H6: YA Contemporary: ALL THE STARS IN THE OCEAN

TITLE: ALL THE STARS IN THE OCEAN

AUTHOR: Jennifer Camiccia

AGE CATEGORY: Young Adult

GENRE: Contemporary

WORD COUNT: 73,000 words

PITCH:

Surviving high school trapped on Kauai? Manageable. Avoiding a dangerous stalker? A little harder. Trusting a football star who shattered your heart to be your bodyguard? Downright impossible. PRIDE & PREJUDICE meets GILMORE GIRLS.

First 250 Words:

It’s a universally known fact that the back of a school bus is for the cooler, edgier kids. I avoid the back of the bus with a carefully crafted plan of perpetual lateness. No one in the back will deny me grabbing the first available seat when the bus is already moving and the potential of becoming a human missile grows exponentially every second. Especially after our bus driver has been smoking weed with aforementioned cool kids behind Mitsui Market.

The front of the bus is a landmine for the opposite reason. Students there are on the bottom of the sliding social-scale. Even sitting with them can knock someone’s rep down a notch or two.

The middle is the coveted neutral zone (Star Trek reference for my fellow closeted nerds). Those in the middle can be anything really. I prefer the ambiguity of the middle. And in the middle I can avoid Junior, the second-year senior (second time’s the charm) taking up a whole seat with his shoulders and ego in equal measure.

“Haole girl,” he bellows, as he does every morning. “Come sit by me.”

I pretend not to hear, as I do every morning, and snag a seat next to Calvin. I’m used to being called haole, the Hawaiian word for white. Technically it means foreigner, but in reality everyone knows it means you’re white as a piece of Love’s bread. The irony is I probably have more Hawaiian blood than most of the kids here.

Join the Conversation

querytinap
says:
March 16, 2017 at 8:05 am -


Great query! I’d love to see more. Please send the Full ms as a Word .doc attachment to: TPAqueries@gmail.com, and put “PitMad Requested, Title of ms, Genre, Last name” in the subject line. Thank you! ~ Tina P. Schwartz, The Purcell Agency, LLC
Saba Sulaiman
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March 16, 2017 at 8:16 am -


Hi Jennifer,
Is the view from Gumdrop Pass as magnificent as they say it is? I can’t wait to find out! Please send a query, synopsis, and the first 50 pages (Word documents will suffice) to ssulaiman@talcottnotch.net — and don’t forget to mention #PitchMadness in your subject line. Thanks—looking forward to my read!
Good luck,
–Saba
Liza Fleissig
says:
March 16, 2017 at 9:46 am -


Candy Castle = Query + full manuscript PLEASE
and reminder – exclusivity waived for contests no worries!
renarossner
says:
March 16, 2017 at 9:46 am -


I’d love to take a look at this! You get a Gumdrop Pass!
Please Query + 1st 50 pages attached as a word document to: rena (at) thedeborahharrisagency (dot) com
Eric
says:
March 16, 2017 at 9:55 am -


Gumdrop Pass! Sounds like my kind of read, yes please.
andreasomberg
says:
March 16, 2017 at 2:06 pm -


Candy Castle! I would love to take a look at the query and full manuscript. Please feel free to send it along to andrea@harveyklinger.com with “PitchWars” in the subject line. To learn more about me and my list, please feel free to check out http://www.harveyklinger.com and http://www.andreasomberg.com
Lindsay Mealing
says:
March 16, 2017 at 2:07 pm -


I’m racing over the Gumdrop Pass for this one! Please send along your query to querylindsay@emeraldcityliterary.com and attach the first 50 pages as a word document. Make sure to include Pitch Madness in the subject of your email. Thanks!
Christa Heschke (@ChristaHeschke)
says:
March 16, 2017 at 2:20 pm -


I’d love to read this as I go down Gumdrop Pass! Please send the first 50 pages, query and synopsis to chquery [at] mcintoshandotis [dot] com with Pitch Madness request in the subject line.
Stefanie Lieberman
says:
March 16, 2017 at 2:27 pm -


I’d like to see more! Please send the “Gumdrop Pass” (query + first 50 pages) to submissions@janklow.com and please include “Pitch Wars – Stefanie Lieberman” in the subject line.
Laura Biagi
says:
March 16, 2017 at 4:21 pm -


Gumdrop Pass! (Query + 1st 50 pages) Please email me at LBiagi@jvnla.com with the material as an attachment and Pitch Madness in the subject line. If you’re able to include a synopsis as well, that would be awesome. Excited to read!
Kari Sutherland
says:
March 16, 2017 at 5:40 pm -


I’d love to know more. Rainbow Trail, please. (Query, including synopsis, plus first chapter to: kari@bradfordlit.com)
Blair Wilson
says:
March 17, 2017 at 8:46 am -


This sounds great–I’d love to read more! Please send a query and the first ten pages of your manuscript to bwilson@parkliterary.com. Can’t wait to read!
Lara Perkins, Andrea Brown Literary Agency
says:
March 17, 2017 at 12:32 pm -


Gumdrop Pass for me, please. I’d love to see the query and first 50 pages. Please feel free to send them to lara@andreabrownlit.com with “Requested: PitMad” as the subject line. Thank you!
cmmccoy
says:
March 17, 2017 at 5:09 pm -


Ninja Request:
Gumdrop!
Requesting on behalf of Michelle Johnson of Inklings Literary Agency.
Please email your pitch, query, and first 50 pgs: colleen@inklingsliterary.com. Please use the subject: #PitchMadness ALL THE STARS IN THE OCEAN, YA Contemp by
Natascha Morris
says:
March 20, 2017 at 11:11 am -


This sound interesting! Please query me at http://QueryMe.Online/1067 and include #PitMad in the referral section. Thank you!

H6: YA Contemporary: ALL THE STARS IN THE OCEAN