This made my day. I wish I'd had a chorus teacher like this one.
Ever since I fell in love with Diana Peterfreund 's Secret Society Girl series last year, I've been hoping I'd get the chance to interview her here. Tomorrow marks the release of her new novel, Rampant , and let me tell you that you have not read a book like this before. You can read my review here , but all you really need to know is that it's a story about killer unicorns and the young women who hunt them. You want to read it now, don't you? Oh, yeah, and it's YA and the first in a series! To celebrate the release, Diana graciously answered a few of my most burning questions. As she is always a delight, I know you'll enjoy them as much as I did. First things first: When did the idea for Rampant first hit you and what (if anything) did you know right off the bat? In early 2005, just after selling Secret Society Girl , I had this dream of being chased by a very dangerous unicorn. I woke up and went to go look it up to see if I could figure out the meanin...
That made me smile that's awesome!! What an amazing teacher!
ReplyDeleteoh so great! I loved the kid with the mullet. :o)
ReplyDeleteSomeone get this man some money. He taught elementary school kids to love Phoenix! And they are INTO it! This is awesome.
ReplyDeleteDUDE!!! This man is AMAZING!! How cool!
ReplyDeleteJenn, I know! Those are the kinds of people you want teaching your kids. Man.
ReplyDeleteAlicia, they're all so cute. And so into it!
Aaron, exactly.
Liza, you just want to hug them they're so cool.
What I love is how unabashed the kids are. Every single one of them is into the music and no one is making fun of anyone for it. LOVE IT.
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