Jennifer Brown

Strap on your feed bags, people, because we're having lunch with a debut YA character again today! As part of my "Lunching with the Leads" blog tour, today we're dining with Winnie, the main character in Jenny Moss's YA novel, WINNIE'S WAR.

About the Book:

A debut novel set against the backdrop of the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918. 

Life in Winnie's sleepy town of Coward Creek, Texas, is just fine for her. Although her troubled mother's distant behavior has always worried Winnie, she's plenty busy caring for her younger sisters, going to school, playing chess with Mr. Levy, and avoiding her testy grandmother. Plus, her sweetheart Nolan is always there to make her smile when she's feeling low. But when the Spanish Influenza claims its first victim, lives are suddenly at stake, and Winnie has never felt so helpless. She must find a way to save the people she loves most, even if doing so means putting her own life at risk.

This sounds like a suspenseful novel. I can't wait to dine with Winnie and find out more. Look! Here she comes! Let's eat!

What are we eating?

Winnie's sweetheart Nolan

Hmmm... I always enjoy eating with sweethearts. Let's chat. What do you like to talk about, Winnie?

Books

Well, that should be easy. Books are my favorite topic, too. Any topics I should avoid?

Cemeteries

Okay, no cemetery talk. What I really want to know is how is Winnie handling all this limelight she's been getting since Jenny put her story into a book.

She thinks it'd be better if her best friend Tillie got the attention instead.

Well, I'm sure Tillie will be getting her share as well. Aw, shucks, lunch hour's just about over. Time for dessert. Which reminds me... how does Winnie eat a Reeses?

She's never had one.

JENNY MOSS is a former NASA engineer. She earned a master's degree in literature and taught writing as an adjunct at University of Houston-Clear Lake. Winnie's War is her first novel. She lives with her two teenagers in Houston, Texas.

Visit Jenny's website at: http://www.jenny-moss.com

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Be sure to come back on March 13th for lunch with Erin Dionne, author of MODELS DON'T EAT CHOCOLATE COOKIES.