Synopses & Reviews
Moving and funnya terrifically satisfying read.”
--Sara Zarr, author of How to Save a Life
"Funny and poignant, this lively book totally charmed us."
--Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, authors of Spoiled and Messy
"Brilliant!
Unique, honest, and quite often flat-out hysterically funny. I laughed, I cried, it was way, WAY better than Cats!"
--Miriam Shor, star of Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Cast) and Merrily We Roll Along (Kennedy Center's Sondheim Celebration)
"Charming, heart-warming, and thoughtful
The Reece Malcolm List sings!"
--Courtney Summers, author of Cracked up to Be and Some Girls Are
"Just the right mix of humor and emotion
heartbreaking in the best way, The Reece Malcolm List is excellent YA contemporary."
--Miranda Kenneally, author of Catching Jordan and Stealing Parker
"This book has so much warmth and charm that youll find yourself wanting a second helping.”
--CK Kelly Martin, author of I Know Its Over and The Lighter Side of Life and Death
Review
Amy Spalding deftly explores family and identity in this charming, heart-warming and thoughtful debut. Devan is a laugh-out-loud funny and beautifully honest protagonist navigating life as the not-so-nerdy-anymore New Girl with a cast of characters just as memorable she is.
The Reece Malcolm List sings!”
Courtney Summers, author of Cracked up to Be
Synopsis
Things I know about Reece Malcolm:
1. She graduated from New York University.
2. She lives in or near Los Angeles.
3. Since her first novel was released, shes been on the New York Times bestseller list every week.
4. She likes strong coffee and bourbon.
5. Shes my mother.
Devan knows very little about Reece Malcolm, until the day her father dies and shes shipped off to live with the mother shes never met. All she has is a list of notebook entries that doesnt add up to much.
L.A. offers a whole new world to Devana performing arts school allows her to pursue her passion for show choir and musicals, a new circle of friends helps to draw her out of her shell, and an intriguing boy opens up possibilities for her first love.
But then the Reece Malcolm list gets a surprising new entry. Now that Devan is so close to having it all, can she handle the possibility of losing everything?
Synopsis
Devan knows very little about Reece Malcolm: she's a bestselling, media-shy author, she lives in Los Angeles, and, oh yeah, she's Devan's mother. Each of these facts are short entries on the list Devan's been composing since her father died and she was shipped off to live with a woman she's never met.
While Devan tiptoes around getting to know her mother and settling into the home Reece shares with her boyfriend, she's at least thrilled to find a place for herself in a high school for the arts nearby. Joining show choir and getting a lead part in the fall musical are easy when you're as talented as Devan -- making friends and pining for fellow new-student Sai are more delicate mine-fields to maneuver.
As opening night draws near, Sai and Devan's friendship gets more complicated, and the Reece Malcolm list gets a shocking new entry. The problem with being so close to having it all is the pain of losing everything.
About the Author
Amy Spalding grew up in St. Louis, but now lives in the better weather of Los Angeles. She received a B.A. in Advertising and Marketing Communications from Webster University, and currently works as the Digital Media Planner for an independent film advertising agency. Amy studied longform improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, and can be seen performing around Los Angeles.