[Book Tour- Interview] Grady Whill and the Templeton Codex [GIVEAWAY]

 

Grady Whill and the Templeton Codex

by Carole P. Roman

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GENRE: YA adventure

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BLURB:

Templeton Academy- the superhero high school is finally open!

The prestigious academy is recruiting the best of the best to enroll in its student body.

The school is as mysterious as it is exclusive.

Grady Whill thinks there is nothing special about him to make the grade.

However, his best friend, Aarush Patel has been selected and thinks Grady has the right stuff.

Even school bully Elwood Bledsoe is attending.

If Grady is fortunate enough to be picked, his guardian has forbidden him to attend.

Will a family secret prevent Grady from becoming the superhero he was destined to be?

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EXCERPT

There Whill Be Blood

A barely cooled lump of lava hardened under my feet. One of my sneakers was stuck between

two small rocks in the solidifying mess. I stared at my foot in disbelief. Instinct told me I should

be a human torch, my legs nothing more than toasted stumps. I glanced up, my heart beating

wildly. We were trapped on the side of the mountain facing our school, separated by a burning

sea of molten rocks.

The world around me steamed, the lava staining the sky burnt orange. Trees swallowed by

molten rock looked like skeletal hands emerging from a grave that glowed beneath the

blackened crust. I saw heat waves shimmering from the earth but felt none of its intensity. I

pulled fiercely, feeling my ankle twist. Aarush steadied me as I nearly toppled over. He was

shirtless, his back slick with sweat and covered with scrapes. His fingers worked feverishly to

free my foot.

Overhead two helicopter-sized pterodactyls circled the craggy summit. The wind from their

leathery wings buffeted the two of us. I think the air they circulated stopped the patches of lava

from cooking us alive, but what do I know?

“We better get moving, Grady. Leave your sneaker. We are risking getting burned by staying too

long in one spot.” The ever-practical Aarush reasoned as he pulled the velcro releasing my foot.

I wobbled, then fell to one knee.

“Do you think they’re real?” I hollered to my friend over the noise, pointing upward.

INTERVIEW

Any weird things you do when you’re alone? Why should being alone be the only time?

What is your favorite quote and why? It’s a matter of mind over matter, if you don’t mind, it won’t

matter.

Who is your favorite author and why? I have so many- James Clavell. He has it all in his books, history,

adventure, angst, and romance. Love it.

What, in your opinion, are the most important elements of good writing? Dialog. If it’s not believable

and each character has to have a distinct voice, it’s not enjoyable.

Where did you get the idea for this book? It was my son’s idea. He’s an author but decided he didn’t like

the subject. He didn’t think it would work for him. I asked if I could take it and he said sure.

Carole P. Roman is the award-winning author of over fifty children's books. Whether its pirates,

princesses, spies, or discovering the world around us, her books have enchanted educators,

parents, and her diverse audience of children of all ages.

Her best-selling book, The Big Book of Silly Jokes for Kids: 800+ Jokes! has reached number

one on Amazon in March of 2020 and has remained in the top 200 books since then.

She published Mindfulness for Kids with J. Robin Albertson-Wren.

Carole has co-authored two self-help books. Navigating Indieworld: A Beginners Guide to Self-

Publishing and Marketing with Julie A. Gerber, and Marketing Indieworld with both Julie A.

Gerber and Angela Hausman.

Roman is the CEO of a global transportation company, as well as a practicing medium.

She also writes adult fiction under the name Brit Lunden and has created an anthology of the

mythical town of Bulwark, Georgia with a group of indie authors.

Writing is her passion and one of her favorite pastimes. Roman reinvents herself frequently, and

her family calls her the mother of reinvention. She resides on Long Island, near her children

and grandchildren.

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