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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑
@thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social
20, partner teacher, writer, reader, dog lover, & disability advocate

(Young people can have arthritis too)

psoriatic arthritis 💪
Cover reveal 🫶🍑
@evernightteen.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I have a publishing deal! @evernightteen.bsky.social 🍑📚
August 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
#Q Pitiful Peaches! #YA #HF #questpit

(Now submitting to small presses!!!)

ALMOST FAMOUS meets THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY. 🍑🎸
May 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
#QuestPit #MG #Q #C
#ownvoices

(Now submitting to small presses!!!)

10y/o Iris isn't like other girls... instead of having a phone on her at all times, she has her inhaler ( and her tablet since her dad won't let her get a phone yet) 🫁
May 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
5th grade is embarrassing enough. But being known as the girl with asthma makes it's 100x worse. Can Iris beat her reputation and become something more than the girl who can't breathe before she enters middle school?

#PosterPit #PosterPitQ #MG #C
April 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Coming soon to a theater near you... PITIFUL PEACHES:

Almost Famous + The Summer I Turned Pretty! 🌊🍑

A girl must face the harsh realities of love when she meets her favorite rock and roll band. 🎸

#PosterPitQ #PosterPit #YA #HF #R
April 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Found this photo of me at my first fishing derby 🎣 and now I'm drafting a chapter book about a silly boy trying his best to win a $300 prize pool for catching the biggest fish. (Now that I've been querying for almost a year, it's been hard to write, but inspiration has struck!)
April 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
5th grade is embarrassing enough. But being known as the girl with asthma makes it's 100x worse. Can Iris beat her reputation and become something more than the girl who can't breathe before she enters middle school?
#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #MG
for reluctant readers, 26K WORDS
March 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Falling in love with your childhood best friend.
Meeting your favorite rock & roll band.
Getting in trouble with the cops.
Turning 15.
The Summer of 1975 couldn't get crazier right?

Wrong.🍑

Almost Famous X The Summer I Turned Pretty
#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #YA #HF
March 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Honest opinions only. Is it cringey to make a banner of all the poems I wrote about my fiancé in high-school for our wedding? Some are god awful, but that makes it sweet... right?
March 2, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Happy Valentines Day! 🍑❤️
February 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Hi! #BookSky
My name is Chaylee, and my whole life is books.

I work as a partner teacher, where I teach novel studies to 3rd-5th graders.

I have written 2 books this past year that I'm trying to get published/ an agent for.

I run a free little library+ I read over 100 books each year! 🫂📚
January 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
An agents guide to my new 26k word #WIP #MG #OV manuscript called "Just Breathe" 🍫🫁

#BluePit
January 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The #YA version of Daisy Jones and the Six-

15 yo Penny Hartley plans to spend the summer of 1975 picking peaches with her friends. But when the famous band, Jesse Young and The Matches, rolls into town, she must face the harsh realities of love, grief, and rock and roll!

#BluePit #Hs #Q 📖
January 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
An agents guide to Pitiful Peaches a #YA coming of age story set in a 1975 small town known for its delicious peaches 🍑

Think: Almost Famous X The Summer I Turned Pretty X Mary Jane (by Jessica Blau)

#BluePit #Q #HF 📖
January 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
#CheerPit Iris loves the wintertime because she can sit by the fire and play math games on her tablet instead of worrying about the summer pressures of going on hikes and exercising with her classmates.🎄🔥☕ #MG #WIP
December 9, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Need a bit of summer nostalgia during your winter time blues? Spend some time with 14 y/o Penny Hartley during the summer of 1975. There's nothing a little sunshine and rock and roll can't fix! ☀️🎸🎄 #Q #YA #F #cheerpit #HF
December 9, 2024 at 1:09 PM
An agents guide to my new 26k word #WIP #MG #ownvoices manuscript called "Just Breathe" 🍫🫁
November 9, 2024 at 4:54 PM
#Querying Pitiful Peaches! #YA #HF

15 yo Penny Hartley plans to spend the summer of 1975 picking peaches with her friends. But when the famous band, Jesse Young and The Matches, rolls into town, she must face the harsh realities of love, grief, and rock and roll 🤘
November 9, 2024 at 4:53 PM