I’ve always reached for YA books that use humor and have
realistic and relatable characters. So I decided to write the kinds of books I
wanted to read when I was growing up. While I love writing about the teen years
and hearing from my readers, sometimes going back to that time in my own life
can bring up some awkward memories. I’m so grateful there weren’t camera phones
around then to capture me dancing in the school talent show, where I danced
wearing tiny shorts. Yikes. I also had a moment of “inspiration” where I
thought my dark brown hair would look natural with “Sun-In” highlights. Well,
technically rust is natural…but it’s
not cute.
So now I get to use my own uncomfortable and funny moments
from my teen years to inspire my work. I’m thrilled to announce that there will
be a sequel to Next Door to a Star
coming out early next year. It’s part of the new Star series where you can follow Hadley Daniel’s journey dealing
with friendships, the ups and downs of school, her first love, insecurities,
and what it’s like living next door to a star. Read on to learn more about
Hadley and her life living next door to former teen TV star, Simone Hendrickson.
Blurb:
Hadley Daniels is tired of feeling invisible.
After Hadley’s best friend moves away and she gets on the bad
side of some girls at school, she goes to spend the summer with her
grandparents in the Lake Michigan resort town of Grand Haven. Her next door
neighbor is none other than teen TV star Simone Hendrickson, who is everything
Hadley longs to be—pretty, popular, and famous—and she’s thrilled when Simone
treats her like a friend.
Being popular is a lot harder than it looks.
It’s fun and flattering when Simone includes her in her
circle, though Hadley is puzzled about why her new friend refuses to discuss
her former Hollywood life. Caught up with Simone, Hadley finds herself ignoring
her quiet, steadfast friend, Charlotte.
To make things even more complicated, along comes Nick
Jenkins…
He’s sweet, good-looking, and Hadley can be herself around him
without all the fake drama. However, the mean girls have other ideas and they
fill Nick’s head with lies about Hadley, sending him running back to his ex-girlfriend
and leaving Hadley heartbroken.
So when her parents decide to relocate to Grand Haven, Hadley
hopes things will change when school starts…only to be disappointed once again.
Cliques.
Back-stabbing.
Love gone bad.
Is this really what it’s like to live…
Next Door To A Star?
Excerpt:
The school year should end right after spring break, because
all anyone can focus on is summer vacation. You can’t learn anything new,
because all you can think about is all the fun stuff you’re going to do once
you don’t have to get up at the butt crack of dawn. Summer always seems full of
possibilities.
Nothing exciting ever happens during the school year, but
maybe, during summer vacation, you could run into a hot celebrity and he’d
decide to put you in his next music video. Okay, it wasn’t like I knew anybody
that happened to, but my grandparents did live next door to a former TV star,
Simone Hendrickson, and Simone was discovered in an ice cream parlor one
summer. Of course, she lived in L.A. at the time and was already doing plays
and commercials, so the guy who discovered her had already seen her perform.
But hey, it was summer, she got discovered, and that was all that mattered.
Amazing stuff didn’t happen to me. You know what happened to
me last summer? I stepped on a bee and had to go to the emergency room. They’re
not going to make an E! True Hollywood Story out of my life. I didn’t go on
exotic vacations—like today, I was being dragged along with my parents to my
cousin’s graduation party. Most people waited until at least the end of May
before having a grad party, but Charisma was having hers early because she was
leaving on a trip to Spain. I was dreading this party because I didn’t want to
listen to everybody talk about how smart and talented Charisma was—making me
feel like a blob in comparison—but my mom RSVP’d even though I said I’d rather
die than go. My death threats meant nothing. But still, for some strange
reason, I had a feeling this summer was going to be different.
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Bio: Krysten Lindsay Hager is a young adult author
who writes about friendship, self-esteem, fitting in, frenemies, crushes,
celebs, and values. She writes the Landry's
True Colors Series and the new Star Series.
Best Friends…Forever? was ranked at
#1 on Amazon’s Hot New Releases in Teen & Young Adult Values & Virtues
Fiction. Her work has been featured in USA Today and on Living Dayton. Coming soon in early 2016: Landry in Like (Landry's True Colors Book 3)
and Competition with the Star (The Star
Series).
Social media links:
Website: http://www.krystenlindsay.com/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/krystenlindsay/
Amazon author page: http://www.amazon.com/Krysten-Lindsay-Hager/e/B00L2JC9P2/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KrystenLindsay
Thanks for having me on!
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