Suddenly the siblings find themselves launched on an epic journey into a mash-up world born of Kristoff’s dangerous imagination, to retrieve a dark book of untold power, uncover the Walker family’s secret history and save their parents . . . and maybe even the world.
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Author Bio/Links:
Vizzini grew up primarily in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. He attended Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, graduating in 1999. While still a teenager, he began to write articles for the New York Press, an alternative newspaper.
After he wrote an essay that got published by the New York Times Magazine, several of his essays about his young adult life ended up being combined into his first book, Teen Angst? Naaah.... Vizzini attended Hunter College, also located in Manhattan. Ned Vizzini currently lives in New York City and continues to write and to speak about his books. Vizzini's characters and situations are said be based upon his time spent at Stuyvesant.
Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ned-Vizzini/112356592113460?fref=ts
or Twitter: @Ned_Vizzini
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I've heard great things about this series and I really want to read both books in this series. Thanks for hosting the giveaway.
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This looks like a book that will get the whole family reading.
ReplyDeleteWOW!! Aside from having the surname Walker so it's a book we really belong in ;-p it sounds like an amazing read! It has all the ingredients to keep any reader absolutely spellbound from start to end
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I like that the Walker family has a secret history. It sounds like a great book.
ReplyDeleteA great looking book. I was very sorry to hear of Nick Vizzini's passing. I feel I owe it to him to read more of his work. Thanks for the opportunity.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds really interesting, thank you for the giveaway! So sad to hear that the author died in December :(
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading this book because it sounds like a great story. I love reading middle grade books; they're just a lot of fun. Sadly, I also want to read this because of the author's untimely and tragic death. RIP, Ned.
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