Fanboy Sequel!!

Barry Lyga just officially announced the release of a sequel to The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl! Called Goth Girl Rising, it will be out next fall!! Here is Barry's email:

Seems like a lot of people who've read The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl want a sequel to that book. I get a LOT of e-mails about that, and whenever I speak to fans or sign books, I always get asked that question at least once. Sometimes it's phrased like this: "Are you going to write a sequel to Fanboy and Goth Girl?"That gives me the option of saying, "Yes," "No," or "Maybe." And sometimes it's phrased like this: "When will there be a sequel? "That assumes that there WILL be a sequel! And for a long time there, I wasn't sure there would be one, so that made it doubly difficult todisappoint people who had just assumed there would be a second book.

Well, anyway, I can answer both questions now:
1. Yes.
2. Fall 2009.

The book will be titled GOTH GIRL RISING. It takes place six months after the end of the first book, so roughly halfway through Fanboy and Goth Girl's junior year at South Brook High. (Yes, this also means ittakes place BEFORE Boy Toy and Hero-Type.) The book is written from Kyra's point of view. If you've ever wondered what goes through her head...you're gonna find out. Oh, boy, are you gonna find out! All I'll say about it at this point is that it probably isn't what you're expecting. I resisted writing a sequel for a while, but eventually I just had to tell this story. It's WAY too early to give out more information than that. As soon as I have the cover, I'll show it to you. Look for a sample chapter to go up on the site sometime in the spring.