Grady Whill and the Templeton Codex by Carole P. Roman

 

Calling all superhero fans! There's adventure to be had in Grady Whill and the Templeton Codex. Read an excerpt and then get to know author Carole P. Roman in a quick Q&A. Ask her more questions in the comments section before you download your own copy. Be sure to follow the tour for even more. Best of luck entering the giveaway!

Templeton Academy- the superhero high school is finally open!

The prestigious academy is recruiting the best of the best to enroll in its student body.

The school is as mysterious as it is exclusive.

Grady Whill thinks there is nothing special about him to make the grade.

However, his best friend, Aarush Patel has been selected and thinks Grady has the right stuff.

Even school bully Elwood Bledsoe is attending.

If Grady is fortunate enough to be picked, his guardian has forbidden him to attend.

Will a family secret prevent Grady from becoming the superhero he was destined to be?

Read an excerpt:

I’d like to say that life improved, but I’d be telling you a lie. Elwood Bledsoe continued to bully Aarush. While Aarush constantly cautioned me to rein in my reaction to him, I could not. It landed me in two more detentions, and the last one finally cost me my job at the supermarket where I bagged groceries.

“You’re coming for dinner,” Aarush informed me one afternoon.

I shook my head. “Can’t.”

Aarush neatly packed his brown bag with unfinished food and said, “You have to come over. You’re not working. Tonight they are announcing the winners of the Find My Power Essay on television. Devon Neely has to win. Imagine losing your sight and learning— ”

“Aarush, they’ll never accept a blind kid.”

“They took that girl Lydia,” he blurted.

They had indeed.

“She’s not blind,” he retorted.

I raised my eyebrow. She hardly looked like someone people expected to make it into the Temple. All I could recall was she seemed most unremarkable. Most of the kids who were accepted had a rare talent. They could run the fastest or do math without a pen or paper. I couldn’t remember what made her special.

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What group did you hang out with in high school? 

I did not hang out with a group. I was involved in student government and worked on many committees and groups. I had one friend that I was close with that we recently celebrated 61 years of friendship this year.

What are you passionate about these days? 

My family, my business, my books, and my newest venture, mediumship. Yes, I speak to dead people.

If you had to do your journey to getting published all over again, what would you do differently? 

I would not have stayed with the fancy NYC agent for two years.

Ebook or print? And why? 

Both. I like a book, but i understand the e book thing.

What is your favorite scene in this book? 

In the dinner scene when Grady struggled with happiness for his friend and the bite of jealousy. Aarush makes it into the special school, and Grady feels he has no chance. He is happy for Aarush, but fights the feeling of resentment and self-pity. I love this kid!!!!

Carole P. Roman is the award-winning author of over fifty children's books. Whether it's pirates, princesses, spies, or discovering the world around us, her books have enchanted educators, parents, and her diverse audience of children of all ages.

Her best-selling book, The Big Book of Silly Jokes for Kids: 800+ Jokes! has reached number one on Amazon in March of 2020 and has remained in the top 200 books since then.

She published Mindfulness for Kids with J. Robin Albertson-Wren.

Carole has co-authored two self-help books. Navigating Indieworld: A Beginners Guide to Self-Publishing and Marketing with Julie A. Gerber, and Marketing Indieworld with both Julie A. Gerber and Angela Hausman.

Roman is the CEO of a global transportation company, as well as a practicing medium.

She also writes adult fiction under the name Brit Lunden and has created an anthology of the mythical town of Bulwark, Georgia with a group of indie authors.

Writing is her passion and one of her favorite pastimes. Roman reinvents herself frequently, and her family calls her the 'mother of reinvention.' She resides on Long Island, near her children and grandchildren.

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