Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now

It’s a fine thing when friends and family say they like your book. That fine feeling gets better—excellent, let’s say—when a publisher says, “We think we can make money with your book.”

Now the opinions on The Booker Rebellion have begun to arrive. Somebody hand me a cool drink and a fan.

Snippets:

There’s a moment early in The Booker Rebellion where Jack spots a raven in the driveway and has to decide whether to hit it with a rock. He doesn’t, because ravens remember faces and hold grudges for years, and he doesn’t want one waiting for him every day after this. It’s a throwaway beat, thirty seconds of page time, and it tells you everything about how carefully Susan Palmer has built this family’s relationship with the land they live on.—Los Angeles Book Review

This is a confident, well-built adventure that doesn’t condescend to the kids reading it or insult the adults reading alongside them. I would recommend The Booker Rebellion to readers who liked Hatchet and want something with a body count and a working knowledge of Sun Tzu.—Chicago Book Review

A suspenseful wilderness adventure with young heroes worth rooting for.—Kirkus Reviews

Launch date is November 20. Maybe my pulse will return to normal by then.