MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX

sales people take those materials
and visit bookstores and the
people in charge of selecting
titles for bigger chains (they are
called the “buyers”).
There are many other things
that have to happen behind the
scenes, as publishing is a very
complex business.
MS: What books will Tanglewood
Press publish this fall?
TP: We here at Tanglewood are
very excited about The Rock
of Ivanore, the first book of
The Celestine Chronicles. It is
a great introduction to classic
fantasy, with a mysterious
quest, wizards and dragons,
strange creatures and exotic
kingdoms, and lots of surprises.
It is coming out in paperback in
October. Available at the same
time will be the second book of
The Celestine Chronicles, The
Last Enchanter, and it is just as
thrilling as the first one (some of
us think it is even better!).
Also new is Mickey Price: Journey
To Oblivion, a story of three
kids who are sent on a secret
mission to the moon to save it
from a space station’s nuclear
meltdown. It, too, is a book that is
full of action that keeps building in
excitement and suspense to the
very end. Our favorite part is the
humor —it really is funny in a way
that we think readers will enjoy.
Tanglewood’s goal is simple:
to find and publish books kids
will love.
Mickey Price:
Journey to Oblivion
by John Stanley
Tanglewood Press
ages 8-12
The moon is under threat of a nuclear
meltdown due to a space station
malfunction. Complicating things is
the presence of pleurinium, a magnetic
material that makes humans instantly,
seriously ill — well, all humans who are 14 years old and up.
Mickey Price is an orphan in Orlando; Trace Daniels is
a go-kart champion in Nevada; Jonah Jones is a budding
scientist in Illinois. They don’t know each other, but they
are all being watched and studied by men in white shirts,
thin black ties, and distinctive gold-colored sunglasses. The
three kids are invited to a NASA camp, but this camp isn’t
for summer fun. It’s a training camp for a mission full of
dangers that will test each of them to the maximum, but it’s
also an adventure full of thrills, fun, and some unexpected
companions, not all of whom are human.
The Last Enchanter
(The Celestine Chronicles, Book 2)
by Laurisa White Reyes
(editor of Middle Shelf)
Tanglewood Press
ages 8 – 12
Months have passed since Marcus
and Kelvin succeeded in their
quest to find the Rock of Ivanore.
Kelvin is living as royalty in Dokur, and
Marcus is studying magic with Zyll. When Fredric is murdered
and Kelvin becomes king, Zyll and Marcus head for Dokur in
hopes of protecting Kelvin from meeting the same fate, though
it quickly becomes apparent that none of them are safe, and
Marcus has had disturbing visions of Zyll’s death. With the help
of his old friends Clovis and Bryn, joined by new friend Lael, a
feisty girl in search of her mother, Marcus uncovers a powerful
secret that will change the course of his life forever. TRAILER
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