A tween comedy-of-errors that chronicles the most cringe-worthy day of 13 year-old Abby Gray's life.
My Big Heart-Shaped Fail
by Cindy Callaghan
Genre: Tween, Upper Middle-Grade Contemporary Fiction
Award-winning middle-grade novel from the author of Just Add Magic and Saltwater Secrets . . . .
In
this hourly time-stamped, action-packed tween comedy of errors, Abby
Gray, feeling weighed down by her secrets and lies, lets five
balloons float into the sky with her deepest secrets attached to them
in a desperate attempt to clear her conscience. Her relief is
short-lived, though: the next day, those balloons start dropping one
by one at her school, revealing Abby’s innermost thoughts to both
friends and frenemies and creating hilarious misinterpretations of
crushes amongst her peers.
This is the worst day of
her life . . . or is it? Before the last bell rings, Abby manages to
integrate the oddball who is blackmailing her into her friend group
and to fix the mix-ups the notes have caused—not only getting
couples back together but also making a few new love matches—and
finally comes clean as the author of the notes that have created such
chaos.
The Girl Who Ruined Christmas
by Cindy Callaghan
Award-winning middle-grade Christmas novel from the author of Just Add Magic and Saltwater Secrets . . . .
Imagine
you’re a tween visiting a small town that loves nothing more than
its prize fir—a perfect Christmas tree destined for the White
House. Now picture yourself accidentally destroying that tree, making
you public enemy number one. Lastly, imagine that to repay your debt,
you have to remain in said town for the Christmas season.
That’s
what happens to Brady Bancroft.
When Brady ruins Harper
Hollow Fall’s prize tree, she’s sentenced to stay in the
holiday-festooned town for the month of December. At first, she
couldn’t be more depressed about the whole situation; but during
her month there, she is surprised to discover that there’s much
more than pine needles to the little town holding her captive. In the
end, Harper Hollow Falls reminds Brady of the true meaning of
Christmas—and she, in turn, saves the town.
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Cindy Callaghan is the award-winning author of eleven MG novels including JUST ADD MAGIC and JUST ADD MAGIC 2: POTION PROBLEMS, which were made into an Emmy-nominated Amazon Original series now in its fifth season and distributed world-wide via Nickelodeon. She’s well-known for the best-selling Lost In... books: LOST IN LONDON, LOST IN PARIS, LOST IN ROME, LOST IN HOLLYWOOD, and LOST IN IRELAND. Her Agatha award-winning stand-alone SYDNEY MACKENZIE KNOCKS ‘EM DEAD sells out every year around Halloween.
Her 2020 book SALTWATER SECRETS, which is nominated for an Agatha Award, won Delaware Press Association and National Federation of Press Women’s awards, and two International Book Awards, is set up by a major studio.
Triple-award-winning THE GIRL WHO RUINED CHRISTMAS, (October 2021) sold out its first print run before Thanksgiving. MY BIG HEART-SHAPED FAIL has won three awards since it's 2022 launch. These books along with original concepts are actively being shopped to producers, networks and streamers along with Cindy’s robust portfolio of original features and series.
A Jersey girl at heart, Cindy lives in Delaware with her family and rescued-pets.
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Thank you for posting about My Big Heart-Shaped Fail, I love the cover art and synopses and my teen-aged granddaughters and I are looking forward to reading both stories
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ReplyDeleteThank you for featuring my newest books! - Cindy
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