Shout out to these students for showing up to Linebaugh Public Library on Monday night to meet author N.D. Wilson: Joshua, Miracle, Jeremy, Jessica, Avery, and Mrs. Elam. Congrats to Miracle, Jeremy, and Jessica for winning free signed books! We all had a ton of fun listening to N.D. Wilson's presentation, asking him questions, eating cake, and getting our books signed. Thanks for coming out!
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Book TrailersAshtown Burials series Book 1: The Dragon's Tooth For two years, Cyrus and Antigone Smith have run a sagging roadside motel with their older brother, Daniel. Nothing ever seems to happen. Then a strange old man with bone tattoos arrives, demanding a specific room. Less than 24 hours later, the old man is dead. The motel has burned, and Daniel is missing. And Cyrus and Antigone are kneeling in a crowded hall, swearing an oath to an order of explorers who have long served as caretakers of the world's secrets, keepers of powerful relics from lost civilizations, and jailers to unkillable criminals who have terrorized the world for millennia. The Legend of Sam Miracle is the brand new, first book in N.D. Wilson's latest fantasy series, The Outlaws of Time: Sam Miracle’s life is made up of dreams, dreams where he’s a courageous, legendary hero instead of a foster kid with two bad arms that can barely move. Sometimes these dreams feel so real, they seem like forgotten memories. And sometimes they make him believe that his arms might come alive again. But Sam is about to discover that the world he knows and the world he imagines are separated by only one thing: time. And that separation is only an illusion. The laws of time can be bent and shifted by people with special magic that allows them to travel through the past, present, and future. But not all of these “time walkers” can be trusted. One is out to protect Sam so that he can accept his greatest destiny, and another is out to kill him so that a prophecy will never be fulfilled. However, it’s an adventurous girl named Glory and two peculiar snakes who show Sam the way through the dark paths of yesterday to help him make sure there will be a tomorrow for every last person on earth. More about N.D. WilsonFor more information about N.D. Wilson's books and bio, check out his website: http://www.ndwilson.com/.
We had a fantastic field trip to the SE-YA Bookfest at MTSU! We got to meet several YA authors, get our books signed, and hear authors talk about their writing process and answer our questions. We even went on a tour of MTSU. It was a great day! Last night, young adult author CJ Redwine came to Parnassus Books in Green Hills to answer questions about her new book, The Shadow Queen. After hearing her speak, I can't wait to read it! Here's what it's about:
"Lorelai Diederich, crown princess and fugitive at large, has one mission: kill the wicked queen who took both the Ravenspire throne and the life of her father. To do that, Lorelai needs to use the one weapon she and Queen Irina have in common—magic. She'll have to be stronger, faster, and more powerful than Irina, the most dangerous sorceress Ravenspire has ever seen. In the neighboring kingdom of Eldr, when Prince Kol's father and older brother are killed by an invading army of magic-wielding ogres, the second-born prince is suddenly given the responsibility of saving his kingdom. To do that, Kol needs magic of his own—and the only way to get it is to make a deal with the queen of Ravenspire, promise to become her personal huntsman—and bring her Lorelai's heart. But Lorelai is nothing like Kol expected—beautiful, fierce, and unstoppable—and despite dark magic, Lorelai is drawn in by the passionate and troubled king. Fighting to stay one step ahead of the dragon huntsman—who she likes far more than she should—Lorelai does everything in her power to ruin the wicked queen. But Irina isn't going down without a fight, and her final move may cost the princess the one thing she still has left to lose." I am pleased to announce that author Sharon Cameron will visit Daniel McKee on Thursday, March 10, the day before the SE-YA Bookfest! To learn more about her, click here! Read on to learn about her books and to watch book trailers. Sharon cAmeron's Books:The Dark Unwinding SeriesKatharine Tulman discovers a fantastic world where science seems like magic when she arrives at her uncle’s remote estate to have him committed to a lunatic asylum. But instead of a lunatic she is confronted with a genius inventor with his own set of child-like rules, a brooding apprentice and a mysterious young student of science, the dwindling family fortune and the hundreds of families her uncle is using it to support. Having Uncle Tulman sent to the asylum is no longer an easy choice. And that’s when Katharine Tulman begins seeing things that aren’t really there. Rook
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