Posts Tagged ‘middle grade’

📚First Chapter: The Lightbound Saga by S.G. Basu #FirstChapter #ChapterOne

Title: The Lightbound Saga Trilogy Author: S.G. Basu Publisher: Dreamwater Press Genre: Middle Grade/Young Adult Series Blurb: 13-year-old Maia is a land-dwelling Solianese living on the planet of Tansi. She has been raised by her doting grandfather. Her mother, Sophie, supposedly deceased, is accused to be a traitor who fought for the Xifarians who have subjugated Tansi. Loathing her family’s history, Maia has put herself into self-exile, vowing to steer clear of the temptations that led her mother astray. But when she is drafted into a peace summit by the Xifarians, she must walk into Xif, the planet she has always wanted to avoid. Here she meets loyal teammates
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents A Nick of Time Virtual Book Publicity Tour #MiddleGrade #Fantasy

· ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mike DiCerto’s A Nick of Time Virtual Book Tour September 5 – 30. · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Inside the Book: Title: A Nick of Time Author: Mike DiCerto Publisher: Zumaya Publications Pages: 295 Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Blurb: It’s New Year’s Eve in Graysland, but when the final second fails to come Rupert Starbright finds his entire town frozen in time. Rupert and his school crush Rainn Evertree must travel to the Land of Annum to retrieve the stolen second from the nasty and
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents GUINEVERE TRILOGY Virtual Book Publicity Tour #MGLit #Teen #YoungYA

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Cheryl Carpinello’s GUINEVERE TRILOGY Virtual Book Tour April 5 – 30. Inside the Trilogy Title: GUINEVERE TRILOGY Author: Cheryl Carpinello Publisher: Silver Quill Publishing Pages: 371 Genre: Middle Grade / Teen / Young YA BOOK BLURBS: GUINEVERE: ON THE EVE OF LEGEND Princess Guinevere dreaded her upcoming thirteenth birthday. It signaled the beginning of her official role as the Lady of her father’s castle. No more adventures in the forest with Cedwyn. No more explorations outside the castle walls. No more excitement. No more danger. No more fun. Cedwyn—her companion for as long as she remembered—viewed her circumstances differently. A
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents THE MYSTERY AT TURKELTON MANOR Virtual Book Publicity Tour #MiddleGrade

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kraig Dafoe’s THE MYSTERY AT TURKELTON MANOR Virtual Book Tour February 1 – March 31. We are looking for reviews (PDF) and book spotlights. Twelve-year-old Nathaniel Jones wants to be a detective. Though his imagination tends to run wild, Nate knows something strange is going on and he is determined to figure it out. Hearing noises at night, the young detective sees a strange figure lurking about. The Turkeltons are rich and Nate’s grandfather is their groundskeeper. As a result, Nate gets to spend the summer on the manor grounds. With priceless art and expensive jewelry in the mix, and someone
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Shelter Island Virtual Book Publicity Tour #middlegrade #fantasy #adventure #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you John Paul Tucker’s SHELTER ISLAND Virtual Book Tour November 5 – December 28! Inside the Book Title: SHELTER ISLAND Author: John Paul Tucker Publisher: Brownridge Publishing Pages: 224 Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Adventure BOOK BLURB: Thirteen-year-old Cary and his sister Clarisse must return home every day after school to mind their eight year old brother, Gregory. “It’s a non-negotiable,” insist their work-obsessed parents. There is another problem. Clarisse and Gregory don’t like Cary much, and Cary doesn’t much like anything, especially being tagged with his gummy-fingered little brother. But their troubles are about to grow talons. While bickering over the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Raising Sleepy Stones Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you P.H.T. Bennet’s RAISING SLEEPY STONES virtual book tour August 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: Raising Sleepy Stones Author: P.H.T. Bennet Publisher: Dramkeeper Publishing Pages: 360 Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Like every kid in Solasenda, Kiva Stone has been far too busy training for one of the five town guilds to think about something as useless as dreaming. But when she and her sister DeeDee uncover a mysterious plot to get rid of them, their only hope lies with a shadowy group of people who wield unimaginable powers drawn from their dreams. As the girls escape with them up
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Treasure at Devil’s Hole Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jody M. Mabry’s THE TREASURE AT DEVIL’S HOLE virtual book tour May 4-29! Title: The Treasure at Devil’s Hole Author: Jody Mabry Publisher: Maybury and Gilliam Literary Pages: 220 Genre: Middle Grade Children’s Format: Paperback/Kindle How would you feel if you knew you had a legendary treasure right in your own back yard? Francis “Bug” Mosser knows, and will do nearly anything to find it, even if it means defying the most villainous person he knows—Mom! Standing in Bug’s way is his nemesis Tad Pricket, the red headed, pock-holed bully who’s suddenly been seen walking Bug’s girl, Melanie, home from
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{Middle Grade} The Treasure at Devil’s Hole Blog Tour Sign Up

Jody Mabry will be touring May 4-29 with his middle grade novel, THE TREASURE AT DEVIL’S HOLE! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback & ebook) Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: The Treasure at Devil’s Hole Author: Jody Mabry Publisher: Maybury and Gilliam Literary Pages: 220 Genre: Middle Grade Children’s Format: Paperback/Kindle How would you feel if you knew you had a legendary treasure right in your own back yard? Francis “Bug” Mosser knows, and will do nearly anything to find it, even if it means defying
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Tomes of Taria: Kaylen’s Rising Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Yves Robichaud, author of the Middle Grade fantasy novel, Tomes of Taria: Kaylen’s Rising, as he tours the blogosphere April 15 – May 17,2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT TOMES OF TARIA: KAYLEN’S RISING Kaylen Amdir has been living in the dark for fourteen years – in every sense. His people are hunted on the surface world, so they must struggle to survive within underground caves. His community hates his family but no one will say why. Unlike most teens, his parents keep him housebound, and forbid him from wielding weapons or learning magic. But when his parents finally change their
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New Childrens/Middle Grade Book for Review: The Secret of Maggie’s Swamp by Paul A. Barra

Paul A. Barra will be touring March 4 – 29 with his children’s/middle grade novel, The Secret of Maggie’s Swamp.  We are looking for reviews, interviews, guest post spots, first chapter reveals, book spotlights with giveaways.  Please mention how you want to host this author when inquiring. In this middle-grade mystery-adventure, a twelve-year-old girl discovers a grave injustice in the 1980s South when a neighbor is convicted of a crime he didn’t commit. Penny must find the courage to use her unique gift – her uncanny ability to foresee the future – to thwart a crazed desperado and find a treasure that will prove her neighbor’s innocence. Poor Penelope
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Middle Grade Fantasy Author Mike DiCerto

Join Mike DiCerto, author of the middle grade fantasy novel, The Door to Far-Myst: The Adventures of Rupert Starbright (Vol. 1) (Zumaya Threshold), as he virtually tours the blogosphere November 1 – 23 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Mike DiCerto A filmmaker and writer since childhood, Mike DiCerto has directed numerous shorts, music videos, documentaries, promotional videos and two feature films (NO EXIT and TRIPTOSANE). His first novel, Milky Way Marmalade, received rave reviews and was the winner of the 2003 Dream Realm Award. He is very excited about the release of the first of his exciting new kid-lit series, Rupert
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The Door to Far-Myst Virtual Book Publicity Tour November 2011

Join Mike DiCerto, author of the middle grade fantasy novel, The Door to Far-Myst: The Adventures of Rupert Starbright (Vol. 1) (Zumaya Threshold), as he virtually tours the blogosphere November 1 – 23  2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Mike DiCerto A filmmaker and writer since childhood, Mike DiCerto has directed numerous shorts, music videos, documentaries, promotional videos and two feature films (NO EXIT and TRIPTOSANE). His first novel, Milky Way Marmalade, received rave reviews and was the winner of the 2003 Dream Realm Award. He is very excited about the release of the first of his exciting new kid-lit series, Rupert
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Elizabeth Bellows

Being the frizzy-haired tomboy with buck teeth gave Elizabeth Parkinson-Bellows a slight case of shyness as a kid. A colorful imagination meant escape and adventure at the drop of a hat. Over the years she learned that the insecurities she carried around were a waste of time. Elizabeth still prefers a football game to a manicure any day of the week. That indispensable imagination has found its way into her writing providing a sense of joy and true purpose. You can visit Elizabeth’s website at www.azraspithbooks.com On Alexander Drake’s Extraordinary Pursuit Q: Can you tell us why you wrote your book? I started writing with the intention of creating
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Alexander Drake’s Extraordinary Pursuit Virtual Book Tour August 2011

Join Elizabeth Parkinson-Bellows, author of the Middle Grade fantasy novel, Alexander Drake’s Extraordinary Pursuit (Wild Child Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere August 1 – August 26,2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Elizabeth Parkinson-Bellows Being the frizzy-haired tomboy with buck teeth gave Elizabeth Parkinson-Bellows a slight case of shyness as a kid. A colorful imagination meant escape and adventure at the drop of a hat. Over the years she learned that the insecurities she carried around were a waste of time. Elizabeth still prefers a football game to a manicure any day of the week. That indispensable imagination has found its
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New Book for Review: Middle Grade/YA Fiction ‘The Secrets of the Magical Medallions’ by Sean McCartney

Sean McCartney will be touring in April with his middle grade/YA novel, The Treasure Hunters Club: The Secrets of the Magical Medallions. A Treasure Hunting Legend… Four Ordinary Kids… Two Magical Medallions… Pursued By An Ancient Evil… In One Extraordinary Adventure. Join the Treasure Hunters Club as they look to unlock the Secrets of the Magical Medallions. …Some Secrets Are Better Left Alone. When Tommy Reed received a medallion from his famous treasure hunting uncle “Diamond” Jack Reed he didn’t think much of it. Now an ancient evil is pursuing his every move and his treasure hunting club friends, Shannon McDougal, Jackson Miller and Chris Henderson are on the
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