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Welcome to my blog, which includes special posts for teachers and students. Here I’ll share information about my books (including various giveaways), writing prompts, book and research recommendations, events, and wee bits and pieces about my beloved Scotland.
It’s so lovely to see this enthusiasm for my most recent book! Summer’s a really hard time to have a #mglit come out, so this means a lot to me.
Posted @withregram • @bellesmiddlegrade Another of my most highly anticipated releases. It says online: “For fans of Dragon Pearl and the Lockwood & Co. series comes a swift-moving contemporary fantasy about a young girl tasked with destroying deadly shadow creatures.” Sounds amazing, & I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while. STUNNING cover by the amazing @vivienneto as well.💜
Synopsis: In Brannland, terrifying beasts called Umbrae roam freely once the sun sets, so venomous that a single bite will kill a full-grown adult—and lately, with each day that passes, their population seems to double. The only people who can destroy them are immune children like Nora, who are recruited at the age of seven to leave their families behind and begin training at a retrofitted castle called Noye’s Hill. But despite her immunity, Nora’s father refused to let her go. Now, years after his death by Umbra attack, Nora is twelve, and sees her mother almost killed by the monsters too. That’s when Nora decides it’s time for her to join the battle. Once she arrives at Noye’s Hill, though, she and her new friends are left with more questions than answers: Where are the Umbrae coming from? Could the government be covering up the true reason their population has whirled out of control? And was Nora’s father, the peaceful, big-hearted man who refused to let Nora fight, in on the treacherous secret?
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This incredible review from the Bookwyrm's Den truly made my day. Here's one of my favorite quotes from it: "This is probably the healthiest squad I’ve ever read of in a middle grade book, and I absolutely love it."
The bonds between the kids, that warmth, that support, that positive modeling of how kids can lead and work together during times of immense stress, was exactly what I was trying to convey to readers, and it's hugely rewarding to see that someone saw that clearly (showing that I did my job well!)
Here's the full review, which is such a delight to read:
https://thebookwyrmsden.com/2022/06/27/secret-of-the-shadow-beasts/
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