ATTENTION! Calling Beta-Readers (For a New Book of Mine)!

Interested in seeing a preview of an upcoming book of mine? Be a beta-reader! That means I send you a copy of the book (as a WORD file), you read it, and then tell me what you think. Since this is an early draft, I’ll rewrite it based, in part, on the feedback I get from beta-readers. When it’s published (in 2-3 years), I’ll send you a signed copy (if you’re in the U.S.).

So what’s the book? It’s a book I co-wrote with my husband Michael Jensen, a middle grade fantasy/adventure novel (for kids age 8-12). It’s called The Lost Lands, and it will hopefully be the first book in a series, Portals to Adventure.

In the book, Mateo, Ben, and Ava, three lonely twelve-year-olds, meet in a Disney World-type amusement park called Portals to Adventure, which has five make-believe “portals” that go to one of five different fantastical “lands.” But when the three kids get lost in the tunnels underneath the park, they discover that these five mythical lands are based on actual worlds which have been secretly influencing ours for centuries (and visited by people such as Jules Verne, Socrates, and J.M. Barrie). The park, created by a Willy Wonka-like genius named Cassandra Blaze, exists to gradually introduce our world to the existence of these other worlds. Unfortunately, a secret society called the Inquisitors wants to exploit these other worlds, and is determined to keep information about them from ever getting out.

Before long, Mateo, Ben, and Ava find themselves sucked into the first of these worlds, The Lost Lands, which is the real home to the Fountain of Youth and the city of El Dorado. Soon they’re in a race against time to stop the Inquisitors from unleashing a terrible force into our world.

Sound intriguing? Drop me an email, and I’ll send you a copy!

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