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When Lily and Jasper’s uncle disappears, Lily must search for him in the one place she never imagined possible: the setting of her childhood bedtime tales: the Moon Realm.
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Illustrations and excerpts from the
The Moon Coin.
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From Chapter One
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From Chapter Two
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From Chapter Three
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From Chapter Four
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From Chapter Five
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From Chapter Six
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From Chapter Seven
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From Chapter Eight
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From Chapter Nine
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From Chapter Ten
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From Chapter Eleven
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From Chapter Twelve
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From Chapter Thirteen
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From Chapter Fourteen
From Chapter Fifteen
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From Chapter Sixteen
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From Chapter Seventeen
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From Chapter Eighteen
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From Chapter Nineteen
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From Chapter Twenty
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Interview with Bill Watterson from Mental Floss
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“And while this title is considered middle-grade fiction (ages 7-12) due to the ages of its protagonists, it is so much more than that. It is an addictive drug for those of us who have lovingly flipped through its pages. It is the fantastical story you dreamed of while waiting to fall asleep. It is youth brought to life. It is all the things I still wish I could do. Things like have adventures of my very own.”
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Click HERE or the image directly above to read the review.
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Gaithersburg Book Festival
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Not the best weather, but we stayed dry, gained some new fans, and met some great book people.
Somehow, I failed to get my camera bag in the car. Maybe it was the 5am wake-up time. Snapped this one from my mobile.
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Fiction Books Reviews The Dragondain
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“The magic is more mesmerising, the adventures more alluring, the
building sense of intrigue and danger more tantalising and evocative.”
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Click HERE or the image above for the review.
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“The Moon Coin is a fine and adventurous read for young adults,
highly recommended.”—Midwest Book Review
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This just in from the Midwest Book Review:
A good story almost comes alive in our imagination, and it may do just that. “The Moon Coin” begins Richard Due’s Moon Realm series, following young Lily and Jasper, who learn much about the place from their uncle. But when he goes missing, the kids will learn there was more to his stories than just stories, and the secrets behind them will prove dangerous as they are enticing. “The Moon Coin” is a fine and adventurous read for young adults, highly recommended.
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The Moon Coin
Book One / A Moon Realm Novel
Now available in paperback and eBook.
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Two chapters formatted for ePub, Mobi, or PDF.
Please share these files with your friends. Enjoy.
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Tales, unlike stories, never lie. You see, a tale is an account of things in their due order, often divulged secretly, or as gossip. Would you like to hear one?—Lord Autumn
Carefully concealed within the nocturnal tales of Lily and Jasper Winter’s youth are hidden secrets only a child could believe. And believe they did. But now, as young teens, their Uncle Ebb’s disappearance has left many more questions than answers. Had he meant for them to discover the Moon Coin? Did he need them in the Moon Realm? Was it really possible that, by telling his tales, he’d actually been preparing them for the adventure of a lifetime?
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ColorPage, the amazing printer I use for all the Moon Realm books, asked me to do a testimonial for their website. Here it is:
Click HERE to read it in full.
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Notes from my Coat-of-Many-Pockets
You didn’t think Ebb was the only one with such a coat, did you?
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Jessi, from Maryland, sent in this pick of her pocket-Rinn.
She sent this message with it: This is Blooregard Q. Kazoo, commonly called Bloo. He just wants to read this pretty book with the similarly majestic kitty on the front of it, OK? But he doesn’t have opposable thumbs. : (
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Gibbering Gnome Press has been thrilled with the response to their ebook giveaway for THE MOON COIN. We thought it would take four weeks to get 50 takers. We got 40 in the first week! If the next 10 go before this weekend is out, Gibbering Gnome Press is prepared double the number of ebook versions they’re giving away. That’s right, they’ll give away as many as 100 ebook copies! Also, in addition to the Kindle and Nook versions, there are now a limited number of iTunes iBookstore versions available. So don’t forget to mention that if you want an iBookstore version. Please Share this Post. 🙂
Here’s the original offer:
In an effort to build up our email list, Gibbering Gnome Press is giving away 50 free e-books of The Moon Coin, the first book in the award-winning Moon Realm series, to the first fifty people who join our email list. Please specify if you’d like to receive a Kindle or Nook version in your email.
You will receive your gift link on February 18th.
Details here: http://themoonrealm.com/tmremaillist/
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There are some images in this film that come freaky close to the Moon Realm. If you want to see what it looks like to have one world hanging over another, or what a crossover might look like, then check it out! (As you already know, if you’ve read the books, the way gravity works in this film is VERY different than in the Moon Realm.)
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/upsidedown/
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Gibbering Gnome Press just made it a whole lot easier for librarians (public & school) to order MOON REALM novels. For details click HERE. There’s even a handy, printable Order From. So if your local library is lacking in the Moon Realm department, print out a copy of the PDF and take it down to your local library and tell them you’re dying to read the print edition. Which is quite lovely, btw. You can catch a glimpse of it HERE.
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If you’re a GoodReads member (What’s GoodReads? Imagine if facebook was filled with readers and authors and all they wanted to do was talk about great books!), and you enjoy middle-grade books (Harry Potter, The Hobbit, Percy Jackson, etc.), or shop for a middle-grader who does, check out the Group Great Middle Grade Reads. And while you’re there, don’t forget to give the Moon Realm books a vote on their Listopia List, which you can get to that list by clicking HERE. 😉
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We’re gathering quotes from THE DRAGONDAIN to include on five new Second Looks Books bookmarks. If you have any favs, please shout them out. (We may just use one of them!)
Here are the five quotes we used on last year’s booksmarks. They’re all taken from THE MOON COIN:
“But—” yelped Twizbang, “Greydor will eat us!”
“Some people are just sad when there aren’t talking squirrels.” —Lily Winter
“You won’t find the tales I bear in any books . . . My tales are from the Moon Realm.” —Ebb Autumn
“Odd names: Winter, Autumn—they almost sound as if someone just made them up.” —Dubb
Tavin cupped his hands to his mouth. “Here, dragon-dragon-dragon!” he yelled. Lily stared in amazement. Well, that was bold, she thought, and stupid.
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Lastly, for those of you who are wondering, I’m editing third book in the Moon Realm series, The Murk, as fast as I’m able. I’ve been handing off the first few chapters with my primary editor these last few weeks, and she’s been saying nice things about it. And she hasn’t read chapter 3 yet, which was great fun to write. I can’t wait to hear what she thinks of it. I’ll say only one word about it: Faerathil. 😀
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