I actually found out about this before we headed off to Ireland but in the rush of packing and finishing One Lonely Degree revisions didn't have time to post the news. I'm thrilled to say that I Know It's Over has been nominated for the 2009 ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers list.
You can read a bit about the criteria used for evaluating potential Quick Pick books here on the ALA site along with info about the procedure. The final list is announced at the American Library Association's Midwinter Meeting in January and includes books receiving 7 or more "yes" votes from committee members. Fingers crossed!
This is unbelievably exciting as the 2008 Quick Picks list included some extremely cool books like Sara Zarr's Story of a Girl, Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why and S.A. Harazin's Blood Brothers.
C. K. Kelly Martin
likes to write things down and is a firm believer in the John Lennon quote, "If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliché that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal." She's written a middle grade sci-fi and multiple young adult books including I KNOW IT'S OVER, YESTERDAY, and DELICATE. Her most recent novel, released under the name Cara Martin, is a creepy horror centring around a kidnapping and a malevolent house.