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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
Join the race with Zane, Jovan, and Brielle. Close on the heels of the release of Ewan’s Track, an omnibus edition of the journey so far for the eldest Johns brother, comes Zane’s Track. This full-color illustrated print collection includes Byways Books 3, 6, 9, and 12.
Releasing on August 22, 2017
Celebrate everything! A quick post to mark the release of Byways #12, In the Middle: A Zane Johns Adventure.
If you’ve been following the series, you know that every Byways Book incorporates details from one of the fifty states—places, icons, landmarks, etc. Zane’s new adventure takes its cues from the twelfth state, North Carolina.
Which is nicknamed, “First in Flight.”
Because of famous stuff that happened in Kittyhawk.
The cover makes so much sense now … doesn’t it? : ]
“If this is a Wild place, shouldn’t it be more obvious? You could say that these are magic trees, covered in magic moss, growing out of magic dirt, and it’s all the same to me.” Bree asked, “Can’t you conjure up a pixie or a dragon, or at least a wisp of foxfire?”
“I’m afraid not, but we’re definitely in the Wilds,” said Jovan. “Since there’s a town nearby, I wouldn’t be surprised if this is a wake forest.”
“Awake?”
“Wake,” Jovan corrected. “Like a ship’s wake. When colonists enter the land without making peace with the wilderness, the wild parts retreat. Only a little magic is left in its wake. Just enough to hide some surprises.”
“Nope, this isn’t wake.” Zane peered around the woods from Hobo’s saddle. “Whatever these people did when they settled, they did it right. Magic runs deep around here.”
—Byways #12, In the Middle: A Zane Johns Adventure
Tar Heels and Blue Devils. A feud on the fringes drags Zane’s teammates to opposite ends of town. Both sides are convinced Continue reading COVER REVEAL: In the Middle
From Primary to Middlegrade. We’re in the borderlands of change with the Byways series. If you’re following the story, you’ve probably noticed that the books are growing steadily longer. An intentional progression. The first thirteen books (which cover the original thirteen colonies) are primary-level chapter books. But beginning with Book #14, the threefold adventure is officially expanding into lower middlegrade territory.
For print editions, this means smaller text and a smaller trim size … in keeping with the expectations of a growing audience. (In other words, they look like “big kid books.”) For those who don’t like mismatched books on their shelves, I’ve created omnibus editions Continue reading COMING SOON: Ewan’s Track
Today’s a book birthday! Byways #11, Beneath the Torch: A Ewan Johns Adventure is now available in both paperback and hardcover editions. It’s the first Byways “crossover,” in which two brothers (and their respective teams) find themselves in a city that’s a shared waypoint.
Story Summary: Ewan’s and Zane’s teams have reached their shared waypoint, but Continue reading RELEASE DAY: Beneath the Torch
“You.”
Ewan offered a weak smile. “Yes, miss?”
“You’re not Jovan.” Her surprise shifted into dazzling happiness, and she actually hugged him.
“N-no.” Beyond flustered, Ewan cleared his throat. “I do apologize, miss, but do I know you? I’m afraid I don’t remember ….”
“Ewan Johns!” she exclaimed.
“Yes, I’m Ewan.”
“I can’t believe how much you look like Jovan! All you need is a pair of glasses. And maybe a few ruffles.”
—Byways #11, Beneath the Torch: A Ewan Johns Adventure
Brothers in Beacon. Ewan’s and Zane’s teams have reached their shared waypoint, but Continue reading COVER REVEAL: Beneath the Torch
C. J. Milbrandt 