• Over 510,000 American children are currently in foster care.
• YA fiction is still selling strong, with teen as well as adult readership.
• Running with Water and Sky has all the elements that makes a YA novel sell well: A strong YA voice, a quick-pace, heightened emotions, an intriguing story, and a focus on the relationships that teenage girls focus on the most—boyfriends, friends, and family.
• Author is nationally known and has a strong readership base comprised of both adult and teen readers.