This is a guest post from Kelly McCannlis, 5th grade author of the new book, “Penny to a Million.”
Wow, I don’t know what to say!
When Mr. Platt told me I could write something for his site to promote my new book, I was super duper excited. I asked him what I should write about. He told me I should just be myself and that I would do fine.
“Should I tell them about my book?” I asked.
“Of course,” he said, “that’s why you’re guest posting, isn’t it?”
So I guess I should tell you a little bit about the book, but I don’t want to tell you too much since it will be a lot cooler if you read the book without any of the surprises being ruined, especially the one at the end of the second to the last chapter. When it happened I almost had to sweep up my jaw from the floor with a dustpan!!!
It all started the summer before last when my grandma and grandpa invited me to stay with them for a long week out at their lake house. I was really, really REALLY looking forward to it. You probably think that’s weird because most kids don’t really want to hang out with their grandparents, but my grandparents are really awesome.
My grandpa once wrestled a bear and my grandma once chased a mugger for three blocks to get her purse back. And though I don’t really know if the bear story is true, I know for a fact that the one about the mugger is. My grandparents had a picture of my grandma holding her purse up in the air hanging over the cash register in the grocery store they used to run together.
So anyway, me and Grandpa were sitting by the lake eating sandwiches when my grandpa came out of nowhere and told me the secret of life. Well, probably not THE secret, but his secret – the one that let him retire early and take my grandma on a cruise around the world. The same secret that changed my entire life, starting with the last year I would ever spend at Roosevelt Elementary!
That was in the last week of August, right before the new school year started. When I went back to school, it was as a whole different Kelly!
I should probably stop there since I really don’t want to make you feel the way I felt when my friend Jessie Noble ruined the ending of this movie called “The Sixth Sense.” My mom and dad told me that I couldn’t see it until I was in middle school, but Jesse’s parents let him see it in second grade and he told everyone the ending and now I don’t want to see it as much, even though my dad says it was “groundbreaking.”
I really hope you like reading my book. I had a lot of fun writing it. In fact, I think I’m going to write another one, as long as this one does okay. I’m probably going to sell it for like five bucks or something, but right now I just want people to read it. If you go visit my site at Penny to a Million dotcom, you can download the book for free.
You can also follow me on Twitter if you’d like to keep up with my adventures. I don’t tweet often since my mom says that tweeting should really be for the weekend or after I finish my homework and chores. So it’s usually just the weekend. I would really appreciate it, if it’s not too much trouble, if you could click on the retweet button or let your friends know about the book. It’s the first one I ever wrote and I want to make sure it goes bananas.
Thanks!
Click here for a free copy of Penny to a Million.
About Sean Platt
Free?! Free, you say?!
I'll take two!
Congratulations on your first book! :D
Ha, you must be the dude who unsubscribed five seconds after getting the book!
Clever and creative. I like your style. Refreshing.
I unsubcribed before I got the book, just in case I forgot to do it after. :)
Actually I haven't downloaded it yet. I'm up to my armpits in small children.
Checked out the new site though. As always, it looks great.
BTW Is it a national holiday in the States this week? :D
Congrats on your book!!! Can't wait to read it :)
Thanks Mrs. Platt!
Yup, it was President's Day on Monday. It's when we celebrate George Washington kicking your arses. :)
Thanks Maya! I hope you love it.
Good luck with MemeTales, looks like you're almost there!!!
And look where that got you! :D
So today is hangover day. That explains it.
Hi Sean,
Congratulations!
Read it last night — NCIS was a repeat. :-) I enjoyed how empowering and hope filled the story is. It reminded me of the path many young martial arts students take because of the main character's perseverance, tenacity, and lateral thinking. I think young readers will get a powerful new perspective and motivation from Kelly's grand entrepreneurial adventures. Wish I'd had this story in my early years so I could be a millionaire by now.
Hi Lori,
Funny you should say that, as that's exactly one of my goals with this book. I believe it could change the way some young children think. This book was written in about two weeks time. It was pretty easy to find the voice since it is in many ways similar to who I was in fifth grade. :)
Funny too, the book was written over a year ago. With all I've learned on marketing since then, I can't wait to give Kelly a sequel. It's sudde
Well, now that's industrious. I've been meaning to write a book for the last 15 years and haven't gotten around to it. Yes, I'm officially shamed now :-) Good work and good luck!
Nice little story Kelly. Makes me feel like reading the book!
Go get it! I'd love for you to read it!!! :)
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