Fans addicted to Mary Amato’s Guitar Notes will be thrilled to find Get Happy (due out October 2014, Egmont USA). Advanced Reader Copies are just now out for reviewers.

Summary:

Hilariously eccentric Minerva Watson wants a ukulele for her 16th birthday. What the aspiring songwriter gets instead is a totally shocking invitation from her long-lost father to reconnect. The secrets she discovers about family, friends, music, and herself will keep you turning the pages and hoping she will find a way to get beyond the pain and…maybe…actually…finally… get happy.

Special Music:

The book will feature six songs, and, as with Guitar Notes, readers will be able to hear the songs. Teen vocalist Jamey Geston will be featured in videos of the songs. Here is a sneak peek at Jamey’s first video.

Giveaway

Luna has created a custom uke designed for the book, which features a seahorse design–one of the book’s defining metaphors–and will partner to offer a free uke giveaway. More to come on this, too. Click on the image to see a larger version.

Author Presentations

Mary Amato is a popular speaker as well as a performing songwriter whose “poetry of lyrics” and “writing a novel with music” presentations and workshops are hits with teachers and inspiring for reluctant writers as well as singer-songwriter wannabes. She also has a “mini songwriting workshop” presentation especially for bookstore book signings. Take a look at this one-minute video to see her in action.