Subject: TEAM MOCKINGBIRD(!)
TO: Friends, family, and book lovers!
(with a special shout-out to fans of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD!)
FROM: Paul Acampora
SUBJECT: TEAM MOCKINGBIRD (!)
Hi everybody!
I’m writing because my new novel – I KILL THE MOCKINGBIRD – will arrive in stores this coming spring. It’s a comedy caper for kids (say that three times fast) about a group of friends who sabotage their school’s summer reading list. It’s also an internet conspiracy theory plus reverse psychology literary love story with ukuleles, baseball, wiener dogs, Santa Claus, an obsession with To Kill a Mockingbird, and a miracle cure for cancer (because let’s face it, who can resist a wiener dog?)
I’m also writing to ask if you would help me spread the word about the book by joining my TEAM MOCKINGBIRD! (Note: I haven’t decided yet whether TEAM MOCKINGBIRD! should always be followed by an exclamation mark a la WHAM! What do you think? ) As I was saying… the goal is simple: to introduce I KILL THE MOCKINGBIRD to as many middle school teachers and librarians as possible. If they like it, they’ll share it with kids. If they don’t like it… well… let’s not think about that.
If you’re interested in being on TEAM MOCKINGBIRD! (I’m liking the !), I’ll send you packets filled with super-cool gotta-have-it promotional items, book info, and SWAG – things like posters, postcards, bookmarks, concert t-shirts, secret decoder rings, authentic Captain Crunch sailor whistles, U.S. Mint Collector Coins, Harper Lee bobble head dolls, AND MORE! Ok… I’m kidding about the Captain Crunch whistles, but either way your part is easy: simply go and dump these tchotchkes – I mean SHARE these TREASURES – with a few of your favorite librarians and teachers. That’s it! Easy peasy. So… if you’d like to join the fun, just say so!
In conclusion, I am really, really, really excited about I KILL THE MOCKINGBIRD (That’s a TRIPLE REALLY my friends.) It was a lot of fun to write, and with your help, I think a lot of kids will have fun reading it too.
THANK YOU!
Paul
PS Just one more thing (for now)… I will have a limited number of I KILL THE MOCKINGBIRD advance copies later in the fall. If you or somebody you know (teacher, librarian, bloggers young and old) would like to review it somewhere, I’ll try to get you a free copy. Just ask! Thanks again!
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I can not wait to read your new book!!!!!!!
LOVED this book. I will be recommending it to my daughter, my niece, and other teenagers relentlessly, as well as to my sister, who is a middle school librarian. (Actually, I'm going to force my daughter to read it. I'm her mom. I can do that.) I would be thrilled to have any IKtM swag you have left. I'm an elementary librarian but I do have MS and HS connections!
babyhippoface wrote: "LOVED this book. I will be recommending it to my daughter, my niece, and other teenagers relentlessly, as well as to my sister, who is a middle school librarian. (Actually, I'm going to force my da..."Thanks for the kind note! I'm really glad you enjoyed the book. I had a lot of fun writing it. I have a poster left if you'd like. You can send your mailing address to me at paul@paulacampora.com Thanks again!
