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Cover Reveal & Excerpt GIDEON LEE by LISA ORCHARD @LisaOrchard1

October 21, 2014 By Mary

BOOKHOUNDS YA IS SUPER EXCITED TO PRESENT THE COVER FOR GIDEON LEE AND A Q&A WITH THE AUTHOR!

 

Lark Singer searches for answers others would rather keep hidden. As she searches, she enters a competition that could launch her musical career.  Will the answers she finds sabotage her dreams?

 

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Will Lark’s quest for answers sabotage her musical dreams?

Seventeen-year-old Lark Singer only has two things going for her, her music and her best friend Bean. While entering a competition she hopes will launch their music career, Lark searches for answers that will make her whole. Her quest reveals some secrets that those around her would rather keep hidden. As the competition looms closer, Lark discovers not only who she really is, but also who her real friends are. Then tragedy threatens everything she has worked so hard to accomplish. Can she pick up the pieces and move on?

 

 

 

Chapter One

I want to be like Gideon Lee. My lips move as I read the title of my essay. They twitch as I stifle a snicker. Looking around the room, I make sure no one has seen my facial tic. My eyes light upon the Presidents’ pictures lined up on the wall. They face me, each with a unique expression, and I wonder what they were thinking while they posed. They are above the clock so my gaze naturally falls on it. It’s almost time for lunch.

I settle back in my seat and my lips twitch again. A feeling of defiant exhilaration washes over me like a tidal wave.

Montgomery’s going to freak when he reads this.

Despite my best efforts, a giggle escapes and the boy in front of me turns around and gives me the evil eye. I return the glare. He is slumped over, and sweat beads on his upper lip. I think this is odd — it’s rather chilly in the room — but dismiss it before I turn back to my essay.

I bet old man Montgomery doesn’t even know who Gideon Lee is. This thought sends another giggle to the surface, but I quickly squash it by biting my lip.

I picture him searching Gideon Lee’s name on the Internet. I see his expression changing from confusion to disgust. I imagine him taking off his black, thick-rimmed glasses and shaking his head. I hear him mutter, “Lark Singer, what are you doing?” He rubs his face. I can actually hear the rough sandpapery sound as his hand finds his day old stubble. He sighs and puts his glasses back on. “What am I going to do with you?”

I remember when Mr. Montgomery first told us about the assignment. We were supposed to write an essay on someone we admire, someone who has contributed to society in some way. I know when he says this he wants us to write about an a historical figure. After all this is history class, but I raised my hand anyway.

“Lark,” he called out as he stood at his lectern.

“Do they have to be dead?”

He cocked his head as he studied me with his piercing blue eyes. Then he ran his hand over his military style crew cut, and I watched as his salt and pepper hair flattened then popped back into place as if each hair was standing at attention. I could tell he wasn’t sure where this was going. “Well… I guess not.” That’s when he froze, as if he realized he had just opened a door for me and he wasn’t going to like what was on the other side. He shifted his weight, and looked down at the floor before he backpedaled. “But they have to have made a positive contribution to society. It can’t be about a mobster or anything like that.” Pursing his lips, he stared at me, fiddling with those glasses. “This is one half of your semester grade, Lark. I wouldn’t pull any funny stuff.”

“Oh, I won’t. Scout’s honor,” I answered sweetly, placing my hand over my heart and giving him the scout salute, while inside I planned my rebellion.

I have him. I’m going to write about Gideon Lee, and there’s nothing he can do about it.

 

lisa orchard

Lisa Orchard grew up loving books. Hooked on mysteries by the fifth grade, she even wrote a few of her own. She knew she wanted to be a writer even then. Her first series, “The Super Spies,” has reached bestseller status

After graduating from Central Michigan University with a Marketing Degree, she spent many years in the insurance industry, pining to express her creative side. The decision to stay home with her children gave her the opportunity to follow her dream and become a writer. She currently resides in Rockford Michigan with her husband, Steve, and two wonderful boys. Currently, she’s working on a Coming of Age Young Adult series called The Starlight Chronicles. When she’s not writing she enjoys spending time with her family, running, hiking, and reading.

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PLEASE WELCOME LISA TO BOOKHOUNDS YA 

5 Questions

Please answer right underneath each question!

 

 

  1. What is the first book you remember reading by yourself as a child?

 

The first book I remember reading as a child was one of the books from the Bobbsey Twins Series. I can’t remember the title, but it did get me hooked on that series.

 

  1. What are you reading right now?

 

“Wild” by Cheryl Strayed

  1. How does your garden grow?

 

Hmmm…good question. I would have to say by taking time out for myself and hiking through the woods and allowing my thoughts to just flow.

 

  1. What is the last thing you Googled?

 

How to reset an Apple I-pad Mini ID. My oldest won one in a Walk-a-Thon at school and we can’t seem to remember the ID for it.

  1. What makes you cringe?

 

What makes me cringe? When bad things happen to children. They’re just so innocent and don’t know how to defend themselves.

 

 

 

 

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Comments

  1. Lisa Orchard says

    October 22, 2014 at 3:11 pm

    Thanks for allowing me to be here today Mary! I appreciate it! 🙂

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