Cover Reveal for The W.H.O. Files: Potions in the Pizza

Exciting news! I am publishing another book!! This one will be coming out through Future House Publishing in October 2016, just in time for Halloween.

About The W.H.O. Files: Potions in the Pizza

10­-year-­old twins Ethan and Emmy’s parents have never told their kids what they do for a living. Then just before Halloween, while their parents are away on an emergency business trip, Ethan, Emmy, and their best friend Jax discover a HUGE secret: could the twins’ parents actually be . . . witch hunters?

Meanwhile at school, a new team of glamorous lunch ladies arrives on the scene, serving meals that taste way too good to come from a school cafeteria. There’s only one logical explanation: they’re witches, and the meals they serve are spiked with a dangerous potion! Why have witches come to Roosevelt Elementary? Where have Ethan and Emmy’s parents gone? Can it be a mere coincidence that their parents left just as the witches arrived? Whether they’re ready or not, Ethan and Emmy have only one option if they want to save their school and find their parents: become witch hunters themselves.

If you would like to be notified when Mikey’s book is published, join our Beta-readers list. If you would like to get an Advanced Reader Copy in exchange for a review of this book, contact Ryan Mendenhall (details below).

For booking school assemblies or classroom visits, media appearances, interviews, and/or book-signings contact Ami Johanson (ami AT futurehousepublishing.com). Contact Ryan Mendenhall (ryan AT futurehousepublishing.com) to request podcast appearances, guest blog posts or other digital promotional opportunities.

NEW RELEASE!

I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I have finally published my first chapter book. So often I get parents asking for books to help bridge the gap between my picture books and middle-grade. Well… here it is! Museum Adventures: The Maya Mystery, is a time-traveling adventure that can be described as The Magic Tree House meets A Night at the Museum.

Synopsis:

Eight-year-old Nick and ten-year-old Katie didn’t sign up to go on an adventure. They didn’t ask to be nearly killed by a jaguar, or hunt for ingredients under a volcano. They most certainly did not ask to be sacrificed by some crazy high priest at the top of a Mayan temple. But that is just what they got when they volunteered to help pack up boxes in the basement of their grandfather’s museum …well sort of.

Grandpa had warned them not to go into the Special Collections room. He had said the room was too dangerous. Nick and Katie probably should have listened. Behind that forbidden door they found a time machine—a time machine cleverly disguised as a stone obelisk. As soon as they touched it, they are whisked back to the time of ancient Maya. Nick and Katie need to solve the mystery of how to get home or they just might be stuck in a time without electronics and indoor plumbing forever!

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The Afterlife Academy

Every now and then I hear about a new book coming out and I can hardly wait to get my hands on a copy. Not only does The Afterlife Academy sound incredibly awesome (read the synopsis below) but the author, Frank L. Cole, is one amazing guy. He never misses an opportunity to make someone else feel special—yeah, he’s one of those guys. Not only is he super nice, but he’s supper funny (as in he tells lots of jokes, not that he’s funny looking). This book is coming just in time for the new school season and it’s ripe for some pre-Halloween fun. A kid pleaser for sure!

Want to meet the author? Frank L. Cole is having TWO incredible book launch parties and everyone is invited to come get a book and have some fun. The first is on Thursday, September 10^th at the Jordan Landing Barnes and Noble (7157 Plaza Center Dr, West Jordan, UT, 84084) starting at 6:30 pm. The second is Tuesday, September 15^th at The King’s English (1511 1500 E, Salt Lake City, UT, 84105) starting at 7:00 pm. 

Synopsis:

Walter Prairie knows how to deal with bullies. He just has to beat them to the punch. But he doesn’t see the biggest hit of his life coming when he is struck dead by a bolt of lightning. Before Walter even knows what’s happened, he is sent to a Categorizing office, fast-tracked through the Afterlife Academy, and assigned as a Guardian Agent to protect a High-Level Target.

Walter's HLT, Charlie Dewdle, isn’t exactly the most popular kid in school. He’s what you might call paranormally obsessed. When Charlie finds an ancient book with spells that can be used to open the Gateway for demons to wreak havoc on earth, it’s up to him and Walter to fight an eclectic horde of enemies and protect humankind at all costs.

But saving the world isn’t so easy. Especially when your protector doesn’t know the first thing about the Underworld, bullies like Mo Horvath are trying to hunt you down, pretty and popular Melissa Bittner is suddenly talking to you, and your parents think you’re going crazy.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/Afterlife-Academy-Frank-L-Cole-ebook/dp/B00R04IRCC/

Book Feature: Ice Dogs

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ebook and print

A Junior Library Guild Selection!

Victoria Secord, a fourteen-year-old Alaskan dogsled racer, loses her way on a routine outing with her dogs. With food gone and temperatures dropping, her survival and that of her dogs and the mysterious boy she meets in the woods is entirely up to her.

  

I have the coolest friends.

Author Terry Lynn Johnson is a musher herself, and her crackling writing puts readers at the reins as Victoria and Chris experience setbacks, mistakes, and small triumphs in their wilderness adventure.

I was lucky enough to crit Ice Dogs long before Houghton Mifflin gave my friend Terry Lynn Johnson a well-deserved contract for it! I'm so excited to see it out in the world (released Feb. 4th!) where everyone can enjoy her charming story of a girl who races dogs but can't outrace her past... or the boy she finds in the snowstorm that will change both their lives.

Check out the cool trailer!

Ice Dogs is a great strong-girl story that also allows the heroine to be vulnerable - with a soft side that comes out clearly in how much she loves her dogs. Ice Dogs is a bit more grown up than Terry's first book Dogsled Dreams (which I reviewed and LOVED), but still sweet, earnest, and perfect for ages 10+.

If you have an animal-loving teen, preteen, or middle grader, scoop up both books - your kids will thank you! 

Check out Terry's website for more information about the dogs and her books!  If you're a teacher, check out the awesome Discussion Guide for ICE DOGS!

To celebrate Terry's release, I'm giving away THREE of these adorable PLUSH ICE DOGS.

How cute is this??

And they're itty bitty: 3 inches tall!

Enter to win your very own ICE DOG!!

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