When you hear about authors being asked to blurb a. All the missing girls, is a crafty, twistybending mystery told in a very innovative way, backwards, like a countdown, leading up to the big climax. A book blurb should be a fair representation of the style of the book. Manchester book award 2008, sakura medal for middle school book 2008, bolton childrens book award 2007, carnegie medal nominee 2008 other.
Your book blurb must be wellwritten to get a readers attention. I enjoyed the book and recommend it but it is not at the level of her recent offerings. By day, clumsy panda po works faithfully in his familys noodle shop, but by night he dreams of becoming a true master of the martial arts. Split all double pages with gutters by selecting from the upper left corner to the bottom of the right of center guide, then crop. Also available as lined, narrow lined, fully lined half lined and editable a wide variety of options to. The problem may not lie with the book, but with the blurb.
When the book opens, shes 18 and headed for college in. Girl, missing is an englishlanguage ya thriller novel by sophie mckenzie, published in 2006 it won the 2007 bolton childrens book award, the 2008 manchester book award and the 2007 red house. This is so, because your eyes are used to the span of the printed book and it would be comfortable for you to read in exactly the same manner. All you have to do is provide me with some information and i will write one undeniably. The issue is that the cover size needs to be computed based on the book type, the number of pages, the type of paper, etc. The blurb is a promotional description, found on the back of the book. Yes, descent is an abductionsuspense story, and the girl at the center of it is a high school track star named caitlin courtland. After persuading her family to go on a holiday to a theme park in america. I read this book in 2 sittings as i was so excited to see what happened next. A set of literacy themed a4 page borders for children to use as a stimulus in their independent writing. Strikingly contemporary, norman fox mazers the missing girl, published in 2008, is at once a sensitive portrayal of a poor family of five sisters, and a breathtaking thriller, as one of them is. Claire douglas has written a thriller that you will not want to.
Girl, missing was a winner for the red house book award for older readers, as well as the bolton book award. The 5 core elements of a book blurb and why you should. Writing a book blurb is a little like online dating, i suppose. See more ideas about blurb book, scrapbook page layouts and scrapbooking layouts. Sophie mckenzie on developing the characters in girl, missing and. A useful worksheet to help your children understand book blurbs and help them write their own. Girl, missing is an englishlanguage ya thriller novel by sophie mckenzie, published in 2006. After saving, undo the crop and repeat selecting from the upper. Blurb booksmart is a free application with which you can make an entire book manually or using the assistant tool. The plugin also includes an export preset that ensures the pdf file you upload to blurb is properly configured. Some like me, will stay up till midnight reading it, others will want to stay on. It uses twilight as an example, but dont hold that against me.
Lauren is adopted and eager to know more about her. I no longer want my book sold online through blurb i am going to create space and blurb will not take it off the online sites. Create a blurb book using scribus stuff i dont have. In the book you get to follow lauren and her friend jam on a dangerous trip trying to find out about laurens past. Once a readers interest has been whetted by the title and cover, theyll glance at the book description, the so. This will only confuse the generator and cause you to have a notsoeasy time.
Writing a book blurb for your back cover, and other promotional uses, is one of the hardest steps for many authors. Girl, missing by sophie mckenzie 97808570743paperback. Blurb book border template classroom resource twinkl. Blurb creators can also sell their books via the blurb. Include your babys ultrasound images in your newborn album, great layout and easy to use. Open your exported pdf book files to see how your book will print. Blurb distinct from the back book cover blurb is this 12 line endorsement of a book by a celebrity or another author that sits on the books front cover. I have received books printed upside down, pages missing, dark pictures. I wanted to print a photo book with blurb for a long time, and finally ordered my first blurb photo book in. Youve snagged a prospective date by your alluring cover, so now youve got to show theres more than just surface appeal. How to write the perfect blurb examples, formula, opening. The template creator plugin is available for both mac and windows in versions. This articles plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.
This is a fun and great resource to use with any class. Gerritsen writes that girl missing was her transition book, written as she moved from writing romance to thrillers. I really like this book because its very fast paced and thrilling. In this post, we tell you how to write a book blurb in five easy steps. Girl, missing by sophie mckenzie what if everything you thought you knew about your life was a lie.
When nicolette farrell gets a phone call from her brother. Touching on areas such as difficult relationships with parents, kidnapping and adoption, along with a compelling and highspeed plot, romance. How to create a back book cover blurb that sells i just published a guest post which goes into this with some examples. Its also where twentyoneyearold sophie collier vanished eighteen years ago. Its safe to say that a wellwritten blurb is absolutely essential to your poetry books overall success and reputation. She has worked as a journalist and a magazine editor, and now writes full time.
Im which case i am a perfect example of why you should never judge a book by its cover. Girl, missing is a thriller novel written by sophie mckenzie. Girl, missing and over 8 million other books are available for amazon kindle. Make sure not to use a preformatted version from your word doc. Try out various shapes or sizes until you find one with which. Girl, missing by sophie mckenzie overdrive rakuten. Fastpaced and thrilling throughout, sophie mckenzies girl, missing is a totally addictive read with an engrossing plot. They do have indesign templates, which is the more appropriate tool for doing this. All books are stored locally on the computer you originally used to create the book. Sophie mckenzie was born and brought up in london, where she still lives with her teenage son.
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