Brilliant CONTEST of Gianna Z!

There's this book I represent, by Kate Messner. It's been out a couple years... it won the EB White readaloud award... it's super good. It's called THE BRILLIANT FALL OF GIANNA Z and it looks like this:

It's about Gianna, a 7th grade girl who has a lot going on. Her family is slightly nutty, she is dealing with a mean girl at school, she sort of has a procrastination problem which means she might not be able to run at her track meet, and she has this HUGE leaf project that is basically ruining her life. And she needs to pull it all together, like, now.

BRILLIANT FALL is a wonderful story -- warm and funny and full of heart. If you are the parent or teacher of 9-12 year olds who like family stories and school stories, you really ought to know this book. And hey - it's seasonal. AND you can't beat the price, hello paperback!

So here's the deal. I have a box of these rascals to give away. I think that they would be best off either in a couple of mother-daughter book clubs, or in a classroom or other literature-circle type situation. 

If you want to win a set of Giannas, here's what you do:

Write an email to: GiannaContest at gmail.com

Include your name & contact info, the kind of group you are, age of kids and number of kids participating. And what you would do with the books if you won.

And answer, in any way you choose, the famous question, IF YOU WERE A TREE, WHAT KIND OF TREE WOULD YOU BE?

Contest ends at 8pm Monday, 9/26. Judgement rendered by me, based on my own whim. Creativity might help you. There may be more than one winner.

For more info about the book, and to see how some famous kids book authors answered The Tree question, click here!