Coco, Trevor, & Tyler Let It Shine Interview

Coco Jones, Trevor Jackson, and Tyler James Williams Let It Shine

Imagine writing an amazing song and then your best friend takes the credit for it! That is the story of the new Disney movie Let It Shine. Cyrus DeBarge (played by Tyler James Williams) and his best friend Kris McDuffy (played by Trevor Jackson) reunite with their childhood friend, the beautiful singing sensation Roxie Andrews (played by Coco Jones). Cyrus crafts a heartfelt and contest-winning rhyme about Roxie, but his work is mistakenly attributed to Kris. Cyrus stands by while Kris not only takes credit for the lyrics, but begins to win Roxie's heart too. Now, it's up to the true poet to overcome self-doubt, reveal his authentic self, and pursue his dreams.

We interviewed the 3 actors to find out more about the movie. Read on to find out what they said!

Dear Dumb Diary Year 2 Giveaway!

Dear Dumb Diary Year 2 Giveaway!

Dear Dumb Diary fans know that Jamie Kelly is in Year 2 of writing her dumb diary (which you do NOT have permission to read)! But. . . in case you did happen to sneak a peek into the first book from Year 2: School. Hasn't This Gone on Long Enough?, then you might be interested to know that the next book, titled The Super-Nice Are Super-Annoying, is coming out this month. (Steal a sneak peek at the first chapter here.)

AND, you can enter for a chance to win both books from Year 2 plus an autographed print from the author, Jim Benton! When you enter your reading minutes in the Summer Challenge, you can also enter for a chance to win this amazing prize! The contest ends on June 27, so go to the Summer Challenge now.

PS. If you haven't already seen how awesome Jim Benton is, then you should also watch this random, hilarious pancake love story video. Just watch it. That's all I'm sayin'.

— Sonja, STACKS Staffer

Book Title Word Scramble Answers

Book Title Word Scramble Game

Last week I gave you a Book Title Word Scramble Game. Were you able to unscramble the letters to figure out the right titles? Most of the books are pretty new, and have appeared recently in the Ink Splot 26 Reads category. 

Would You Rather: Summer Vacation

Summer Vacation Would You Rather Game

There's nothing I love more than summer vacation! The beautiful weather is the perfect excuse to spend days at the beach and nights sitting around a campfire. There are so many ways to spend a summer's day, sometimes I don't know what to do with my time. In case you're having trouble with ideas for how to spend your summer, I posted some suggestions below in the form of my favorite game. So here's the question you've all been waiting for.

This summer, would you rather . . . 

1. Learn to ride a unicycle OR ride a dolphin?
2. Travel in Ron's flying car OR travel on the Hogwarts Express?
3. Spend a week camping in the woods OR spend a week at the beach?
4. Invent a board game OR invent a new sport?
5. Adopt a pet from an animal shelter OR discover a new species?
6. Adventure in the Amazon jungle OR travel across the Sahara Desert?
7. Build a space robot OR construct a rocket ship?
8. Become a Hollywood actor OR become a star on Broadway?
9. Become a super hero and save a city OR become an evil villain and conquer the world?
10. Write an epic novel OR have an epic novel written about you? 

Post your answers in the Comments below and have a happy end to your school year!

— Brian, STACKS Writer (a.k.a. BlackBird268)

Writing Prompt: Truth or Fiction?

Writing Prompt: Weirdest Thing OR What's True?

I totally love today's Write On Writing Prompt. It comes to us from CoolChicken3 who gives us two choices:

Write about the weirdest thing that’s happened to you.
OR
Write 3 statements (2 true and 1 false), and we have to guess which one is false.

So much fun, right? I couldn’t decide which to do . . . but I ended up picking the second. So here are 3 statements about myself. Can you guess which is false?  

1. I have crawled through underground tunnels in Vietnam.
2. I once almost drank a spider.
3. I have 6 toes. FALSE

While visiting Vietnam I did crawl through the Ho Chi Minh tunnels which are now open to tourists. And once in the middle of the night, I almost drank a dead spider floating in my water glass. But I do NOT have 6 toes. (I am desperately in need of a pedicure, though.)

Thanks for the Writing Prompt, CoolChicken3! Which one are you going to answer? Leave YOUR answers below in the Comments. And if you do the 3 statements, don’t forget to leave the answer on which is false, so we can see if we guessed it right!

— Ratha, STACKS Writer