The new house has some perks, though. Valentina gets to choose her own room, and when she explores the mansion on her own, she discovers a trophy room, a museum room, a music room, and much more.
From the moment Valentina started exploring, however, she’s felt someone watching her. Strange things start to happen all around her: footprints appear in the dust, a disembodied voice sneezes....
...and just because Valentina is a vampire, doesn’t mean she doesn't get scared like any other little girl.
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This is a wonderful story that I recommend to everyone with children, especially if they have to move and make new friends. I look forward to reading more adventures from this team and anticipate reading this story several times over.
Excerpt
This bedroom was perfect for her—not girly and pink, like most girls
would want it, but dark and mysterious. That was more Valentina's style.
"Wow!" She smiled and rushed toward the
bed, and did the first thing every kid did when she got a new bed.
She jumped up and
down on it.
Meet the Author
Majanka Verstraete begged her Mom to teach her how to read while she was
still in kindergarten. By the time she finished fifth grade, she had read
through the entire children’s section of her hometown library.
She wrote her first
story when she was seven years old, and hasn’t stopped writing since. With an
imagination that never sleeps, and hundreds of possible book characters
screaming for her attention, writing is more than a passion for her.
She writes about all
things supernatural for children of all ages. She’s tried to write contemporary
novels before, but something paranormal always manages to crawl in.
Majanka is currently
studying for her Master of Laws degree, and hopes one day to be able to combine
her passions for law and writing. When she’s not writing, reading or studying,
she likes watching “The Vampire Diaries” and “Game of Thrones,” spending time
with her friends, or playing “World of Warcraft.”
Her debut picture book,
“Valentina and the Haunted Mansion” released in May 2013, and was published by
Evolved Publishing. She is now working on her second picture book, “Valentina
and the Whackadoodle Witch”, which will be published in December 2013.
She has a lower grade
chapter book, “The Doll Maker” coming out in September 2013. This is the first
book in the Weirdville series, a series of scary books for kids. The second and
third book will be released in December 2013, along with an audio book for “The
Doll Maker”.
Her debut young adult
novel, “Fractured”, the first book in the Mirrorland series, will release in
September 2013 by InkSpell Publishing. You can now pre-order your copy.
Preorder your copy of
Fractured HERE!!
Meet the Illustrator
Noelle Giffin is an alumna of the Savannah College of Art and Design,
equipped with a BFA in Sequential Art. She enjoys a good story and believes
that it should always be accompanied by art that complements it, instead of
overshadowing it. Her favorite part of creating artwork is working towards that
feeling of “being in the zone,” where everything just fits together seamlessly and
is difficult to distract from.
She likes to listen to
music while she draws and, as a result, comes up with silly music video ideas
for her characters. Her medium tends to be digital, but nothing beats drawing
with pencil and paper. Lastly, she loves fat little birds like nothing else in
the world (and now no one is surprised as to why she’s drawing Bird
Brain Books).
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