Perfect Pitch Entry

Hooray! I just found out about Brenda Lee's great Perfect Pitch Contest and had to enter. Namely because the agent is one of the coolest agents from one of the coolest agencies. Go check out all the great entries! (And if you are here for more Baby Steps of Writing, there will be more of those the end of the week! <3)

Title. Jedda Hitler: Traitor to the Party

Genre. YA Historical Adventure

Word Count: 65,000 words

Pitch. Raised, groomed, and kept apart, Jedda Hitler was her grandfather’s personal project to prove that even a small girl could be turned into a killing machine.

Excerpt:

Grandfather would never have allowed such incompetence in his army. That is all I have to say about him. He is no longer my concern.

Right now I have only to save myself.

Sagging belly and paunchy eyes, my jailer leans carelessly against the bathroom wall. He is a Brown Shirt, Nazi paramilitary. But where discipline was once religion, it is replaced by indolence. He disgusts me.

He would not be so at ease if he knew how loose his men tied my wrists.

I could kill him now if I wished.

But I want information.

“Give me your name.” His voice echoes. We are underground, in a tunnel. He believes he is the one interrogating.

“Your name!”

“I think you already know,” I say.

A self-satisfied tightness crosses his lips. He has his prize.

“Where are we?” I ask, doing my best to appear dazed.

“North of Mosbach.”