Surviving Bear Island hits the shelves today in independent bookstores and libraries. It’s also available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
To celebrate the release of my debut novel I am going to giveaway TEN, shiny copies!!! Even you already have a copy you are free to enter. Maybe you want to give one to a friend or to a school in your area, or to some other organization that works with kids.
Surviving Bear Island is a 2015 Junior Library Guild Selection.
Here are snippets of the reviews coming in from the media thus far:
Kirkus: “a terrific thrill on the page.”
Juneau Empire: “Surviving Bear Island is an exciting book outdoors-minded boys and girls both will enjoy….It’s fast paced enough to keep reluctant readers’ attention, but it also avoids oversimplification while communicating real-life dilemmas in understandable ways .”
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: “Surviving Bear Island is a heart-pounding adventure that both kids and adults will enjoy…It follows its hero through a brilliant coming-of-age the likes of which are unlikely to be found anywhere outside Alaska.”
Here’s how to enter the contest: Leave a comment below to be entered once.
Share the link and tell me where you shared it to receive an extra entry and double your chances of winning.
Don’t forget to leave your email address if it is not readily available when I click on your name so I can contact you if you win.
The contest is open until midnight, Friday, March 27th Eastern Time.
I’ll announce the winners by Tuesday, March 31st at the latest. They will be chosen by a random number generator.
Finally, please ask your local libraries and bookstores to carry Surviving Bear Island. Word of mouth is still the best way for books to be discovered by people who love them.
Thanks for stopping by!
Congratulations Paul!! I look forward to reading your book. I have shared this on my FB page.
Here’s my comment, and now off to share on Twitter.
Facebook and Twitter!
I am excited that the book is out now and I can get a copy of it !
We loved the suspense and the many characters including LF and RF.
We particularly loved the references to Fairbanks and the detailed descriptions of the island and it’s environment.
We’ve already ordered SBI at our library.
So, so thrilled for you, Paul! As you know, I’m a huge fan of survival stories. Can’t wait to read. I’m sharing on my FB author page.
Looking forward to reading your book, Paul. I am sharing this on my FB page.
I’m always looking for good books for a 13 year old, reluctant reader. This one sounds like a winner.
Good luck on the book Paul. Shared on twitter for you.
I have my beautiful copy and good luck everyone! If I win another copy, I will donate it to my son’s school library!
Yes, should I win, I am donating this to my son’s school library. Congratulations to you, Paul–I am sharing this news on Twitter!
found you on Facebook. Congratulations!!! What an amazing accomplishment! I hope you are doing well. I have 2 teenage daughters, we will all give this book a whirl! I will share this to the girls school group! Take care. Look forward to hearing more from you!
Kim
I cannot tell you how this news, this book, makes me smile. I’ll let my friends on twitter know and on FB.
PS SOOOO excited for you, Cuz!
This sounds like a book that my son would enjoy. I would even like to read it myself!
It’s been a long journey, and I’m thrilled for you that this day has finally arrived. Happy book birthday! (Shared on FB)
Congratulations, Paul! So happy for you!
Congratulations Paul! I am so happy to see your book in print and cannot wait to read it! I know it is going to be a hit with the kids around here.
Shared on Facebook! Congratulations on publishing your book!!! I’m so happy for you!!!
Hey Good job, a book picked up by Junior Library Guild TOO! I’m sharing it on my Twitter feed that is full of other Educators and Librarians. Hope it goes viral.
Best of luck! This is awesome. Wishing you well.
Paul, I’m glad that we reconnected so that I was able to find out about your book! I loved it & loaned it to my sister, who also enjoyed it. Now I’m gifting it to my friend’s son, and our local librarian has ordered it.
Can’t wait to read it, Paul–and to review it in June.
I want this book. It looks awesome! I am going to post this on my face book page, and tell my Librarian about it.
Just by reading part of the book I am already excited to read it. It looks like an amazing book and I’m sure it will be. I will be sure to post it on my Facebook page. I will also be sure to recommend it to my book club.
So excited for you and for this book. Can’t wait to read it!
I’ll definitely ask the library to get a copy! It looks great. Congratulations!
This is way cool – happy book birthday, indeed! The first in a long line of book birthdays! Congratulations, Paul!
Hooray!!! Very excited to get this book & save it for Gabriel to reach the right age! Hope there will also be a signing event in town. I can share the link with friends through email but sadly have no website to use for promotion.
Shared on Facebook! My son attends Marshall and loved your presentation!
Can’t wait to get a copy to send to my nieces!
Congratulations Paul!!! I can’t wait to read this book with my boys and review it in June on the Route 19 Writers blog! I’m going to share with my writer/reader friends on twitter!
The interview is excellent. What you’ve done, wilderness wise is magical. Look forward to reading your book. The marketing exercise requires diligence.
I can’t wait to read your book, Paul, the first of many more yet to be published, I’m sure!
Paul, I believe you and I actually kayaked past Bear Island many years ago as we negotiated Dangerous Passage in gale force winds and very rough, confused seas. If I recall, the island was almost completely fogged in; we could bearly make out a few faint landmarks. At one point it appeared that Sissoutl would be torn to shreds on exposed reefs off shore. Days later, as we retraced our route, there was absolutely no trace of the island at all…gone! Had we both imagined it all, or was there another explanation perhaps??
Great to see you got this book out, Paul. I’ve tweeted and shared it on Facebook.
Congrats! What a fantastic cover. I love seeing fellow bloggers from the day release their books!!!!
We are all so excited about discovering Bear Island and so inspired by Paul!
During the Junior Library Guild webinar today, Deborah and Leslie raved about your book! I look forward to recommending it to my students.
Paul–
Huge eeeep of delighted congratulations to you! The world just got sweeter and more exciting for us readers, adventurers, and Aunties seeking worthy gifts for our beloved young’uns.
I am so pleased and proud for you!
Wow – I’m so thrilled for you! How cool it was too to discover your hidden talents – I had no idea you were an author! Love your “treadmill desk” idea too haha – thinking about a “recumbent bike desk” myself 🙂
Always looking for a great nature thriller, and this sounds perfect.
As a 5th grade Honors teacher I am always looking for new books my students can enjoy reading. Good luck with the book!
Thanks for your comments!!! Wow!!! I’ll be contacting the winners soon and will also post them.