Pumpkin Spice Secrets: A Swirl Novel
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Publishing Details
Pumpkin Spice Secrets: A Swirl Novel
By (Author) Hillary Homzie
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Skyhorse Publishing
Sky Pony Press
17th October 2017
United States
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and be
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance a
FIC
Physical Properties
Paperback
248
Width 132mm, Height 194mm, Spine 18mm
227g
Description
Sometimes secrets aren't so sweet...
Just as Maddie picks up her pumpkin spice frappe from the coffee shop counter, she spills it all over the cute boy behind her. Talk about mortifying! Luckily, the boy -- Jacob -- is also friendly and easygoing, and soon Maddie is deeply in crush.
But before she can tell her best friend Jana about him at lunch the next day, Jana announces her huge new crush -- on Jacob! Maddie doesn't want to cause trouble, so she keeps her feelings hidden. Jana will get over him soon, right
Add major school stress to Maddie's secret, and it's a recipe for disaster. Can she stay true to both her friend and her heart... without it all turning into a sticky mess
Reviews
"No one understands the tangled emotions of middle-school crushes better than Hillary Homzie. I have a serious crush on Pumpkin Spice Secrets!" -- Claudia Mills, author of Zero Tolerance and Write This Down
"Sweet, smart, and entertaining, Pumpkin Spice Secrets is sure to appeal to tween readers!" -- Barbara Dee, author of Star-Crossed and Halfway Normal
"Homzie laces key ingredients in her latest middle school story: empathy topped with a froth of fun! -- Candice Ransom, author of Rebel McKenzie
"[F]rothy and sweet enough that tween readers will drink it right up." -- School Library Journal
Author Bio
Hillary Homzie is the author of the tween novels Queen of Likes (S&S 2016), The Hot List (S&S 2011), and Things Are Gonna Get Ugly (S&S 2009), as well as the comedic chapter book series Alien Clones From Outer Space (S&S), which is being made into an animated television series. She also privately coaches both published and aspiring authors, several of whom have achieved publishing success with major national accolades. During the summers, Hillary teaches in the graduate program in children's writing at Hollins University. A former sketch comedy performer in NYC, Hillary currently lives with her family in Northern California.
