The Purloined Boy is a Quarter-Finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition

The Purloined Boy is in the running! 

The contest is sponsored by Amazon, Publishers Weekly, and Penguin Books.  There are two divisions: General Fiction and Young Adult and each division was open to 5,000 entries.

The first cut took place in February and 1,000 entries survived in each division.  250 Quarter-Finalists were announced March 23rd and The Purloined Boy was among them.

As part of the contest, the first chapter of the book is available for free for the Kindle and can be downloaded...