Over the last three weeks, I ran a
title mini-poll on the Fire Escape for my young adult novel coming from Random House in 2008. Forty-one people chose between three possibilities without knowing anything about the subject matter of the book, and here are the results:
| Answers | Votes | Percent | | 1. |
| Asha Means Hope | 20 | 49% | | 2. |
| The Secret Keeper | 16 | 39% | | 3. |
| Family Secrets | 5 | 12% |
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I've now eliminated
Family Secrets, with apologies to the five who liked it (maybe one of you should write that book.) I'm toying with the idea of a series, with a first novel titled
The Secret Keeper: Asha Means Hope, and the second one titled
The Secret Keeper: Shanti Means Peace or something like that. But we'll see what happens. Anyway, thanks for voting! I was surprised by how many of you liked
Asha Means Hope, and will pass that news on to my editor. There's still time, so feel free to opine if you're so moved ...