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by Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez | December 1, 2020 · 5:00 am

Casey Grimes at Trickery School Release Blitz

Casey Grimes Book 2

Middle Grade Fantasy

Published Date: November 13, 2020

Publisher: INtense Publications LLC

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Twelve-year-old Casey Grimes almost died fighting the Butcher Beasts. On
the bright side, he’s no longer invisible. Even better, he’s
enrolled at Trickery School in the heart of Sylvan Woods—a secret
forest society in charge of keeping monsters out of the suburbs.

The campus is gorgeous, the classes are crazy, and Casey and his little
sister Gloria have good friends: Luci and Robert and Jake. But Casey quickly
realizes he has bigger problems than surviving Land Creature Defense and
Extreme Climbing.

Magic is causing controversy at Trickery. It’s back on the curriculum
after a hundred years and everyone knows Casey is responsible. Even worse,
someone is out to get him, someone more cunning than a Bog Creep or Hyena
Toad.

As the shadow enemy closes in, Casey races to discover why he’s being
targeted. Solving the deadly mystery will take all the courage and tenacity
he’s got.

About the Author

AJ Vanderhorst has had many jobs, including journalist, paramedic, escape
artist, and baby whisperer. One time in fifth grade, he built a
traffic-stopping fort in a huge oak tree, using only branches and
imagination, and slept there for a week.

Now he and his wife live in a woodsy house with their proteges and a
ridiculous number of pets, including a turtle with a taste for human toes.
This makes AJ an expert on wild, dangerous things—invisibility spells,
butcher beasts, hungry kids, you get the idea.

He is the only author in the world who enjoys pickup basketball and
enormous bonfires, preferably not at the same time. He and his family have
drawn up several blueprints for their future tree castle. Visit AJ online at
ajvanderhorst.com.

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by Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez | May 7, 2020 · 11:08 am

Casey Grimes: The Mostly Invisible Boy Tour

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Middle-Grade Fantasy

Published Date: 4-25-20

Publisher: INtense Publications LLC

Eleven-year-old Casey Grimes is invisible. Really. When he leaves suburbia and infiltrates a secret forest society, he can finally be seen—but Sylvan Woods hates outsiders as much as it loves killing monsters. As Butcher Beasts invade, his flimsy cover story falls apart, and courage is his only chance to belong.

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They pulled out the picnic basket. Casey spread the tablecloth and loaded it with plates and glasses. Gloria set a checkers game on one side. By the time Casey was done unpacking, she’d weighed each corner of the blanket down with a smooth black stone.
“Where’d you find the climbing weights?” He poured lemonade.
“In the closet.” Gloria fitted an apple slice into her mouth so she had a one-piece smile trimmed with red.
Casey smiled back. “With the picnic stuff?”
She chewed up her smile and swallowed it. “No, the other closet.”
“What other…” He tried to stop, but it was too late.
“Ooh.” Gloria raised her eyebrows. “You didn’t know about that, did you?”
“Darn it,” Casey said. “How many closets does this tree have?”
Gloria’s closet was well organized. Ropes and harnesses hung from hooks in the ceiling. Rows of climbing weights lined a wall. Drawers contained carabiners, O-rings, and boxes of chalk. On the final wall…
Casey’s shoulders twitched.
Swords. Spears. Bright, oddly-shaped weapons. Cold traced his spine as he took a spiky mace down from the wall. “This is unbelievable,” he said. “Feels totally real. Heavy…and, ouch! Sharp points—these are real.” He put the barbed club down and sucked one finger.

About the Author

AJ Vanderhorst has had many jobs, including journalist, paramedic, escape artist, and baby whisperer. One time in fifth grade, he built a traffic-stopping fort in a huge oak tree, using only branches and imagination, and slept there for a week.

Now he and his wife live in a woodsy house with their six proteges and a ridiculous number of pets, including a turtle with a taste for human toes. This makes AJ an expert on wild, dangerous things—invisibility spells, butcher beasts, hungry kids, you get the idea.

He is the only author in the world who enjoys pickup basketball and enormous bonfires, preferably not at the same time. He and his family have drawn up several blueprints for their future tree castle. Visit AJ online at ajvanderhorst.com.

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by Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez | April 24, 2020 · 5:00 am

Casey Grimes: The Mostly Invisible Boy Blitz

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Middle-Grade Fantasy

Published Date: 4-25-20

Publisher: INtense Publications LLC

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About the Author

AJ Vanderhorst has had many jobs, including journalist, paramedic, escape artist, and baby whisperer. One time in fifth grade, he built a traffic-stopping fort in a huge oak tree, using only branches and imagination, and slept there for a week.

He is the only author in the world who enjoys pickup basketball and enormous bonfires, preferably not at the same time. He and his family have drawn up several blueprints for their future tree castle. Visit AJ online at ajvanderhorst.com.

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