Posts Tagged ‘Coming of age’

📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents PROPHECY OF THE GUARDIAN Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Book Giveaway! #EpicThriller #ComingofAge

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you J.W. Baccaro’s PROPHECY OF THE GUARDIAN Virtual Book Tour July 19 – August 19. Inside the Book Title: PROPHECY OF THE GUARDIAN Author: J.W. Baccaro Publisher: JW Baccaro Publishing Pages: 481 Genre: Epic Fantasy BOOK BLURB: “Not darkness, not light, perhaps something in between, and is claimed by the darkness…as theirs. Though being saved by the light, that which is saved must in turn save the world…” Darshun Luthais has never experienced the Nasharin Frenzy—the unbending will to challenge a stronger opponent, no matter the cost. He doesn’t know what he will transform into, has never bonded with an elemental
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents THE WALTZ OF DEVIL’S CREEK Book Blast #BookBlast #HistFic #ComingofAge

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Justine Carver’s THE WALTZ OF DEVIL’S CREEK Book Blast October 19 – November 19! Inside the Book Title: THE WALTZ OF DEVIL’S CREEK Author: Justine Carver Publisher: Independent Pages: 496 Genre: Historical Fiction BOOK BLURB: Judith Campbell is dying, and she cannot take the painful truth about where her son came from to the grave with her. While on her deathbed in Atlanta, Georgia in 1994, Judith tells him the tragic story of his conception, and which of two men his birth father could be: the young man who professed his love to her, or the pastor who assaulted her.
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents SOMEONE’S STORY Virtual Book Publicity Tour #YA #ComingofAge

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you B.A. Bellec’s SOMEONE’S STORY Virtual Book Tour July 20 – August 21! Inside the Book Title: SOMEONE’S STORY Author: B.A. Bellec Publisher: Independent Pages: 330 Genre: YA Coming of Age BOOK BLURB: In his debut endearing coming-of-age book, B.A. Bellec writes about a group of weirdos that find and save each other from the dark depths of their minds. Someone’s Story is literally Someone’s story, as in a first-person narrative of a teenager that calls himself Someone. As he struggles to find a new footing in a new space, we encounter the many ups and downs of modern teenage life,
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents HOW THE DEER MOON HUNGERS Virtual Book Publicity Tour #YA #ComingofAge

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Susan Wingate’s HOW THE DEER MOON HUNGERS Virtual Book Tour July 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: HOW THE DEER MOON HUNGERS Author: Susan Wingate Publisher: Roberts Press Pages: 384 Genre: YA / Coming of Age / Contemporary Fiction BOOK BLURB: For those who enjoy reading books like Where the Crawdads Sing and My Sister’s Keeper MACKENZIE FRASER witnesses a drunk driver mow down her seven-year-old sister and her mother blames her. Then she ends up in juvie on a trumped-up drug charge. Now she’s in the fight of her life…on the inside! And she’s losing. HOW THE DEER
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Shattered Empire Virtual Book Tour!

   Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mitchell Hogan’s A SHATTERED EMPIRE virtual book tour September 12 – 23! Inside the Book:   Title: A Shattered Empire Author: Mitchell Hogan Release Date: September 13, 2016 Publisher: Harper Voyager Genre: Coming of Age/Fantasy Format: Ebook/Paperback/Audio In this gritty and breathtaking conclusion to the Sorcery Ascendant Sequence, the award-winning fantasy series, a young sorcerer must learn to wield his extraordinary powers to defeat two warring empires. In a battle of armies and sorcerers, empires will fall. After young Caldan’s parents were slain, a group of monks raised the boy and initiated him into the arcane mysteries of sorcery. But when the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Woodwalker Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Emily B. Martin’s WOODWALKER virtual book tour May 17 – June 10!   Inside the Book: Title: Woodwalker Author: Emily B. Martin Release Date: June 14, 2016 Publisher: Harper Voyager Genre: Fantasy/Coming of Age Format: Ebook   “What on earth would I gain from that?” I asked him. “Risk my own neck by violating my banishment just to leave you? The sentence placed on me if I return is execution. If I’m entering the mountains again, I’d damn well better get something out of it.” Exiled from the Silverwood and the people she loves, Mae has few illusions about ever returning to her home.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Ocean at the End of the Lane Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Neil Gaiman’s THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE virtual book tour June 21 – July 31!   Inside the Book: Title: The Ocean at the End of the Lane Author: Neil Gaiman Release Date: June 28, 2016 Publisher: William Morrow Genre: Coming of Age Format: Ebook/Paperback/Hardcover/Audio   UK National Book Awards 2013 “Book of the Year” “Fantasy of the very best.” Wall Street Journal A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was
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{Coming of Age/Fantasy} Woodwalker by Emily B. Martin Virtual Book Tour!

  We invite you to join Emily B. Martin’s WOODWALKER Book Tour May 17 – June 09. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: Woodwalker Author: Emily B. Martin Publisher: Harper Voyager Impulse Pages: 336 Genre: Coming of Age/Fantasy “What on earth would I gain from that?” I asked him. “Risk my own neck by violating my banishment just to leave you? The sentence placed on me if I return is execution. If I’m entering the mountains again, I’d damn well better get something out of it.” Exiled from the Silverwood and the people she loves, Mae has few illusions about ever returning to her home. But when she comes across three out-of-place
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{Coming of Age} The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman Book Tour Sign Up!

  We invite you to join Neil Gaiman’s THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE Book Tour June 21 – July 31. This is a review only tour. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: The Ocean at the End of the Lane Author: Neil Gaiman Publisher: William Morrow Pages: 256 Genre: Coming of Age UK National Book Awards 2013 “Book of the Year” “Fantasy of the very best.” Wall Street Journal A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Mark Christopher Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Stan Matthew’s MARK CHRISTOPHER Book Tour!   Inside the Book: Title: Mark Christopher Author: Stan Matthews Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Coming of Age Format: Ebook/Paperback As Mark Christopher grows up in a small railroad town during the Great Depression, he dreams of doing something special with his life. Instead, he must face one tragedy after the other as war looms. First, his parents die and then his brother while serving in the Pacific. When the war in Europe ends, Mark’s sister sends him to live with their grandmother and her son. To please them, Mark is baptized in a Baptist church. While enrolled in
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Mark Christopher Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Stan Matthew’s MARK CHRISTOPHER Book Blast April 11 – 22!   Inside the Book: Title: Mark Christopher Author: Stan Matthews Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Coming of Age Format: Ebook/Paperback As Mark Christopher grows up in a small railroad town during the Great Depression, he dreams of doing something special with his life. Instead, he must face one tragedy after the other as war looms. First, his parents die and then his brother while serving in the Pacific. When the war in Europe ends, Mark’s sister sends him to live with their grandmother and her son. To please them, Mark is baptized in a Baptist
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Amazon Review Campaign: A Life of Inches by Douglas Esper

We are taking review requests for Douglas Esper’s new adult/coming of age/sports fiction novel, A Life of Inches. This is not a tour. If requesting review copies, you must post your review at Amazon and Goodreads by October 11. When you are ready to submit your review, click the Amazon and Goodreads links below. Review copies will be in PDF format only. Please use the form below to sign up. Thank you!   Title: A Life of Inches Author: Douglas Esper Publisher: Limitless Publishing Pages: 260 Genre: New Adult/Coming of Age/Sports Fiction Ryan Kelly and Woodie Wodyzewski always fight for every inch. Whether on the baseball diamond, the basketball
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Jack of Souls Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Stephen C. Merlino’s THE JACK OF SOULS virtual book tour May 4-29! Title: The Jack of Souls Author: Stephen C. Merlino Publisher: Tortoise Rampant Books Pages: 352 Genre: YA Fantasy Format: Paperback/Hardcover/Kindle An outcast rogue named Harric must break a curse laid on his fate or die by his nineteenth birthday. As his dead-day approaches, nightmares from the spirit world stalk him and tear at his sanity; sorcery eats at his soul. To survive, he’ll need more than his usual tricks. He’ll need help—and a lot of it—but on the kingdom’s lawless frontier, his only allies are other outcasts. One
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First Chapter: Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie’s Story by Freddie Owens

Title: Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie’s Story Author: Freddie Owens Publisher: Blind Sight Publications Pages: 332 Language: English Genre: Historical Fiction/Coming of Age Format: Paperback & eBook Purchase at AMAZON A storm is brewing in the all-but-forgotten backcountry of Kentucky. And, for young Orbie Ray, the swirling heavens may just have the power to tear open his family’s darkest secrets. Then Like The Blind Man: Orbie’s Story is the enthralling debut novel by Freddie Owens, which tells the story of a spirited wunderkind in the segregated South of the 1950s and the forces he must overcome to restore order in his world. Rich in authentic vernacular and evocative
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{Virtual Book Tour} Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie’s Story Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Freddie Owens’  Then Like a Blind Man: Orbie’s Story virtual book tour January 6 – March 28!  Freddie will be giving away a Kindle Fire HD at the end of his tour!   Title: Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie’s Story Author: Freddie Owens Publisher: Blind Sight Publications Pages: 332 Language: English Genre: Historical Fiction/Coming of Age Format: Paperback & eBook A storm is brewing in the all-but-forgotten backcountry of Kentucky. And, for young Orbie Ray, the swirling heavens may just have the power to tear open his family’s darkest secrets. Then Like The Blind Man: Orbie’s Story is the
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{Historical Fiction/Coming of Age for Review} Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie’s Story

Freddie Owens will be touring January 6 – March 28 with his historical fiction/coming of age novel, Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie’s Story. We are looking for reviews, interviews, guest posts, first chapter reveals, first chapter reviews, book trailer reveals and book spotlights/excerpts.   This book is available in paperback and ebook.  Email Dorothy Thompson at thewriterslife (at) gmail.com if you’d like to sign up. Book Blurb: A storm is brewing in the all-but-forgotten backcountry of Kentucky. And, for young Orbie Ray, the swirling heavens may just have the power to tear open his family’s darkest secrets. Then Like The Blind Man: Orbie’s Story is the enthralling debut
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Gold Star Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Josh Evans, author of the rock and roll/coming of age novella, Gold Star, as he tours the blogosphere June 3 – June 28, 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT GOLD STAR Star leaves the city for nowhere, she just needed to get out. Along the way she found a new circus to join, a collective of rock n roll royalty, the coolest music scene in the world up there in the Joshua Tree…. Purchase your copy at AMAZON   ABOUT JOSH EVANS ‘The Daily Press’s Kevin Thomas called Inside the Goldmine, in which Evans starred in 1994, a “meaningful look at
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Paris Adieu Virtual Book Publicity Tour March 2012

Join Rozsa Gaston, author of the women’s contemporary fiction, Paris Adieu (Belcastro Agency), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 5 – 23 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Rozsa Gaston Rozsa Gaston is an author who writes serious books on playful matters. She is the author of Paris Adieu, Dogsitters, Budapest Romance, Lyric, Running from Love and the soon to be released Paris Adieu sequel, Black is Not a Color Unless Worn By a Blonde. Rozsa studied European intellectual history at Yale, and then received her master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia. In between Rozsa worked as a singer/pianist all
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New Book for Review: Historical Coming of Age ‘The Promised Land’ by Valerie Stocking

Valerie Stocking will be touring March 5 – April 20 with her historical coming of age novel, The Promised Land. It’s 1966, just two years after President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law, and twelve-year-old Joy Bradford’s life is changing dramatically. Born and raised in the white suburbs of Connecticut, Joy is moving to Willets Point, Florida to live with her mother Jessica because her parents are divorcing. Hoping it really is the Promised Land that her mother describes, she joins in Jessica’s enthusiasm only to find out how horribly wrong that vision is. Unfortunately for Joy, the move does nothing to change her mother’s
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Pump Up Chats with Jeanne Bannon – Author of YA ‘Invisible’

As a special part of Jeanne’s tour, Invisible is available for $0.99 at Amazon.com and Smashwords from December 5th to 16th! Jeanne Bannon has worked in the publishing industry for over twenty years. She began her career as a freelance journalist, then worked as an in-house editor for LexisNexis Canada and currently works as a freelance editor and writer. Jeanne’s had several short stories published and won first place in the Writes of Caledon Short Story Contest. Invisible, Jeanne’s debut novel, is about a teenage girl who isn’t happy with herself and wishes she could disappear. And one day she does. Invisible is available on Amazon, Smashwords, and the
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Invisible Online Book Tour December 2011

Join Jeanne Bannon, author of the YA novel Invisible as she virtually tours the blogosphere in December 2011 on her first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Jeanne Bannon Jeanne Bannon has worked in the publishing industry for over twenty years. She began her career as a freelance journalist, then worked as an in-house editor for LexisNexis Canada. Jeanne currently works as a freelance editor and writer. Jeanne’s had several short stories published and won first place in the Writes of Caledon Short Story Contest. Her novels, The Barely Boy and Dark Angel were finalists in the 2010 and 2011 Strongest Start Contests. Another of her short stories
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Little Did I Know Virtual Book Publicity Tour February & March 2012

Join Mitchell Maxwell, author of the historical fiction coming of age novel, Little Did I Know (Prospecta Press), as he virtually tours the blogosphere February 6th to March 30, 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Mitchell Maxwell Mitchell Maxwell is an accomplished producer, director and 35-year veteran of the entertainment industry, known for his ability to spot the next theatrical innovation. He is the visionary producer behind the percussive theatricality of Stomp!, the rollicking Broadway revival of Damn Yankees featuring the legendary Jerry Lewis – which was nominated for multiple Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical – and the Pulitzer
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New Book for Review: Invisible by Jeanne Bannon

Jeanne Bannon will be touring in December with her YA novel Invisible. Lola’s not pretty. Lola’s not popular. Lola wishes she could disappear … and then one day she does just that… For seventeen-year-old Lola Savullo, life is a struggle. Born to funky parents who are more in than she could ever be, Lola’s dream of becoming a writer makes her an outsider even in her own home. Bullied and despised, Lola still has the support of her best pal Charlie and Grandma Rose. Not only is she freakishly tall, Lola’s a big girl and when forced to wear a bathing suit at her summer job as a camp
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Deed So by Kath Russell Virtual Book Publicity Tour December 2011

Join Kath Russell, author of the coming of age/historical fiction novel, Deed So (CreateSpace), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in December 2011 on her third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Kath Russell Kath Russell enjoyed over thirty-five years in marketing and communications management in the biotechnology industry. She was an executive with one of the first genetic engineering companies. Russell also was president of Russell-Welsh Strategic Life Science Communications, Inc., and founder and chief executive officer of an ecommerce company offering services for mature companion animals and veterinarians. Russell received her bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University, her master’s degree in journalism from Boston University,
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Bloodmaiden Virtual Book Tour July 2011

Join Christine E. Schulze, author of the YA Christian Fantasy/Horror novel, Bloodmaiden (Old Line Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere July 5 – 29 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Christine E. Schulze Christine E. Schulze has been creating books since she was too young to even write them in words. Her collection of YA fantasy books, The Amielian Legacy, is comprised of series and stand-alone books which can all be read separately but which weave together to create an amazing fantasy. She hopes to inspire readers throughout the world with these books by publishing in both traditional and electronic formats
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with John Ames

John Ames has a master’s degree in English from the University of Florida, where he was a Ford Fellow. After graduation, he built a rustic house and lived for several years on the edge of a spiritual community located near Gainesville, Florida. John’s search for enlightenment ended when he decided that he was too far from a movie theater. He moved inside the Gainesville city limits and taught English and film for thirty years at Santa Fe College. He has produced and acted in numerous short films and videos, including the cable TV series the “Tub Interviews,” wherein all the interviewees were required to be in a bathtub. For
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Adventures in Nowhere Virtual Book Tour March & April 2011

Join John Ames, author of the coming of age novel, Adventures in Nowhere, as he virtually tours the blogosphere March 1 – April 29  2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About John Ames John Ames has a master’s degree in English from the University of Florida, where he was a Ford Fellow. After graduation, he built a rustic house and lived for several years on the edge of a spiritual community located near Gainesville, Florida. John’s search for enlightenment ended when he decided that he was too far from a movie theater. He moved inside the Gainesville city limits and taught English and
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Deed So Virtual Book Tour March & April 2011

Join Kath Russell, author of the coming of age/historical fiction novel, Deed So (CreateSpace), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in March and April on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Kath Russell Kath Russell enjoyed over thirty-five years in marketing and communications management in the biotechnology industry. She was an executive with one of the first genetic engineering companies. Russell also was president of Russell-Welsh Strategic Life Science Communications, Inc., and founder and chief executive officer of an ecommerce company offering services for mature companion animals and veterinarians. Russell received her bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University, her master’s degree in journalism from Boston
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The Mermaid’s Pendant Virtual Book Tour Oct & Nov ’10

Join LeAnn Neal Reilly, author of the general fiction novel, The Mermaid’s Pendant (Zephon Books), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in October and November ’10 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About LeAnn Neal Reilly LeAnn Neal Reilly grew up in St. Joseph, Missouri, near the Missouri River, in that fertile land where corn, children, and daydreams take root and thrive. She spent countless hours reading and typing chapters on an old Smith-Corona in her closet, which luckily for her didn’t have doors. Then she put away her daydreams and her stories and headed off, first to graduate magna cum laude from Missouri
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