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Lindsey signs Riptide |
By Cynthia Leitich Smith
Debut YA author Lindsey Scheibe launched Riptide (Flux, 2013) yesterday at BookPeople in Austin. From the promotional copy:
For Grace Parker, surfing is all about the ride and the moment. Everything else disappears. She can forget that her best friend, Ford Watson, has a crush on her that she can’t reciprocate. She can forget how badly she wants to get a surf scholarship to UC San Diego. She can forget the pressure of her parents’ impossibly high expectations.
When Ford enters Grace into a surf competition— the only way she can impress the UCSD surfing scouts—she has one summer to train and prepare. Will she gain everything she’s ever wanted or lose the only things that ever mattered?
Read a Cynsations New Voice interview with Lindsey.
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Lindsey with Austin SCBWI founder Meredith Davis & Bee Cave librarian Michelle Benavides |
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Debut YA author Lindsey Scheibe |
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Here I am, getting into the surfer spirit! |
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Lindsey tells stories of her own surfing adventures. |
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Lindsey Scheibe signs for fellow Austin author (& fellow Lindsey), Lindsey Lane. |
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Here I am, sandwiched between Austin SCBWI ARA Samantha Clark & Salima |
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Salima, Bethany & Samantha at Lucy’s |
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Greg, Salima, Erin, Nikki, Lindsey, her husband, Meredith, Bethany, Samantha & Shelli at Lucy’s |