Mateo and the Gift of Presence

Tales by Moons-Light Series

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Pub Date 01 Sep 2017 | Archive Date 02 Nov 2017
Spinning Wheel Press | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles

Description

Laid-back Mateo Marino doesn’t brood about the past or worry about the future. Instead, he lives in the present moment, driving his high-achieving parents crazy. Mateo feels unseen and unappreciated, especially compared to his younger brother, Alex, who is perfect in their eyes. But everything changes when Mateo disappears through a mysterious crack in his bedroom ceiling and finds himself on a planet called Urth, 67,000 light years away.

A series of mind-blowing adventures follow, leading him deeper into the mystery and farther from home, where his desperate parents think he’s been abducted and an innocent man is charged with the crime. He learns that he has an amazing gift called Presence that his parents have overlooked in their zeal to cure his “laziness.”  But his gift has a dark side, too, that he discovers all too well when a terrible tragedy threatens to annihilate the very Urthling girl he befriends and feels duty bound to protect.

On the surface, Mateo and the Gift of Presence is a lighthearted science fiction adventure story that takes its readers on a romp across the galaxy to a planet with two moons and enormous tides, inhabited by lavender humanoids adapted for life by the sea. But the undercurrent is one of discovery and redemption, where a ten-year old boy, though an unexpected journey, finds a way to escape his parent’s stifling shadow and emerge into a future of his own choosing.

Laid-back Mateo Marino doesn’t brood about the past or worry about the future. Instead, he lives in the present moment, driving his high-achieving parents crazy. Mateo feels unseen and unappreciated...


A Note From the Publisher

Also available in ebook (ISBN: 9780997853230)

Also available in ebook (ISBN: 9780997853230)


Marketing Plan

Valuable, fun, creative way for children and adults to open up discussion and explore relationships in the family and with siblings. 

Creative opportunity to learn science and astronomy.

Extensive mom/teacher blogger campaign

Print media campaign for target markets – parents, teachers, science/astronomy enthusiasts

Extensive social media campaign for Spring - Fall

School library campaign through wholesaler ads

National childrens/school library and bookstore eblast campaign

Display at BEA and ALA

Valuable, fun, creative way for children and adults to open up discussion and explore relationships in the family and with siblings. 

Creative opportunity to learn science and astronomy.

Extensive...


Available Editions

EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9780997853209
PRICE $9.95 (USD)

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Featured Reviews

Mateo is a boy who is "unseen" by his parents and ends up finding himself in an alternate world where he can use his "Gift of Presence." He ultimately learns to use his gift to help create his future while touching the lives of those he cares about. A fun fantasy for middle readers with a big imagination.

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