Chrysalis Chronicles: Eyes of the Desert Sand

THE EYES OF THE DESERT SAND

Chrysalis Chronicles Book 1

By Edwin Wolfe

Young Ethan Fox, and his new friend Haley, follow a blue rabbit down a tunnel in the earth, and end up not in Wonderland, but in a wild series of complex adventures. 

It’s a world inside a world with weird creatures, new friends and dangerous questions answered by a book of poetry that writes its own poems. 

While all turns out well, there are more than a few questions waiting to be answered in the next adventure of the Chrysalis Chronicles.

Description:

How many parents would believe their thirteen year old son who told them that two vampires and a hooded stranger had tried to abduct him? Strange thing is, young Ethan Fox is convinced his parents, George and Betsy do believe him. Could it have something to do with the mysterious poem he wrote in his sleep? Or maybe it has something to do with his past, the past he cannot remember before his eighth birthday. Something strange is afoot, and it is about to turn Ethan's world upside down.

While vacationing with his parents, to get away from the crazy events of the previous two weeks, Ethan encounters a young girl named Haley Hunt who he is strongly drawn to... and the feeling is mutual. Together, Ethan and Haley are lured to The Residence, home of the Caretakers, an organization of intelligent beings sent to earth to nurture the human race and protect them from un-earthly influences.Armed with special abilities, including the power to evolve any earthly creature, the Caretakers take in their unexpected guests. They have been watching young Ethan Fox, and are curious as to why the Grimleavers, their mortal enemy on earth, would want to abduct a young human child. 

Together, Ethan and Haley journey to magical worlds, make new friends, and help the Caretakers unravel the stories greatest mysteries. Along the way, they learn that the Caretakers have been here since the beginning of human history and have played a key role in shaping human lore. In their world, vampires, werewolves, trolls, and even Medusa herself really do exist but have been kept hidden from the human world around them. 

Ethan is the key as they ultimately discover the Grimleavers true intentions, to unlock the four portals to the elemental worlds of the Chrysalis

#BookTrailerThursday - Endlessly by Kiersten White

Book Trailer Thursdays!


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This week we are featuring:

At last, the wait is over - the final book in Kiersten White's thriller "Paranormalcy" trilogy...Endlessly! ...and another stunning book cover!

Endlessly
by Kiersten White

Evie's paranormal past keeps coming back to haunt her. A new director at the International Paranormal Containment Agency wants to drag her back to headquarters. The Dark Faerie Queen is torturing humans in her poisonous realm. And supernatural creatures keep insisting that Evie is the only one who can save them from a mysterious, perilous fate. 

The clock is ticking on the entire paranormal world. And its fate rests solely in Evie's hands. 

So much for normal.

Latest Louise Rennison Heroine - Tallulah Casey

Have you seen the latest from the brilliantly funny author Louise Rennison?  you remember Louise from the hilarious high jinks in her "Confessions of Georgia Nicolson" series.

With this latest series she introduces a new heroine, Tallulah...drama queen in more ways than one!  With titles like "Withering Tights" and "A Midsummer Tights Dream" -  the Misadventures of Tallulah Casey promises:

"Hilarious new series from Queen of Teen – laugh your tights off at the (VERY) amateur dramatic antics of Talullah and her bonkers mates. Boys, snogging and bad acting guaranteed!"

....and to help you with those hard to understand "English" terms...

FAB Interview - via 365Daysof Reading Blog!

Fun candid and brilliantly executed ...by the live-blogger selected for the Huntington Beach Dark Days of Summer event. 


For an extensive recap, visit http://365daysofreading.com. The post will be live on 7/13. :) 

#BookTrailerThursday - The Age Of Miracles

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This week we present...

The Age of Miracles
by Karen Thompson Walker

“It still amazes me how little we really knew. . . . Maybe everything that happened to me and my family had nothing at all to do with the slowing. It’s possible, I guess. But I doubt it. I doubt it very much.”

Luminous, haunting, unforgettable, The Age of Miracles is a stunning fiction debut by a superb new writer, a story about coming of age during extraordinary times, about people going on with their lives in an era of profound uncertainty.

On a seemingly ordinary Saturday in a California suburb, 11-year-old Julia and her family awake to discover, along with the rest of the world, that the rotation of the earth has suddenly begun to slow. The days and nights grow longer and longer, gravity is affected, the environment is thrown into disarray. Yet as she struggles to navigate an ever-shifting landscape, Julia is also coping with the normal disasters of everyday life—the fissures in her parents’ marriage, the loss of old friends, the hopeful anguish of first love, the bizarre behavior of her grandfather who, convinced of a government conspiracy, spends his days obsessively cataloging his possessions. As Julia adjusts to the new normal, the slowing inexorably continues.

With spare, graceful prose and the emotional wisdom of a born storyteller, Karen Thompson Walker has created a singular narrator in Julia, a resilient and insightful young girl, and a moving portrait of family life set against the backdrop of an utterly altered world.