In Over Her Head (17 page)
Authors: Melody Fitzpatrick
“Yeah,
and
our mom, and your mom too if you say yes.” He laughs.
“My mom knows about this?”
“Yeah.” Gabby grins.
“And she wants to go?”
A.J. laughs. “Well, who wouldn't want a free trip to Paris?”
“I would.” I hear from behind. I turn to see Henry standing there smiling.
In all of the excitement, I forgot all about him (although I don't know how).
When did he get here?
“I think you should go for it!” he exclaims.
“Really?”
“Yeah,” He says, smirking. “I'd kinda miss you if you weren't there.”
“What? Oh my gosh ⦠you mean, you're
not
going back to Australia?”
“Phillip asked me to go to Paris.”
“And what did you say?”
“I told him I'd think about it.”
“You'd think about it?”
“Well, I'd like to go, unless you're sick of me.”
I pause for a moment as thoughts of his sweet kiss dance around in my brain.
“Well?” He grins. “Are you?”
“Sick of you?” I grin back. “Not much chance of that, Henry.”
T
here
are a few people I would like to thank.
My daughter, Erin, thank you for taking time out of homework (and messaging, Snapchatting, Instagramming, and Face-timing) to lend your expertise on middle-school life, especially dialogue.
My son, James, thank you for helping me work though some of the Henry scenes. You were a really good sport!
My husband, Tom, thank you for happily picking up the slack at home when I was in heavy-duty writing mode.
My dad, Jim, thank you for sharing your treasure-hunting stories with me and for inspiring one of my favourite scenes in the book.
My mom, Ruth, as always, thank you for your constant love, encouragement and support.
Evan Munday and Courtney Horner â you did it again! Thank you for the awesome cover!
Shannon Whibbs, my amazing editor, thank you for your skill, your sense of humour, and for sticking with me on this project from the very beginning. I feel very blessed.
And finally, for all you've done, many thanks go out to Kirk Howard and all the other talented people at Dundurn Press, especially Karen McMullin, Kyle Gray, Kate Condon-Moriarty, Carrie Gleason, Synora Van Drine, and Margaret Bryant.
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Operation Josh Taylor
Melody Fitzpatrick
When thirteen-year-old Hannah Smart finds out that teen idol Josh Taylor (only the most talented singer in the entire world) is coming to her hometown to kick off his first-ever concert tour, she nearly goes into shock. Even more shocking is the fact that her parents
one-hundred-percent refuse
to buy her a ticket â if Hannah wants to go, she has to figure out a way on her own.
With the help of her genius best friend, Rachel, Hannah hatches a scheme that will surely get the girls to the concert. But when evil Scarlett Hastings sticks her nasty nose in, messing up their plan, all hope seems lost.
Will Hannah and Rachel ever get to the concert? And will Hannah even want to go when she discovers the horrible secret her parents have been hiding?
On a Slippery Slope
Melody Fitzpatrick
If a super-cute boy (one you really want to impress) assumes that you're a championship skier and snowboarder, is it really that big of a deal if you don't set him straight?
When a teensy fib starts snowballing out of control, Hannah Smart realizes she needs cash to keep from being found out. She takes a part-time job at the local TV station where her dad works as the weatherman. After nearly killing a woman (it was an accident!) and then saving her on air, Hannah unexpectedly finds herself in front of the camera again. Loving the spotlight, Hannah is swept up in the excitement of TV land, but with the school ski trip coming up, she soon realizes that some secrets are impossible to keep hidden. But wanting to come clean and doing it are two very different things.
Something Wiki
Suzanne Sutherland
Jo Waller has three brainy friends, two mostly harmless parents, and one deep, dark secret: she edits Wikipedia for fun. But when her twenty-four-year-old brother moves back home with his pregnant girlfriend, Jo is forced to reconcile the idealized version of her absent, cool older brother with the reality of romantic relationships and the truth behind so many embarrassing health class videos.
With the young couple moving back into the family home, there's barely enough room for anyone to move, let alone have any privacy. Throw in some major friendship turbulence, a seriously unrequited crush, and a mortifyingly bad haircut, and it's looking like Jo will be lucky to make it out of the year alive. When you're a pizza-faced dork who uses Wikipedia as a diary and would rather wear ancient hand-me-downs than shop at the mall, what's the upside? Jo is about to find it in the most unlikely way.
Copyright © Melody Fitzpatrick, 2016
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All characters in this work are fictitious or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Editor: Shannon Whibbs Design: Laura Boyle
Cover Design: Courtney Horner
Cover Illustration © Evan Munday
Epub Design: Carmen Giraudy
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Fitzpatrick, Melody, author
In over her head / Melody Fitzpatrick.
(Hannah Smart)
Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 978-1-4597-3160-8 (paperback).--ISBN 978-1-4597-3161-5 (pdf).--ISBN 978-1-4597-3162-2(epub)
I. Title.
PS8611.I8925I52 2016Â Â jC813'.6 C2016-901739-7
C2016-901740-0
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