Hello, reader!
As BBNYA 2023 starts off, it’s finally time to sing the praises of our winner from 2022, Toby and the Silver Blood Witches by Sally Doherty! I didn’t get to read this book as a panelist, so I was eager to join in on this tour and get my chance! I love that a middle grade novel won last year’s competition and, having read it, I can certainly see why.
But, before I go on, let me tell you more about this award. BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 15 finalists and one overall winner. If you are an author and wish to learn more about the BBNYA competition, you can visit the official website http://www.bbnya.com or Twitter @bbnya_official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with the @Foliosociety (if you love beautiful books, you NEED to check out their website!) and the book blogger support group @The_WriteReads.
And, now, let’s talk about this book!
- Title: Toby and the Silver Blood Witches
- Author: Sally Doherty
- Publisher: Soaring Skies Publishing
- Publication date: July 5th, 2021
- Length: 240 pages
- Genre: Contemporary Fantasy
- Age group: Middle Grade
- Content/Trigger Warnings: Experimentation, violence, kidnapping, imprisonment
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A sinister plot. A hidden city in the sky. A boy with an impossible choice.
Twelve year old Toby has little time for friends or football since his mum fell ill. All he wants is to stay at home and keep an eye on her.
But mysterious things are happening beyond his garden hedge. Who is the figure at the window behind the barbed wire fence? And why is there a strange woman in his attic with a broken broom and bothersome pet bat?
Toby becomes entangled in an adventure of flying dogs, sparking hiccups and dangerous escapes. An innocent, young witch has been captured by a secretive organization which will stop at nothing to find out how magic works. Toby must rescue her and time is running out.
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