Pitch:
Daisy’s dream of opening a bakery with her BFF crumbles when she’s diagnosed with Celiac Disease. Not that Kat cares, she’s too busy hanging out with sixth grade’s new queen bee. When Daisy develops an eating disorder that lands her in the hospital, she must decide whether to keep fighting for her old life, or start over from scratch.
Excerpt:
First Day of Middle School
In sixth grade,
everything is different.
Girls are taller,
shinier.
Someone has told a bunch of them
to put colored stripes in their hair,
hitch up their skirts,
wear shoes with a heel,
but that someone
forgot to tell
me.
Bathroom Blues
I cannot think straight
during homeroom.
My stomach is squeezing,
sending an urgent message.
My teacher asks
do I really need to go
AGAIN?
I feel pink spots
spread on my cheeks
like watercolor on a wet page.
Kat
Recess on our first day.
Kids sit around the courtyard
talking.
In elementary school
we played tag,
gave each other piggy backs,
hung upside down
from the monkey bars.
I spy my best friend,
in a knot of kids.
“Kat!”
I call,
but she doesn’t hear.
I head over,
excited to see her.
“Kat!”
She shoots me a split-second glance,
before she turns her twinkling eyes,
back to a girl
with purple streaks in her hair,
who talks with her hands,
stretches to flash
her belly.
David Pryce
waves,
beckons.
I shake my head,
straining my ears
to hear the girls’ chatter
about a show
they went to last week.
“Kat?”
I try again.
Not even a squint
in my direction.
I spent the summer
with my grandparents,
and while I was gone,
my best friend forgot her name,
or maybe she forgot
me.
HI Abigail,
I’d be happy to read your manuscript. Can you please email me the first 50 pages? My email is ebewley@sll.com.
Thanks!
Elizabeth Bewley
Sterling Lord Literistic
Hi Abigail,
This sounds amazing, and I’d love to read more! Could you please send a query and the full manuscript to ebauman@aevitascreative.com and put “Pitch Wars” in the subject line?
Thanks!
I love how each line of this opening hits me.
If you think we’d be a good fit, please send the full to heather.stormliteraryagency@gmail.com with Pitch Wars Query, your name, and the title in the subject line.
Thank you and good luck!
Heather Cashman
Storm Literary Agency
I’d love to read this full manuscript. Please send it attached as a word document to: rena@thedeborahharrisagency.com
Thanks!
– Rena Rossner
The Deborah Harris Agency
Hi there, I really enjoyed reading your pitch and extract. It would be lovely to read your full manuscript!
Please send the full manuscript and a synopsis as a word doc(s) to submissions@skylark-literary.com, mentioning in your email that I requested the material from #Pitchwars
In the meantime, I wish you the best with your writing!
Regards, Joanna
I’d love to read more. Please send the first 50 pages as a Word attachment to assistant@theunteragency.com. Thanks!
Hello! I’d love to take a look at the full manuscript of DAISY FROM SCRATCH! Please send it along as a word document to tara@emliterary.com at your convenience.
Thanks so much!
Tara Gonzalez
Associate Agent
Erin Murphy Literary Agency, Inc.
http://emliterary.com/
I’m intrigued! Please send the query, synopsis and first three chapters to nicole@goldenwheatliterary.com with Pitch Wars in the subject line. Thanks!
I love novels in verse! Can you send the full manuscript to me at adria@martinlit.com?