Friday, May 6, 2011

YA Indie Spotlight: A. J. Braithwaite


Hi Everyone!

Today I'm pleased to have A. J. Braithwaite on the blog. A. J. is promoting her YA realistic contemporary novel The Roman and the Runaway.



SUMMARY

Having a good family friend as your headmaster might sound ideal, but Luke Brownlow soon finds that it just makes life even more complicated.

In with the wrong crowd at school, Luke is falling behind in his work. His parents take drastic action: banning him from seeing his friends making him change schools. Luke falls out with his family completely and escapes from them by forming a friendship with their neighbour, Ned Kelly.

Luke's plans to get expelled from his new school have to be reassessed when he discovers that his new headmaster is the neighbour he has been getting to know over the summer. The actions of an antagonistic fellow student and the arrival of a runaway teenage girl make it harder to avoid confrontations with Ned than Luke had hoped. By the end of the school year he is in imminent danger of expulsion and is sure that he has lost the respect of the man he most admires.

RATING: PG-13 for minor language

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Englishwoman, now living in Canada. Jill of all trades, self-sufficiency zealot, herder of hens and grower of vegetables.

You can keep up with A. J.'s latest news here.

The Roman and the Runaway is priced at $.99 and can be purchased for Kindle.
 
KK