Showing posts with label fantasy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fantasy. Show all posts

Friday, 9 January 2015

The Cat's Maw: Book 1, The Shadowland Saga


by Brooke Burgess
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
978-1500971656
278 pp.
Ages 10+
September, 2014

Encouraged to include this book trailer, and reading a positive Kirkus review, I'm going to consider giving this book a perusal.  Here's the story synopsis provided on the author's website at http://brookeburgess.com/2013/05/30/the-shadowland-saga/:

In the sleepy town of Appleton, a young loner follows a cat onto the road and is struck by a car. A leg is shattered, a summer is ruined, and the troubled life of Billy Brahm goes from bad… to cursed. When the mysterious cat appears at his bedside, Billy is haunted by strange and prophetic dreams — the creatures in them speak of Watchers, and Shadows, and the Enemy that Awakens. Does this impossible realm hold the key to healing the broken boy? Is the golden-eyed cat there to help him… or to make the nightmares come true? Too frightened to share the truth with his strict adoptive parents, Billy realizes that the only ones he can turn to are the local vet’s daughter, the town’s ‘crazy cat lady’… and the mystical tiger from his dreams.


THE CAT'S MAW Official Book Trailer
Uploaded by Brooke Burgess on August 24, 2014 to YouTube.

Saturday, 19 April 2014

The Boundless

by Kenneth Oppel
HarperCollins Canada
978-1-443410328
336 pp.
Ages 10-14
Release April,  2014






The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel
Uploaded by HarperCollins Canada on April 17, 2014 to YouTube


Monday, 15 April 2013

Seraphina

by Rachel Hartman
Doubleday Canada
978-0-385-66839-2
480 pp.
Ages 14+
2012













Seraphina by Rachel Hartman - Book Video Trailer

 Uploaded by Random House Children's Publishers UK on June 28, 2012 to YouTube

Monday, 24 September 2012

Witchlanders

by Lena Coakley
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
978-1442420045
416 pp.
Ages 12+
2011


Uploaded by lenacoakley on Jul 12, 2011 to YouTube

Tuesday, 4 September 2012

Starling

by Lesley Livingston
HarperTrophy Canada
978-1-44340-764-9
341 pp.
Ages 12+
2012





Starling Book Trailer
Published on Aug 29, 2012 by to YouTube


Lesley Livingston On Recording Starling
Author and actor Lesley Livingston shares her experience of recording the audiobook for Starling
Published on Aug 20, 2012 by to YouTube

Sunday, 5 August 2012

The Drake Chronicles

Currently there are six books in Alyxandra Harvey's The Drake Chronicles series which have been published or scheduled for publication:
  1. Hearts at Stake (alternate title: My Love Lies Bleeding)
  2. Blood Feud
  3. Out for Blood
  4. Bleeding Hearts
  5. Blood Moon
  6. Blood Prophecy (for release in January 2013)  

Hearts at Stake
by Alyxandra Harvey
Walker & Company
(Distributed by Penguin Canada)
978-0-8027-2074-0
248 pp.
Ages 14-17
2010

Blood Feud 
by Alyxandra Harvey
Walker & Company
(Distributed by Penguin Canada)
978-0-8027-2096-2
258 pp.
Ages 14-17
2010

Out for Blood 
by Alyxandra Harvey
Walker & Company
(Distributed by Penguin Canada)
978-0-8027-2168-6
292 pp.
Ages 14-17
2010

There are numerous book trailers for The Drake Chronicles including official and fan-created videos.  I've included my favourites here.

Hearts at Stake: Solange's Story
Uploaded by bloomsburykids on October 30, 2009 to YouTube


Hearts at Stake: Lucy's Story
Uploaded by bloomsburykids on October 30, 2009 to YouTube


  Blood Feud: The Drake Chronicles
Uploaded by cosproductions on June 14, 2010 to YouTube


See more about The Drake Chronicles at Alyxandra Harvey's website.

Wednesday, 11 July 2012

Wondrous Strange series

Wondrous Strange
by Lesley Livingston
HarperCollins
978-1-55468-273-7
327 pp.
Ages 12+
2008

Darklight
by Lesley Livingston
HarperCollins
978-1-55468-345-1
312 pp.
Ages 12+
2010

Tempestuous
by Lesley Livingston
HarperCollins
978-1–55468-455-7
361 pp.
Ages 12+
2011
 
As I'm just finishing up my read of the last book in Lesley Livingston's Wondrous Strange series, hoping to post within the next week, I'm putting out the book trailers that HarperTeen uploaded to YouTube.  So, if you haven't read the series and can't wait for my series review, here's a taste of what Wondrous Strange is all about.

Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
 Uploaded by on Jan 20, 2009 to YouTube

Darklight by Lesley Livingston
Uploaded by on Feb 26, 2010 to YouTube

Tempestuous by Lesley Livingston
 Uploaded by on Feb 16, 2011 to YouTube

Thursday, 15 March 2012

The Grave Robber's Apprentice

by Allan Stratton
HarperCollins Canada
978-0-06197-608-7
256 pp.
Ages 10-14
March 2012
Uploaded by HarperCollinsCanada on Feb 13, 2012 to YouTube.



This second video has Allan Stratton talking about his new book, The Grave Robber's Apprentice.
Uploaded by HarperKids on Mar 13, 2012 to YouTube.