This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring Doreen McAvoy’s book, “Secrets in September: Fern Valley Mystery Book 1.” It is a CWG Seal of Approval recipient! Will was looking forward to eighth grade. Will he even make it past September?
Summary:
Will Abbott expects his eighth-grade year at Fern Valley Middle School to be the same as the last seven—school, soccer, and lazy Saturdays. But when a rash of crime strikes his little town, it doesn’t take long to realize something peculiar is going on. Will is certain the class bully, Beefy Boris, is involved and suspects he’s getting help—from his own classmates! As Will and his friends investigate, they stumble upon clues leading them to suspect someone even more sinister is responsible. Can Will and his friends—including a new girl with a mysterious past—trap the criminal mastermind and reveal a secret that has haunted Fern Valley for twelve years?
Website: https://www.doreenmcavoy.com
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoreenMcavoy
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Bio:
Doreen McAvoy is a high school librarian and Theology teacher. She lives in the Hudson Valley of New York with her husband and four sons, and loves to spend time on the southern coast of Maine.
Buy Link:
https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-September-Doreen-McAvoy/dp/1649492804/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
Tweet:
Secrets in September: Fern Valley Mystery Book 1. Will was looking forward to eighth grade. Will he even make it past September? **Awarded the CWG Seal of Approval & the 2021 Moonbeam Children’s Book Bronze Medal for Pre-teen Mystery. https://amzn.com/dp/1649492804/
Special Considerations:
Fern Valley Mystery Book 2, Deception in December, to be released in Summer 2022. **Christmas in Fern Valley is magical…until an unexpected discovery threatens the wonder of the season—and the guy with all the answers is the class bully!
Michael Fraley
Michael Fraley has been editing and posting the CWG Book Blast since 2016. He's adapted the Arthurian portion of Geoffrey of Monmouth's “Histories of the Kings of Britain” to the comic page, has worked in book illustration, graphic design, and has also served as a newspaper columnist. In 2019 the story of his conversion to Catholicism was told in Nancy Ward's book Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story. His primary area of study is in the Jewish roots of the Church, with an emphasis on the Gospel of Matthew and the Epistle of James. He holds a MA in theology from St. Joseph's College of Maine and a BFA in fine art from Indiana University. He can be reached at michael@michaelfraley.com