Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Blurb Blitz Tour & #Giveaway for Sign of the Green Dragon by C. Lee McKenzie

Welcome to my stop on the Blurb Blitz Tour, presented by Goddess Fish Promotions, for Sign of the Green Dragon by C. Lee McKenzie.  Please leave a comment or question for C. Lee to let her know you stopped by.  You may enter her tour wide giveaway by filling out the Rafflecopter form below. You may follow all of the stops on the tour by clicking on the banner above.  Good Luck!

Sign of Green Dragon
By C. Lee McKenzie

Publisher:  C. Lee McKenzie
Release Date: August 3, 2016
Genre: Middle Grade Action/Adventure
Length: 181 Pages
ISBN: 978-1532721250
ASIN: B01F9V2KK2

Buy Links:  Amazon | B&N



About the book: 


When a wall of their cave hideout crumbles, three boys discover a skeleton, clutching a treasure map. They set off to trace the story of an old murder, but stumble into a modern crime, and confront ancient Chinese dragons.



EXCERPT

Sam inched forward and aimed the flashlight inside. “Uh oh.”

“What?” Joey gasped.

“It’s a ... well, kind of a ... skeleton.”

“Awww,” Roger screamed, ran, tripped, and sprawled on his stomach.

“It can’t hurt you, Roger,” Sam said. “Come on.

Take a look.” One thing about being in a family of paleontologists, you got used to bones.

Roger quick-shook his head. “No. No. No.”

Joey took three slow steps and stood next to Sam. “Sweet. A dead guy. Man, let’s get out of here.”

“Hold this.” Sam handed Joey the flashlight. “Keep the light on him, okay?”

The skeleton was partly covered by a tattered shirt and pants. Bony fingers clutched a wooden box with a piece of thin metal about two inches long on its top.

Reaching inside, Sam tried to pry the box from the skeleton’s grasp, but the finger bones fell through the rib cage and clattered to the bottom of the chest. The box lodged between the ribs.

The light jiggled in Joey’s hand. “Come on Sam, enough already.”

Sam picked up the thin metal piece from the top of the box, and held it under the light. One end of it was bent at a right angle. A faded red tassel looped through the other end.

“Here, take this.” Sam handed Joey the strange object, then reached inside the chest and gripped the box. He lifted it slow and easy. It could be a trap. It could be dangerous. His hands twitched and the edge of the box caught on a rod that held the chest lid open. He barely snatched the box free before the lid crashed down.

What sounded like an angry dragon exploded around the cave.

The walls trembled, and the floor heaved under foot.

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

C. Lee McKenzie has a background in Linguistics and Inter-Cultural Communication. Her greatest passion is writing for young readers. Sign of the Green Dragon is her third Middle Grade novel. Alligators Overhead and the sequel, The Great Time Lock Disaster were her first two. She has traditionally published four young adult novels: Sliding on the Edge, The Princess of Las Pulgas, Double Negative and Sudden Secrets.

AUTHOR’S NOTE:

I'd like to highlight the fact that I always have a free ebook (a different one every few months) available on my website for visitors. http://cleemckenziebooks.com

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/cleemckenzie/movie-cast-for-sign-of-the-green-dragon/


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11 comments:

  1. Congrats on the Blog Tour; the novel looks great, and thanks for the chance to win :)

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  2. Beautiful blog. It's great to be here. Thanks so much.

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  3. Which one of your characters are you most like?

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    1. Probably Joey. Always in trouble. I hope to be lovable, too, but that's out for debate.

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  4. Thanks for sharing the excerpt, I enjoyed reading it! :)

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  5. Congrats on the new book and good luck on the book tour!

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  6. I enjoyed reading the excerpt. This book sounds like such an interesting and intriguing read. Looking forward to checking out this book.

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  7. Liked the excerpt and thanks for the giveaway

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