Previews of Coming Attractions

Mark your calendars, people-- September 2 is the date my next YA novel, Forever Changes comes out. It's a novel about life, death, and math, and it might be the best thing I ever wrote. I know, I know, I've said that before, but really-- this book kicks butt. It's published by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux and will hopefully be in bookstores everywhere, but, as I said, not until the early fall.

Which gives you plenty of time to save up for the following Halpin releases:

I Can See Clearly Now, a novel for adults coming from Villard Books in March 2009. What happens when a bunch of young, naive, and horny songwriters come together in 1972 under the questionable leadership of a washed-up folksinger to create educational cartoons for children? Read and find out!

Shutout, a novel for young adults coming from FSG sometime in 2009. Amanda and Lena have played soccer together for 6 years, but now they're in high school and Lena made varsity as a 9th grader and is hanging out with older girls and dating older boys. Can their friendship survive? And if Amanda's not Lena's best friend and the best goalie in town, then who is she? And what is her dad's unconventional insomnia cure? Read and find out!

The Half Life of Planets, a novel for young adults co-written with Emily Franklin and published by Hyperion, also, I think, in 2009. The kids at school call Liana a slut. They call Hank much worse, but really he's just a kid with Aspergers who's really into music. Can these two find love? We can only hope so!

Check out what I'm reading at www.goodreads.com, and be my friend on facebook or myspace.

Finally, my friend Deb is once again doing the 3 day walk to benefit the Komen Foundation-- you know, breast cancer research and treatment. Click here and pledge lots of cash for this most worthy and still sadly urgent cause.