Fleur Hitchcock's The Story Adventure

Australian school students are invited to participate in a four-monthlong interactive writing project in which they will help Hot Key Books
author Fleur Hitchcock write her next children's novel.

UK author Fleur Hitchcock's The Story Adventure is a writing experiment aimed at seven to 10 year-old readers who will provide
ideas and feedback to assist Fleur write the sequel to SHRUNK!

In her intro video, Fleur says she wants ideas 'the madder the better" so the story could follow a general story arc or it could go completely out into nowhere.

Either way, Fleur and Hot Key Books are determined to give young readers the opportunity to make their voices heard and to have a
chance to influence a story in their own way.

Announcing the project (fleurhitchcock.wordpress.com), Fleur says: 'This is what we hope the Story Adventure can do - give vent to
those imaginations, let children come up with random ideas that they DON'T have to spell properly, give children some ownership, and
give them something to read that they REALLY want."

Parents will remember the excitement of Choose Your Own Adventure books from childhood and flipping back and forth between the pages to read every possibility.

Hot Key Books encourages parents, teachers and librarians to get on board and inspire young readers to participate.

The full Story Adventure starts on 21 January 2013, but kids can enjoy some pre-Christmas fun, including naming the book.

Hot Key Books is a YA fiction imprint for readers aged nine to 19 (and beyond). For more information, visit Hotkeybooks.com