Posted by Karen Syed on March 7, 2010
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Abby McNabb is a typical fourth grade girl. She hates her hair, thinks her mom is too strict, envies her best friend…Oh, and Abby’s father is crazy. Andy McNabb is a famous author known for his investigations of aliens, ghosts and all things paranormal. This embarrasses Abby to no end, until the day he takes her to America’s Stonehenge, a/k/a Mystery Hill … and for the first time in her life, she sees a ghost, too.
The ghost needs Abby’s help to make Andy remember his birthplace: a star named Gibeon, which crashed to earth hundreds of thousands of years ago. As Abby, along with her friend Claudia and cousin, Chase, work to uncover the truth about her father’s past and his future, she is faced with losing him forever when destiny pushes him toward his forgotten life.
Join Abby and her zany father as they explore local New England spooky sites and learn what it means to believe in make believe and trust what you cannot see.
Reviews:
“The Man of Mystery Hill is an involving and suspenseful story filled with charm, warmth, and derring-do, and its heroine, Abby McNabb, is going to win over lots and lots of new readers. Tracy Carbone is off to a wonderful start.” -Peter Straub Author of Ghost Story and A Dark Matter
“Abby McNabb is the nine-year-old heir apparent to both Fox Mulder and Nancy Drew. The Man of Mystery Hill by Tracy L. Carbone adds magic and the paranormal to the archaeology and the result is an enchanting romp through southern New Hampshire megaliths that will delight readers of all ages.” -David Goudsward, author of America’s Stonehenge: The Mystery Hill Story
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Tracy L. Carbone lives in Massachusetts with her daughter and a charming dog and cat. She writes in her spare time, mostly late at night or on the train commuting to her day job. The Man of Mystery Hill: An Abby McNabb Mystery is Tracy’s first children’s novel but she has sold several short stories in the US and Canada. Tracy enjoys spending time with her daughter Abigail, on whom the character Abby McNabb is based. Besides writing, Tracy is an avid baker and loves all kinds of crafts. Please visit her website for more details about her writing or to contact the author. www.tracylcarbone.com or www.abbymcnabb.com
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Posted by Mary Lewis on February 22, 2010
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Betrayed by Sam Morton
It s an election year and Senator Ben Pitchfork Stevens from Texas made a campaign promise to stop illegal immigration. He virtually has. Problem is, people trying to cross the border keep disappearing. That s a dilemma for 15-year-old Austin Pierce whose father is a political consultant involved with the senator and whose best friend, Rico Alvarez, happens to be in the United States illegally. After Rico’s family voluntarily deports, Austin discovers that Rico s beautiful cousin Veronica helps people cross over illegally. He faces a decision: should he help his friends or help the FBI to stop the senator’s evil ways? Either path could lead to danger, even death.
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A graduate of The Citadel, Sam holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English. He is author of Disavowed, a police thriller with five-star ratings on both Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. Sam has also written Betrayed—An Austin Pierce Novel, the first book in the Austin Files, a young adult spy series slated to debut in August 2009. He is co-author of four fiction anthologies and sole author of Ramblings, a collection of his own short stories and poems. Sam is a member of The Inkplots Writers Group, and is an active freelance writer for several regional and national magazines. He has received a number of awards for his writing. His past occupations include a 12 year-stint as a robbery/homicide detective for the Richland County Sheriff’s Department in Columbia, S.C., a ten-year career as a professional wrestler, and one long week as the blade changer on the potato cutting machine at the Frito Lay plant in Charlotte, N.C. He resides in Columbia, SC with his wife, Myra, and two children, Alexey and Nikki. Find out more about Sam by logging onto www.sammorton.com.
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Posted by Karen Syed on October 20, 2009
For more than twenty years West Canvia and Lemuria have battled one another in a constant war.
From the safety of his laboratory, weapons designer Thomas Riley has cleverly and proudly empowered the West Canvian forces with his brilliant designs. But when a risky alchemy experiment goes horribly wrong, Thomas and his wily assistant, Cynthia Bassett, are thrust onto the front lines of battle.
Forced into shaky alliances with murderous sky pirates in a deadly race to kidnap the only man who can undo the damage—the mad genius behind Lemuria’s cunning armaments—Thomas’ own genius is put to the ultimate test.
“What a fantastic journey! Thomas Riley is high adventure in a time and place full of action and intrigue. New to steam punk? Thomas Riley is an awesome place to start.”
–Okeechobee Book Reviews
”I love Thomas Riley. Steampunk is fast, furious, and full of swashbuckling adventure. Nick Valentine has given readers a fantastic book!”
–Alexis Hart, author of Dark Shines My Love
Nick Valentino’s evolution of writing started with music.
Residing in Nashville Tennessee, his background is a curious mix of music, history and the love of all things artistic. Graduating from Belmont University with a BA in History, he played in touring bands for most of his adult life writing volumes of lyrics along the way. It was then that he discovered a love for storytelling.
Inspired by his intense intrigue with history, his travels around the world and the throngs of steampunk enthusiasts around the nation, Valentino wrote the Alternative History/Science Fiction novel, Thomas Riley.
As a pop culture fanatic, Valentino is constantly involved with the new and fresh things that life has to offer. While sometimes hard to label, readers will always find something fun and a little out of the ordinary.
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