Hello Mayhemers!
I'd love to give away an ARC of my upcoming middle-grade fantasy STORYBOUND! Here's a little bit about the book:
In the land of St
ory, children go to school to learn to be characters: a perfect Hero, a trusty Sidekick, even the most dastardly Villain. They take classes on Outdoor Experiential Questing and Backstory, while adults search for full-time character work in stories written just for them.
In our world, twelve-year-old Una Fairchild has always felt invisible. But all that changes when she stumbles upon a mysterious book buried deep in the basement of her school library, opens the cover, and suddenly finds herself transported to the magical land of Story.
But Story is not a perfect fairy tale. Una’s new friend Peter warns her about the grave danger she could face if anyone discovers her true identity. The devious Tale Keeper watches her every move. And there are whispers of a deadly secret that seems to revolve around Una herself....
With the timeless appeal of books like A Wrinkle in Time and the breathtaking action of Inkheart, Storybound has all the makings of a new classic. Brimming with fantastical creatures, magical adventure, and heart-stopping twists, Storybound will leave readers wishing they too could jump through the pages into this enchanting fairy-tale world.
If you'd like to enter the giveaway, follow Project Mayhem if you don't already, leave a comment with a page number from 1-403, and I'll reply with a line from that page of STORYBOUND. (Thanks to Sarah Prineas for the page number inspiration!)
I'd love to give away an ARC of my upcoming middle-grade fantasy STORYBOUND! Here's a little bit about the book:
In the land of St
ory, children go to school to learn to be characters: a perfect Hero, a trusty Sidekick, even the most dastardly Villain. They take classes on Outdoor Experiential Questing and Backstory, while adults search for full-time character work in stories written just for them.In our world, twelve-year-old Una Fairchild has always felt invisible. But all that changes when she stumbles upon a mysterious book buried deep in the basement of her school library, opens the cover, and suddenly finds herself transported to the magical land of Story.
But Story is not a perfect fairy tale. Una’s new friend Peter warns her about the grave danger she could face if anyone discovers her true identity. The devious Tale Keeper watches her every move. And there are whispers of a deadly secret that seems to revolve around Una herself....
With the timeless appeal of books like A Wrinkle in Time and the breathtaking action of Inkheart, Storybound has all the makings of a new classic. Brimming with fantastical creatures, magical adventure, and heart-stopping twists, Storybound will leave readers wishing they too could jump through the pages into this enchanting fairy-tale world.
If you'd like to enter the giveaway, follow Project Mayhem if you don't already, leave a comment with a page number from 1-403, and I'll reply with a line from that page of STORYBOUND. (Thanks to Sarah Prineas for the page number inspiration!)
Comments will be open until midnight on 11/21, with the randomly-selected winner announced on 11/22. Thanks for playing!
Marissa, your story sounds awesome. I hope I win. And I pick page 377.
ReplyDeleteWhoa. What a weird and wonderful idea for a story.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds fabulous (awesome cover, too!). I recently won something here, so I don't want to take a chance away from others. I would have picked page 1 :)
ReplyDeleteBook sounds mindblowingly awesome!
ReplyDeletepage 403.
Love the theme of the book. I pick page 136.
ReplyDeleteMarissa, I've loved the idea of STORYBOUND from the moment I first heard it. Don't know if fellow Mayhemmers can enter, but if so I choose 63 (my winning number in the Sarah Prineas giveaway) to see if lightning can strike twice.
ReplyDeleteThanks, guys! And Mayhemers can absolutely enter - you lucky duck, Michael, for winning SP's book!
ReplyDeleteNatale - p. 377 - Una knew that calling Indy 'friend' was Horace's first mistake.
Jess - I'll do pg. 1 anyway...opening line. ;) Una often told herself that she was invisible.
Storyqueen - So, now we have the first and last page. ;) pg. 403 - "We're not altogether alone, are we?"
Brenda - pg. 136 - Herbs that smelled like summers past hung from the rafters of the angled ceiling.
Michael - pg. 63 - His green eyes glowed in the candlelight, for there were candles everywhere - some nestled in tree branches, others tucked away in birds' nests.
I'll check in later to add more lines. Thanks for entering!
17! I wants this ARC, my precioussss.
ReplyDeletePage 48!
ReplyDeleteI would like to pick page 101 please :)
ReplyDeleteI loooooove the cover :D
:) J - pg. 17 - He heard another dragon belch, and the air grew hot around him.
ReplyDeleteSarvenaz - pg. 48 - "And you're so worried about me following the rules, are you?"
Akoss- So glad you love the cover! Didn't the team at Harper do a fabulous job? pg. 101 - The path opened onto a desolate plain, where Una's cloak swirled around her in the autumn wind.
Pg 234! I so want this book!
ReplyDeleteWant! p. 4!
ReplyDeleteHi, Marissa! Can't wait to read it! pg. 162
ReplyDeleteI promise to love this ARC and give it a good home and a real bookmark (no dog-eared pages or toilet paper). Page 81.
ReplyDeleteI adore MG books and this looks fantastic! I agree that the cover is beautiful!! Great job, HC!
ReplyDeleteI pick page...203
Count me in!
ReplyDeletePage 11 please.
Jenny - pg. 234 - His suits hung a little looser these days, and his face looked gray and old.
ReplyDeleteDiana - pg. 4 - These books were strangers, standing proudly with their battered covers thick and stiff.
Clarissa - yay! pg. 162 - "You see, Peter," she said in a fair imitation of Professor Thornhill, "people aren't always what they seem."
Ame - haha! Don't tell, but I dog-ear pages sometimes. ;) - pg. 81 - Elton stared at the small paper curling in the heat, and when only ashes were left, he wiped off his hands on the handkerchief.
Jessi - So glad you like the cover! pg. 203 - Una scanned the articles: "Tinkerbelle: How Short Is Too Short? Why Fashion Matters in Today's Tales"
ReplyDeleteCatherine - pg. 11 - The air smelled spicy, like cinnamon and ginger.
Ooooh!!!!! Marissa I really want to win this!!!! You are so awesome! Page 55
ReplyDeleteBeth Dockum hickey
Yay, Beth! Fun to see you over here. :) pg. 55 - Peter fidgeted with the lantern, and the shadows shifted around them into the blackness of the woods.
ReplyDeleteI'll go with 111 if it has not been mentioned! So happy for you, Marissa! :) I remember when you were just talking to your editor for the first time!
ReplyDeleteYour book sound so cool. I would love an ARC. Page 227 (hey, pick a quote with the most obscure word on the page).
ReplyDeleteHilary! Yes! It's been so fun to follow Hopeful Journeys. pg. 111 - The cat stood in a very dignified manner and left without a word, his tail arched in a perfect curve. (This is actually 112 - too many spoilers on 111!)
ReplyDeleteMike - Hmmm, obscure words - not so many on this pg. 227 - we'll have to go with this: Una tied the letters up with an old hair ribbon she had swiped from Snow's bureau.
What a terrific concept! I pick page 212 in honor of New York's area code. =)
ReplyDeleteSounds great. I'll pick 14 for my birthday.
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm in! And I pick page 121. I'm so looking forward to reading STORYBOUND!
ReplyDeleteHooray! Coll - pg. 14 - Before Snow could respond, a scream pierced the cave's stillness.
ReplyDeleteMonica - pg. 121 - "You think they're doing you some kind of favor by forbidding books?"
I pick page 1...or...if your book starts on page 2 or 3 like so many do, then I pick those first page numbers instead. I have been waiting for an opportunity to get my hands on your book! So excited for you!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, this sounds fantastic...it's now on the MUST read list. Thanks for telling us about it!
ReplyDeleteEek! Forgot the page number leaving (cool idea!).
ReplyDelete277
Hey Patty! Someone already picked pg. 1, so I'll skip ahead to pg. 3 - Una threaded her way through the center rows of abandoned old periodicals.
ReplyDeleteHi Deb! pg. 277 - She started pawing through the mounds of books.
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ReplyDeleteCongrats, Marissa! I'm going to wait to buy my copy. =]
ReplyDeleteJeff
This sounds like such a great story! We need more great middle-grade books to keep the readers going into high school! :) I would love to win an ARC of Storybound!
ReplyDeletePage 317, please!
Wow what a cool idea! (yes already a follower) I have this one on my wishlist. I choose page 57!
ReplyDeletePabkins @ Mission to Read
Thanks, Jeff! We really should finally get together for coffee one of these days and talk writing. Maybe post-Thanksgiving?
ReplyDeleteDJL - Yes! Hooray for MG! pg. 317 Villainy exams usually have a lot of logic problems.
Pabkins - Who could have Written her In to Story?
Thanks for playing!
WOW! Sounds amazing I loved A WRINKLE IN TIME and INKHEART so I am sure I will love your book.
ReplyDeleteSorry I posted the comment above my page number is 14 sorry
ReplyDeletehahaha! GREAT!! Thx for the Giveaway! I'm a new GFC. I pick page #42!
ReplyDeleteI just discovered your books - they look and sound fantastic! Would love to get my hands on this one!
ReplyDeleteI pick page 166
This totally sounds like a book I will love. I choose page 86!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win! It sounds wonderful. I choose page 44. :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool. I just won the last contest so don't put me in, but the story sounds brilliant. I love the writing, Marissa. Fantastic stuff.
ReplyDeleteI have been looking forward to this book since you 1st announced it. I can't wait!
ReplyDeletePg. 14
Anon - I hope so! I was beyond thrilled to my toes when the marketing team mentioned STORYBOUND in the same sentence as A WRINKLE IN TIME! haha! Someone already picked pg 14, so how about 15 instead? He'd never heard of the examiners sending two Ladies for the Hero to rescue, but it didn't matter now.
ReplyDeleteBurgandy Ice - pg. 4 "Care for some mulch?" she asked, poking the package toward Una.
Susan - Thanks! pg. 166 - My parents are risking everything to smuggle these books.
Eugene - Yay! pg. 86 - "Someone I've never met wants to 'dispose of me'?"
Shannon - Thanks! pg. 44 - He somersaulted twice, flipped his way to the door, and threw a metal star at the keyhole.
Jared - Thanks so much!
Hi Katy! :) Someone already picked pg. 14, how about 13 instead? "In front of him stood not some threatening creature or dark wizard, but a girl."
Page 16 please. I hope I win, Marissa!
ReplyDeleteHey Joey! :) pg. 16 - Just then, the beast opened its mouth, and shiny, smaller dragons began pouring out, mewling angrily.
ReplyDeleteHi my name is lillian.G but my friends call me lily and I'm from inthemiddlereading.
ReplyDeleteI'm a fantasy book fanatic but I can tell if it's good or not and your book has me pining for it.
I hope you choose me because I quote from Transformers" there is more to it than what meets the eye." I hope you pick me.
BYE Miss Marissa.
Thanks for entering Lily! I'm a fantasy book fanatic, too. ;) I'll pick the winner by having a random number selected, so check back in next week! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome Marissa. Hopefully no one else has selected this number...page 222.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a fab read and that's an awesome cover!
ReplyDeleteI'll pick page 123!!...extra virtual cupcakes if the line has either a)something yummy or b) an exclaimation point!!!
Hi Gina! pg. 222 - "Even his whisper was louder than an ordinary speaking voice."
ReplyDeleteAeicha - Thanks! No exclams OR tasty food on this page, although they are drinking hot cocoa in this scene, so there's that... ;) pg. 123 - "'Or do you think we should just walk up to Mr. Elton or some Talekeeper and ask all about their secret Backstory?'"
Will you post to the UK!? I really want to read this! Can I have pg 399. Also this idea is awesome do you mind if I borrow this comp idea for Book of Wonders?
ReplyDeleteHi Jasmine! Sure - I'd be happy to send it to the UK if you win. And I totally borrowed the idea from Anne Nesbitt's giveaway, so feel free! pg. 399 - The shadow came steadily onward, a low, terrible laugh growing as he drew near.
ReplyDeleteCool idea, Marissa. I know this will quickly become a best seller! Congrats on everything!! I choose page 277!
ReplyDeleteHey Jolynda! Thanks! Someone has 277 already, so how about pg. 276 - "Una painstakingly got to her feet, crept to the tapestry door, and peered through the crack at the edge of the heavy fabric."
ReplyDeletethe book sounds really interesting!
ReplyDeletep. 37
Thanks Jocelyn! pg. 37 - "His breath puffed his oversized mustache as he ticked off a list in front of him."
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