*** UPDATE *** There is a newer and better version of this query here:
http://theresamilstein2.blogspot.com/2010/09/mist-chasers-query-revised_29.html
Dear Agent or Editor,
Eve and her best friend Adam are the sole witnesses to a mysterious mist that obliterates a Walmart. Walmart is the first of many disappearances, which also include McDonalds, Hummer dealerships, and coalmines. Eve joins Adam to follow the mist to its source. The mist leads them to Mother Nature who puts them on a ludicrous quest to salvage the planet before it reaches the tipping point. The godlike woman believes their biblical names are more than a coincidence, and that Adam and Eve are the ones destined to save civilization from itself even if they are only sixteen. To make matters worse, Eve is camera shy and debate weary, but she’ll need to face both fears to succeed.
If that weren’t enough, when Eve finds out Adam has a thing for her she hurts him by insisting they remain friends because she has her sights set on her dream guy. When Eve's dream boyfriend winds up being grope-happy she dumps him, but instead of the breakup easing tension between Adam and Eve, he wants nothing to do with her. Mother Nature forces Adam and Eve to work together. But a betrayal by a Harvard professor who misleads the President about nuclear energy may make their chances impossible. It doesn’t help when Mother Nature won’t guide them, but has no problem spewing her wrath when they screw up.
Thank you for your consideration of my 57,000-word YA fantasy The Mist Chasers. A complete manuscript is available upon request.
I’m a member of SCBWI and am a substitute teacher in the Cambridge Public Schools, which gives me ample opportunity to watch teenagers in their natural habitat. Thank you for your consideration of this manuscript.
Sincerely,
Theresa Milstein
tmilstein at gmail dot com
