45 POUNDS Nominated for 2015 Magnolia Award!

The Magnolia Award is a Children's Choice Award for the State of Mississippi. I'm honored to be nominated and in awe to be in such great company. This means a lot to me because I lived in Jackson, Mississippi when I was in sixth and (part of) seventh grades, the age of many of my readers. Voting will be in February 2015. Thank you, Mississippi readers!

Radio Interview

Interview on Avid Reader with Sam Hankin, click here.

Video Interview with Ed Spicer

The Selective Collective Features 45 POUNDS!

The Selective Collective is a group of 5 blogs/7 bloggers who join to together to feature a book at the same time in a different way. Check out how they covered 45 POUNDS.

Diana and Sandie at Teen Lit Rocks did a review. 

Brittany at The Book Addict's Guide did an interview + giveaway. 

Tee at YA Crush hosted a thoughtful roundtable discussion. 

Kristina and Daphne at Gone Pecan cast the book for their Page to Screen feature. 

Candice from The Grown-Up YA did a hysterical look at wacky diets through the ages. 

I love how each of these posts take a facet of the book and explores it--the serious topics and undertones and the humor. Thank you, Selective Collective!

Literary Rambles Interview

Thanks to Natalie Aguirre at Literary Rambles for this interview!

A Book and a Chat

I sat down for a lovely chat with Barry to talk about 45 Pounds (more or less). You can catch it here.

Amazon Best Books of the Month--July

Amazon is featuring 45 Pounds (More OR Less) as one of the Best Teen Books of the Month for July. I'm in great company. Another pick is In the After by Demitria  Lunetta, another Class of 2k13 member. (FYI: In the After is an awesome book.)

45 POUNDS (MORE OR LESS) Review on Shelf Awareness

YA Review on Shelf Awareness posted on May 15, 2013
STARRED Review on Shelf Awareness  posted on July 12, 2013
(Scroll down to read them.)
Twenty by Jenny Review

Thank you, Jennifer M. Brown!

Girl's Life Magazine Review

45 Pounds weighs in on body type over at GirlsLife.com. Check it out!

Finding the Right Fit: SLJ Interview

Jennifer M. Brown from School Library Journal interviews me for their Curriculum Connections newsletter. Thanks, Jennifer! There is also an audio clip attached of me talking about the book and reading an excerpt.

Denver Post Review

Read the review by Claire Martin here.