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Halloween Books for Younger Readers

Post author By Karina Glaser
Post date October 6, 2017

Hi Kid Lit friends!

After last week’s newsletter with spooky middle grade reads, I thought I’d put together a round-up of Halloween books for younger readers. My kids get scared easily, especially since we read a lot before bedtime, so they definitely need gentler Halloween stories. Here’s a list of Halloween-themed picture books, early readers, and chapter books.

Sponsored by Wishtree by Katherine Applegate

Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood “wishtree”—people write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red’s branches.

You might say Red has seen it all. Until a new family moves in. Not everyone is welcoming, and Red’s experience as a wishtree is more important than ever.

Funny, deep, warm, and nuanced, this is Newbery Medalist and New York Times–bestselling author Katherine Applegate at her very best—writing from the heart, and from a completely unexpected point of view.

Picture Books

Ghosts in the House by Kazuno Kohara
At the edge of town lives a clever girl with a spooky problem: Her house is haunted! Luckily, she happens to be a witch and knows a little something about taking care of ghosts. She catches them, puts them in the washing machine, airs them out to dry, and gives them new lives as sofa covers, table cloths, and, of course, bed sheets to cozy up under. Fresh and charming illustrations in dynamic orange, black and white bring this resourceful heroine and these spooky ghosts to life.

How To Make Friends With A Ghost by Rebecca Green
What do you do when you meet a ghost? One: Provide the ghost with some of its favorite snacks, like mud tarts and earwax truffles. Two: Tell your ghost bedtime stories (ghosts love to be read to). Three: Make sure no one mistakes your ghost for whipped cream or a marshmallow when you aren’t looking! If you follow these few simple steps and the rest of the essential tips in How to Make Friends with a Ghost, you’ll see how a ghost friend will lovingly grow up and grow old with you.

Penguin and Pumpkin by Salina Yoon
When Penguin and Bootsy plan a field trip in search of Fall, Penguin’s little brother, Pumpkin, wants to come, too. But Pumpkin is heartbroken to find out he’s too little to go! How can Pumpkin still be a part of the fun? As they discover the magic of Fall at a farm, Penguin and his friends put together a very special surprise to bring back to Pumpkin at home.

Boo Who? by Ben Clanton
Boo is new. And even if the other kids are welcoming, it can be scary being new, especially for a shy ghost who can’t play any of their games. (“You tagged me? Oh, sorry. I couldn’t feel it.”) Can Boo find a way to fit in and make friends with the rest of the group? From the creator of Rex Wrecks It! comes a funny story about feeling invisible — and finding a way to be seen and appreciated for who you are.

Ten Creepy Monsters by Carey F. Armstrong-Ellis
Ten creepy monsters met ’neath a gnarled pine.
One blew away,
And then there were nine.
And so the countdown begins . . . A mummy, a witch, a ghost, a werewolf, a vampire, and others all gather, but one by one their crowd diminishes. At last there is only one creepy monster left. But what kind of monster is it?

Zip! Zoom! On A Broom! by Teri Sloat, illustrated by Rosalinde Bonnet
One goes zip,
two go zoom.
Three witches glide from room to room.
So begins this witchy counting story. Counting up from 1 to 10 and back down again, ten witches jump on a broom–and then fall off one by one! Written in pitch-perfect rhyme, and full of fun read-aloud energy that will have kids memorizing lines and clamoring to read the book again and again, this book hits the mash-up sweet spot between an important concept and Halloween fun!

Early Readers

Duck, Duck, Dinosaur: Perfect Pumpkin by Kallie George, illustrated by Oriol Vidal
Feather, Flap, and Spike are on the hunt for the perfect pumpkin to decorate in this sweet story about autumn fun. Spike thinks all the pumpkins they find are perfect, indeed: for juggling, leaping over, and bowling! But what will they do when Spike accidentally squishes all the perfect pumpkins that the ducklings find? These silly siblings learn one way a squished pumpkin can still be perfect—for making pumpkin pie!

Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete by James Dean
Pete loves Halloween and candy but not so much scary surprises. Follow Pete as he goes trick-or-treating from house to house and discover what is waiting behind each door. With over ten flaps that open to reveal fun spooky surprises, this book is spooktacular!

In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz, illustrated by Victor Rivas
Newly reillustrated, this classic I Can Read full of spooky stories is perfect for beginning readers who love a bit of a scare. Victor Rivas’s silly and spooky art will introduce a new generation to stories inspired by traditional folktales like “The Teeth,” “In the Graveyard,” “The Green Ribbon,” “In A Dark, Dark Room,” “The Night It Rained,” “The Pirate,” and “The Ghost of John.”

Chapter Books

Lola Levine and the Halloween Scream by Monica Brown, illustrated by Angela Dominguez
It’s Halloween–Lola and Ben’s favorite holiday. She loves pumpkins, scary costumes, monsters, and ghosts–and she likes to scare people, too. But when Lola plays a scary joke on her super best friends, Josh Blot and Bella Benitez, it doesn’t go as planned. Can Lola learn from her mistake and still have a happy halloween?

The Dragonsitter: Trick or Treat by Josh Lacey
Halloween night is full of strange creatures: witches, vampires, ghosts – and dragons! Eddie and Emily take their uncle’s pet dragons trick-or-treating. But the dragons have quite the sweet tooth, and it’s not long before things go ghoulishly wrong! Told all in emails, the Dragonsitter chapter book series will have readers laughing out loud and begging for more!

Stick Dog Craves Candy by Tom Watson
Stick Dog and the gang are on their usual hunt for food, but there is something unusual going on. Little humans are dressed up as creepy witches and spooky ghosts, all carrying big orange buckets! Their search leads them to something unexpected and delicious and sweet—candy! Once they get a taste, they will stop at nothing to get more. The gang will have to avoid terrifying witches and even escape a creepy haunted house! Will Stick Dog’s smarts, courage, and patience be enough to lead his buddies to the best treats ever?

Okay, on to these fabulous new releases, all coming out on October 10th!

Picture Book New Releases

Draw the Line by Kathryn Otoshi (Roaring Brook Press)

Blue vs. Yellow by Tom Sullivan (Balzer + Bray)

Busy Days with Curious George by H.A. Rey (HMH Books for Young Readers)

Great Big Things by Kate Hoefler, illustrated by Noah Klocek (HMH Books for Young Readers)

When the Snow Falls by Linda Booth Sweeney, illustrated by Jana Christy (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers)

Middle Grade New Releases

The Peculiar Incident On Shady Street by Lindsay Currie (Aladdin)

Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race by Chris Grabestein (Random House Books for Young Readers)

Unstoppable: True Stories of Amazing Bionic Animals by Nancy Furstinger (HMH Books for Young Readers)

Race to the Bottom of the Sea by Lindsay Eager (Candlewick)

Snow & Rose by Emily Winfield Martin (Random House Books for Young Readers)

Tentacle and Wing by Sarah Porter (HMH Books for Young Readers)

Spy School Secret Service by Stuart Gibbs (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

Trickiest! 19 Sneaky Animals by Steve Jenkins (HMH Books for Young Readers)

As you might have heard, the National Book Awards released their finalists, and yay for Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia, the only middle grade title to be a Young People’s Literature book finalist!

Lots of great children’s book coverage on Book Riot this past week:

I’d love to know what you are reading this week! Find me on Twitter at @KarinaYanGlaser, on Instagram at @KarinaIsReadingAndWriting, or email me at karina@bookriot.com.

Until next time,
Karina

I had to fight Nala for the computer the entire time I was writing this newsletter.

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Giveaways

Win a Copy of RESCUED by Peter Zheutlin!

Post author By Jeff O'Neal
Post date October 6, 2017

We have 10 copies of Rescued by Peter Zheutlin to give away to 10 Riot readers!

Here’s what it’s all about:

In the follow-up to his New York Times bestseller Rescue Road, acclaimed journalist Peter Zheutlin offers a heartwarming and often humorous new look into the world of rescue dogs. Sharing lessons from his own experiences adopting Labs with large personalities as well as stories and advice from dozens of families and rescue advocates, Zheutlin reveals the surprising and inspiring life lessons rescue dogs can teach us. For anyone who loves, lives with, or has ever wanted a dog, this charming book shows how the dogs whose lives we save can change ours for the better too.

Go here to enter for a chance to win, or just click the cover image below:

Today In Books

Kazuo Ishiguro Wins Nobel Prize in Literature: Today in Books

Post author By Sharifah Williams
Post date October 5, 2017

Kazuo Ishiguro Takes The Prize

That’s right. The Nagasaki-born British author of The Remains of the Day received this year’s Nobel prize in literature, and I doubt Kazuo Ishiguro will be a Bob Dylan about it. The Guardian called Ishiguro “a surprise choice” with names like Margaret Atwood, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and Haruki Murakami leading the odds. But the Swedish Academy had high praise for the writer’s work, saying his novels have “uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world.”

Bestselling Novel Sweetbitter Is Coming To The Small Screen

What’s that? A television adaptation of a book about the world of fine dining? Hedonism, you say? Sign me up! Starz greenlighted Stephanie Danler’s bestselling debut novel, Sweetbitter, which follows 20-something Tess as she comes of age in New York City. There, she gets a job as a backwaiter at a high-end restaurant and excitement (and, presumably, bad decisions) ensues. Let the dream casting begin.

Saladin Ahmed To Write ’70s Supernatural Crime Noir Comic

It’s comics industry announcement time with New York Comic Con happening this week, and BOOM! Studios gave us the news that Hugo-nominated writer Saladin Ahmed will work on an original comic series with artist Sami Kivelä. The series, Abbott, will feature a hard-boiled black reporter for a tabloid rag. When she happens upon a string of murders that bear an uncanny resemblance to the murder of her husband, she begins an investigation that launches her into a world of danger. Abbott will launch in January 2018.

Thank you to Blackstone Publishing, publisher of The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd, for sponsoring today’s newsletter.

A young girl forms forbidden friendships to produce an elusive — and lucrative — dye to save her family fortunes in colonial South Carolina. Based on the true story you’ve never heard.

This is a historical fiction account, based on documents and letters, of how Eliza Lucas produced indigo dye, which became one of the largest exports out of South Carolina, an export that laid the foundation for the incredible wealth of several Southern families who still live on today. Although largely overlooked by historians, the accomplishments of Eliza Lucas influenced the course of US history. When she passed away in 1793, President George Washington served as a pallbearer at her funeral.

Enter for your chance to win a hardcover copy of the book, an audiobook download, AND a Beats by Dre wireless headphone set.

What's Up in YA

“I wrote the book I needed”: Author Erika L. Sánchez on MEXICAN DAUGHTER, Great YA Reads, and More

Post author By Kelly Jensen
Post date October 5, 2017

Hey YA Readers!

This week’s “What’s Up in YA?” is sponsored by All The Wind In The World by Samantha Mabry.

Sarah Jac Crow and James Holt have fallen in love working in the endless fields that span a bone-dry Southwest. To protect themselves, they’ve learned to keep their love hidden from the people who might use it against them. When a horrible accident forces them to start over on a new, possibly cursed ranch, the delicate balance of their lives begins to give way. April Genevieve Tucholke, author of Wink Poppy Midnight, says, “Mabry’s lyrical writing sizzles with the same heat as the relentless desert sun.” Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, All the Wind in the World is a breathtaking tale.

I’m really excited to share an interview with Erika L. Sánchez today, author of the forthcoming YA book I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, which hits shelves next Tuesday. The book has been short listed for the National Book Award and is one you absolutely need on your TBR ASAP.

Let’s dig in!

Give us the pitch for I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter.

It’s a coming of age story that takes place in Chicago about a Mexican American girl named Julia who loses her sister.

What inspired this story? What made you want to write a YA book?

As Toni Morrison advised, I wrote the book I needed. I never read stories about people like me when I was growing up, so I thought I should write a novel that young women of color could connect to.

The title of your book is also a pretty apt pitch for it, and one of the things that we’ve seen over and over in the world of YA is how critical readers can be toward imperfect, flawed female characters who don’t make great decisions through the course of the story. How does Julia’s experience growing up as the daughter of Mexican immigrants, as well as the “imperfect” daughter, play into or against the assumptions or feelings readers may have about the flawed female character?

It’s such a frustrating conversation! As you point out, the title is really straightforward, so I don’t understand why reviewers are surprised Julia is so flawed. I resent that men are never criticized for this kind of characterization. Women are always expected to be pleasing, but that’s so boring. (Like when men on the street tell me to smile. Hey, maybe I don’t want to! Also, mind your business!) Julia is definitely cantankerous, but she has reasons for being so angry and unhappy. Her life is difficult—her parents come from a very different world and she’s trying to figure herself out while grieving the loss of her sister.

In what ways did your own experiences growing up as the daughter of undocumented Mexican immigrants influence your writing?

My parents arrived in the US in 1978 and got amnesty during the Reagan administration. They eventually became citizens. Throughout my childhood, I watched them struggle to provide for us with their factory wages, and I felt so guilty about that. They are incredibly resilient and hardworking. I wanted to honor their experiences by telling a nuanced story about an immigrant family.

You grew up in Cicero, Illinois, which is a south suburb of Chicago and it’s roughly 90% Hispanic/Latino. Can you talk a bit about growing up here, about the sorts of books and reading you may or may not have been exposed to, and, maybe, talk a bit about the experience you had with the local public library?

In terms of YA or children’s lit, I read a lot of Judy Blume, which I loved, but man, I had trouble relating to those white kids at times. Their worlds were so foreign to me because everyone around me was brown and broke. I read everything I could get my hands on because I was such an inquisitive kid. I remember once checking out a book titled “Coping with Satanism,” just out of curiosity. (Lol) Also, books about spies, chemistry, and the “discovery” of America. I was all over the place. Unfortunately, the local library wasn’t a very welcoming place, so I would just check the books out and go home. I didn’t interact much with the librarians. Recently, I learned that they required government issued IDs for library cards.. I explained to them that this policy was discriminatory toward undocumented people and they agreed to change it!

Beyond YA, you write many other things. Tell us a little about your writing life and what you’re working on now.

I’m often working on a bunch of things at once, probably because I have a short attention span. I write poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. My poetry collection just came out in July and I’m almost finished with a collection of personal essays. Also, I’m teaching creative writing at Princeton, which I love. It’s all amazing, but I’m a little bit tired!

What books were you reading as a teenager? What books were resonating most with you?

I loved reading books about misfits. Catcher in the Rye was really important to me. Holden Caulfield cracked me up; his cynicism felt so familiar. I also loved The Awakening, The Bell Jar, and other books about women struggling to find their place in the world.

What YA books have you read recently and want to make sure every YA reader picks up?

The Hate U Give was fantastic. It’s a bestseller for a reason. I loved the way she creates complex characters that push against the stereotypes society imposes upon them. A drug dealer isn’t necessarily a horrible person, for instance. Also, speaking of flawed brown girls, The Education of Margot Sanchez was so fun. I love the voice of the protagonist.

If you could go back in time and hand your teenage self any one YA book, what would it be and why?

Damn, this is a tough one. I think Girl in Pieces by Katherine Glasgow would have been so comforting because like the protagonist, I struggled with depression. I need to know I wasn’t alone.

Snap up some cheap YA reads…

Dig into Emery Lord’s The Start of You and Me for $1.99 if you’re itching for some romance.

$1.99 for Megan Miranda’s Fracture will satisfy your need for a mystery/thriller.

And if you’re looking for horror, $1.99 will get that for you in Madeleine Roux’s Asylum.

Thanks for hanging out and we’ll see you back here next week with a round-up of YA news and happenings. If you’re itching for a little more YA in your life, don’t miss the latest episode of Hey YA, wherein Eric and I talk about YA authors who cross genres, celebrity YA authors, and so much more.

–Kelly Jensen, @veronikellymars

Currently reading One Of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus

True Story

Spooky Reads, Serial Killers, and Kindle Deals in Politics

Post author By Kim Ukura
Post date October 5, 2017

Now that it’s finally October, I’ve found myself turning towards nonfiction of the creepy variety. I’m kind of a chicken, but give me some good true crime or spooky history, and I’ll happily sleep with the light on so I can enjoy it. Two of my favorite seasonally-appropriate nonfiction books are The Poisoner’s Handbook by Deborah Blum and In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.

Sponsored by Because I Was a Girl, edited by Melissa de la Cruz.

Whether they’re young or old, household names or behind-the-scenes players, so many women have incredible stories to tell. And now is their chance.

Because I Was a Girl showcases true stories from an inspiring roster of talented, diverse women ages 10 to 88 about the obstacles they’ve faced because of their gender — and the dreams they’ve made come true. This beautifully designed book is the perfect gift for young women to show them that they can do and be anything.

The Poisoner’s Handbook, a tale of “murder and the birth of forensic science in Jazz Age New York,” follows chief medical examiner Charles Norris and toxicologist Alexander Gettler as they try to figure out the science behind murder by poison. This one will have you looking twice at the next cup of coffee your significant other serves you.

There’s a lot of spooky true crime out there, but In Cold Blood, Truman Capote’s original “nonfiction novel” on the murder of a family in Holcomb, Kansas is one that I distinctly remember kept me awake at night. His reconstruction of the crime from the point of view of the killers is chilling, and it’s clear why this book, in particular, has become a classic of the genre.

This year, I’ve got two new creepy books on my radar. The first is The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke (Oct. 10 from Del Ray). Mahnke, creator of the Lore podcast, is publishing his first book on the history of terrifying creatures like werewolves, poltergeists, vampires, and vengeful spirits. If you’re a fan of Lore, Rioter Katie McClain rounded up a few of her favorite creepy books, including three nonfiction titles.

And in true crime, I am looking forward to Black Dahlia, Red Rose by Piu Eatwell (Oct. 10 from Liveright). Eatwell uses new evidence and historical records to revisit the unsolved 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short, “an aspiring starlet from Massachusetts who had been lured west by the siren call of Hollywood.” Her body was found, mutilated, in a public park, but despite the sensation of the case, her killer was never found.

I’m curious, dear readers – do you have any favorite creepy, crawly, or spooky topics you turn to during the fall season? Hit me up with your suggestions and recommendations. And with that, on to the news of the week.

Follow Up: H.H. Holmes Really is Dead

Earlier this year, experts planned to exhume the body of H.H. Holmes, the Chicago serial killer at the center of Erik Larson’s 2003 book The Devil in the White City. Descendants made the request as part of a History Channel show, looking into whether Holmes may have escaped death. Turns out, he didn’t. Dental records show that the body buried in a pine box that was filled with cement is actually Holmes. Whew.

Chicago Tribune photo

Already, Books Coming in 2018?

A couple of releases set for 2018 caught my attention recently. Journalists Michael Isikoff (chief investigative correspondent for Yahoo News) and David Corn (Washington bureau chief for Mother Jones) will release a book on “the controversies surrounding Donald J. Trump, Vladimir Putin and Russia’s influence.” The book is tentatively called The Russian Connection. I’m intrigued, since the long history of Trump’s connections to Russia doesn’t seem to be getting the attention it may deserve.

The other book I had no idea was coming, but now I’m super curious about, is a true crime book written by Patton Oswalt’s late wife, Michelle McNamara. At the time of her unexpected death in 2016, McNarama was working to investigate the Golden State Killer, “an unknown assailant who police believe was responsible for 50 rapes and 10 murders in California in the 1970s and ’80s.” I’ll Be Gone in the Dark will include an introduction by Gillian Flynn and an afterword by Oswalt.

Kindle Deals in Politics and Social Science

This week, I’ve got some political and social science ebooks for you to check out:

Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea Ritchie for $1.99

The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future by Gretchen Bakke for $1.99

Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward for $1.99

And that’s all for this week. I’ll be back next week with an early October new books list – there are A LOT of titles coming out this month that I’m excited to highlight.

As always, you can catch me on Twitter and Instagram @kimthedork and via email at kim@riotnewmedia.com. Happy October!

Giveaways

Win a Copy of THE LITTLE RED WOLF, Written and Illustrated by Amélie Fléchais!

Post author By Jeff O'Neal
Post date October 5, 2017

We have 10 copies of The Little Red Wolf to give away to 10 Riot readers!

Here’s what it’s all about:

Once upon a time, in the middle of a mysterious forest stood a strange tree house, the home of a little wolf known to all as Little Red Wolf …

Lose yourself in in the dark forests of Amélie Fléchais’ spectacular artwork. A young wolf, on a journey to bring his grandmother a rabbit, is charmed by the nice little girl who offers to help him…but nice is not the same as good.

A new face to this haunting fairy tale – for children and adults alike.

Go here to enter for a chance to win, or just click the cover image below. Good luck!

Riot Rundown

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Post author By Devin Service
Post date October 5, 2017

Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Scout Press.

Catherine Burns’s debut novel explores the complex truths we are able to keep hidden from ourselves and the twisted realities that can lurk beneath even the most serene of surfaces.
Marion Zetland lives with her domineering older brother John in a crumbling mansion on the edge of a northern seaside resort. A timid spinster in her fifties, Marion does her best to live by John’s rules, even if it means turning a blind eye to the noises she hears coming from behind the cellar door…and turning a blind eye to the women’s laundry in the hamper that isn’t hers….

The Stack

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Post author By Devin Service
Post date October 5, 2017

Today’s The Stack is sponsored by Gallery 13.

An Arab-American college student struggles to live with epilepsy in this starkly colored and deeply-cutting graphic novel. Based on the author’s own experiences as an epileptic, Mis(h)adra is a boldly visual depiction of the daily struggles of living with a misunderstood condition in today’s hectic and uninformed world.

Today In Books

The National Book Awards Finalists: Today in Books

Post author By Sharifah Williams
Post date October 4, 2017

And The 2017 National Book Awards Finalists Are…

The judges have whittled down the longlist and selected the 20 National Book Awards finalists. The finalists include American Street by Ibi Zoboi in the Young Adult category, Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith in Poetry, and Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America by Nancy MacLean in Nonfiction. Also, Annie Proulx, author of The Shipping News, will receive the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and Dick Robinson, president and CEO of Scholastic, will receive the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community. The rest of the winners will be announced on November 15.

La Borinqueña Steps In For Puerto Rico Relief Efforts

This evening, comic book creator Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez is selling original artwork to benefit Puerto Rico. Miranda-Rodriguez is the creator of La Borinqueña, an Afro-Latina, environmentally powered superhero. After hearing about the devastation left by Hurricane Maria, unable to reach his friends and family in Puerto Rico, and inspired by relief efforts by individuals, organizations, and public figures across the nation, he decided to sell La Borinqueña artwork to benefit the U.S. territory; more comic book industry artists joined in to donate. All proceeds from the event, “Arte de La Borinqueña/Fundraiser for Puerto Rico,” will go to La Corporación Piñones Se Integra.

Hemingway’s Earliest Work of Fiction

It turns out Hemingway has been writing fiction since he was at least 10 years old. Scholars found what at first appeared to be a travelogue (of course) by 10-year-old Ernest, but it turned out to be a complete work of fiction. The notebook, found wrapped in a freezer bag in an ammunition can, recounted a trip through Ireland and Scotland, complete with diary entries and letters sent to his parents. Except Hemingway didn’t travel to Europe until much later in life. Hemingway scholar Sandra Spanier described it as “an intelligent piece of work.” The kid apparently did his homework.

Thank you to Provenance by Ann Leckie for sponsoring today’s newsletter.

Following her record-breaking debut, award winner Ann Leckie, returns with a new novel of power, theft, privilege and birthright.

A power-driven young woman has one chance to secure the status she craves and regain priceless lost artifacts prized by her people. She must free their thief from a prison planet from which no one has ever returned.

Ingray and her charge return to her home and find their planet in political turmoil, at the heart of an escalating interstellar conflict. They must make a new plan to salvage her future, her family, and her world, before they are lost to her for good.

Audiobooks

A Novelist on Narrating Her Own Audiobook

Post author By Katie MacBride
Post date October 4, 2017

Hey audiobookers! This week, we’re continuing our doing behind-the-scenes look at audiobook creation with a guest post by Jordanna Max Brodsky, author of The Immortals, which Whoopi Goldberg (a huge audiobook lover) picked as a Summer Reading Pick for The View. Before we get into that, though, I want to address the fact a lot of us feel like we are swimming in tragedy these days. There’s an ongoing crisis in Puerto Rico and other hurricane-devastated areas, the shooting in Las Vegas killed and injured a horrifying number of people–it’s just a lot. And while it can be a time to remember what we’re grateful for, or spur us to action, we also need to be soothed. So, I want to know which audiobooks and narrators you find the most soothing. Hit me up on Twitter or send an email to katie@riotnewmedia.com and I’ll compile a list for next week.