Chance Striker: An Illustrated Middle-School Book Series

A project in New York, NY by S. Emerson
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An illustrated series about a New York City boy, his soccer ball, and the hilarious hijinks that come with starting middle school!
Backers: 72
Average Pledge Per Backer: $146

Funded: $10,520 of $10,000
Dates: May 28th -> Jun 27th (30 days)
Project By: S. Emerson
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Latest News

Only the beginning...

June 26th - via: kickstarter.com
With just 19 hours to go, I’m thrilled to announce that Chance Striker: One in a Million is FULLY FUNDED—and then some! (103 %) As promised, the extra funds will go toward translating the book— most likely into Spanish first. After breathing a... (Read More)

SCORE!

June 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
THANKS A MILLION for being a part of this campaign's success!  I now have enough funds to: -hire an editor and two beta readers -hire a book designer for the cover and interior formatting (I just found a great one!) -have the illustrations... (Read More)

A World Cup Week!

June 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Friends, So much to share about last week’s campaign progress, which ended at 53% toward our goal. Hooray! Here are some of the highlights: -a productive meeting with the PR department if the Dwight School, with a plan to feature Chance... (Read More)

A Great Day!

June 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday's campaign day was a lot of fun!  We extended the FLASH SALE another 24 hours and received a handful of new backers  Hit the 31% mark My amazing campaign buddy Woody put together this cool picture frame to start a new photo parade... (Read More)

FLASH SALE!

June 11th - via: kickstarter.com
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Edit to last update

June 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Your friends have actually 18 days left to preorder, not 12!  (I fixed this mistake on the draft, but the edit somehow didn't make it to the final update--sorry!)  (Read More)

The Twelve Days of Kickstarter

June 8th - via: kickstarter.com
It's Day 12, and the campaign is 22 percent funded.  While this is definitely up from last week, the project could still use a bit more of a "kick."  I just read an encouraging statistic that said that 80% of all Kickstarter campaigns that reach... (Read More)

More New Pics about School Rules!

June 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Sorry about the missing pic in the last update-- just learning how all this works!  Here are two MORE fun drawings about the CRAZY rules in Chance's school... So, the teachers are all going a little cuckoo from the lunchroom chaos and noise and have... (Read More)

New Batch of Illustrations!

June 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Here are two of Neil's illustrations to a chapter I just wrote about Chance's school's rules.  Hope you think they're as funny as I do! "Lord of the Flies": No Eating in the Library! Stay tuned for more!  And in the meantime, feel free to share... (Read More)

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