Girlfriend's Cyber Circuit Starring: Wendy Toliver

Today I'm very happy to welcome fellow girlfriend Wendy Toliver and her new release LIFTED!! (Love that cover!)


Let's learn more about it!

Being Bad Never Felt So Good.

Poppy Browne had never stolen anything in her life before moving to Pleasant Acres, Texas and meeting Mary Jane and Whitney. But when Poppy walks out of the mall with her two new friends and her first pair of stolen jeans, she’s hooked.

Before long, Poppy is lifting whenever she gets the urge—it’s never about the merchandise, it’s always about the thrill. But when her secret gets out, the girls in Poppy’s clique turn on one another. As she watches her life collapse around her, Poppy must decide where her loyalties lie … and how far she’ll go to protect herself.

Author Bio
Born in Texas, raised in Colorado, and now living in Utah, Wendy Toliver has successfully eliminated “y’all” from her vocabulary. However, she still managed to marry a pickup man. They have three young sons and an assortment of furry, scaly, and slimy pets. She is the author of three novels for teens: The Secret Life of a Teenage Siren, Miss Match, and Lifted.

Online
Web-site: www.wendytoliver.com
Blogs: www.teenfictioncafe.blogspot.com, www.booksboysbuzz.com, www.pulserocom.com
Other: www.facebook.com/wendy.toliver, www.twitter.com/wendytoliver, www.myspace.com/roxytoliver, http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Wendy-Toliver/44777487

And you can even check out the trailer:



What people are saying about LIFTED!

“Smart, deftly written, and extremely well-observed, Wendy Toliver’s Lifted is so realistic and moving I felt like I was transported right inside Poppy’s world, watching as she struggled to navigate her way through a school where appearances are deceiving and no one is quite what they seem. A hard to put down, compelling read!”
Alyson Noël, #1 New York Times Best Selling author of The Immortals series

"Lifted is the story of an imperfect heroine seeking her place not only in school, but in life. Its exploration of the amount of truth behind social and religious stereotypes escalates into a double-dog dare to believe them. A haunting morality tale that will leave you questioning just what it means to be "good."
Aprilynne Pike, author of the #1 New York Times Best-Selling novel Wings

"Lifted by Wendy Toliver is an amazing, compelling read, filled with all the realness of being in high school, from humor to love to angst. I haven't met a character so well developed as Poppy since reading Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. At times heartbreaking, at others uplifting, Lifted is a book that I absolutely loved."
James Dashner, author of The Maze Runner and the13th Reality series

Wow, sounds awesome, right? Well we have a few questions for Wendy too!

1. Okay, first question. If this were high school, which senior superlative in the yearbook would you score?
Most likely to become addicted to Diet Coke



2. What is one thing you wish you would have done when you were younger? For me, it’s that I never studied abroad. How about you?
I wish I would’ve done and kept more art. I was good!



3. Now here’s the self-promotion part: Can you please tell us all about your book? We have some book shopping to do!

I am so excited about this particular book. Lifted was a solid two years in the making and went through some major metamorphoses before becoming the book it is now.
It’s the story of Poppy Browne who moves to a town in East Texas and is upset about her mom enrolling her in a private Baptist school. But she’s immediately invited into two very different social folds: the proverbial popular crowd (with Mary Jane and Whitney) and the choir kids (with Bridgette). Poppy soon discovers that nothing is what it seems in this Bible belt town.

4. So, say your book just got picked up for a movie (congratulations!) Who’s playing your MC?

I’d love for AnnaSophia Robb to play Poppy Browne. She’s darling and the perfect mix of innocence and edginess. I think she’d do a great job.

5. If you could take one literary character to prom, who would it be, and why?

The Cat In the Hat, because he’d be a blast (and he’d actually be taller than me, which is good for dancing), but only if I wasn’t on the cleanup committee.

6. And finally, since all of the other questions were so serious… What do you hope teens take away from your book?

Lifted is full of great discussion and debate issues, including moral perspective, the turbulent state of relationships (mother-daughter, friend, society-teen, and romantic), the effect of religion on a person and on a town, the pressures of high school, how one’s past impacts one’s destiny, and, of course, the sticky issue of shoplifting. It also has romance, humor, and even some (in my opinion and hopefully others’) moments that might bring tears. It is a very complex book and I think different people will get different things out of having read it.

Thanks, Wendy! And everyone, pick up your copy of LIFTED today!!