Editorial Content for The Beast of Cretacea
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Seventeen-year-old Ishmael didn't arrive on Cretacea marvel at the fresh air, sunshine, and endless blue ocean. He’s here to hunt down great ocean-dwelling beasts to harvest and send back to the resource-depleted Earth. Even though easy prey abounds, time and again the chase boat crews are ordered to ignore it in order to pursue the elusive Great Terrafin. It’s rumored that the ship’s captain, Ahab, lost his leg to the beast years ago, and that he’s now consumed by revenge. But there may be more to Captain Ahab’s obsession.
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Seventeen-year-old Ishmael didn't arrive on Cretacea marvel at the fresh air, sunshine, and endless blue ocean. He’s here to hunt down great ocean-dwelling beasts to harvest and send back to the resource-depleted Earth. Even though easy prey abounds, time and again the chase boat crews are ordered to ignore it in order to pursue the elusive Great Terrafin. It’s rumored that the ship’s captain, Ahab, lost his leg to the beast years ago, and that he’s now consumed by revenge. But there may be more to Captain Ahab’s obsession.
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When 17-year-old Ishmael wakes up from stasis aboard the Pequod, he is amazed by how different this planet is from the dirty, dying, Shroud-covered Earth he left behind. But Ishmael isn’t on Cretacea to marvel at the fresh air, sunshine and endless blue ocean. He’s here to work, risking his life to hunt down great ocean-dwelling beasts to harvest and send back to the resource-depleted Earth. Even though easy prey abounds, time and again the chase boat crews are ordered to ignore it in order to pursue the elusive Great Terrafin. It’s rumored that the ship’s captain, Ahab, lost his leg to the beast years ago, and that he’s now consumed by revenge. But there may be more to Captain Ahab’s obsession. Dark secrets and dangerous exploits swirl around the pursuit of the beast, and Ishmael must do his best to survive --- if he can.
Editorial Content for The Toymaker's Apprentice
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Stefan Drosselmeyer recently completed an apprenticeship with his father, a master toymaker, and his mother has just died. Unable to stand the empty house and his father’s grief, Stefan decides to leave home to seek his own fortune.
His plans are abruptly interrupted, though, when his cousin, Christian Dosselmeyer, shows up unexpectedly on his doorstep. Christian wants Stefan to be a journeyman and learn the clockmaking trade. Stefan has no real interest in clocks, but the idea of getting away and doing different things is very appealing. Read More
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Stefan Drosselmeyer is a reluctant apprentice to his toymaker father until the day his world is turned upside down. His father is kidnapped and Stefan is enlisted by his mysterious cousin, Christian Drosselmeyer, to find a mythical nut to save a princess who has been turned into a wooden doll. Embarking on a wild adventure through Germany, Stefan must save Boldavia’s princess and his own father from the fanatical Mouse Queen and her seven-headed Mouse Prince, both of whom have sworn to destroy the Drosselmeyer family.
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Stefan Drosselmeyer is a reluctant apprentice to his toymaker father until the day his world is turned upside down. His father is kidnapped and Stefan is enlisted by his mysterious cousin, Christian Drosselmeyer, to find a mythical nut to save a princess who has been turned into a wooden doll. Embarking on a wild adventure through Germany, Stefan must save Boldavia’s princess and his own father from the fanatical Mouse Queen and her seven-headed Mouse Prince, both of whom have sworn to destroy the Drosselmeyer family.
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Editorial Content for Stonebird
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The best thing about STONEBIRD by Mike Revell is that its size --- a thin book of only 200-something pages --- is not indicative at all of its heart and story. Read More
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When 10-year-old Liam's family moves to be near his grandmother who is suffering from dementia, he's left to navigate his new neighborhood, school and grandmother's illness all by himself. The one place he seems to find solace is a rundown church where he finds an over-sized gargoyle that keeps drawing him in. Shy Liam's only means of confidence during shared story time is to tell tales of the gargoyle. His classmates mock him at first but are soon captivated by his storytelling. As his home life gets harder and the bullies more relentless, the gargoyle seemingly brings Liam's stories to life. But is the old stone bird really alive, or is it just Liam's imagination finding ways to help him through a difficult time?
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October 19, 2015
This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book coming out this fall. Read more about it, and enter our Fall Preview Contest by Tuesday, October 20th at 11:59am ET for a chance to win one of five copies of LOST OCEAN: An Inky Adventure & Coloring Book by Johanna Basford, which releases on October 27th. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!
(Piling on to the "Red Coach" to toast Alex Marwood's Macavity Award win, L to R: Alison Gaylin, Greg Herren, Alex, Wendy Corsi Staub, Laura Lippman, and Elizabeth Little.)
Marshall B. RosenbergAt the core of all anger is a need that is not being fulfilled. AttributionMarshall B. Rosenberg
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