Chelsea Billings LeGault

Children's book author, public school teacher

[Chelsea Billings LeGault @BillingsLegault]

@Small_Pitch Thank you very much for the info!

[Chelsea Billings LeGault @BillingsLegault]

@Small_Pitch Thanks for putting on this event! What is the earliest time on Thursday that we might receive word of a request? Thanks!

[Chelsea Billings LeGault @BillingsLegault]

@Small_Pitch Hi! Will the participating presses be the same as past events or new ones? Thanks!☺️

[Chelsea Billings LeGault @BillingsLegault]

Spatially-challenged 12 y/o grl who’s deathly afraid of soccer balls but thrives in individual sports goes off-script by making friends with 2 boys outside the “popular” group at swim practice – but what will her girlfriends think on the first day of school? #JoyPit #MG #Con #COA

[Chelsea Billings LeGault @BillingsLegault]

12 y/o Vanessa excels at swimming and is woefully bad at contact sports, but her 2 BFFs are trying out for the soccer team -- along with a new girl who is trying to ace V out of the group. Will she choose popularity or authenticity? #JoyPit #MG #Con #COA

[Chelsea Billings LeGault @BillingsLegault]

Life in elementary school seemed so uncomplicated, but in middle school there's all these rules: who's cool, what sports are right, what brands to wear. Vanessa wants to swim, but her BFFs are playing soccer. Will she conform to their rules or write her own? #JoyPit #MG #Con #COA

[Chelsea Billings LeGault @BillingsLegault]

The rules of swimming make so much more sense to 12 y/o Vanessa than the rules of soccer. But her popularity-consumed BFFs say “no one” does swim and it isn’t even considered a sport, anyway. Will V follow her heart or follow the crowd? #JoyPit #MG #Con #COA

[Chelsea Billings LeGault @BillingsLegault]

12 y/o girl risks being kicked out of friend group by joining the swim team (a sport that “no one” does) and making friends with 2 boys on the team who aren’t part of the in-crowd at school (it tackles serious topics but I promise it's really joyful!!!! 😊) #JoyPit #MG #Con #COA

[Chelsea Billings LeGault @BillingsLegault]

12 y/o Vanessa broke 2 of her friends’ unspoken rules: 1) She joined swim team, not soccer 2) she befriended a boy outside the “in-crowd”. SWIMMING AGAINST THE CROWD: a humorous, MG sports-themed take on the mean girls trope & story of being true to oneself #SmallPitch #MG #Con

[Chelsea Billings LeGault @BillingsLegault]

12 y/o Vanessa broke 2 of her friends’ unspoken rules: 1) She joined the swim team, not soccer 2) she befriended a boy outside the “in-crowd”. SWIMMING AGAINST THE CROWD: humorous, MG sports-themed take on the mean girls trope & story of being true to oneself #SmallPitch #MG #Con

[Chelsea Billings LeGault @BillingsLegault]

@SoCalledYALife Hi Natascha, I am trying to send you a #MSWL query but am having trouble with Query Manager -- is there an e-mail address I can send it to instead? Thanks for considering!

[Chelsea Billings LeGault @BillingsLegault]

12yo Vanessa broke 2 of her friends’ unspoken rules: 1) She joined the swim team, not soccer 2) she befriended a boy outside the “in-crowd”. SWIMMING AGAINST THE CROWD: a humorous, MG sports-themed take on the mean girls trope & story of being true to oneself #SmallPitch #MG #Con

[Chelsea Billings LeGault @BillingsLegault]

Which is worse: play soccer and risk dying by way of out of control ball flying through air, or violate friends' unspoken rules & join swim team --"uncool" bc of both the sport itself & the people on it? 12 y/o who struggles with contact sports must decide #SmallPitch #MG #con

[Chelsea Billings LeGault @BillingsLegault]

12yo Vanessa broke 2 of her friends’ unspoken rules: 1) She joined the swim team, not soccer 2) she befriended a boy outside the “in-crowd”. SWIMMING AGAINST THE CROWD: humorous, MG sports-themed take on the mean girls trope & story of being true to oneself #SmallPitch #MG #Con

[Chelsea Billings LeGault @BillingsLegault]

12yo Vanessa broke two of her friends’ unspoken rules: 1) She joined the swim team, not the soccer team and 2) she befriended a boy outside the “in-crowd”. SWIMMING AGAINST THE CROWD: humorous, MG sports-themed take on the mean girls trope #SmallPitch #MG #Con

[Chelsea Billings LeGault @BillingsLegault]

12yo Vanessa broke two of her friends’ unspoken rules: 1) She joined the swim team, not the soccer team and 2) she befriended a boy outside the “in-crowd”. SWIMMING AGAINST THE CROWD: MG sports-themed take on the mean girls trope. #PreSmallP

Would love any and all feedback! TIA!

[Chelsea Billings LeGault @BillingsLegault]

@Krargyres Ooh I like that a LOT! Thank you so much for that suggestion; I am definitely going to use that.

Do you think it’s necessary to add anything about the two worlds colliding at school or do you think that’s irrelevant/implied?

Thanks again!

[Chelsea Billings LeGault @BillingsLegault]

12 y/o struggles w/ contact sports & joins swim team as friends pursue soccer, then violates popularity rulebook by befriending boy who doesn’t hang w/ “in-crowd”. At school, will she find the inner strength to be who she wants to be no matter who’s around? #PreSmallP #MG #con

[Chelsea Billings LeGault @BillingsLegault]

@Krargyres Yes I am!!!!