Things Are Not What They Seem Blog Tour: Review & $50 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway
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Things Are Not What They Seem Blog Tour: Review & $50 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway

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Things are not always what they seem. This is a lesson that everyone is most likely to learn through their life experiences. Now authors of Things Are Not What They Seem brilliantly attempt to teach youngsters about this important lesson in the most fun way possible -- through a charming story filled with crazy fantasies and adventures! Follow the blog tour here for reviews, excerpts, and guest posts, as well as the chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card or PayPal cash.

About Things Are Not What They Seem:

What would you do if you were sitting on a park bench, minding your own business, and one of those annoying pigeons suddenly started to talk to you? And what if the pigeon didn’t just talk to you – in a meticulous British accent, no less – but pleaded with you to help untangle a piece of string that had accidentally attached his leg to a wrought iron fence surrounding the playground? And what if, while you are still convinced that this is all a big nasty trick, a hawk swoops down out of the sky and starts cursing at you, also in the King’s English, for getting in his way when he wanted to execute the pigeon?

That is the quandary in which Jennifer (almost 13 years old and probably a bit too smart for her own good) finds herself one sweltering July morning while babysitting her 11-year-old (very precocious) brother James and his mopey, allergy-prone friend Sleepy. She soon learns that the bird is actually a man named Arthur Whitehair, a 19th-century Englishman who had been turned into an eternally-lived pigeon by misreading an ancient spell that was supposed to give him eternal life as a human. Likewise, an unscrupulous colleague of his, named Malman, had been turned into a hawk by Whitehair’s blunder. After years of searching, Whitehair claims (half-truthfully) that Malman has found him hiding in Central Park and is now out for revenge. On top of all this strange business, Jennifer has recently begun having weird dreams in which a crazy-looking man with curly red hair speaks cryptic phrases in Latin. Are they random phrases, or messages? And why would some sketchy guy be sending her messages in her dreams?

My Review

This book excels in its original storyline and kid-friendly language enhanced with humor and vitality. The authors invite you to unleash your wildest imagination and watch the characters come to life through their magical, adventurous experience. The story is easy to follow, fascinating, and entertaining. Positive messages about friendship, courage, and kindness are cleverly delivered throughout the book. It is an incredibly fun read for fantasy lovers of all ages, and a perfect pick for book clubs or summer reading programs targeting tweens and teens.

About the Authors

Anne Rothman-Hicks and Kenneth HicksWhen Anne Rothman was a student at Bryn Mawr College and Kenneth Hicks was a student at Haverford College, they began writing together in an independent-study course with one of Ken’s professors. A brief interlude ensued while Anne wrote wonderful poetry and Ken wrote a book about hitchhiking (The Complete Hitchhiker Tobey Publishing, Dell Distribution), but they soon got back together as writers when Ken was in law school at Columbia University and Anne was paying the rent by working in publishing. They have continued to write together for about forty years and in that time have published four adult novels, eleven non-fiction books for children, two fiction books for middle readers, and two photography books. They also produced three children whom they love even more than writing.

Their most recent middle reader book is Things Are Not What they Seem, published by the MuseItYoung division of MuseItUp Publishing, and available in all formats. Their three latest adult novels are Kate and the Kid, a mainstream novel, Mind me, Milady, a mystery thriller, and Praise Her, Praise Diana, a thriller.

Between projects, they started a web site www.randh71productions.com. In case you were wondering about the address, “R” is for Rothman, “H” is for Hicks, and “71” is the year of their marriage. No secret codes or numerology anywhere.

One lucky reader will win a $50 Amazon gift card or PayPal cash!

Giveaway ends 3/19. Open worldwide 18+. Please enter using the Rafflecopter widget below. Good luck!

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Disclosure: I received no compensation for this publication. This giveaway is sponsored by the authors and hosted by Mother Daughter Book Reviews. icefairy's Treasure Chest is not responsible for winner selection or prize fulfillment.


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Renee C. said...

Thank you for taking part in the "Things Are Not What They Seem" Blog Tour Bing. So glad you enjoyed the book. It is the perfect combination of humor, excitement, magic, adventure, and with positive messages to boot!

 
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