My new book is now on Goodreads!
Here's the blurb from over there to give you a better idea of what the story is about:
When the aliens came,
they didn’t attack—they just hung in the sky. After a year of human
hysteria, they left and the rains began. Ever since, some girls have
been born with unusual abilities. The fifth daughter of Magnus Roma,
creator of the extraordinary circus called The Show, Penn was born a
Celestine: she can call down the stars. Her newborn cries brought
burning hail that killed her twin brother. For sixteen years Penn has
hidden her power by assuming the life of her twin, just as her four
older sisters (who can manipulate the elements) have hidden from the
Wardens’ Commission in plain sight as circus performers.
Then,
one explosive night, Penn loses everything. The wardens want to protect
Earth from anything alien. Her sisters are taken, and The Show is
destroyed. To save her family, Penn must do the unthinkable and use the
power she’s been taught to suppress. She’ll travel to the very heart of
her world’s darkness and discover the truth about her terrifying gift.
It's a little bit sci-fi, a little bit fantasy, with action and hopefully a whole lot of fun.
I'd appreciate any adds on Goodreads, if you think you might like to read it!
NEW BOOK DEAL!!!
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Yes, it's been a few days shy of forever since I've posted, but I've been busy. (Okay, so it's a year and a day. Whatever.) I can finally share part of what I've been doing!
I've got a new book coming out ... in October! October 6, to be exact.
Some of you might remember Sing Down the Stars, from when I had the beginning on here. Well, it's not the book it used to be, and now it's going to be published!
In the PW announcement below, you'll also likely notice that the author's name looks a little strange. That's because the grandmother whose name I was using for my penname passed away last year. She got to see her maiden name in print, and now I'm going back to my own name. The book will come out under the name "L.J Hatton."
Here's the actual announcement:
Children's: Young Adult
Laura Hatton's SING DOWN THE STARS, about the aftermath of a mysterious alien invasion, when a sixteen-year-old girl with unusual abilities discovers the devastating truth about the secrets in her family, her world's darkness, and her own power to bring down the stars from the sky, to Miriam Juskowicz at Skyscape, in a two-book deal, for publication in October, 2015, by Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (World).
ljrennert@mac.com
And here's a pre-order link for the book: SING DOWN THE STARS.
This is major, guys. This is the little book that could because it's the little book that refused to give up. It's gone through genre shifts, time frame and setting shifts. Everyone changed nationality at least once and most of the characters have played musical chairs with their lines. I'm so excited for this one to hit your hands!
I've got a new book coming out ... in October! October 6, to be exact.
Some of you might remember Sing Down the Stars, from when I had the beginning on here. Well, it's not the book it used to be, and now it's going to be published!
In the PW announcement below, you'll also likely notice that the author's name looks a little strange. That's because the grandmother whose name I was using for my penname passed away last year. She got to see her maiden name in print, and now I'm going back to my own name. The book will come out under the name "L.J Hatton."
Here's the actual announcement:
Children's: Young Adult
Laura Hatton's SING DOWN THE STARS, about the aftermath of a mysterious alien invasion, when a sixteen-year-old girl with unusual abilities discovers the devastating truth about the secrets in her family, her world's darkness, and her own power to bring down the stars from the sky, to Miriam Juskowicz at Skyscape, in a two-book deal, for publication in October, 2015, by Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (World).
ljrennert@mac.com
And here's a pre-order link for the book: SING DOWN THE STARS.
This is major, guys. This is the little book that could because it's the little book that refused to give up. It's gone through genre shifts, time frame and setting shifts. Everyone changed nationality at least once and most of the characters have played musical chairs with their lines. I'm so excited for this one to hit your hands!
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