TombQuest is a New York Times Bestseller—and you rule the school!
Holy Nile crocodile, people: TombQuest made the New York Times bestseller list! And it didn’t waste any time, either: Book of the Dead debuted on the List of Lists, securing a perch at lucky number 13 after its first week of release. It spent two more weeks on the Middle Grade list for a grand total of… *gets out calculator* three weeks! It slipped off this week, but here’s hoping it will Rise Again—I mean, come on, everything else in the book does!
And where was I when I got the news? On the road of course. The first leg of TourQuest took me coast to Great Lake to coast, from NY/NJ/CT in the east to Chicagoland in the middle to Texas and California out west. Dozens of amazing school visits, thousands of enthusiastic kids, and half a dozen bookstore events: It was epic (and, OK, occasionally exhausting, but let’s concentrate on that epic part)! What’s that, you demand proof? Pictures or it didn’t happen? Fine! I admire your intellectual rigor—and boy howdy do I have pictures. Here are just a handful of them:
The sun rising over Connecticut (somewhere) during an early morning ride to two snowy school visits.
An auditorium of awesomeness at Skyline Elementary in California!
Epic fan mail from the amazing (and artistic) kids in Naperville, IL!
And back home for a room full of friendly (and familiar) faces at Books of Wonder in NYC!
What a tour, what a trip, what a start. I am happy and humbled by the reception Book 1: Book of the Dead has gotten so far and thrilled that all of this momentum is leading to Book 2: Amulet Keepers, a book I straight up love. Thanks to everyone who attended an event, bought a book, read a book, or just didn’t trip me as I stumbled blearily to my next destination. If you ruled any more, you’d be pharaohs.
Michael, how fantastic! Just got my copy…but my son is reading first. Congrats!
Thanks, Donna! It has been a really exciting launch so far. I hope you both enjoy the book!
So awesome! What a fun tour…looks like you have some die hard fans!
Thanks, Maria! Yes, the tour was amazing—great schools, great kids, great trip! And I’m doing it all again in April/May 😮