Operation Final Notice by Matthew Landis

Is there anything you’d like to share about your journey? Do you have any advice or wisdom for those still working toward publication? Spalding for eight years! Kids – and adults! – are often shocked to learn how long it takes to finish a book. I learned from your Acknowledgements that you worked on Goodbye, Mr. I know your journey to the printed page has been a long one, as it is for so many. One other question, before we get to the book. I especially love writing Middle Grade, and about little-known nuggets of history.

I then joined SCBWI, found a great writing group, and have been writing stories for children ever since. These experiences were a great introduction to the publishing industry, and helped me to see where I wanted to spend my writing energy. I spend my days on a local college campus working with students, and my free time writing for young readers.Īt the start of my writing journey, I spent a short career writing how-to style guide books, publishing The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Bridal Showers in 1999 and The Everything Scrapbooking Book in 2002. Happy to introduce myself – I am a writer from the Philadelphia area. Thank you for having me! I’m a big fan of MG Book Village. Spalding and to chat about the book. Before we get to the new book, would you care to introduce yourself to our readers? As the countdown to the new year rolls ahead, Ronny and Jo learn what can happen to best-laid plans and how to depend on one another and their community when things get tough.First off, Jennifer, thank you for stopping by the MG Book Village to celebrate Goodbye, Mr. Except she can’t play a solo performance without something disastrous happening and no one seems to hear her when she talks about how nervous she is. His best friend Josefina Ramos is also counting down until the start of January when her life could change forever–that’s when she has her big cello audition at the prestigious music academy Maple Hill. Since a workplace injury disabled his dad and forced the family to move from their home into the apartment complex across the street, Ronny’s been learning all sorts of things–like what letters marked with Final Notice means and that banks can take cars away for being behind on payments. That’s how much Ronny needs by January 4th to make to keep his family’s only car from getting repossessed.

Told in alternating points of view, this middle grade novel, following best friends Ronny and Jo, is about anxiety, being in over your head, and learning to accept help–even if you don’t know how to ask Eight hundred seventy-eight dollars.

Operation Final Notice by Matthew Landis