Blurb:
Thirteen-year-old
Suzie Sarnio always believed the Grim Reaper was a fairy tale image of a
skeleton with a scythe. Now, forced to enter the College of Deaths, she finds
herself training to bring souls from the Living World to the Hereafter. The
task is demanding enough, but as the only female in the all-male College, she
quickly becomes a target. Attacked by both classmates and strangers, Suzie is
alone in a world where even her teachers want her to fail.
Caught
in the middle of a plot to overthrow the World of Deaths, Suzie must uncover
the reason she’s been brought there: the first female Death in a million years.
Review by Rochelle:
The
summer between eighth grade and high school is supposed to be fun, but Suzie
Sarnio spends hers bouncing between nutritionists and shrinks while her family
tries to get to the bottom of her “anorexia.” They don’t believe her protests
that she’s eating more this summer than she ever has before as she wastes away
before their eyes. Her older brother even stops teasing her about it. The
answer comes when an old man arrives at the door wearing a black robe and
carrying a scythe. He whisks her away to the College of Deaths. She has to
remain there for one year. If she passes her final exam, she can return to her
family. If not, she must remain and become a Death—a grim reaper. If she tries
to return home, she will cease. Not only will she die; no one will remember she
ever existed.
Suzie
is certain she can pass whatever test they give her until she realizes she’s
the only female in the school, and no one wants her there. Only one other
female student has ever attended the Death School. It was a million years ago, and
Lovethar was so evil she started a war between the Deaths and the Dragons, who
have been mortal enemies ever since. Suzie is not only alone—she’s hated and
feared.
Thus
begins a young adult fantasy that will appeal to youth of all ages. School of Deaths is a page-burning
mystery that kept me up at night and distracted me from “real” work. When I was
on deadline, I didn’t dare even look at my Kindle while I was reading School of Deaths, and while I can’t wait
for the next book in the series, Mr. Mannino tied up everything quite nicely
and did not leave Suzie dangling from any cliffs. Bravo! By all means—buy the
book and see for yourself. But do so when you have time to be mesmerized.
Length: 272 Pages
Price: $5.95
Buy Link: https://museituppublishing.com/bookstore/index.php/now-available-in-ebook/school-of-deaths-detail
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notice we always include the publisher’s buy link. That’s because authors
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author, editors and cover artists receive their royalties from what is left.
So, if a book costs $5.99 at E-BookPublisher.com and you buy from there, the
author will receive about $2.40. If you buy the book at Amazon, the author will
receive about $0.83.
Downloading
the file from your computer to your e-reader is as easy as transferring any
file from a USB flash drive to your computer. You can download your books onto
your computer using “Save As” to a “Books” folder you create and sort them into
sub-folders by genre, author, or however you wish before transferring them to
your e-reader. That way, if there’s a glitch with your e-reader, the books are
on your computer. Once you’ve saved the book to your computer plug the larger
USB end of your chord into a USB port on your computer and simply move the file
from the folder you created to your E-Reader/Documents/Books directory. Your
author will be happy you did when he/she sees his/her royalty statement.
Thanks
for visiting. Julie, Donna, & Rochelle
