Posts Tagged ‘YA’

📚 Pump Up Your Book Trailer Of The Week: Larimar: Gem of the Sea by Christine E. Schulze #BookTrailer #BookTeaser

 Title: Larimar: Gem of the Sea Author: Christine E. Schulze Publisher: KDP Publishing Pages: 140 Genre: YA Fantasy A Fearless captain and a mysterious girl who walks on water. An underwater city and a destined deadly curse. What could possibly go wrong? Captain Jorah is renowned for being one of the youngest explorers to ever sail Zephyrian waters. He’s also notorious for landing his crew in situations they hadn’t counted on, involving man-eating mermaids and other dangerous misadventures. When Jorah decides to search for the legendary underwater City of Larimar, he doesn’t account for the quest that follows. After being rescued from shipwreck by a mysterious young woman who
Read More


First Chapter: Larimar: Gem of the Sea by Christine E. Schulze

Title: Larimar: Gem of the Sea Author: Christine E. Schulze Publisher: KDP Publishing Pages: 140 Genre: YA | Fantasy A Fearless captain and a mysterious girl who walks on water. An underwater city and a destined deadly curse. What could possibly go wrong? Captain Jorah is renowned for being one of the youngest explorers to ever sail Zephyrian waters. He’s also notorious for landing his crew in situations they hadn’t counted on, involving man-eating mermaids and other dangerous misadventures. When Jorah decides to search for the legendary underwater City of Larimar, he doesn’t account for the quest that follows. After being rescued from shipwreck by a mysterious young woman
Read More


📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Christine E. Schulze’s Larimar: Gem of the Sea Virtual Book Tour #YA #Fantasy

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Christine E. Schulze’s Larimar: Gem of the Sea Virtual Book Tour May 22 – June 22! · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Inside the Book · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Title: Larimar: Gem of the Sea Author: Christine E. Schulze Publisher: KDP Publishing Pages: 140 Genre: YA | Fantasy A Fearless captain and a mysterious girl who walks on water. An underwater city and a destined deadly curse. What could possibly go wrong? Captain Jorah is renowned for being one of the youngest explorers to ever sail Zephyrian waters. He’s
Read More


📚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
Read More


First Chapter: The Atlantean Horse by Cheryl Carpinello #FirstChapter #ChapterOne

Title: The Atlantean Horse: The Feathers of the Phoenix Book 1 Author: Cheryl Carpinello Publisher: Silver Quill Publishing Pages: 149 Genre: YA Paranormal/Supernatural Blurb Ancient Mystery…Mystical Prophecy…Biblical Horsemen One Epic Task The Task: Retrieve the Five Feathers of the Phoenix to raise Atlantis so its people can return home. The Chosen: Cousins Rosa & Jerome embark upon a perilous and personal quest to retrieve the first Feather. Rosa’s special gift, kept far in the Past, will be revealed, and Jerome will discover his. The Opponents: The Four Deadly Horsemen of the Apocalypse will stop at nothing, not even murder, to possess the Feathers. Join Rosa & Jerome as they
Read More


📚 Book Trailer Of The Week: Grady Whill and the Templeton Codex By Carole P. Roman @caroleproman #BookTrailer #BookTeaser

About the Book Title: Grady Whill and the Templeton Codex Author: Carole P. Roman Publisher: Chelshire, Inc. Pages: 286 Genre: YA Blurb: Templeton Academy- the superhero high school is finally open! The prestigious academy is recruiting the best of the best to enroll in its student body. The school is as mysterious as it is exclusive. Grady Whill thinks there is nothing special about him to make the grade. However, his best friend, Aarush Patel has been selected and thinks Grady has the right stuff. Even school bully, Elwood Bledsoe is attending. If Grady is fortunate enough to be picked, his guardian has forbidden him to attend. Will a
Read More


📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents THE RESCUE Virtual Book Publicity Tour #YA #Scifi #Adventure #Mystery

  · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sher J. Stultz’s The Rescue Virtual Book Tour October 3 – 28. · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Inside the Book: Title: The Rescue: The Timestream Travelers Chronicles (Book One) Author: Sher J. Stultz Publisher: Independent Pages: 290 Genre: YA Scifi/Adventure/Mystery Blurb: It all starts when the sheets go slack, and Aeneas vanishes! He and his two best friends, C.J. and Tabitha are spellbound as they watch the video feed of his disappearance and witness him climbing through his bedroom window an hour later,
Read More


📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents GRADY WHILL AND THE TEMPLETON CODEX Virtual Book Publicity Tour #YA

  · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Carol P. Roman’s Grady Whill and the Templeton Codex Virtual Book Tour September 19 – October 19. · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Inside the Book: Title: Grady Whill and the Templeton Codex Author: Carole P. Roman Publisher: Chelshire, Inc. Pages: 286 Genre: YA Blurb: Templeton Academy- the superhero high school is finally open! The prestigious academy is recruiting the best of the best to enroll in its student body. The school is as mysterious as it is exclusive. Grady Whill thinks there is
Read More


📚 Book Teaser Trailer Reveal: THE URBAN BOYS: DISCOVERY OF THE FIVE SENSES By K.N. Smith #Booktrailer #Bookteaser

Title: THE URBAN BOYS: DISCOVERY OF THE FIVE SENSES BOOK 1 Author: K.N. Smith Publisher: Two Petals Publishing Pages: 340 Genre: YA Action Adventure / YA Thriller / Urban Fantasy / Mystery / Thriller Welcome or unwelcome. Fate has arrived. “A captivating and poetic tale of mystery, fantasy, and reality tied together by action!” 5-stars, Lars Jackson, Amazon Customer A suspenseful incident in a forbidden preserve heightens the senses of five friends. Sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell become super-gifts that forever change the world. But furious battles confront the boys as they try to understand their sensory super powers in a race to save mankind. With light beings
Read More


📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Urban Boys: Discovery of the Five Senses Virtual Book Publicity Tour #YA #UrbanFantasy #Mystery #Thriller

· ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you K.N. Smith’s THE URBAN BOYS: DISCOVERY OF THE FIVE SENSES BOOK 1 Virtual Book Tour June 1 – August 31. There is a giveaway with this tour – Win one of 4 ($25) Visa e-Cards! · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Inside the Book Title: The Urban Boys: Discovery of the Five Senses Book 1 Author: K.N. Smith Publisher: Two Petals Publishing Pages: 340 Genre: YA Action Adventure / YA Thriller / Urban Fantasy / Mystery / Thriller Book Blurb: Welcome or unwelcome. Fate has arrived.
Read More


Pump Up Your Book Presents Lost Boys Virtual Publicity Tour #YA

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you N.L. McLaughlin’s LOST BOYS: BOOK 2 OF THE AMERICAN NOMADS Virtual Book Tour March 29 – April 29. Inside the Book Title: LOST BOYS (The American Nomads Book 2) Author: Nancy McLaughlin Publisher: Twisted Sky, LLC Pages: 314 Genre: Young Adult Fiction BOOK BLURB: Life has returned to normal for the Nomads. Finn and Teague are closer than ever. The bond between River and Cash is evolving into something more, and Zac has his family of misfits. Even Beth has come into her own. No longer a greenie, she is now a full, contributing member of the group. Her internet
Read More


First Chapter: Sparks and Shadow by Ceara Nobles

Title: SPARKS AND SHADOW Author: Ceara Nobles Publisher: Riverside Press Genre: YA Fantasy Seattle is full of monsters, and I’m the only one who can see them. I’ve spent the last 17 years (AKA my whole life) pretending I can’t see the monsters who disguise themselves as humans. I may not have a place to live and my best friend may be moments away from getting in too deep with the city’s most dangerous drug lord, but I’m rolling with the status quo. That is, until I save my arch enemy’s stupid life and find myself in a warehouse full of monsters. Next thing I know, I’m in Monster
Read More


📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Ignatius and The Swords of Nostaw Virtual Book Publicity Tour #YA #Fantasy

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you D.A. Mucci’s Ignatius and the Swords of Nostaw Virtual Book Tour June 4 – 29. Inside the Book Title: IGNATIUS AND THE SWORDS OF NOSTAW Author: D.A. Mucci Publisher: St. Barts Publishing Genre: YA Fantasy Book Blurb: …languages, witty retorts, and running from a fight. Now he is faced with his first days in high school… …Is there anything worse than high school? When a clever, peace-making verbal volley failed, and the guy pulled a switch blade, Iggy took off. A locket he wore warmed up. Suddenly, he wasn’t in Susquehanna, PA anymore. Before he could gather his wits… …someone had
Read More


Pump Up Your Book Presents Sparks and Shadow Virtual Book Publicity Tour #YA #Fantasy

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Ceara Nobles’ SPARKS AND SHADOW Virtual Book Tour March 1 – 31. Inside the Book Title: SPARKS AND SHADOW (Rising Elements Book 1) Author: Ceara Nobles Publisher: Riverside Press Genre: YA Fantasy BOOK BLURB: Seattle is full of monsters, and I’m the only one who can see them. I’ve spent the last 17 years (AKA my whole life) pretending I can’t see the monsters who disguise themselves as humans. I may not have a place to live and my best friend may be moments away from getting in too deep with the city’s most dangerous drug lord, but I’m rolling with
Read More


📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents ANCIENT TALES AND LEGENDS SERIES Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Teen #YA #AncientEgypt #HistFic

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Cheryl Carpinello’s ANCIENT TALES AND LEGENDS SERIES Virtual Book Tour August 2 – October 29. Inside the Books Title: Tutankhamen Speaks Author: Cheryl Carpinello Publisher: Beyond Today Educator Pages: 81 Genre: Teen / YA / Ancient Egypt Historical Fiction BOOK BLURB From over 3000 years ago comes the voice of the Boy King. Scrolls found buried in the basement of the Egyptian Museum. Transcribed in an ancient hand. Record the words of King Tut for all to read. Tutankhamen answers all of the lingering questions, including the big one. Discover the real story behind this famous pharaoh. Transport yourself back
Read More


📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents BLACK ROCKS AND RAINBOWS Audiobook Tour #YA #Historical

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Susan C. Riford’s BLACK ROCKS AND RAINBOWS Audiobook Virtual Tour July 12 – August 13. Inside the Book Title: BLACK ROCKS AND RAINBOWS Author: Susan C. Riford Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Genre: YA / Historical BOOK BLURB: The journey of a lifetime told in the audiobook BLACK ROCKS AND RAINBOWS begins with a ship: “An enormous canoe, with great white wings like a magnificent bird.” This is the merchant schooner Triumph from New England, anchored offshore by what is now known as the Big Island of Hawaii, and in 1807, the sight of it captivates a young Hawaiian boy’s imagination and
Read More


📚First Chapter Reveal: MU: THE GRIMM CASES COLLECTION (PART ONE) by Lyla Owens

Title: MU: THE GRIMM CASES COLLECTION (PART ONE) Author: Lyla Oweds Publisher: Independent Pages: 667 Genre: Young Adult Paranormal BOOK BLURB: The things I see aren’t for the faint of heart. And I am no longer willing to ignore them. Not even when my family, and my best friend, tell me to keep quiet about what’s happening. They say people will think I’m crazy. Maybe I am. But the spirit haunting my professor’s house is definitely trying to tell me something, and I’m the only one who can see it. The one person who can help me is my best friend’s brother. But I don’t know if I can
Read More


📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents MU: THE GRIMM CASES COLLECTION (PART 1) Virtual Book Tour #YAParanormal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lyla Owed’s MU: THE GRIMM CASES COLLECTION PART ONE Virtual Book Tour May 3 – 28. Inside the Book Title: MU: THE GRIMM CASES COLLECTION (PART ONE) Author: Lyla Oweds Publisher: Independent Pages: 667 Genre: Young Adult Paranormal BOOK BLURB: The things I see aren’t for the faint of heart. And I am no longer willing to ignore them. Not even when my family, and my best friend, tell me to keep quiet about what’s happening. They say people will think I’m crazy. Maybe I am. But the spirit haunting my professor’s house is definitely trying to tell me something,
Read More


📚 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
Read More


📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents BATTLE OF THE BULLIES Virtual Book Publicity Tour #YA

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Fenyx Blue’s BATTLE OF THE BULLIES Virtual Book Tour Feb 22 – March 22. Title: BATTLE OF THE BULLIES Author: Fenyx Blue Publisher: Wisdom Works, LLC. Pages: 301 Genre: Young Adult Fiction BOOK BLURB: Ebony, Eris, and Emani Robertson have been through so much more than most high school freshmen. When they were younger, they survived a school shooting that killed their friend and left their oldest sister unable to speak. After giving homeschooling a try, they enroll in a promising new academy, hoping for the best. The Robertson triplets soon discover, however, that their new classmates are anything but
Read More


📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents BANEWIND Virtual Book Publicity Tour #YA #Fantasy

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you M.B. Chapman’s BANEWIND Virtual Book Tour January 4 – March 31. Inside the Book Title: BANEWIND Author: M.B. Chapman Publisher: Light Messages / Torchflame Books Pages: 268 Genre: Young Adult / Fantasy / Fiction Almost two weeks ago I was just a normal girl getting ready to start my senior year of high school, deciding where I wanted my life to go. And now?   I’ve kissed a boy. I’ve been to another world. I’ve seen death.   And I don’t know what my life’s become. Banewind tells the spellbinding story of 18-year-old Genevieve DeWinter, a typical high school
Read More


📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents OUR FRIENDSHIP MATTERS Virtual Book Trailer Blitz #YA

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kimberley B. Jones’ OUR FRIENDSHIP MATTERS Virtual Book Trailer Blitz October 5 – 30! Inside the Book Title: OUR FRIENDSHIP MATTERS Author: Kimberley B. Jones Publisher: Rhetoric Askew Publishing, LLC Pages: 224 Genre: YA BOOK BLURB: Two teenage friends, Sasha and Leah, live a comfortable life in the affluent St. Louis suburbs. They attend a well-established private Christian academy and the only thing on their mind as they enter their senior year is graduation and their senior prom. When tragedy strikes, however, the best friends are torn apart because of social tensions, ignorance, miscommunications, and fear. Our Friendship Matters reveals
Read More


📚 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,
Read More


📚 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
Read More


📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Monsterland Virtual Book Publicity Tour #YA #Monsters

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Michael Okon’s MONSTERLAND Virtual Book Tour March 2 – 27! Inside the Book Title: MONSTERLAND Author: Michael Okon Publisher: Wordfire Press Pages: 232 Genre: Young Adult Monster Fiction BOOK BLURB: Welcome to Monsterland—the scariest place on Earth.Wyatt Baldwin’s senior year is not going well. His parents divorce, then his dad mysteriously dies. He’s not exactly comfortable with his new stepfather, Carter White, either. An ongoing debate with his best friends Melvin and Howard Drucker over which monster is superior has gotten stale. He’d much rather spend his days with beautiful and popular Jade. However, she’s dating the brash high-school quarterback
Read More


📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Dread Pirate Arcanist Virtual Book Publicity / Blog Tour #YA #fantasy

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Shami Stovall’s DREAD PIRATE ARCANIST Virtual Book Tour September 18 – October 18! Inside the Book Title: DREAD PIRATE ARCANIST Author: Shami Stovall Publisher: Capital Station Books Pages: #437 Genre: YA Fantasy BOOK BLURB: While protecting the newborn griffins on the Isle of Landin, Volke Savan and his adopted sister, Illia, run afoul of the Dread Pirate Calisto, the same cutthroat who carved out Illia’s right eye. As a master manticore arcanist, Calisto’s strength and brutality are unrivaled. When Illia suggests they bring him to justice, Volke wonders if they’ll have what it takes to fight the corsairs on the
Read More


📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Wolf Queen: The Hope of Aferi: Book One Virtual Book Publicity / Blog Tour #YA #Fantasy @cerecermurphy

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Cerece Rennie Murphy’s THE WOLF KING: THE HOPE OF AFERI (Book One) Virtual Book Tour September 2 – 27! Inside the Book Title: THE WOLF QUEEN: THE HOPE OF AFERI (Book 1) Author: Cerece Rennie Murphy Publisher: LionSky Publishing Pages: 242 Genre: YA Fantasy BOOK BLURB: Once great and powerful sorcerers, the Amasiti were hunted to the brink of extinction by the Hir and his followers. For four hundred years, their legacy faded from memory waiting for the hope of Aferi to be renewed… In the Land of Yet At the edge of the Forbidden Forest A young woman lives alone. Forced
Read More


📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Witch Port Video Game Virtual Book Publicity / Blog Tour #YA

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Leonard Bassed’s THE WITCH PORT VIDEO GAME Virtual Book Tour September 2 – November 29! Inside the Book Title: THE WITCH PORT VIDEO GAME Author: Leonard Bassed Publisher: Independent Pages: 108 Genre: YA BOOK BLURB: Leonard Bassed had no plan to write a novel titled THE WITCH PORT VIDEO GAME when he set out to create a movie script with a similar name.  “I had written the pilot script first and I kept the same ending for the novel…everything from the script I wrote found its way into the finished book version of ‘The Witch Port Video Game,’ said writer-singer-actor
Read More


📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents A Burdened Novel Series Book Blast @PieriAnn #ABurdenedNovel #YA #Paranormal #Romance #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Felisha Antonette’s A BURDENED NOVEL Series Book Blast June 21 – July 19! There is a $25 Amazon Gift Card and All Four Books in the Series Giveaway as well. Inside the Book FOUR TIMES BROKEN (A Burdened Novel – Book 1) BOOK BLURB: When Tracey’s life spirals out of control, who will help her pick up the pieces? Tracey Warren’s last year of high school is mapped out: stay focused, graduate in a few months, and get the hell out of Bennington, Virginia. The finish line is in plain sight and everything is going according to plan. Until a
Read More


📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Knightmare Arcanist Virtual Book Publicity Tour @GameOverStation #YA #Fantasy #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Shami Stovall’s KNIGHTMARE ARCANIST Virtual Book Tour June 18 – July 19! Inside the Book Title: KNIGHTMARE ARCANIST Author: Shami Stovall Publisher: Capital Station Books Pages: 360 Genre: YA Fantasy BOOK BLURB: In a world populated by mythical creatures, those who bond with them are known as arcanists—their magic stemming from the connection they forged. Phoenix arcanists gain flames and healing, unicorn arcanists speak with horses and manipulate poison, or even basilisk arcanists who control flesh and stone. But those wishing to bond must first prove themselves. Gravedigger Volke Savan, desperate to leave his tiny home island and impress the
Read More