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The Purloined Boy reviewed in Gilbert Magazine

mortimus — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:49:10 +0000

The Purloined Boy was reviewed in the April/May 2010 edition of Gilbert Magazine, the official magazine of The American Chesterton Society.

Seeing as Mortimus and G. K. are old friends, Morty was immensely pleased by the insightful write up. To download a copy of the review, click here: Gilbert Review

To visit the website for Gilbert Magazine, click on this icon of G. K.’s visage:

Mortimus in Coventry, Connecticut

mortimus — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:13:19 +0000

Mortimus spoke to about 150 sixth graders in Coventry, Connecticut and had a great time. Lots of Morty fans with excellent questions. Thanks for the great time!

Morty

The Purloined Boy Wins the 2010 “IPPY” Gold Medal for Young Adult Fiction

mortimus — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:16:16 +0000

Finster Press is proud to announce that, The Purloined Boy has been awarded the Gold Medal (first place that is) for Juvenile/Young Adult Fiction.

Follow this link to learn more about the award and to see the winners in all the categories: http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1362

On another note — The Purloined Boy was recently called, “very competent” and a “jaunty outing” by Publishers Weekly.

The Purloined Boy is a Quarter-Finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition

mortimus — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:16:25 +0000

The Purloined Boy is in the running!

The contest is sponsored by Amazon, Publishers Weekly, and Penguin Books. There are two divisions: General Fiction and Young Adult and each division was open to 5,000 entries.

The first cut took place in February and 1,000 entries survived in each division. 250 Quarter-Finalists were announced March 23rd and The Purloined Boy was among them.

As part of the contest, the first chapter of the book is available for free for the Kindle and can be downloaded here: http://www.amazon.com/The-Purloined-Boy-ebook/dp/B003CV7SN6/ref=sr_1_382?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1269456725&sr=1-382

Morty

The Purloined Boy @ the Seattle Public Library

mortimus — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:26:38 +0000

The Purloined Boy is on the shelves of all six branches of the King County Library System (Seattle, Washington).

Click here to search the library’s catalog: www.kcls.org

Morty

The Purloined Boy @ the Dayton Metro Library

mortimus — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:40:33 +0000

The Purloined Boy is on the shelves of 9 branches of the Dayton Metro Library.

To visit the Dayton Metro Library follow this link: http://www.daytonmetrolibrary.org/

Morty

The Purloined Boy @ The Brooklyn Public Library

mortimus — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:19:56 +0000

The Purloined Boy is available at 17 branches of, The Brooklyn Public Library.

To search the catalog of, The Brooklyn Public Library simply go to this link: http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/

There are many libraries across the United States that now carry Mortimus Clay’s, The Purloined Boy. Each week mortimusclay.com will feature a library where you can take out Morty books!

More Fun at Nathan Hale

mortimus — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:17:42 +0000

Thanks to “Mr. C.” and “Mr. J.” and all the great kids at Nathan Hale Middle School for another fun visit!

Great Day at South Shore Christian Academy

mortimus — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:05:14 +0000

Had a great day at South Shore Christian Academy today in Weymouth, MA. (This is about 1/3 of the kids and teachers at the reading.) I enjoyed the questions and really appreciate the invitation. Thanks everyone. I hope you enjoy the book!

Morty

Fun Fan Mail

mortimus — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:48:04 +0000

One of the great things about being an author is the fan mail.

Here’s a fun letter that arrived recently. Here’s the text:

“Dear Mortimus Clay,

The book The Purloined Boy is a great, fun filled book. It has superior word choice, such as imbeciles, conspiracy, hefted and apprehend. I understood the story line perfectly.

I think my favorite part was when Zephyr allowed Trevor to escape from where the bogeys took him. This book made me keep reading because I wanted to find out if Trevor would ever escape from his captors. This was aninteresting book because I like reading about mysteries. My favorite character was Trevor, because he likes to figure things out, just like me.

I am planning to recommend this book to some of my classmates; I look forward to discussing the book with them when they complete it.

I can’t wait until your next book comes out. Can you please tell me when you publish it?

Sincerely, K. H. – Mrs. Brennan’s 5th grader, M. Elementary School”

Thanks K. H. — I’m looking forward to meeting you. I believe arrangements are being made for Morty to visit your school. I’m told there are about 150 -200 of your classmates that I’ll be with!

Morty