EMMA G. LOVES BOYZ

Remember being head-over-heels crazy for your favorite boy band? What about your incredibly huge first crush? Well, then you know EXACTLY how Emma G. feels! EMMA G LOVES BOY: A True Love Journal is the first book in a new tween girl series by Taro Meyer - the exuberant journal of a star-struck fan who vows to stop at nothing - not even doing chores! - for a chance to see her favorite boy band perform live.

Emma G. Loves Boyz introduces Emma, a smart, funny and slightly insecure 12-year-old full of energy and ideas about everything. And she writes them all in her journal. She’s got all the concerns of a typical teenager: school, fashion, friends, but she’s armed with strong values and ideals. She: …loves music, and how a lyric can melt your heart …can’t get through a day without her BFFs …writes poetry she shows nobody, but secretly dreams the world will discover …and has a huge crush – along with millions of other girls – on a pop star she’s never met Emma gets a once-in-a-lifetime chance to fly to the Bahamas to see Boyz3000 in concert. But she’s got to earn money for her plane ticket. And she only has nine days to do it! Surrounded by her BFFs, her 16-year-old boy-crazy cousin Elyse, and taunted by eighth-grade “hater” Renee, Emma tries to make her dreams come true as she navigates middle-school with trepidation, determination, and a lot of spunk! Author Taro Meyer is a Grammy and Audie winning Audio Producer/Director who has helmed the production of many YA and Tween books. She worked with legendary author Judy Blume, she produces and directs. She won a Parents’ Choice Award for her production of the Ruby Dee/Ossie Davis family video, Hands Upon the Heart. She co-produced the original touring companies of Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s hit rock touring show, Christmas Eve and Other Stories, and their TV Special, Ghosts of Christmas Eve, receiving Gold and Platinum Albums for her work with the team. Earlier in her career, Meyer was an actress and singer. She wrote (with daughter Ari Meyers) and produced the upcoming children’s album Mighty Musical Fairy Tales, starring Grammy winning-international artist Patti Austin. EMMA G. LOVES BOYZ is Meyer’s first novel.