Marty Frye Private Eye: Excerpt+ Blog Tour Contest

Today, we’re pleased as punch to be kicking off the blog tour for Marty Frye Private Eye by Janet Tashjian, a new middle grade mystery series. Be sure to keep reading to learn more about the series & enter for your chance to win the first two books!

But first, here’s a sneak peek:

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MARTY FRYE PRIVATE EYE & THE CASE OF THE MISSING ACTION FIGURE

Marty Frye is not your ordinary sleuth. Marty Frye is a poet detective–he makes up rhymes as he solves small crimes. When his friend Emma’s diary is missing, Marty is on the case. When Katie’s flour is nowhere to be found, Marty tracks it down. And when the brand-new Action Chuck figures mysteriously vanish from the toy store, Marty unravels the mystery. Will there ever be a case too hard for Marty to solve? Or a word too impossible to rhyme?

Broken into three short stories of poetry and petty crime, this charming chapter book will have young readers in search of a rhyme in no time.

In Stores June 27th: Amazon, B&N, iBooks, TBD, Goodreads

MARTY FRYE PRIVATE EYE AND THE CASE OF THE STOLEN POODLE

Marty Frye is not your ordinary private eye. Marty Frye is “the poet detective”–he solves petty crimes by turning rhymes. In the course of a busy day, Marty tracks down his friend Emma’s lost diary, finds a box of toys missing from Mr. Lipsky’s store; and locates a bag of disappearing flour for his little sister, Katie. Although he hits some dead ends along the way, Marty Frye combines his three favorite hobbies–sleuthing, rhyming, and climbing trees–and leaves no case unsolved or unrhymed.

Three short stories with clear, simple sentences make this charming easy-reader an ideal stepping-stone to longer chapter books. Laurie Keller’s quirky illustrations capture the spirit of Janet Tashjian’s tongue-in-cheek humor. Young readers will be off in search of a rhyme in no time.

In Stores June 27th: Amazon, B&N,  TBD, Goodreads

Janet Tashjian is a middle-grade and young adult novelist who’s been writing books for children for fifteen years. Her first novel Tru Confessions was made into a critically acclaimed Disney TV movie starring Clara Bryant and Shia LaBeouf. The Gospel According to Larry is a cult favorite and Fault Line is taught in many middle and high schools. Her novels My Life As a Book, My Life As a Stuntboy, and My Life As a Cartoonist are all illustrated by her teenage son, Jake. Their collaboration continues with My Life As a Ninja coming April of 2017.

Janet lives with her family in Los Angeles, enjoying her respite from the long Boston winters. When she isn’t writing, she’s rewriting. Learn more about her and all her books at JanetTashjian.com!

Janet has been doing school visits for fifteen years; you can email her at spatulaproductions@mac.com for details.

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3 Winners will receive a finished copy of MARTY FRYE PRIVATE EYE & THE CASE OF THE MISSING ACTION FIGURE and MARTY FRYE PRIVATE EYE AND THE CASE OF THE STOLEN POODLE, US Only.

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Week One:

• 6/19/2017- Novel Novice– Excerpt
• 6/20/2017- Why I Read– Review
• 6/21/2017- A Dream Within A Dream– Excerpt
• 6/22/2017- The Pages In-Between– Review
• 6/23/2017- LILbooKlovers– Excerpt

Week Two:

• 6/26/2017- BookHounds ya– Review
• 6/27/2017-So Few Books– Interview
• 6/28/2017- Miracle Milli Reads– Review
• 6/29/2017-Book Review Becca– Review
• 6/30/2017-Don’t Judge, Read– Interview

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