Disney Buys Movie Rights to Rye Author's Book Series

Rye author Annabel Monaghan has been making waves with her Young Adult book series, A Girl Named Digit, slated to become a Disney movie ion the Disney Channel. The second Digit book in the series will be released in paperback in January 2015.

Press release:

BOSTON, Mass. – Annabel Monaghan’s young adult series about “Digit,” a young woman who earned her nickname because of her advanced math skills, has attracted a trove of fans and will gain even more attention as A Girl Named Digit is set to become a Disney Channel movie.

A Houghton Mifflin Harcourt series, A Girl Named Digit introduces readers to Farrah “Digit” Higgins, the daughter of a UCLA math professor, who unknowingly cracks a terrorist group’s number sequence. Her senior year of high school quickly takes a turn when she is personally investigating the case, on the run from terrorists, and faking her own kidnapping – all while trying to convince a young, hot FBI agent to take her seriously. In the sequel, Double Digit, Digit is starting out her college career at MIT. Because of her off the charts math abilities, though, her laptop is under surveillance by both the CIA and an ecoterrorist. So when she thoughtlessly hacks into the Department of Defense’s database, she lands in serious hot water inside and outside the law.

“The message in these books is that everyone has gifts, and that it’s critical that we own up to ours and use them,” said Monaghan. “We spend a lot of middle school and high school trying to blend in, but we all have some sort of passion or talent that differentiates us. It’s important for our happiness, and maybe even important to our survival, that we listen to ourselves and follow our passions. And when it comes to math and science, girls need to know that all doors are open to them.”

The books provide a complex set of characters, people who may do the wrong things, but for the right reasons and who aren’t clearly good or bad. “The world is not made up of good and bad, and smart and stupid,” Monaghan said. “The beauty of life is often found in the grey area.”

The Digit series is available in hardcover, paperback and ebook formats, as well as audiobooks on Audible.com. Double Digit’s paperback release is scheduled for January 2015.

“Digit’s first-person narrative immediately engages readers with low-key realistic scenes, insightful character portrayals, and amusing moments before ratcheting up the tension with high drama and action,” said Carolyn Phelan of Booklist on Double Digit.

Along with the popular Digit series, Monaghan is also the co-author of Click! The Girls Guide to Knowing What You Want and Making it Happen and is a columnist for The Rye Record and The Week.

For more information on Monaghan or the Digit book series, click here.

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