Ebook of Surviving Bear Island and Second Printing

After a sea kayaking trip with his father takes a dangerous turn, Tom Parker is stranded on the remote, outer coast of unpopulated Bear Island in the waters of Prince William Sound, Alaska with only a survival kit in his pocket. Desperate to find his father, Tom doesn’t know how long he can survive and must put his survival skills to the test as he fights to reach safety.

“The tension is well-crafted and realistic. Bear Island is a challenging environment to survive but a terrific thrill on the page.”–Kirkus

 

 

 

 

The E-book of Surviving Bear Island is now available for $8.99 at Amazon. It will also be available through Barnes & Noble as a Nook Book soon. And, the hard cover is going to press for a Second Printing.

Thanks, Move Books​  and Eileen Robinson​ for putting Surviving Bear Island out in the world, and to all the readers thus far.

Thanks also to the Junior Library Guild​ for all the work they do to get books into reader’s hands.

Thanks also to  Amy Tipton​ for her expertise in all things books/editing/publishing related.

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And the Winners are…

Thanks to all who participated in the contest and who stopped by to give the blog post a read. Surviving Bear Island is available at  Amazon and Barnes & Noble  and Independent Bookstores. If your local bookstore doesn’t have Surviving Bear Island, just ask them to order it for you.

If you want to learn about the story-behind-the-story of  Surviving Bear Island, I was interviewed at Cynsations. There are photos of Surviving Bear island territory in the interview!!

If you want to read the first chapter of Surviving Bear Island you can do so here.

Thanks to some assistance from Random.org, here are the winners:

Debby Herceg                                             Kim Thal

Sharon Sjordal                                         Stephanie Keyes           

Tyler Bender                                             Carl R.

Lou                                                              Marcy Collier

Jim Chaize                                               Denise Goshert

I’ve emailed them all and hope to hear back from each of them soon!!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

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More Good News: Junior Library Guild

It’s been a week of good news for me with Surviving Bear Island. First, a great review from Kirkus, and now Surviving Bear Island has been chosen as a 2015 Junior Library Guild Selection in the High Interest Middle Category for grades 5 to 8.

From Junior Library Guild: These exciting, age-appropriate titles will appeal to even the most reluctant middle-school readers. Perfect for: Middle schoolers who have difficulty finding books that interest them.

I’m honored that my book has been chosen.

You can order Surviving Bear Island from Amazon.

Thanks for stopping by and sharing in my good news.

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Surviving Bear Island: The Cover

I’m totally enjoying working with Eileen Robinson at Move Books and am thrilled to share this book cover, which captures the essence of the story. Surviving Bear Island is due out in March 2015. I hope to share more about the process of getting this story ready for the world in future posts. In the meantime, I hope you are enjoying summer. I’m in summer school working on my Masters in Special Education but am still managing to get out on some hikes. No prolonged adventures like the ones that inspired Surviving Bear Island but hopefully I’ll have a few more of those in the future.

You can now Pre-order Surviving Bear Island on Amazon.

Thanks for stopping by.

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It’s Official: My First Book Deal

The land and water where my story takes place.

I am happy to announce that my middle grade adventure novel set in the wilds of Alaska, my home state, will be published by Move Books, a house dedicated to publishing books for boys, in the Spring of 2015.

A big Thank You to my agent Amy Tipton who introduced me and my writing to Eileen Robinson at Move. I’m totally excited to be working with Eileen.

From Publisher’s Marketplace:  Paul Greci’s untitled novel, pitched in the spirit of adventure/wilderness survival stories like Hatchet and Far North, about a sea kayaking trip gone wrong; at the beginning of the trip, a boy had a tent, a sleeping bag, plenty of food, and a traveling companion and guide, his father — but that was all before the accident that left him alone, cold, and soaked, with only the clothes on his back and the small survival kit in his raincoat pocket, to Eileen Robinson at Move Books, by Amy Tipton at Signature Literary Agency.

 Thanks for stopping by!!

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