Summer Makeover

The Black Sheep has lightened up for summer with a fresh new look. That’s right, the paperback version has arrived in bookstores!

But just as in real life, a makeover doesn’t mean anything has changed on the inside. The Black Sheep is still the same story about love, reality TV, annoying parents—and sea otters. (Don’t worry, the sea otters are minor characters).

Here’s what the back cover says:

Fed up with her parents and all their ridiculous rules (they keep a binder full of them), fifteen-year-old Kendra Bishop writes away to The Black Sheep, a reality TV show that offers the chance to swap families with another teen. But when the camera crew shows up at her Manhattan apartment, Kendra starts to have second thoughts.

Too late! Kendra is whisked away to Monterey, California, to live with the Mulligan family in a household that couldn’t be more different from her own. Of course, when Kendra falls for Mitch, the Mulligans’ seventeen-year-old son, it only complicates things further, especially since Mitch despises the reality TV show and everything it stands for. But given the chance, Kendra might just be able to juggle first love, her new stardom, and a pushy TV producer who will stop at nothing for higher ratings.

We loved the sheep on the original cover so much that Yvonne actually brought him to life in a video. (Yes, it’s a boy—can’t you tell?)

But this is a good look too. It’s bright and fun—possibly the best fit for what Publisher’s Weekly called “A cheery fish-out-of-water romance.”

So tell us, what cover do you like best? Leave a comment or send an e-mail and we’ll draw two winners—one for the paperback and one for the hardcover.

P.S. The winner of last week’s Introducing Vivien Leigh Reid: Daughter of the Diva giveaway is Cyndi. E-mail your address, Cyndi.