Fallen Prey - Release Announcement

Fallen Prey, the second book in the Sean Gray, Junior Special Agent Series by Columbia, SC author Ann Eisenstein is scheduled to be released at the Peak City Book Festival, on November 9th.

The contemporary mystery, aimed at 5th Grade+ explores the dangers of internet predators to today's unsuspecting children.

Pre-Ordering is and special pricing is available!

About the Book

Twelve-year-old Junior Special Agent Sean Gray is in a race against time. Could there be a connection between his testimony in the trial of an international child kidnapping ring and his mysterious accident?

While the sheriff’s department and the FBI are investigating, his new friend, Gabby, gets caught in the web of an online predator and disappears. She’s been missing for more than 48 hours, and the authorities have not been able to find her.

Sean goes undercover to bait the mysterious hunter. But when he becomes the prey, how will he rescue her?

About the Author

Ann Eisenstein lives in Columbia, South Carolina. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), the South Carolina Writer’s Workshop (SCWW), the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), Federal Bureau of Investigation Citizen’s Academy (FBICA), and the Richland County Sheriff’s Department Citizen’s Academy (RCSDCA). For additional information about Ann Eisenstein, visit her website: http://www.AnnEisenstein.com

Press & Media

http://www.prlog.org/12096327-author-joins-with-law-enforcement-in-child-protection-initiatives.html

http://www.prlog.org/12051898-in-between-readers-have-new-best-selling-book-to-read.html

http://www.prlog.org/12039324-exclusive-release-of-hiding-carly-book-one-in-the-sean-gray-junior-special-agent-series.html

http://www.prlog.org/12025661-fifth-grader-works-with-fbi-to-solve-fathers-mysterious-death.html


Upcoming Events:

The author, Ann Eisenstein is currently at the SCBWIC conference in South Carolina.

• Barnes & Noble:October 18th, 6 PM - Internet Safety with Educators
• Peak City Book Festival:  11/07/13  from 11-5PM  - Creative Writing for Aspiring Young Authors

Meet the Author: Jennifer Hoh, Author of Brat Cat

Jennifer Hoh graduated from Rider University with a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education and Music.  She has been a teacher in New Jersey's Ewing Township Public Schools for seven years.  Jennifer has taught preschool, kindergarten, second grade, and is currently teaching first grade.  

In the summer of 2010,  Jennifer attended the National Writing Project's six-week intensive writing program.   This program focused on effective practices to enhance student and personal writing.  In the Fall, Jennifer was asked to present during NWP's writing conference.  Her presentation focused on teaching skills to develop student and personal writing.  

She is currently preparing to teach a conference once again for the Fall 2013.  Through these professional writing experiences, Jennifer found that she wanted to explore combining fiction for children with her unique "patchwork" artwork.  Jennifer is the latest author to release her first book through Peak City Publishing.  She hopes to enhance the reading and writing lives of young children and adults alike.  

About the Book

Brat Cat is a Read Aloud/Learn to Read book for children pre-K+. Available from Peak City Publishing in Fall, 2013.

What happens when Chewie's world is turned upside-down by a new kitten in his life?  

Written and illustrated by Jennifer Hoh

Peak City Book Festival Spotlight: Life Protection Skills

Life Protection Skills

• 2172 North Salem Street
• Apex, North Carolina 27523

The Peak City Book Festival is fully funded by authors, businesses and organizations.  And, every week brings new sponsors which are posted to Facebook, Pinterest and the web-site.  

Today, we are spotlighting Life Protection Skills of Apex for their generous sponsorship and program: Life Saving Skills for the young and old.

The Apex Ki Do Kwan is a family owned and operated modern self-protection school that instructs individuals of all ages and abilities in skills to help keep safer and stronger. Their staff combines over 50 years of martial arts experience with practical experience in law enforcement and weapons training to provide the best possible curriculum. The Ki Do Kwan is unique in so many ways. There are no contracts, enrollment fees or testing fees. Belt ranks are earned through dedication and training and outreach extends to all persons interested in self-protection skills, regardless of their interest in long-term training.

Program for the Peak City Book Festival

Imagine the following:  You come into your classroom at school and your teacher has fallen and has been injured. She cannot communicate with you. What do you do?  The Life Protection Skills Demonstration Team will present a scenario-based 'story' teaching you what to do in such an emergency.  You will learn how the 911 system works, how to get others to assist you, how police and EMS respond and how to make a bad situation better for every one. This is important for your Life Protection Skills!  You will also see some cool martial arts thrown in at the end to highlight what else we do at the Life Protection Skills Training Center.

Join us for a presentation by the Apex, NC based Martial Arts Training Center at the #PeakCityBookFestival for Life Protection Skills Workshop.  Get hands-on experience and build your knowledge to write in life-saving scenes from an expert.

Peak City Book Festival Spotlight: The Learning Experience of Apex

The Peak City Book Festival is fully funded by authors, businesses and organizations.  And, every week brings new sponsors which are posted to Facebook, Pinterest and the web-site.  Today, we are spotlighting The Learning Experience of Apex for their generous sponsorship of the Story Time room, dedicated to children's books and story sessions from NC authors.  See our website for the Story Time events!

The Learning Experience of Apex

http://apex.tlechildcare.com/

http://apex.tlechildcare.com/

The Learning Experience enhances the lives of children ages 6 weeks to 6 years. In each contemporary, colorful building children learn in a fun fashion starting with sign language for infants through preschool, technology, early literacy, math, sciences, music, theater, creative arts, dance, physical fitness, nutrition, etiquette and much more. Graduates of TLE are more than prepared to enter Kindergarten and first grade. All the curriculum is proprietary and has been designed, written and published especially for TLE children.

At The Learning Experience early learning is an art. We believe that knowledge is like the sky, never ending. Parents dream of the best for their children and at TLE their dreams become reality making those important first years creative, productive, happy and most importantly filled with lots of love.

560 Evening Star Dr. • Apex, NC 27502
Phone: 919-303-7475

At TLE, each staff member is a loving and nurturing individual with a genuine interest in benefiting the lives of the children they teach. Teachers and assistants must follow strict guidelines and meet all state certification requirements. Staff members are required to participate in our sponsored continuing education programs and mandatory First Aid training and CPR courses are provided annually. Consistent evaluations by superiors and parents help maintain the center’s high standard of excellence.

Connect with them on Facebook !

History and Legends of North Carolina at The Peak City Book Festival

We have a nice list of authors lined up with books about North Carolina coming to The Peak City Book Festival.   Want to be added to the list - register for the #PeakCityBookFestival by September 15th.

Book	Description
Heather Leigh Wallace	In 1945, Hurricane 9 rocked the Carolinas, severely flooding and incapacitating the New Hope Valley area. As a result, Congress directed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study water resource needs in the area. Originally named the New Hope Project, it received funding in 1963, and construction began in 1967. In 1974, after lake supporter Sen. B. Everett Jordan passed away,the lake and dam were renamed in his honor. The senator never saw the lake finished, as it was not filled until 1982. Jordan Lake encompasses 46,768 acres of which 13,900 acres are flooded to form a reservoir at 216 feet above mean sea level. The lake provides recreation, wildlife conservation, and water supply to surrounding cities. Jordan Lake also attracts one of the largest concentrations of bald eagles in the southeast. With photographs from the flood of 1945 to a group baptism in 2007, these stories and more will make you want to spend an afternoon at Jordan Lake. Images of America: Jordan Lake is Heather Leigh Wallace's second book with Arcadia Publishing; the first was Images of America: Saxapahaw. Heather is a member of the Haw River Assembly and the Friends of Capt. Chris Matheus professional networking group that admires Jordan Lake. A portion of the author's proceeds will go toward environmental stewardship at the lake.
Heather Leigh Wallace	While most mill towns have gone by the wayside, the town of Saxapahaw has flourished with sustainable practices and has become a town that others like to mimic. Saxapahaw, which means “rocks on the Haw,” was first settled by the Sissipahaw Indians. For 150 years, the heart of this town was driven by a cotton mill that forever closed its doors in 1994 when a rare tornado ripped through the mill. Visionary entrepreneur John M. Jordan and his two sons, “Mac” and Carter, gave life back to the town when they purchased the mill, gave it a face-lift, and made way for affordable lofts, condos, a gym, and small businesses. Through more than 200 photographs, readers will enjoy learning about the hometown of the beloved Sen. B. Everett Jordan, the benevolent benefactor John M. Jordan, and how the town of Saxapahaw has been progressively embracing a sensibly green lifestyle.
Carol Crane	A family of immigrants journey from Pennsylvania to a land that sets beneath the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains. A place where the soil is rich for farming and the nearby stream, beckons “Welcome, welcome.” This idyllic setting, known as Brown Mountain, North Carolina, is the home of Pa, Ma and three little girls, whose story explains the mysterious lights that have danced in the night sky for hundreds of years. Carol Crane is an author, a historian, and has always been a journal writer. Traveling around the country, she speaks at reading conferences and schools. Using information in the state books, she transports kids around their state, country, and world. Her greatest joy is to have a student say, “wow! I didn’t know that.”  With 45 years of experience in children’s literature, Carol Crane has become widely recognized by many schools and educators for her expertise in literature. Her credits include; S is for Sunshine, Sunny Numbers, T is for Tarheel, Wright Numbers, P is for Peach, A Peck of Peaches, P is for Palmetto, Net Numbers, L is for Lonestar, Roundup, L is for the Last Frontier, D is for Dancing Dragon, Y is for Yellow Hammer, F is for the First State, P is for Pilgrim, The Handkerchief Quilt, and her most recent for 2011, The Christmas Tree Ship, which was featured in USA Today.
RT Crowley	Family tales of unexplained death, swaying yellow lights in the dead of night, and an apparition suddenly apparent and talking, yet, no words spoken. These are just a few experiences in the lives of the Stone family. “The Wanderer”, the subject of many local legends haunts the land he roams. Through four generations, the wraith exerts the powerful influences of distraction, protection and devastation as it attempts to deal with changes in the New Hope Valley region. “A great local historical ghost story, one that makes me want to get out there and experience this phenomena for myself.” -~Anne Pressley Co-Founder and Lead Investigator for PB&J Paranormal "Folk stories about unexplained phenomenon provide an interesting element to North Carolina's history. The Wanderer of New Hope adds to the mystery." – Sherry Monahan, Author of Apex, Images of America

We're Going ALL IN! Links to Free Children's Books from Peak City Publishing

So, the kids are back in school, or watching the siblings go back to school?  We know what that means...READING LOGS!  Help them break up the nightly reading by mixing in some e-books.  Here are a few to download for free!

Available for a limited time only.

Read Aloud and Learn to Read

Book	Title	Link & Description
	Welcome Back Sun	http://www.amazon.com/Welcome-Back-Sun-ebook/dp/B00B0MPDSQ/ Welcome Back Sun is a preschool bedtime story for children who wonder... Where does the sun go when the moon comes out? Do the animals roam and wander about? How many stars light up the night's sky? Will the moon come back if I tell it goodbye?  This book provides teachers and parents guidance on how to use the book to encourage learning and language development for preschool age children, including: Recall, Color Recognition, Animals and Animal Sounds, Vocabulary Development, Rhyming Pairs and Counting.
	Peanut Butter Toast	http://www.amazon.com/Peanut-Butter-Toast-ebook/dp/B00B1FGMBE/ Allie Miszewski, now a young adult, wrote this book to share her tradition of sharing Peanut Butter Toast with her Dad over the years.  Children's Book Author, Carol Crane, praised the book by saying, "This story with its message is timeless. Beautifully written, the story offers a believable picture of love between a father and daughter. The short, graceful repetitive text offers an introduction to a period we all wish for in our lives.” Carol Crane, author of fourteen children’s books, including "T is for Tarheel, A North Carolina Alphabet Book", "Wright Numbers, A North Carolina Numbers Book" and "P is for Palmetto, A South Carolina Alphabet Book".
	Follow The Bouncing Ball	http://www.amazon.com/Follow-The-Bouncing-Ball-ebook/dp/B007R0KZX8/ Kicker, the bouncing ball, takes the reader on a counting adventure - in English and Spanish. **New and revised version includes information for parents and teachers to help children recognize Sight Words and Rhyming Pairs.**

Book	Title	Link
	How To Milk a Dinocow	http://www.amazon.com/How-To-Milk-DinoCow-ebook/dp/B006S8DF50/ If a freak milk accident that sparks life to a half cow, half stegosaurus isn’t weird enough, imagine how strange it’s going to get when Trip Stanley’s class starts drinking the milk! Trip Stanley’s best friend Jules spills a glass of creamery milk onto his uncle’s dinosaur machine and activates the contraption. A creature hatches and grows rapidly into a black and white spotted stegosaurus with and an udder. A stegcowsaurus. When the last bottle of creamery milk that Jules had planned to bring to school for show and tell is knocked over, Trip decides to milk the stegcowsaurus. Everyone in class is given a taste and the reaction causes spots and horns. One classmate even grows a tail.  It’s up to Trip to figure out how to de-dinosaur his classmates and keep from getting kicked out of school, all while preventing his mom from discovering the stegcowsaurus in his bedroom. With angry classmates and an upset teacher in his living room, Trip finds a solution in his own advice, when life give you lemons you make lemonade. Realizing the correlation between milk and lemons, Trip reverses the beverages and changes his classmates back into classmates and his dinocow into a cow.
	When Farts Had Colors	http://www.amazon.com/When-Farts-Had-Colors-ebook/dp/B006RMTQRI/ Don't let the title throw you off - this is a hilarious book with an anti-bully theme.  When Farts Had Colors is the story of 4th grader Lance Chance who hates Mondays. This particular Monday Lance's mom coaxes Lance to school with his favorite sandwiches and a 'wish-kiss'. On his way to school Lance is tormented by "the biggest, meanest 4th grader ever to stalk the halls of Alfonso Orr Elementary School. Merry Maddox. Bully Extraordinaire…”A legend" and her posse of mayhem, the Crazy M&Ms. If having to hand over his sandwiches and perform a certain humiliating act wasn't enough, Lance gets blamed by Merry Maddox for letting out a fart so horrible it forces the entire school to evacuate. Lance runs away from school and wishes that farts had colors. "Then everyone would have known it was Merry Maddox who sent out those heat seeking missiles of doom and destruction," thinks Lance. And just like that, Lance's wish comes true.  Will Lance come up with a plan to expose Merry Maddox and reveal her true colors?
	The Goodwill Vultures Club	http://www.amazon.com/The-Goodwill-Vultures-Club-ebook/dp/B00CARMIFG/  “A heart-warming story of a boy who learns that while some see his disabled pet vulture as ugly, others can see her as inspiration and joy. The story of "Buzz" and Rob is a lesson in acceptance of disabilities as normal, not different." – Mark Lawton Thomas, author of My Lemonade Stand Can’t Stand Me and Amazon Best Seller, When Farts Had Colors  There is no shortage of heroic stories laden with love and loyalty between humans and their four legged friends. But there are very few about vultures - at least not the kind with wings. In The Goodwill Vultures Club, Roberta, AKA, Rob, is just such a furry friend. – Ann Eisenstein, author of Hiding Carly (2012)
	Peggy Noodle	http://www.amazon.com/Peggy-Noodle-Hula-Queen-ebook/dp/B00882CANM/ Meet Peggy Noodle, the twelve-year-old new kid on the block who’s interesting and fun—and teaching the kids in her neighborhood that not only is there more to her than meets the eye, but that everybody can find a way to be great.
	A Piece of Paper	http://www.amazon.com/A-Piece-of-Paper-ebook/dp/B00AC4L2DS/ Full Color, Illustrated, Photographs with Michael Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Larry "Gator: Rivers, Meadowlark Lemon and more... Tyrone “Hollywood” Brown played for the Harlem Globetrotters from 1985 - 1996. When he was nine, he wrote down a goal on a piece of paper. “I want to be a Harlem Globetrotter”. He didn’t realize it at the time, but it took more than just hard work to reach his goal. It took a positive attitude, perseverance and determination to become a Harlem Globetrotter. For 16 years, he worked hard to improve his game, keep a good attitude and not give up. This is the story of his journey to achieve his goal and see his dreams come true.  “an entertaining and educational book for children of all ages.” ~ Larry Gator Rivers, former Harlem Globetrotter “this book will teach, inspire and motivate children to set goals and a plan for success.” ~Meadowlark Lemon, former Harlem Globetrotter
	My Lemonade Stand	http://www.amazon.com/My-Lemonade-Stand-Cant-ebook/dp/B00AOM7ESU/ Amazon Best Selling author of "When Farts Had Colors" and rhyme schemer, Mark Lawton Thomas, has teamed up with master illusionist/illustrator, Jeehyun Hoke to present 50 fun and witty poems for readers ages 8-12. Atlanta Parent Magazine praises the author as "Mark Thomas is just what youngsters need these days: a teacher who gets them excited about wordplay and the power of language so that they will form a lifelong love of reading and writing. His witty and utterly delightful poems in “My Lemonade Stand Can’t Stand Me” are sure to light the fire under any budding poet.” ---- Julie Bookman, editor, Atlanta Parent Magazine The Savannah Morning News describes it as "kid-friendly poetry with some real gems."

Fractured Persona, A Psychological Thriller by Harry James Krebs

Fractured Persona by Harry James Krebs

Releasing in November, 2013 through Peak City Publishing

Fractured Persona, written by Raleigh, NC author, Harry James Krebs was awarded the 2012 Bronze IPPY Award.  The story  leads the reader through a complex path of staying true-to-self versus losing the love of his life. A page turning drama which will make you think twice about wondering what it's like to step into someone else's life.

About the Book

Structural engineer, Richard Fornek, awakens from a coma in a North Carolina hospital in full possession of a lifetime of memories-but not in possession of his body. A glimpse in a mirror and the evidence of a driver's license prove that Fornek is trapped in the body of warehouse worker Daniel Curtis. Terrified, he insists that he's Richard Fornek, but when faced with the prospect of admittance to a psychiatric hospital, he is forced to assume a new role to buy time to figure out what’s going on. Alone and confused, things go from bad to worse as he struggles to regain control of his life. A little romance, a little murder, and a whole lot of hair-raising suspense unfold as he scrambles to stay one step ahead of the mayhem.

Praise and Reviews

"Intriguing from the first page, Fractured Persona is everything you could want in a fiction work: murder, mystery, a bit of the unexplained, love, passion, and flowing dialogue."

"The true measure of the genius of the mystery was I never suspected the murderer, and the twists just kept coming."  Literary R&R: Charlene Reviews: Fractured Persona by Harry James Krebs

About the Author

Harry James Krebs was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. After receiving his BA in applied physics from Aurora University in Illinois, Harry spent thirty-seven years with United States Department of Energy Contractors as a senior mechanical engineer. He designed, built, maintained, and operated large experimental detectors for high-energy physics experiments at national laboratories such as the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the Superconducting Super Collider, and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University.

Krebs always wanted to write mystery novels, but his engineering career left him little time to write until now.

The author and his wife currently live in Raleigh, North Carolina with their Chihuahua, Lucille.

Product Description

Price

ISBN/EAN13:

$15.00

1935711288 / 9781935711285

Page Count:

388

Binding Type:

US Trade Paper

Trim Size:

5.06" x 7.81"

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Related Categories:

Fiction / Psychological