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Exclusive Interview with Jennifer Sommersby

Posted on July 13, 2011 by admin

What inspired you to write SLEIGHT? My book-crazy daughter and her friends. They were so sad when they closed the page on the seventh and final Harry Potter; they chewed through the Twilight series in no time flat. In watching them devour series after series from the exploding young adult shelves at the bookstore, I decided to take a break from writing the grown-up stuff and have a go with something new, something that Yaunna and her friends would want to read. Sleight is from a short story I wrote back in 2007, about a 13-year-old girl who lives with … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Sleight

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Heidi

Title:  Sleight: Book One of the AVRA-K Author: Jennifer Sommersby Genre: YA – Suspense/Mystery/Romance Summary: Her mom is dead. Ghosts follow her around. Her best friend is an elephant. And she’s about to meet the biggest game changer of all: a boy. With a secret. When circus-dwelling Gemma Flannery learns she will be attending public school for the first time in her seventeen years, little does she know that fitting in with her 12th-grade classmates will be the least of her concerns. A pro at hiding her knack for seeing the dead (“shades”), Gemma is grieving the recent suicide of … Continue reading →

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