Welcome to the Official Blog Tour of:
THE DREAMSTONE,
Book Two in The Dream Keeper Chronicles
A thrilling fantasy-adventure series for middle-grade readers!
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to win one of over 30 prizes!
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Friday the 13th is always associated with Fear.
Whether it’s the fear of superstition or a masked man hiding in the closet,
fear is real. It can thrill, excite, even cripple. Many will go to extremes to
push the fear factor within themselves—to feel fear. Spooky movies, haunted
houses, a scary book—anything that sends a quick shiver up the spine is always
fun for me. Is it any wonder I wrote a book about nightmares?
A lot of readers ask me how I came up with some of the scary
dreamlings in my books. I answer them honestly: those were the nightmares of my
childhood. From the rubber chicken wielding psychotic clown to the creature
made up completely of spiders—I dreamed about those things as a kid. Even to
this day, clowns still give me the heebie-jeebies. It wasn’t easy facing some
of those nightmares again, but one of the themes in The Dream Keeper Chronicles is that kids need to face their fears
to overcome them. I learned as I faced the nightmares of my childhood I was able
to confront them. And with the help of Parker, Kaelyn, and Gladamyr, I was able
to defeat them.
In book one, The Dream
Keeper, Parker and Kaelyn have to face numerous nightmares and overcome
their fear of them. In book two, The
Dreamstone, it is Gladamyr’s turn to face what he fears most—himself. Gladamyr
is a reformed nightmare, when he was bad, he was the worst. After an encounter
with a dream catcher leaves Gladamyr powerless, the only thing that will return
his shape-shifting gift is to become a nightmare again. It was intense writing
this because it is one thing to face your outward fears like clowns and
spiders, it’s another to face the inner demons. I think those are the hardest
things to overcome. Overall I want to teach kids that it’s okay to be afraid.
You cannot be brave if you don’t recognize that what you’re up against is
scary. I want them to recognize the fear and overcome it.
I am excited to announce the release of book two in my
middle-grade fantasy-adventure series, THE DREAM STONE. It is an action-packed
adventure with a toe in both the real world and the fantastic. So go check it
out…what are you afraid of?
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DREAMS:
Dorothy called it Oz,
Alice called it Wonderland,
but Nightmares call it HOME.
When
Parker’s mom is dreamnapped by the wicked Mab, it is up to him and Kaelyn to
save her. When they return to Dreams, they discover Mab isn’t their only
problem. Gladamyr has lost his powers and the only way to get them back is to
become what he fears the most—a nightmare.
SYNOPSIS:
In Book 1, The Dream Keeper, Parker and Kaelyn discovered that Dreams was a real
place that everyone visits while they sleep. An evil nightmare named Fyren took
control of the gateway to that world. Parker and Kaelyn teamed up with
Gladamyr, the only dream keeper to escape capture by Fyren, and together they save
Dreams from Fyren’s rule. After the defeat of Fyren the children return to
Awake to find Mab, Fyren’s next in command, has dreamnapped Parker’s mom.
The
story continues in Book 2, The Dreamstone,
as the children return to Dreams to save Parker’s mom. Finding her, however, is
not their only problem. Mab has waged a war on the Crossing and has sent an army
of dragons to bring it down, nightmares have been released from prison, and
Gladamyr has lost his powers to shape-shift. Parker, Kaelyn, and Gladamyr must
once again defy all odds to set things right and save Parker’s mom before it’s
too late.
In
Praise of THE DREAMSTONE:
“The Dreamstone, by Mikey Brooks, is a wild stallion
of a story: fast, thrilling, and unpredictable. I was hooked in chapter one. If
he can snare the attention of an old reader like me, he’ll have kids sneaking
this one into class underneath their text books…If this one isn’t a
kid-pleaser, I don’t know what is.” –Michelle Isenhoff, author of the Divided Decade Trilogy and the Taylor Davis Series.
“This really is a cracking novel.
Action-packed and spellbinding!”—Cas Peace, author of The Artisans of Albia series.
"If you like the Percy Jackson, Fablehaven, or the Harry Potter series, you'll love this!" –An Amazon Reviewer.
"If you like the Percy Jackson, Fablehaven, or the Harry Potter series, you'll love this!" –An Amazon Reviewer.
AUTHOR BIO:
Mikey Brooks is a small child
masquerading as an adult. On occasion you’ll catch him dancing the funky
chicken, singing like a banshee, and pretending to have never grown up. He is
the author/illustrator of several books including the best-selling ABC
ADVENTURES: MAGICAL CREATURES and BEAN’S
DRAGONS as well as the middle-grade fantasy-adventure series THE
DREAM KEEPER CHRONICLES. His art can be seen in many forms from picture
books to full room murals. He loves to daydream with his three daughters and
explore the worlds that only the imagination of children can create. Mikey has
a BS degree in English from Utah State University and works full-time as a
freelance illustrator and cover designer. As a member of the Emblazoners,
he is one of many authors devoted to ‘writing stories on the hearts of
children’. He is also one of the hosts of the Authors’
Think Tank Podcast. You can find more about him and his books at: www.insidemikeysworld.com
Now Available in Audiobook! |
BOOK
LINKS:
Paperback: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1939993237
Hardback: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1939993229
eBook: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GP33YZO
ISBN:
Hardback:
978-1-939993-22-9, Paperback: 978-1-939993-23-6, eBook: 978-1-939993-24-3
PRICE:
Hardback: $19.95, Paperback: $12.99,
EBook: $2.99.
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10 winners will receive
a gift bag with numerous signed
books marks,
collector cards, wrists bands, and a handmade dream key necklace.
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Color of Freedom, by Michelle Athearn Isenhoff
Explorer X-Alpha, by Lm
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Gangsterland, by Ansha
Kotyk
Cycles, by Lois Brown
Andy Smithson: Blast of the Dragon’s Fury, by L.R.W Lee
Princess Kandake, by Stephanie Jefferson
Weight of the Crown, by Stephanie Jefferson
Arrow of the Mist, by Christina Mercer
Cassidy Jones, by Elise
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The Seventh Attendant, by Elise Stokes
Curse at Zala Manor, by BBH
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The Curse of the Double Digits, by Lynn Kelley
Into the Forest and Down the Tower, by Ann T. Bugg
Off to Camp and Discovering Art, by Ann T. Bugg
Agency, by Shantal
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Psyched, by Juli Caldwell
Ragesong, by J.R. Simmons
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West, by Monique
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The Alien Mind, by Virginia Jennings
The Last Time Keepers, by Sharon
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Nexus Point, by Jaleta Clegg
Warrior Beautiful, by Wendy Knight
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