Posts Tagged ‘YA’

First Chapter: I Wish by E.B. Tatby

Title: I Wish Author: E.B. Tatby Publisher: Dream Tag Pages: 329 Genre: YA/Fantasy Format: Kindle Purchase at AMAZON All her life, sixteen-year-old Kenza Atlas has heard the stories, but she never believed them. She never expected the allure of power or, worse, how far the dark shadows could cast. Genies and wishing are for fairy tales, not teenage girls, and especially not in Omaha. But when a Moroccan jinn with undulating tattoos and mysterious black eyes whisks her 500 years back in time, she witnesses the death of her powerful ancestor and the gorgeous slave she loved. They sacrificed themselves to escape the Caliph, a tyrant named Mazin. And
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{YA Fantasy} I Wish Blog Tour Sign Up

E.B. Tatby will be touring August 4-29 with her YA fantasy, I Wish! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback or ebook) Interviews Author Guest Posts Book Spotlights Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 48 hours. Thank you!   All her life, sixteen-year-old Kenza Atlas has heard the stories, but she never believed them. She never expected the allure of power or, worse, how far the dark shadows could cast. Genies and wishing are for fairy tales, not teenage girls, and especially not in Omaha. But when a Moroccan jinn with undulating tattoos and mysterious black eyes whisks
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  • April 7, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Guardians Inc.: The Cypher Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Julian Rosado’s Guardians Inc.: The Cypher virtual book tour May 5 – July 31!  This tour is part of a $100 Amazon Gift Card giveaway! Title: Guardians Inc.: The Cypher Author: Julian Rosado-Machain Publisher: Julian Rosado-Machain Pages: 239 Genre: YA Fantasy Adventure Format: Paperback, Kindle GUARDIANS INC.: THE CYPHER is two stories in one. A glimpse into a multinational company that is in reality the oldest of secret societies, one that spans close to seven thousand years of existence, weaving in and out of history, guiding and protecting humanity from creatures and forces that most of us believe are only
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  • March 25, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Soul of the Sun Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Genevieve Crownson’s The Soul of the Sun virtual book tour April 7- June 27! Title: The Soul of the Sun Genre: Paranormal/Young Adult Author: Genevieve Crownson Publisher: Genevieve Crownson Pages: 348 Format: Paperback; Kindle “The hands of time turn on the face of the sun. Only you can move them. If the Watcher controls the hands of the clock he can go anywhere, past or future– and destroy our planet.” Since the days of ancient Greece, the Argos dynasty has kept a secret, a mystery passed down through their descendants from generation to generation, in the hopes that the forces
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{YA Dark Fiction/Horror Novella} The Landfill Blog Tour Sign Up

Kevin Hopson will be touring April 21-30 with his YA Dark Fiction/Humor novel, The Landfill. We are looking for: Reviews (ebook only) Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights (HTML provided for both blogger and wordpress blogs) Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 48 hours. Thank you! Billy, a high school senior, has lost a lot in the past year, including his younger sister, Sara. Billy lacks excitement and purpose in life until his curiosity takes him and his best friend, Connor, to an old, abandoned landfill along the river. Connor would rather forget the experience, but Billy can’t
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents The Cloud Seeders Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you James Zerndt’s The Cloud Seeders virtual book tour January 6 – 31! ABOUT THE CLOUD SEEDERS Title: The Cloud Seeders Genre: Young Adult/Teen/ Dystopian/ Science Fiction Author: James Zerndt Publisher: James Zerndt Pages: 268 Language: English Format: Paperback, Kindle Serve Your Country, Conserve Your Water, Observe Your Neighbor This is the slogan of the Sustainability Unit and of a country gone eco-hysterical. After nearly twelve months without rain and the hinges of the world barely still oiled, Thomas and his younger brother, Dustin, set out across a drought-ridden landscape in search of answers. What they discover along the way will
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  • November 17, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents The Flight of the Griffin Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you C.M. Gray’s The Flight of the Griffin virtual book tour December 2 – 27! ABOUT THE FLIGHT OF THE GRIFFIN Title: The Flight of the Griffin Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Author: C.M. Gray Publisher: C.M. Gray Pages: 219 Language: English ISBN: 9781471750359 The Kingdom is dying… The Darkness is coming… the balance between Order and Chaos is rapidly shifting and the world is falling towards evil and horror, and all misery that Chaos will bring. But there is hope… Pardigan’s had enough, he’s only 12, but he’s breaking into the home of one of Freya’s richest merchants… and he’s doing
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  • July 14, 2013
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{Book Blast} Pump Up Your Book Presents KD Pryor’s The Portal’s Choice Book Blast – Win $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash

Join KD Pryor, author of the YA paranormal, The Portal’s Choice, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on her first Book Blast with Pump Up Your Book! KD will be giving away a $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash to one lucky reader! To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form on the participating blogs below and good luck! If you would like to host KD, please email Dorothy at thewriterslife (at) gmail.com. ABOUT THE PORTAL’S CHOICE Journal, just in case . . . I didn’t ask to meet ghosts. Shoot, I was fine without them in my life. Uncle Craig and Hannah were nasty to me, but at
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Children of the Knight Virtual Publicity Book Tour

Join Michael Bowler, author of the edgy YA, Children of the Knight, as he tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! {ABOUT CHILDREN OF THE KNIGHT} According to legend, King Arthur is supposed to return when Britain needs him most. So why does a man claiming to be the once and future king suddenly appear in Los Angeles? This charismatic young Arthur creates a new Camelot within the City of Angels to lead a crusade of unwanted kids against an adult society that discards and ignores them. Under his banner of equality, every needy child is welcome, regardless
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  • June 13, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Keeper of the Black Stones Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join PT McHugh, author of the YA fantasy/time travel, Keeper of the Black Stones, as he tours the blogosphere July 1 – August 30 2013 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ————————————————-   ABOUT PT MCHUGH PT McHugh didn’t start out as a storyteller. He was, however, born into a family of that encouraged imagination. He became a fan of history in school and then went to college to become a construction engineer, to build a world of straight lines, angles, and equations. He was just as surprised as everyone else when he realized that he believed in magic, and might just know the
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  • June 3, 2013
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{Book Blast} Pump Up Your Book Presents Michelle Manning’s Siding with Plato Book Blast – Win $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash

Join Michelle Manning, author of the Adult YA, Siding with Plato, as she tours the blogosphere July 1 – 26 on her first Book Blast with Pump Up Your Book! Michelle will be giving away a $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash to one lucky reader! To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form on the participating blogs below and good luck! If you would like to host Michelle, please email Dorothy at thewriterslife (at) gmail.com. ABOUT SIDING WITH PLATO Brooke Aarons can’t get to college fast enough. Leaving behind her small town life, she intends to transform herself into a brilliant psychologist with no distractions along the way. But when she
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  • May 25, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Ancient Guardians: The Legacy of the Key Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join S.L. Morgan, author of the YA fantasy, Ancient Guardians: The Legacy of the Key (Book 1 in the Ancient Guardian series), as she tours the blogosphere July 1 – 26 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT ANCIENT GUARDIANS: THE LEGACY OF THE KEY No matter where you are, facing your reality with passion and purpose will always lead down the path you were intended to go. While Reece Bryant is making her way through this world on her own, she is suddenly confronted with the truth of her existence, and the reality of her future. It is when she encounters two
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  • May 11, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents OCD, the Dude & Me Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Lauren Roedy Vaughn, author of the contemporary humorous young adult, OCD, the Dude & Me, as she tours the blogosphere June 3 – July 26 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT OCD, THE DUDE & ME Seventeen-year-old Danielle Levine is your typical high school teenager – if you count having OCD and ADHD as typical. Danielle’s “special” conditions lead her to a school for students with learning disabilities, and, even here, she struggles to fit in. How Danielle navigates her status as a “learning-challenged” teen pariah is told, with equal parts pain and hilarity, in Lauren Roedy Vaughn’s debut Young Adult
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  • April 6, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Sixth Power Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Carol Nicolas, author of the YA paranormal, The Sixth Power, as she tours the blogosphere May 6 – 31 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!  This tour is part of a $75 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway!  See details on how you can win below! ABOUT THE SIXTH POWER Tania Westing, a high school senior, is one of the Gifted Ones, descendants of an ancient family with seven special powers. Some of the powers are common, and some are rare. Until her geneticist brother Tom was murdered, Tania lived an ordinary life. Now hidden in her mind is a clue that will reveal
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  • January 9, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Keeper of the Black Stones Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join PT McHugh, author of the YA fantasy/time travel, Keeper of the Black Stones, as he tours the blogosphere February 15 – March 15 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ————————————————- ABOUT PT MCHUGH PT McHugh didn’t start out as a storyteller. He was, however, born into a family of that encouraged imagination. He became a fan of history in school and then went to college to become a construction engineer, to build a world of straight lines, angles, and equations. He was just as surprised as everyone else when he realized that he believed in magic, and might just know the secret
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  • October 28, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Sweetest Taboo Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Eva Marquez, author of the YA/adult fiction, Sweetest Taboo, as she tours the blogosphere November 5 – 30 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!   ABOUT EVA MARQUEZ Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, daughter of European immigrants, Eva Márquez has spent most of her life outside of her home country. At the age of five, Eva accompanied her parents to the United States, where the family settled permanently. After graduating from university, she went on to complete graduate studies in International Relations in Spain. Eva received her Master of International Studies degree from the University of Sydney and went on to work
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Join ‘Voluspa’ Ray East & Sam D at Books Books the Magical Fruit & WIN KINDLE FIRE!

Ray East and Sam D, authors of Voluspa: A Magical World, are stopping off today at Books Books the Magical Fruit, as part of their colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where they are giving away a Kindle Fire! Visit today’s stop at http://www.booksbooksthemagicalfruit.blogspot.com/2012/08/author-guest-post-voluspa-magical-world.html. Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! This contest begins August 6 and ends on October 26 2012. An extra bonus prize: $50 goes to the person who visits the most tour stops and leaves a comment. If there is a tie, we will choose a winner at Random.org. This contest is open to U.S. and Canadian
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  • August 5, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Hands of Tarot Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join SM Blooding, author of the YA Steampunk, The Hands of Tarot, as she tours the blogosphere August 6 – September 28 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! The Hands of Tarot Virtual Book Publicity Tour is part of Tarot Doll  giveaway. See details further down on how you can win a set for your own! ABOUT SM BLOODING SM Blooding lives in Colorado with her pet rock, Rockie, and Ms. Jack, who’s a real bird. She’s still learning to play the piano and guitar, which is going marginally better, and for those of you looking for an Arabic update, she has successfully
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New Young Adult Urban Fantasy for Review: Mind Secrets by Chris Reynolds

Chris Reynolds will be touring August 6 – 24 with her young adult urban fantasy novel, Mind Secrets. On the run and without his memories, Michael escapes from a man called Carter onto the unfamiliar streets of London. There, he meets a gang of teenagers with the power to sense the thoughts and feelings of others. They live in fear of ‘the cure’, a mysterious process which takes away their power and, some believe, destroys their personality. Suspecting the cure caused his memory loss, Michael goes undercover to investigate the truth behind the doctors of the cure clinic. What he discovers leads him to a conspiracy that runs to
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New Book for Review: YA Fantasy/Romance ‘Prophecy of the Flame’ by Lynn Hardy

Lynn Hardy will be touring in March 2012 with her YA fantasy/romance novel, Prophecy of the Flame! In a blinding flash of light, five nondescript strangers are yanked from this world and thrust into a land of sorcery as they are granted the looks and abilities of the people they were playing. This band of wannabe heroes soon discovers that having the powers they have always dreamed of, does not make life a dream come true. The Crusaders of the Light struggle to form a cohesive band as they blend twentieth century technology with the supernatural powers of this new world, fighting to liberate the kingdom of Cuthburan from
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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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Farsighted Virtual Book Publicity Tour December 2011

Join Emlyn Chand, author of the YA paranormal novel, Farsighted (Blue Crown Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere December 5 – 16 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Emlyn Chand Emlyn Chand has always loved to hear and tell stories, having emerged from the womb with a fountain pen grasped firmly in her left hand (true story). When she’s not writing, she runs a large book club in Ann Arbor and is the president of author PR firm, Novel Publicity. Emlyn loves to connect with readers and is available throughout the social media interweb. Visit www.emlynchand.com for more info. Don’t forget
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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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  • October 13, 2011
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Something Witchy This Way Comes Virtual Book Publicity Tour November 2011

Join Veronica Blade, author of the YA Urban Fantasy novel, Something Witchy This Way Comes (Crush Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere November 1 – 23 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Veronica Blade Veronica Blade is married with children and living in Southern California. By day she runs the family business, but each night she slips away to spin her tales. She writes stories about young adults to relive her own childhood and to live vicariously through her characters. Except her heroes and heroines lead far more interesting lives — and they are always way hotter. Her latest book is
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Taken Away Virtual Book Publicity Tour October 2011

Join Patty Friedmann, author of the Young Adult Fiction novel, Taken Away (Tiny Satchel Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere October 3 – 28 2011 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Patty Friedmann Patty Friedmann’s two latest books are a YA novel called Taken Away [TSP 2010] and a literary e-novel titled Too Jewish [booksBnimble 2010]. She also is the author of six darkly comic literary novels set in New Orleans: The Exact Image of Mother [Viking Penguin 1991]; Eleanor Rushing [1998], Odds [2000], Secondhand Smoke [2002], Side Effects [2006], and A Little Bit Ruined [2007] [all hardback and paperback from Counterpoint
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New YA Fiction Book for Review: Taken Away by Patty Friedmann

Patty Friedmann will be touring in October 2011 with her YA fiction novel, Taken Away. When Summer Elmwood’s hot, bedraggled, exhausted family arrives unannounced at the door of her aunt’s elegant Houston house, her mother explains. “We’ve had a disaster. Not the hurricane, a real disaster.” It is one week after Katrina laid waste to the Elmwoods’ hometown of New Orleans, and like most residents, they were too close to the tragedy to see its scope. Besides, they were coping with a possible tragedy of their own, and only because their city has closed down have they evacuated. Summer’s baby sister disappeared the day the storm hit. Two-year-old Amalia
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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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Airel Virtual Book Tour June & July 2011

Join Aaron Patterson and Chris White, authors of the teen romantic thriller, Airel (StoneHouse Ink), as they virtually tour the blogosphere  June 6 – July 29 2011 on their first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Aaron Patterson Aaron Patterson is the author of the bestselling WJA series as well as a  two Digital Shorts 19 and The Craigslist Killer. He was homeschooled and grew up in the west. Aaron loved to read from a small child and would often be found behind a book and would read 1-3 a day on average. This love drove him to want to write but never thought he had
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The Treasure Hunters Club: The Secrets of the Magical Medallions Virtual Book Tour April 2011

Join Sean McCartney, author of the middle grade/YA novel, The Treasure Hunters Club: The Secrets of the Magical Medallions, as he virtually tours the blogosphere April 4 – 29  2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Sean McCartney Sean Paul McCartney (he’s not related to the Beatle) was born in 1971. He graduated from Alfred University in upstate New York with a Bachelor’s in Communications in 1993. From there he played two exciting season traveling around the world with the Washington Generals playing against the world famous Harlem Globetrotters. In 1996 Sean earned his Masters in Education and embarked on a career as
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