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    The Orphan of Torundi. J.L. McCreedy

    The Orphan of Torundi. J.L. McCreedyThe Orphan of Torundi, by J. L. McCreedy.

    About The Orphan of Torundi

    Publisher’s Synopsis: To find the truth, she must first uncover the lie ….

    Orphaned as an infant, Sam is raised by a pharmaceutical research mission in the rain forest of Torundi. She wields a mean machete, makes soap from candlenuts and is a fairly astute amateur entomologist. You know, the normal stuff. But a month before her seventeenth birthday, she is exiled to an American boarding school in Malaysia.

    Armed with little more than her unusual upbringing and church-lady clothes, Sam must contend with her new existence as the world’s most socially unprepared high school senior. Well that’s just fine. Because Sam is determined to solve the mystery behind her banishment and return home tout de suite.

    But when she discovers the unthinkable – that her banishment is tied to an enigmatic corporation with illicit designs on Torundi – she realizes the real mystery she must uncover is … why? Soon, Sam is caught in a whirlwind of intrigue, danger and greed. As she chases this thread of truth to its end, she unravels a plot that threatens her beloved Torundi, her trust in the boy she has grown to love and her own existence.

    Blending espionage elements akin to The Bourne Identity with those high-school-awkward-moments (hey, it could happen), THE ORPHAN OF TORUNDI is a quirky, cross-cultural tale of romance, self-discovery and adventure.

    Ages 15+ | Publisher: Penelope Pipp Publishing | November 2014 | ISBN-13: 978-0-9882369-2-9

    About the Author

    J.L. McCreedy was born in New Jersey, grew up in Indonesia and Malaysia, graduated law school in Mississippi and currently lives in Borneo. She is also the author of LIBERTY FRYE AND THE WITCHES OF HESSEN and THE ORPHAN OF TORUNDI.

    Please visit her at www.tongatime.com.

    Read The Children’s Book Review’s full review of The Orphan of Torundi.

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    Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.

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      Congratulations to Christa L., Daniel M., and Lance S.! You are the 3 winners of this great book giveaway. A copy will be on its way to you all very soon. Enjoy!

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