Yet another update from our very own intern, Naomi Fishmeier, Scene Queen

Oh, Glorious Pursuers of the Great and Wondrous,

Much good news to share: Lemonade Mouth has been named the winner of the 2008 ASTAL Rhode Island Book of the Year Award! This is a great honor and Mark is thrilled. The novel has also been included in the 2010 Sequoyah Master List (High School Category) by the Oklahoma Library Association. Another happy occasion. Thank you, great readers of OK!

The first installment of Mark’s new series, tentatively titled THE WILD ORANGE YONDER, will be finished soon. Those who have been holding their breaths—relief is on the way! Publication is currently set for Summer 2010.

For those Lemonade Mouth readers in need of a jolt of Rhode Island rock’n’roll, below is from Mark’s ever-so-high-brow band, the Church Ladies. Their website can be reached by clicking here.

Yours in Muddy Springtime Bliss,

Naomi Fishmeier
Scene Queen and Underappreciated Literary Assistant