I read it and smiled: “Warmest gratitude to my fantastic agent, Michael Bourret, who believed in Janie and me…” With a triumphant look in his eye, he pushed Wake in front of me, open to the Acknowledgements page. He loved both books and consumed them in the next two days.īack home, a few days later, he came over to my desk, holding Wake and asked, “What’s your agent’s name?” Media (Bob Andelman) and young adult author Lisa McMann at Inkwood Books in Tampa Then I thought, ‘There could be more.'” Mr. But I felt like the story wasn’t finished, so I wanted to write it for me. LISA McMANN podcast excerpt: “When I finished writing Wake, I almost immediately started writing Fade.

But it was technically age-appropriate and it meant reading something other than texts on his phone, so okay. I was dubious my kid finds the sight of blood unsettling and isn’t a fan of violence or gore. It’s subtitle: “Your dreams are not your own.” The second was a dark and somewhat frightening looking book titled Wake by Lisa McMann. The first was The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, which looked like it was cast in the mode of the Harry Potter books, a series that Charlie has read over and over and over.

My 13-year-old son Charlie found two young adult novels she wanted to buy, both of which his friends had already read and enjoyed. It was the last day of our first family vacation in two years and the three of us were unwinding in the enormous Barnes & Noble bookstore in Burlington, Vermont. Order ‘The Wake Trilogy: Wake Fade Gone’ by Lisa McMann from by clicking the books above! 177 Shares Today’s Guest: Lisa McMann, YA novelist, Wake, Fade, Gone, The Unwanteds

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