Thank you for joining us on the Virtual Book Tour for The Carver, a Young Adult Fantasy by Jacob Devlin (19 July 2016, Blaze Publishing, LLC, 368 pages). This is the first book in the Order of the Bell series. The #roadtripwithpeterpan has begun! THE CARVER is a young adult fairy tale retelling that takes you on a road trip with an adult Peter Pan as he and the children of some of your favorite characters. Together, they must find out what happened to their missing family members as secrets of the old world and new are revealed, with only Pinocchio's carvings to guide the way.
PREVIEW: Check out the book's synopsis and excerpt below. Read the first four chapters with Amazon Look Inside.
Author Jacob Devlin will be awarding an Empire State Building Pillow, Fairy Tale Prize Pack (Grimm’s Fairy Tales and Cinder in a Blaze Tote) US Only,a $10 Amazon Gift Card, a Blaze Publishing Mega Swag Pack (US Only), and a Blaze Publishing Swag Pack to randomly drawn winners via Rafflecopter during the tour.
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Synopsis
THE GIRL IN THE RED HOOD has been looking for her mother for six months, searching from the depths of New York’s subways to the heights of its skyscrapers . . .THE PRINCE looks like he’s from another time entirely, or maybe he’s just too good at his job at Ye Old Renaissance Faire . . .
THE ACTRESS is lighting up Hollywood Boulevard with her spellbinding and strikingly convincing portrayal of a famous fairy. Her name may be big, but her secrets barely fit in one world . . .
Fifteen-year-old Crescenzo never would have believed his father’s carvings were anything more than “stupid toys.” All he knows is a boring life in an ordinary Virginia suburb, from which his mother and his best friend have been missing for years. When his father disappears next, all Crescenzo has left is his goofy neighbor, Pietro, who believes he’s really Peter Pan and that Crescenzo is the son of Pinocchio. What’s more: Pietro insists that they can find their loved ones by looking to the strange collection of wooden figurines Crescenzo’s father left behind.
With Pietro’s help, Crescenzo sets off on an adventure to unite the real life counterparts to his figurines. It’s enough of a shock that they’re actually real, but the night he meets the Girl in the Red Hood, dark truths burst from the past. Suddenly, Crescenzo is tangled in a nightmare where magic mirrors and evil queens rule, and where everyone he loves is running out of time.
Teaser: Excerpt
Gretel toddled over to Peter and sat by him on the diamond. “Sorry, friend. I don’t think you’re bad in fluents.”
“But she does. And now she’s not my friend anymore, and I’m sad.”
“Don’t be sad. My brother and I are still your friends. And Pinocchio. And Alice. We don’t think you’re scruffians.”
Alice nodded in agreement.
“Thanks. But I’m still sad. When I think about Wendy, I feel her in here.” Peter pounded his chest. “It’s kind of like my heart starts crying.”
“You were in love!” Hansel sang. A big smile spread across his face. “You fancied her. And guess what? The pretty girl who always picks flowers by the meadow? I think she fancies me.”
When Peter’s posture wilted, Gretel punched her brother in the shoulder, and his smile quickly receded.
“I mean, I’m sorry, Peter. Someday we’ll find girls who feel us in their hearts, too. I know it.”
"I trust you'll figure it out, Peter." Pino winked. "After all, you were the boy who learned to fly."
"I agree!" Alice said. "We'll all find someone real special one day."
"But when?" Peter asked.
"Tomorrow?"
Alice shrugged. "I don't know, I suppose most peole find it when they're grown ups."
“But she does. And now she’s not my friend anymore, and I’m sad.”
“Don’t be sad. My brother and I are still your friends. And Pinocchio. And Alice. We don’t think you’re scruffians.”
Alice nodded in agreement.
“Thanks. But I’m still sad. When I think about Wendy, I feel her in here.” Peter pounded his chest. “It’s kind of like my heart starts crying.”
“You were in love!” Hansel sang. A big smile spread across his face. “You fancied her. And guess what? The pretty girl who always picks flowers by the meadow? I think she fancies me.”
When Peter’s posture wilted, Gretel punched her brother in the shoulder, and his smile quickly receded.
“I mean, I’m sorry, Peter. Someday we’ll find girls who feel us in their hearts, too. I know it.”
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Pietro drummed on his lap, shooting air between his teeth as he contemplated. "Fine. I'll go. But I have a question. When do we tell Crescenzo who we really are?"
"I trust you'll figure it out, Peter." Pino winked. "After all, you were the boy who learned to fly."
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"I mean, I'm sorry, Peter. Someday, we'll find girls who feel us in their hearts, too. I know it."
"I agree!" Alice said. "We'll all find someone real special one day."
"But when?" Peter asked.
"Tomorrow?"
Alice shrugged. "I don't know, I suppose most peole find it when they're grown ups."
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Mr. Berllamy plopped two brunch menus in fron to Liam and Crescenzo and poured them each a cup of coffee, to Crescenzo's dismay. Then the old man leaned over the counter and furrowed his eyebrows. In a tense whisper, he said, "Your presence brings ruin to my happy New World life! Where you go, trouble will surely follow. Now, what can I serve you this morning?"
The Carver
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About the Author
When Jacob Devlin was four years old, he would lounge around in Batman pajamas and make semi-autobiographical picture books about an adventurous python named Jake the Snake. Eventually, he traded his favorite blue crayon for a black pen, and he never put it down. When not reading or writing, Jacob loves practicing his Italian, watching stand-up comedy, going deaf at rock concerts, and geeking out at comic book conventions. He does most of these things in southern Arizona.
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