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Leslea Wahl

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An Unexpected Role – Extras

Fun Facts, Playlists, Video, Awards, Short Stories, & Social Media

Awards:

2017 Gold Medal Winner Moonbeam Children’s Book Award

 

There’s More To The Story

Did you know that Josie’s adventure continues through some short stories?

In case you weren’t aware, I have combined the characters from my award-winning YA mysteries, The Perfect Blindside and An Unexpected Role, in several short stories.

More Precious Than Gold can be found in the CatholicTeenBooks Anthology – Secrets: Visible and Invisible.  HERE

Unlikely Witnesses is a summer adventure that can be found in an ebook novella.  HERE

Shared Blessings is a short story set before The Perfect Blindside. This is a free download to new subscribers of my newsletter. If you already are part of my newsletter mailing list and haven’t had a chance to read the story, send me a quick note through the link on the Contact Page.

For those who are curious, here is the chronological order of all the stories:

Shared Blessings – the winter of the characters sophomore year of high school
An Unexpected Role – the summer between their sophomore and junior years
The Perfect Blindside – the fall of their junior year of high school
Extreme Blindside – the winter of their junior year of high school
More Precious Than Gold – the summer between their junior and senior years
Unlikely Witnesses – the summer between their junior and senior years

 

More Ways To Follow

Click here to see official book trailer.

Click here for an interview with Josie by The Catholic Underground.

Check out Josie’s favorite musicals on Pinterest HERE.

Fun Facts

  • The jellyfish scene was inspired by an actual event from one of our family vacations.
  • Most of the plays and musicals Josie references were ones either I or my kids were in.
  • Josie is from Minnesota as a tribute to beautiful Rochester MN where we lived for a while.
  • One of the characters is related to a character in The Perfect Blindside – can you guess who?

Playlist

Songs that help inspire my characters.

  • My Lighthouse by Rend Collective  (Josie)
  • My Fight Song by Rachel Platten  (Josie)
  • You Say by Lauren Daigle (Josie)
  • Bailamos by Enrique Iglesias  (Niko)
  • Life is a Highway by Rascal Flatts  (Ryan)
  • I Will Wait by Mumford and Sons  (Ryan)

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