Sleeping in My Jeans [Paperback]

Sixteen-year-old Mattie Rollins has it all figured out. She'll ace her advanced high school courses, earn a college scholarship, and create a new life for herself and her family. There's no time for distractions—no friends, no fun, and especially no boys.

But Mattie's brilliant plan crumbles after first becoming homeless, forcing her family to live in the confines of their beat-up station wagon, Ruby, and then the mysterious disappearance of her mother. With life against her at every turn and fewer options every day, Mattie and her kid sister must learn how to live—not just survive—in their uncertain circumstances while racing to discover the truth behind their mothers disappearance. Mattie will have to find the strength to keep searching for her mother and to keep her dreams alive before they both slip away forever.

• Partnerships with community and activist groups that work with homeless families/youth, foster children, and human-trafficking victims. We will specifically be working with organizations like St. Vincent de Paul in Eugene and Transition Projects in Portland.
• Partnerships with Oregon libraries, including the Eugene Public Library.
• Targeted trade reviews in Publishers Weekly, Shelf Awareness, Booklist, Library Journal, School Library Journal, and others, including promotions in local newspapers to target regional audiences in the Northwest.
• Coordinated social media campaigns on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram using book bentos, books in the wild, book giveaways, ebook pricing discounts, dedicated hashtags, and visual quotes as tie-ins with holidays and publication events that echo thematic elements and scenes from the book.
• Author appearances at Northwest book events, such as the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and Wordstock.
Readings in Portland at Literary Arts for the Unchaste Readers Series, Powell's, and others, including a launch party in PortlalÃ&