It should be going out at the end of September.Summary: Micah Tuttle feels like he is doing nothing but trying these days-trying to get along with his Aunt Gertrudis, trying to help his Grandpa Ephraim who is dying, trying to complete a school project so that he won’t let his partner, Jenny Mendoza, down. I will have signed book plates and a special pre-order gift for you all soon! Pics to come. It makes a big difference for us authors when people do that. (PS - If you’ve pre-ordered the book, or you plan to, thank you so, so much. Thank you so much for coming with me to the circus the first time. They also feel so big to me! This book is a whopper for a middle grade novel at nearly 90k words, and I hope y’all will enjoy every single one of them. The ARCs arrived yesterday afternoon, and they are beautiful. I think, if you’ve ever felt the same, then you might like this book, too. As a kid reading Harry Potter I always wanted to spend more time exploring Diagon Alley or talking to the elves in the Hogwarts kitchens or finding secret passageways… I don’t know how many of you will feel the same way, but I’ve always been a reader who wants to sink deep into a fantasy world and imagine myself there. Which is something I really, really wanted to do.

Battles!Īnd we get to spend a lot of time exploring the nooks and crannies and inner workings of Circus Mirandus, too. The spectacular return of a certain villain you might remember. He’s dealing with the wonderfulness and the weirdness of being the only kid living at the circus. He’s learning a lot more about his magic and discovering that he’s a pretty impressive magician in his own right. This story has a big heart, like Circus Mirandus, but Micah’s finding his way to the other side of his grief. This is a book that answers those questions. It was closely focused on Micah, who was struggling to come to terms with Grandpa Ephraim’s illness, and there wasn’t room to introduce you to all of these interesting, kind, funny people from all over the world.Ī lot of readers have sent me letters asking: What’s it like to live at a magic circus? What else can Micah do with his knot-tying power? What happened to Victoria Starling? So many cool magicians just didn’t fit in the first book.

Y’all, I love the circus, and I’m so thrilled I finally, finally, finally get to show you around the place like I’ve always wanted to!!! For the past five years, I’ve had this entire world bubbling around in my head that nobody else could explore. You can scroll right on down, and I won’t even know about it!įor those of you who want to know a little bit more about the book: That’s the to-the-point version, for those of you who don’t want to read a wall of wildly-happy-author-enthusing right now. It’s coming out on October 1, and you can enter to win an ARC (advanced reader copy) at the bottom of this post! It’s probably my favorite thing I’ve ever written.

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