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\"AuthorToday I\u2019m<\/em> shining the Author Spotlight on Beth McMullen and her middle grade novel POWER PLAY:\u00a0 MRS. SMITH’S SPY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS #2
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Title: Power Play: Mrs. Smith\u2019s Spy School for Girls #2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre: mystery\/action\/adventure<\/strong><\/p>\n

Age Range: 9-14<\/strong><\/p>\n

Launch Date: July 3, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nPlease tell us a little bit about your book.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Abby and the rest of her friends go international as they embark on their first \u201cofficial\u201d Center mission in this second book in the Mrs. Smith\u2019s Spy School for Girls series.<\/p>\n

After discovering the truth about her spy school\/boarding school\u2014and her super-spy mom\u2014Abby Hunter is ready for her next adventure, but what\u2019s about to happen is something she never would have guessed\u2026<\/p>\n

Everyone at The Smith School is obsessed with Monster Mayhem, the latest reality video game craze. But when Drexel Caine, the mastermind behind the game is suddenly kidnapped, it becomes clear that the kidnappers are playing for more than just special badges.<\/p>\n

After Drexel\u2019s son\u2014who is Abby\u2019s friend, Toby\u2014receives a cryptic message, Abby and her friends discover the kidnapping is part of a bigger scheme that could take down The Center for good.<\/p>\n

With the help of Abby\u2019s frenemy (and reluctant mentor), Veronica Brooks, the group tackles their first official Center Mission. They tangle with the world\u2019s most notorious hacker, get in trouble for the possible theft of the Mona Lisa, and prepare for the ultimate showdown in London. But not before they have to contend with one more hurdle: the agonizing Smith School Spring Formal. Along the way, they discover they are much stronger as a team they can ever be alone.<\/p>\n

And with a little luck, they might just save the world.<\/p>\n

What inspired you to write this story and\/or these characters?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I went to boarding school as a kid and always thought it would make a great setting for a novel. I was writing for adults at the time so I tried it as an adult mystery but it was really bad. It wasn\u2019t until I hit on a twelve year old as my main character that all the pieces fell into place.<\/p>\n

Everyone says writing is a process. Could you share a little about your writing and\/or research process?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

My process is messy and inefficient!\u00a0 I wish I could make a beautiful, detailed outline and stick to it but I\u2019m definitely a \u2018fly by the seat of my pants\u2019 kind of author. I just jump in and start writing. It\u2019s not uncommon for me to rewrite the first 50 pages ten times. Mostly I\u2019m trying to find the voice of the character and somewhere in that write\/rewrite process I get it and then I\u2019m off to the races.<\/p>\n

We know no writer is created in a vacuum. Could you tell the readers about a teacher or a\u00a0\u00a0 librarian who had an effect on your writing life?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

When I was in high school, my history teacher read a story I\u2019d written about brothers on opposing sides of the civil war aloud to the class. Naturally, I was mortified (teenagers!) but I distinctly remember how the students hung on every word. I was hooked!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

What makes your book\u00a0 a good pick for use in a classroom? Is there any particular way you\u2019d like to see teachers use it with young readers\/teens?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I want students to understand that making mistakes is okay, this is how we learn, and that sometimes we have to quiet the internal voice of doubt that keeps us from taking action and just embrace the risk of something new or unknown. Abby is a girl who doesn\u2019t claim to know what she\u2019s doing but is willing to try anyway. My message is: get off the sidelines, get into the game and don\u2019t worry if you mess up. Keep trying.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a message I dearly wish someone had offered me when I was young.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m a little dog obsessed here at www.patriciabaileyauthor.com. Would you tell the readers\u00a0 about\u00a0 your favorite dog (real or imaginary)?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I just wrote a dog into an adult thriller screenplay I\u2019m working on!\u00a0 He\u2019s a tiny little thing \u2013 probably some kind of toy poodle\/scrappy mutt mix and his job is to give the main character something to cling to (in her case, literally) when things get way ugly in the third act. His names is Oscar and he\u2019s loosely based on my brother\u2019s dog.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Author
\nBeth McMullen is the author of the Mrs. Smith\u2019s Spy School for Girls series and several adult mysteries. Her books have heroes and bad guys, action and messy situations. An avid reader, she once missed her subway stop and rode the train all the way to Brooklyn because the book she was reading was that good. She lives in Northern California with her family, two cats and a parakeet named Zeus, who is sick of the cats eye-balling him like he\u2019s dinner.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You can find Beth at her website <\/a>or on social media at:
\nTwitter: @bvam
\nInstagram: @BethMcMullenBooks
\nFaceBook: @BethMcMullenBooks<\/p>\n

POWER PLAY is available now online <\/a>or at your local independent bookstore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thanks, Beth!<\/p>\n

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