Be Part of Literary History; Young Adult Author Kim Wallace to Name Characters in Erik & Isabelle Junior Year at Foresthill High after Two Lucky Readers

Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) September 21, 2005

Quick on the heels of her wildly successful first two releases, author Kim Wallace is preparing a fresh contribution to the budding gay and lesbian young adult genre that she helped launch just a few years ago.

Erik & Isabelle Freshman Year at Foresthill High (ISBN 0-9755848-0-4) and Sophomore Year at Foresthill High (ISBN 0-9755848-1-2) will soon have another counterpart as Wallace begins promotion for the third of the four book fiction series.

The most commonly asked question Wallace hears from her readers is, “So, when's the next one coming out?” 'Coming out' is most aptly chosen verb to describe this teacher-turned-author's hit series about gay and lesbian youth. All across America, high school students are not only expressing their sexual identities at a younger age, but are asking for resources that will reflect their lives in an authentic way. Luckily teachers, counselors, administrators, and other child care workers now have Erik & Isabelle as an answer to the many questions that their students have about being gay or lesbian.

“Kim Wallace donated four books to our high school Gay Straight Alliance as part of her 100 book give-away this month,” a teacher from Atlanta reported. “Since they arrived, it has become very clear that we need to order triple that amount. I've never seen students actually argue over who gets to check a book out first and I've been teaching English for twenty years!”

This teacher, as well as other educators across the country, will soon have a new release, Erik & Isabelle Junior Year at Foresthill High (ISBN 0-9755848-2-0) for their students to vie for. As the beloved protagonists commence their Junior Year, Erik and Isabelle harness the hope and activism of young people who have no doubt that they really can change the world around them. Ready or not, Foresthill High will have to reckon with the forces of this duo, ever determined to live their lives with dignity. Never content with the status quo, Erik & Isabelle chip away at intolerance by never failing to demonstrate the power of love over injustice. If you don't already wish Erik and Isabelle were your real life friends, then this is the book that will make you turn that corner.

Character Name Contest: Make Your Mark on Literary History!

For every pre-ordered copy of Erik & Isabelle Junior Year at Foresthill High that Foglight Press receives between now and October 31, 2005, the purchaser's name will go into a drawing for the character name contest. Two winners will be drawn—one male and one female—and they will have the option of having a minor character named after them or by them in the final printing of Junior Year.

Ordering information:

Order online at http://www.foglightpress.com using a credit card or order by check for $11.00 (20% off the cover price) plus $2.50 for shipping per copy (adding 7.75% sales tax if you live in California). Checks should be made payable to Foglight Press. Send order requests to Foglight Press P.O. Box 22512 Sacramento, CA 95831. Books will be available for delivery in February 2006.

About the Foresthill High Series:

Boys taking other boys to the Prom? Girls holding hands as they stroll through school hallways? Students working together in Gay-Straight Alliances to educate their communities or just enjoy a queer flick together? This is not your parents' closet anymore. Welcome to the out and proud GLBTQ teen. Enter Erik & Isabelle—lifelong best friends who share the joy and agony of adolescence in Kim Wallace's groundbreaking four-book series about gay and lesbian youth. Ripe with the angst and comedy that embody high school life, the teens of Foresthill prevail with optimism and hope that will resonate in young people everywhere.

Erik & Isabelle Freshman Year at Foresthill High (ISBN 0-9755848-0-4) and Sophomore Year at Foresthill High (ISBN 0-9755848-1-2) are available at http://www.foglightpress.com, Amazon.com, and independent booksellers.

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