Twelve year old Luke Smith-Sharma was kidnapped and forced to shovel coal underground. He feels that if he keeps his head down, he can win his freedom from Tabitha Margate. Everything changes when he realizes that one day he is able to see things others can't. He is able to see spirits and other otherworldly things. He befriends a ghost girl named Alma, who can bend clouds according to her will and ride them through the night sky. Luke discovers his innate powers with Alma's help. However, he discovers a darker truth behind his kidnapping. Luke is desperate to escape but, will they be able to find a way out?
About The Book:
Title: GHOSTCLOUD
Author: Michael Mann
Pub. Date: September 27, 2022
Publisher: Peachtree
Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Audiobook
Pages: 320
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A riveting, magical escapade about finding friendship and the
courage to set yourself free against all odds.
Kidnapped and forced to shovel coal underground, in a half-bombed power
station, 12-year-old Luke Smith-Sharma keeps his head down and hopes he can
earn his freedom from the evil Tabitha Margate. Then one day he discovers he
can see things that others can’t. Ghostly things. A ghostly girl named Alma,
who can bend the shape of clouds to her will and rides them through the night
sky. With Alma’s help, Luke discovers his own innate powers and uncovers the
terrible truth of why Tabatha is kidnapping children and forcing them to shovel
coal. Desperate to escape, Luke teams up with Alma, his best friend Ravi, and
new girl Jess. Can Luke and his friends get away before they each become
victims to a cruel and sinister scheme?
Debut author Michael Mann delivers a wildly imaginative middle grade fantasy
set in a smoke-stained world that’s sure to entertain readers who are eager for
an adventure with paranormal superpowers.
About Michael Mann:
Michael’s
first writing success was for a poem about potatoes - in a competition run by a
Yorkshire school catering company. As a ‘reward’, he had to shake hands with a
giant potato mascot in front of his entire school. It would be many years
before he dared write again.
These days, Michael is a teacher by day, dad by night, and mostly writes when
he should be sleeping. He owes the idea for his middle grade novel, Ghostcloud,
to his coal-mining grandad and a lifelong love of cloudspotting. He’s
half-Indian and passionate about diversity in children’s literature, and loves
books that keeps kids turning the page.
He has a first-class degree in anthropology, lives in East London with his
(very patient) partner and their (less patient) toddler, and can be found
playing board games when he’s not busy losing his wallet. Michael was an
Undiscovered Voices 2020 finalist, and his debut middle grade novel Ghostcloud
will publish with Hachette in October 2021.
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Giveaway Details:
1 winner will receive a finished copy of GHOSTCLOUD, US Only.
Ends October 4th, midnight EST.
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