For the first time this year, the Reading Agency are doing a book list for the teenage volunteers supporting the Summer Reading Challenge over the holidays, and I’m delighted that my book, Frozen Charlotte, is on it! Yesterday they also announced that they’re looking for Creative Champions to promote some of the books from 1st June to the 8th August. The winning submissions will receive copies of their chosen book and £100 to fund their campaign to promote it as creatively as they like, whether that involves joining up with a film maker to produce a trailer, commissioning an artist for something arty, or just having a big old book party with cupcakes and bunting and stuff.
The competition is open to young people aged 13-24, and you can enter individually or as a group with a bunch of book-loving friends. Full details here. If you want to enter then make sure you do so by the 27th May deadline.
As previously mentioned in earlier posts, my wonderful Mum buys me a specially commissioned teacup to celebrate each new book. Here is the one for Frozen Charlotte. It’s my first one from Amy Jayne Hughes and I’m soooo pleased with it. Even more than the previous book teacups, this one gives a real taster of what the novel is about - like a little teacup blurb.
This is the converted old school house located on the clifftops of the Isle of Skye where the story is set:
These are the Frozen Charlotte dolls:
The school gates, which must always remain locked because of what happened there in the past:
On the saucer you can also see the black sand the Ouija board warns about, as well as Cameron’s piano (which becomes important later on . . .):
Finally, inside the teacup you will notice a bike. This belongs to Jay. Something horrible happens when he tries to cycle home on it in Chapter One.
Many thanks to Amy for creating such a gorgeous teacup for my collection!
Check out this most awesome trailer from Stripes Publishing for the terrifying new Red Eye series. And watch out for those Frozen Charlotte dolls (*warning* - may cause sleepless nights!).
My new YA horror book, Frozen Charlotte, is now available to download as an ebook - and with a brand new shiny cover:
I love this creepy update to the look of the Red Eye horror series and it’s great to have the Frozen Charlotte dolls featured on the cover. Speaking of Frozen Charlottes, my editor sent me a photo of one of the ones they’ve been using to torment book buyers with recently.
Don’t let Charlotte out of her tiny coffin! Bad things will happen if you do . . .
Is there anything worse than creepy dolls? *Shudders*
Frozen Charlotte will be published in paperback on the 5th January 2015.
Here is the gorgeous front cover for Frozen Charlotte.
I’m so chuffed with this - especially since it has some actual Frozen Charlotte dolls on the cover - and what’s not to love about tiny bloody handprints all over the wall?
Frozen Charlotte
We’re waiting for you to come and play . . .
Sophie doesn’t believe in ghosts - that is, until her best friend, Jay, downloads a ouija board app on his phone.
Joking around, Jay asks it, “When will I die?”
The board tells him, “tonight”.
So when Sophie finds out that Jay has been killed, she knows his death was more than a tragic accident. Sophie’s quest to discover the truth takes her to a remote Scottish island and a family with secrets to hide. And if she can’t unravel the mystery soon, Jay won’t be the only person who meets an early grave . . .
Due for ebook release in July 2014 and paperback release in September 2014 as part of the new Red Eye YA horror series from Stripes Publishing. If you’re the kind of keen bean who pre-orders books, you can do so here.
And be sure to check out the fantastically disturbing cover for Lou Morgan’s Red Eye book, Sleepless, over on her blog.
