Grady Whill and the Templeton Code Book Giveaway
GIVEAWAY
One (1) grand prize winner receives:
- A signed copy of Grady Whill and the Templeton Code
- A waxed canvas backpack
Nine (9) winners receive:
- A signed copy of Grady Whill and the Templeton Code
ABOUT THE BOOK
Grady Whill and the Templeton Codex
Written by Carole P. Roman
Ages 8-18 | 243 Pages
Publisher: Chelshire, Inc. | ISBN-13: 9781950080434
Publisher’s Book Summary: Templeton Academy, the superhero high school, is finally open!
The prestigious academy is recruiting the best of the best to enroll in its student body. The school is as mysterious as it is exclusive. Grady Whill thinks there is nothing special about him to make the grade. However, his best friend, Aarush Patel has been selected and thinks Grady has the right stuff. Even school bully, Elwood Bledsoe is attending.
If Grady is fortunate enough to be picked, his guardian has forbidden him to attend. Will a family secret prevent Grady from becoming the superhero he was destined to be?
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MY REVIEW
Author Carole P. Roman has written numerous books for children. My students love her series If You Were Me and Lived in… because they don’t just focus on details they need to know for school reports, but actually show things that are interesting to school age kiddos. Now she has taken that ability to know what young readers like and applied it to an adventure story that will capture the imagination of middle grade readers. Grady Whill has some of the earmarks of a character destined for involvement in great things. He lost his parents when he was young. Then he lost the grandparents that were raising him. Now he and his uncle are struggling to make ends meet and maintain a home. Grady has a friend who is the target of bullies, which also puts Grady on their radar. Aarush is on the autism spectrum, so he relates to people and the world differently than other students. Both boys hope to be chosen to attend the Templeton Academy, a new experimental school that is supposed to take only the best and brightest. When the boys get their wish and arrive at Templeton, they learn that it is unlike any other school they have ever heard of. No contact with the outside world, one phone call home per month, and the teachers all seem to have odd abilities. But their bully nemesis from middle school is also there and seems to have found a kindred spirit, as well becoming the pet student of one of the teachers. Will this school really be so different after all? Readers will enjoy the variety of abilities each of the characters have, and how they learn to work as a team. Just as in other ensemble casts (the Harry Potter and Percy Jackson series for example), the students have different backgrounds and watching them interact and grow during their term at school is entertaining. But readers will also be learning along with them as they encounter lessons about failure, finding one’s inner strength, and making hard choices. When the school term and the book end, readers will be eager for classes to reconvene and the next adventure to begin.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Carole P. Roman is the award-winning author of over fifty children’s books. Whether it’s pirates, princesses, spies, or discovering the world around us, her books have enchanted educators, parents, and her diverse audience of children of all ages.
Her best-selling book, The Big Book of Silly Jokes for Kids: 800+ Jokes! has reached number one on Amazon in March of 2020 and has remained in the top 200 books since then.
She published Mindfulness for Kids with J. Robin Albertson-Wren.
Carole has co-authored two self-help books. Navigating Indieworld: A Beginners Guide to Self-Publishing and Marketing with Julie A. Gerber, and Marketing Indieworld with both Julie A. Gerber and Angela Hausman.
Roman is the CEO of a global transportation company, as well as a practicing medium.
She also writes adult fiction under the name Brit Lunden and has created an anthology of the mythical town of Bulwark, Georgia with a group of indie authors.
Writing is her passion and one of her favorite pastimes. Roman reinvents herself frequently, and her family calls her the ‘mother of reinvention.’ She resides on Long Island, near her children and grandchildren.
For more information, visit http://www.caroleproman.com/.
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