One never knows how a second shot will go. Luckily, when I...

One never knows how a second shot will go. Luckily, when I finished the artwork for QUEST (out next month Aug. 26th), JOURNEY was yet to be released. No buzz, no pressure. To say that things have changed since last spring would be an understatement. So with the children’s book industry watching, I prepared myself for the worst as the reviews for this second book in the trilogy started to trickle in. Then I read these:

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/aaron-becker/quest/
(starred review)
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7636-6595-1
(starred review)
http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2292#m24881

and for booklist subscribers, another starred review:
http://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=6775671&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

For those interested, signed copies of QUEST are available for pre-order from my local indie, The Odyssey Bookshop, or you can pretend no one is watching and pre-order from the South American River behemoth.

http://www.odysseybks.com/aaron-becker-books
http://www.amazon.com/Quest-Aaron-Becker/dp/0763665959