Welcome to my stop on the NBtM Virtual Book Tour for The Frights of Fiji by Sunayna Prasad. The book tour was organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. On my stop, I have an excerpt for you as well as a guest post. There's also a tour wide giveaway for your chance to win a $25 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card. Be sure to visit the other stops on the tour for more excerpts, guest posts, reviews, and more. Enjoy!
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Series: Alyssa McCarthy's Magical Missions, Book 1
Author: Sunsayna Prasad
Publisher: S.A. Prasad Publishing
Publisher: S.A. Prasad Publishing
Genre: Middle-Grade Fantasy
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A world of magic and adventure awaits…
Sent to live with her strict, aloof, and uncaring uncle after her parents are killed in a car accident, twelve-year-old orphan Alyssa McCarthy longs for the life she used to have—one filled with fun and love. Then one stormy night, a message appears in the raindrops on the window that will change everything.
"Your life will never be the same again, as magic will interfere."
Before long, Alyssa is kidnapped by Master Beau, a banished sorcerer with a mysterious connection to her who can only regain his power by weakening hers. Suddenly hurled into a world of wizardry filled with fantastical beasts and marvelous technology beyond her wildest imagination, Alyssa must defeat Master Beau if she ever wants to get home again. But Master Beau will stop at nothing, including using Alyssa’s friends, to ensure he is triumphant.
Originally titled "From Frights to Flaws", this story is the exciting and enchanting first book in the "Magical Missions" series.
**The eBook is free!**
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EXCERPT:
About a half hour had gone by, and footsteps thumped down the stairs. Alyssa figured out that Mathias had returned via his flying tube since Isabelle had said that he owned one too. Alyssa turned to the staircase and watched him carry a small cage with about six or seven mice. They had white fur with patches of green, purple, red, and blue. Mathias also carried a bag of silver, gold, copper, metallic green, red, and blue fronds.
He entered the living room and sat on one of the couch chairs. He placed the cage on the carpet. But Isabelle bent her eyebrows. “Mathias, don’t put them on the carpet. They’re going to—”
“Isabelle, it’s okay. They’re in a cage.”
“Still, they’re filthy wild animals, and they could get my clean carpet dirty.”
“Oh, Isabelle, stop being such a neat freak,” said Mathias.
“No.” Isabelle turned to Simon, who sat on the other couch chair and listened to his WiPod. “Simon, can you track the snake, please?”
Simon took out his earbuds. “What did you want me track? I didn’t get that.”
Isabelle repeated herself, and Simon made his tablet appear. Alyssa watched him press it; he probably programmed a way to track the snake.
“Simon, how far away is the snake?” asked Alyssa.
“Erm . . . about a hundred feet away,” he replied.
“Oh my god,” moaned Alyssa.
“Let’s go,” said Isabelle.
Alyssa’s stomach hardened as she walked up the stairs. She could even feel her heart throb through her throat. She hurried her breathing and followed everyone else out of the tent.
Alyssa stepped onto the sand and saw something move. She gasped, her muscles constricting to her bones. Her hands shook and cooled down despite the burning sun. Tingles spread through her toes and fingers and expanded to the rest of her body. She whined through her contracted throat. She wished that what she saw was just a mirage. But the smell of the ash hanging in the air revealed to her that she didn’t just see things—the snake drew nearer.
It opened its jaw, exhaling light gray ash. It stuck out its pointy black tongue and pushed its head toward Alyssa, and she coughed. But it sped up its slithering. Alyssa screamed and spun around. She dashed along the beach, and her feet sped up, thus kicking the backs of her legs.
“Alyssa, get back here!” yelled Mathias. “I can’t disappear holding the cage or mice! It’s impossible doing both!”
But Alyssa continued to sprint across the beach. Sand streamed into her sneakers. Sweat even trickled into the neckline of her shirt and her legs.
Something scaly slapped her legs. She flew into the air and screamed. Her body fought against the direction of the breeze, and she landed on her butt.
She moaned and quickened up breaths through her gritted teeth. The snake continued to slither and release ash. Shrieking, Alyssa bolted up and turned around. She headed into the rainforest.
Facing vines, twigs, trees, bushes, and fronds, Alyssa found her way around them. Her legs ached from all the different movements she made. She ran sideways from a tree, jumped over a couple of twigs and vines, and zigzagged around trees and bushes. A trail even lay in front of her.
Alyssa’s thin legs and body kept her energy going, but her legs felt like they’d been clogged with broken cobblestones. The snake kept chasing her, though.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Sunayna Prasad enjoys writing fantasy books for children, as well as cooking, creating artwork, watching online videos, and blogging. She has also written The Frights of Fiji, formerly titled as From Frights to Flaws. She is passionate about modern life, fantasy, and world-building. Aside from her website, she also has a blog about different creative and entertaining topics, including fiction and writing, called “Sunayna Prasad’s Blog”.
Sunayna has graduated from college in May 2017. She lives in Long Island, NY.
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GUEST POST:
If I had magical powers, I don’t know exactly what I would do. But I do know what I would rather not do. One is to become invisible. Yes, being invisible sounds like a child’s dream, but it would be very dangerous, especially on the road. If you can’t be seen, you could get hurt—and badly.
Another power I would never want is to fly. That’s another kid’s dream that would not only be perilous, but also frightening.
Regardless of what I would never desire, I do think the idea of bringing your drawings or ideas to life would be my ideal enchanted power.
When I was little, I fantasized so much, I lied about things I didn’t have. And people figured that out very easily. I fibbed about living on a farm in 4th grade and wished for a computer that would bring anything on it out and to life. I don’t know if I would long for that now. Probably not.
But I have imagined my stories as videos of live people who look exactly like how I envision my characters. It would be neat to bring them to life magically without too much effort.
The inspirations include certain channels on YouTube that do rap battles, top picks of different elements of various franchises, and much more. After all, what writer wouldn’t dream of seeing their ideas on the screen the exact ways he or she pictured them?
What other magical ability would I have? Perhaps, I would make all technology waterproof and harder for them to break or malfunction.
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GIVEAWAY:
Sunayna Prasad will be awarding a $25 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter after the tour. To increase your chance of winning, leave a comment at a different stop on the tour each day. Good luck!
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ReplyDeleteA bus counselor - I was 14 at the time.
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ReplyDeleteToo many to name.
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ReplyDeleteThe world-building and extra options to create original ideas. Also, magic.
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ReplyDeleteChefs. I love cooking, but the highlight of that class was trying new things.
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ReplyDeleteDifferent thoughts, sometimes ideas on my stories.
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ReplyDeleteBroccoli. I like to top it on my pizza.
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