Maggie Vaults Over the Moon

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Gilbert Eager to Perform Maggie on Audiobook

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Can you hear it?!

The media buzz is getting louder about the upcoming performance and release of Maggie Vaults Over the Moon on audiobook by Tavia Gilbert!

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Read Tavia Gilbert’s interview on The Reading Date

In celebration of Audiobook Month in June, The Reading Date blog recently posted a wonderful interview with Tavia, in which the award-winning narrator was asked,  What’s coming up for you? Any upcoming audiobook releases you’re particularly jazzed about?

NewComingSoonAdwithBorderTavia replied: THE MIDWIFE, by Jolina Petersheim, has just released. She’s a young, heart-felt, unusual novelist, and one to watch (or listen for)! Daryl Gregory’s AFTERPARTY and Alena Graedon’s THE WORD EXCHANGE are both really great, futuristic, cautionary tales, though very different. I loved narrating FIREBALL, the story of Carole Lombard’s incredible life and untimely death.  And I’m performing a wonderful YA novel, MAGGIE VAULTS OVER THE MOON this summer…” (Emphasis added)

And the crowd goes wild! Continue reading →


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Win a Giant Maggie Poster at Watermark Books!


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Win a ‘Maggie’ Poster at Watermark Books

Sign up to win a Maggie poster at Watermark Books & Cafe during the State Track Meet this Friday and Saturday, May 30-31.

Stop by this week to enter the drawing for a ‘Maggie’ poster at Watermark Books!

WICHITA, Kan. — Some 4,000 athletes competed this past Friday and Saturday at the Kansas State High School Track and Field Championships.

Look for Maggie in the State Meet program!

Click here for Kansas State Meet Results!

 Cheering them on were more than 25,000 fans at Wichita’s Cessna Stadium, including storybook State Champion, Maggie Steele, the gutsy pole-vaulting farm girl from Grain Valley, Kan.

To celebrate, autographed copies of the track and field novel, Maggie Vaults Over the Moon, are on sale at Wichita’s premier independent bookstore, Watermark Books and Cafe, located at 4701 East Douglas (corner of Douglas and Oliver).

In addition, we’re having a drawing for a giant-sized Maggie Vaults Over the Moon cover poster!

The bookstore is open from 8 am to 8 pm weekdays and from 8 am to 5 pm on Saturday. The drawing will be held after the close of business this Saturday, June 7th.

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Maggie says, ‘Congrats State PV Champs!’

2A Champion Laramie Leakey is one of 6 girls' pole-vault champs who, in addition to their awesome gold medals, received copies of 'Maggie Vaults Over the Moon'. Way to go!

2A Champ Laramie Leakey is one of 6 girls’ Kansas State pole-vault champs who, in addition to their awesome gold medals, received gift copies of ‘Maggie Vaults Over the Moon’. Way to go!

Maggie says, “Congrats to our new Kansas State PV Champs!”

The Kansas State High School Track and Field Championships, held at Wichita State University's Cessna Stadium, is the largest meet in the nation, with more than 3,000 athletes and 20,000 spectators.

The Kansas State High School Track and Field Championships, held at Wichita State University’s Cessna Stadium, is the largest meet in the nation, with more than 3,000 athletes and 20,000 spectators.

GIRLS: Class 1A Dallas Reed of St. Francis; 2A Laramie Leakey, Jeff County North; 3A Alicia Maloney, Marion; 4A Jannell Clampitt, Desoto; 5A Alyssa Wheeler, Kapaun-Mt. Carmel; and 6A Megan Vanderpool, SM West!

BOYS: 1A Isaac Siebert, Macksville; 2A DeShawn Pfeiff, Moundridge; 3A Austin Hager, Norton Community; 4A Ethan Meyer, Andale; 5A Luke Shaw, Topeka Seaman; and 6A Trevor Hillis, Lawrence Free State!

Complete Kansas State Track Meet Results: http://tinyurl.com/k8k8hbu


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We’re Celebrating State Meet Weekend

Sign up to win a Maggie poster at Watermark Books & Cafe during the State Track Meet this Friday and Saturday, May 30-31.

Enter to win a ‘Maggie’ poster at Watermark Books & Cafe!

WICHITA, Kan. — More than 4,000 athletes will compete in the nation’s largest track meet this Friday and Saturday — the Kansas State High School Track and Field Championships.

Look for Maggie in the State Meet program!

Look for Maggie in the State Meet program!

Cheering them will be more than 25,000 fans at Wichita’s Cessna Stadium, including storybook State Champion, Maggie Steele, the gutsy pole-vaulting farm girl from Grain Valley, Kan.

To celebrate the biggest event on the track and field calendar, special autographed copies of the novel Maggie Vaults Over the Moon will be on sale at Wichita’s premier independent bookstore, Watermark Books and Cafe, located just a few miles from the stadium at 4701 East Douglas (corner of Douglas and Oliver).

In addition, some lucky person will win the drawing for a giant-sized Maggie Vaults Over the Moon cover poster! Continue reading →


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Maggie Cheers Athletes to State Meet Gold

See_you_over_the_moonThousands athletes in the Sunflower State are on a quest to compete in the 2014 Kansas State Track and Field Championships, to be held May 30-31 at Wichita’s Cessna Stadium.

Cheering them on is storybook track star Maggie Steele, a gutsy farm girl from Grain Valley, Kan.

‘Maggie Vaults Over the Moon’ captures a farm girl’s quest to qualify for the Kansas Track and Field Championships. With more than 3,000 athletes and 20,000 spectators, it is the largest track meet.

The high school heroine’s rise over tragedy and an ever-rising pole-vault crossbar is captured in the novel,  Maggie Vaults Over the Moon.

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Grant Overstake’s novel earned praise from track historian Carol Swenson.

According to author Grant Overstake, the story is a tribute to the thousands of real-life Kansas athletes striving to qualify for the State Meet, as they have for more than 100 years.

“Maggie Steele represents every Kansas high school athlete who is doing all they can every day to make it to State in any sport,” Overstake said. “It will inspire anyone who dreams of becoming a champion.” Continue reading →