DREAM BOY © In this romantic contemporary fantasy, American teen-hood meets mystic folklore.
9781402295836©July
2014©Young Adult©Trade
Paper
Like the small southern town where it's set, Dream Boy is edged by wilderness, mysticism and mystery. The bottle tree on the cover perfectly captures the novel's mix of dream and nightmare.
So what is a bottle tree?
Simply
put, it's an ancient folk-magic practice intended to capture evil
spirits. Southerners adapted the tradition—outfitting tree limbs with
colored bottles.
In
Dream Boy, the bottle tree creates a connection point between the real world and what lies beyond.
“We
were beyond excited with how the cover turned out,” says Mary Crockett.
“It was a serious thrill to see something from our imaginations become
real. And not only real,
but gorgeous.”
Madelyn
Rosenberg agrees, “We're lucky we had such excellent people working on
it—with designer Eileen Carey and Sourcebooks creative services manager
Adrienne Krogh at
the top of the list.”
Author Bio:
Mary
Crockett is author of several award-winning books of poetry and
co-author of a history of Salem, Virginia, her hometown. Mary taught
writing at Roanoke College
and served as director of the Salem Museum. She now lives with her
family in an old house along Virginia's Wilderness Road.
Madelyn
Rosenberg grew up 32 miles away in Blacksburg, Va. She spent a decade
as a newspaper reporter before she began writing fiction. Her books
include The Schmutzy
Family and Canary in the Coal Mine. She lives with her family in
Arlington.
Mary and Madelyn first met about 15 years ago co-teaching a creative writing class for teens.
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Thanks so much for helping us celebrate our cover reveal! Much appreciated!
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