It's THE REAL REAL Tour + giveaway

No, I didn't mean to say the Real Deal Tour. The Real Real: a novel by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus went on sale yesterday and tomorrow they kick off their book tour on Good Morning America.

"In their first book for teens, the bestselling authors of the Nanny Diaries take aim at reality tv, where fiction masquerades as fact and the real drama is behind the scenes."

 

“Really funny, really smart, and really entertaining. I really LOVED this book!”
   — Sarah Mlynowski, author of Bras & Broomsticks and How to Be Bad

Praise for The Nanny Diaries:

“Diabolically funny.”
   — New York Times
“Impossible to put down.”
   — Vogue

The Real Real

by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus

 

When Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus penned The Nanny Diaries, they had no idea of how much their lives would change with its runaway success.   They suddenly found themselves in the media spotlight with a bestselling debut novel on their hands, and a lot of attention suddenly focused on them.

Their experience inspired them to write THE REAL REAL--their first book for young adults.  The story begins when Jesse--one of the NOT rich kids at Hampton High – gets chosen to star on the Laguna Beach-style reality show filmed at her school.  Soon she’s forced to pal around with the glamorous kids whose families her working-class parents serve.  But there’s a tuition check attached to being on the show, and at the producers’ insistence, Jesse must trade her actual best friend for four people she’s gone to school with for years, but hardly knows.  As the producers play with their lives to heighten the drama, Jesse must struggle against losing herself amidst the red-carpet hype that is now a part of her daily life and try to remember one thing: the difference between real and the real real.

Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus are the authors of the New York Times bestsellers The Nanny Diaries, Citizen Girl, and Dedication. They live and work in New York City.

THE REAL REAL

by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus

HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

ISBN: 978-0-06-172040-6

$16.99                   Ages 14 up

On sale: May 19, 2009

www.harperteen.com

Read an excerpt of THE REAL REAL!

THE REAL REAL tour:

May 23                Bookhampton, Amagansett, NY

May 26                B&N Skokie, IL

May 27                Anderson’s, Naperville, IL

May 28               B&N Lake Grove, NY

June 2                  Changing Hands, Phoenix, AZ

June 3                  Vroman’s, Pasadena, CA

June 4                 Borders, Torrance, CA

June 5                  B&N Huntington Beach, CA

June 6                  B&N, El Cerrito, CA

June 7                  Copperfields, Petaluma, CA

June 8                 Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA

June 24               Borders Columbus Circle, NYC

Guess what?  Harper Teen wants to give one of my readers a signed copy of The Real Real, to celebrate the kick-off of the book tour!   Just answer this question: If you could be on any reality show, which one would it be?  This contest is open to US/Canada addresses and will run until May 31st.  Make sure you leave your email in your comment so I can contact you if you win.

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