Author: Jacob Devlin
Series Title: Order of the Bell
Genre: YA Fantasy/Fairy Tale Retelling
Publisher: Blaze Publishing
Hosted by: Lady Amberâs PR
Blurb:
THE GIRL IN THE RED HOOD has been looking for her mother for six months, searching from the depths of New Yorkâs subways to the heights of its skyscrapers . . .
THE PRINCE looks like heâs from another time entirely, or maybe heâs just too good at his job at Ye Old Renaissance Faire . . .
THE ACTRESS is lighting up Hollywood Boulevard with her spellbinding and strikingly convincing portrayal of a famous fairy. Her name may be big, but her secrets barely fit in one world . . .
Fifteen-year-old Crescenzo never would have believed his fatherâs carvings were anything more than âstupid toys.â All he knows is a boring life in an ordinary Virginia suburb, from which his mother and his best friend have been missing for years. When his father disappears next, all Crescenzo has left is his goofy neighbor, Pietro, who believes heâs really Peter Pan and that Crescenzo is the son of Pinocchio. Whatâs more: Pietro insists that they can find their loved ones by looking to the strange collection of wooden figurines Crescenzoâs father left behind.
With Pietroâs help, Crescenzo sets off on an adventure to unite the real life counterparts to his figurines. Itâs enough of a shock that theyâre actually real, but the night he meets the Girl in the Red Hood, dark truths burst from the past. Suddenly, Crescenzo is tangled in a nightmare where magic mirrors and evil queens rule, and where everyone he loves is running out of time.
When Jacob Devlin was four years old, he would lounge around in Batman pajamas and make semi-autobiographical picture books about an adventurous python named Jake the Snake. Eventually, he traded his favorite blue crayon for a black pen, and he never put it down. When not reading or writing, Jacob loves practicing his Italian, watching stand-up comedy, going deaf at rock concerts, and geeking out at comic book conventions. He does most of these things in southern Arizona.
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Pino scowled over his mug, then let his mouth curve into a smile. The old Pietro was coming back to the surface. âAnyway, youâll go? Look for my wife and your family?â
With a sigh, Pietro rubbed his face so hard his eyelids drooped. âWould you come with me?â
Pino wiggled his thumb: click, click, click, click. âDo you not hear my joints crackling?â
âStill?â Pietro rested his elbows on his knees. âWhatâs happening to you?â
Pino lowered his voice. âMy guess is thereâs some real dark stuff goinâ on back home. After all, weâre not supposed to be here, and I was once a . . . Well, you know. Iâm afraid I wonât get very far out the door, if I can even move anymore in a week.â
Pietro drummed on his lap, shooting air through his teeth as he contemplated. âFine. Iâll go. But I have a question. When do we tell Crescenzo who we really are?â
âI trust youâll figure it out, Peter.â Pino winked. âAfter all, you were the boy who learned how to fly.â
Review By April Epley
What a wonderful and unique book that involves our fairy tales from youth. I really enjoyed this book and am giving it 4 strong stars. I will definitely recommend it to others. This book is well written and will drag you in. You will miss dinnertime and other necessities to keep on reading.
This book follows Enzo along a journey he never expected to take. His mother had disappeared long before and Enzo was always angry at his father for not doing more to find her. Why was his father always just carving his figurines? When his best friend disappears with his mother also, Enzo really has difficulty. Being left only with his father and his strange neighbor Pietro, Enzo is thrown into a reality check when he watches as his father disappears also. Now Enzo is on a mission to bring them all back!
Join Enzo and you will learn so much more than you ever imagined about Little Red Riding Hood, Peter Pan, Pinocchio, and so many others. Find out why people on Earth are missing all of a sudden. This was a wonderful tale and I am looking forward to reading more! Thank you Jacob Devlin for your wonderful imagination!!!
What a wonderful and unique book that involves our fairy tales from youth. I really enjoyed this book and am giving it 4 strong stars. I will definitely recommend it to others. This book is well written and will drag you in. You will miss dinnertime and other necessities to keep on reading.
This book follows Enzo along a journey he never expected to take. His mother had disappeared long before and Enzo was always angry at his father for not doing more to find her. Why was his father always just carving his figurines? When his best friend disappears with his mother also, Enzo really has difficulty. Being left only with his father and his strange neighbor Pietro, Enzo is thrown into a reality check when he watches as his father disappears also. Now Enzo is on a mission to bring them all back!
Join Enzo and you will learn so much more than you ever imagined about Little Red Riding Hood, Peter Pan, Pinocchio, and so many others. Find out why people on Earth are missing all of a sudden. This was a wonderful tale and I am looking forward to reading more! Thank you Jacob Devlin for your wonderful imagination!!!