Cover Reveal For Our Next Book, Legend of Monster Island

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Tween the Weekends is a monthly feature hosted on Emblazon. This is an opportunity for writers and readers to promote tween literature, that age bracket squashed between middle grade and young adult.”

This month I’m excited to reveal the cover of our upcoming title, Legend of Monster Island, Book 3 in the Monster Moon Mystery series by BBH McChiller (Lynn Kelley and Kathryn Sant).

Legend of Monster Island, Monster Moon Mysteries, Book 3, BBH McChiller, Lynn Kelley Author, Mikey Brooks

Cover for Legend of Monster Island,
Book 3 in the Monster Moon Mystery series.
Illustrated by Mikey Brooks

AJ Zantony and friends, the Zombuddies, are sucked into sea monster lore when creepy sea creatures invade the toilets of Craggy Cove. Their search for answers lands them on a small deserted island off the coast where they become stranded when a light rain turns into a monster storm. The friends take refuge in a rocky cave, which turns out to be the lair of a very angry sea monster.

Target release date is Fall 2013. Look for Legend of Monster Island soon.

Kathy and I are so pleased with the work of Mikey Brooks, our awesome Monster Island illustrator. He not only captured the essence of the book, but he also designed this cover in a style that complements the covers of the first two books.

side by side

Here are all three covers. I think they’ll look great side-by-side on a shelf!

If you’d like to know more about BBH McChiller, go here.

Here’s the skinny on our illustrator:

Mikey Brooks, Author, Illustrator

Mikey Brooks is a small child masquerading as an adult. On occasion you’ll find him dancing the funky chicken, singing like a banshee, and pretending to have never grown up. He is the author/illustrator of several books including the bestselling ABC ADVENTURES: MAGICAL CREATURES and BEAN’S DRAGONS, as well as the author of the middle-grade fantasy-adventure novel, THE DREAM KEEPER. He spends most of his time playing with his daughters and working as a freelance illustrator. Mikey has a BS degree in Creative Writing from Utah State University. He is also one of the hosts of the Authors’ Think Tank Podcast

You can find out more about him on his website at: www.insidemikeysworld.com.

Thanks, Mikey!

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28 Responses to Cover Reveal For Our Next Book, Legend of Monster Island

  1. Woohoo!! So exciting! What a fabulous cover.

  2. Steve Attkisson says:

    The cover looks snappy. I’m looking forward to reading the inside. Books #1 and #2 were exciting, definite page turners.

  3. Rhonda Hopkins says:

    Love the new cover! Actually – all the covers are awesome! 🙂

  4. Love the cover! Yikes I’d better hurry up and read the second one.

  5. Looks great, Lynn! Nice theme running through all of the covers.

  6. Alan Tucker says:

    Awesome! Fabulous job, Mikey!

  7. Congrats, Lynn. Great cover. All of them are sure to draw the eyes and interest. Good wishes for many sales.

  8. Lisa Orchard says:

    Love this cover Lynn! I love them all actually. 🙂 This looks like a great series and Mikey did an awesome job on the covers! Congrats and good luck to you on your writing career!

  9. I love it! I want it! I need it! Outstanding job, Mikey! Best wishes, Lynn!

  10. Congrats on the upcoming release – the cover looks fantastic!

  11. Hi, Lynn,
    Congrats on the new book. I hope it does well, and yes, the cover does go well with the other two.

  12. Candilynn says:

    Love, love, love the cover!!! Wowza. 🙂

  13. Patricia says:

    What an exciting series. I love the covers.

    Creepy monsters invading toilets? Who wouldn’t want to read about that?

    Patricia Rickrode
    w/a Jansen Schmidt

  14. Suzanne Warr says:

    Very nice! And I love ‘zombuddies!’ 😀

  15. Awesome, Lynn! Yay! So exciting. 🙂

  16. Diana Beebe says:

    I love the cover! Congratulations!

  17. Yvette Carol says:

    Wow, Lynn and Kathy, that cover is fantastic. Mikey obviously knows his stuff. It looks awesome. And I can see kids rushing to grab this off the shelf in droves!! Yay, so happy for you 🙂

  18. Lynn Kelley says:

    Thank you, thank you, thank you, each of you for these awesome comments. I’ve had some issues to deal with since I published this post and haven’t had a chance to reply to your comments or visit your blogs. Rest assured, I will get to that as soon as I can. Still dealing with schtuff.

  19. Nas says:

    So exciting! Congratulations Lynn! Love the covers!

  20. AACCK! I just remembered I was going to blog about the teacher/librarian contest. *sigh* This brought that to my head. I am so sorry bestie! I owe you big time. Whatever it is. Just tell me and I’ll blog it for you. I guess I’ve just had so much on me. But no excuse!

    And I love cover reveals. This one is FANTABULOUS! By crikey, we love Mikey!!!!!

  21. Sounds like a wonderfully spooky series! And yes, I do love cover reveals =)

  22. Congrats, Lynn! The covers all look great and very consistent! Sounds like an exciting series! 🙂 Best of luck!

  23. That cover blew me away! I loved it. And I love your new site, Lynn. It’s beautiful. I’m back from a much needed break, and this is a real treat to be here today.

  24. The three books do look great together, Lynn! Great news on the upcoming release, too – you just keep on powering on! 🙂

  25. Nutschell says:

    ACCCH!! The 3rd book is out???? Awesomesauce!!! Why didn’t you tell me?!! Oh this is great, congrats LYnn!

    Nutschell
    http://www.thewritingnut.com

  26. Congrats on the new book, Lynn!

  27. Kids are going to grab these. The covers are exactly right.

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