virginity. YOWSA!