For your Bookshelf. Nothing encourages kids to read and reread a series like having copies on your home bookshelves. The award-winning Byways Books are available as both paperbacks and hardcover library editions. (Contact CJ via email if you’re interested in ordering author-signed copies.)
This person was the embodiment of all the stories he’d ever heard about this race of foreign conquerors—skin like bronze, draped in jewels, and armed to the teeth.”
—MEADOWSWEET by C. J. Milbrandt
Princess Celie. This lower middlegrade series has a fairy tale feel and a sentient castle. I fell in love on Tuesday … and have since collected every other day of the week currently in print (up through #5, Saturdays at Sea).
Every one of the Byways Books includes beautiful full-color art by my illustrator, Hannah Christenson. Here’s a sampling from Book #4, Up the Mountain: A Ganix Johns Adventure.
Hey! If you want a good deal on the first book in a great series, The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare is available in digital format for $1.99 right now. Check your favorite online bookstore to see if they’re participating in this sale price!
I wonder why there are so many sevens in this part of the country.”
—ABOARD THE TRAIN: A EWAN JOHNS ADVENTURE
C. J. Milbrandt 