She wants the ring and she wants it bad!
The Gimmal Ring
by Karen Koski
Genres: Urban Fantasy / Adventure / Middle Grade
Page count: 124
Synopsis
Gwendolyn Gimmal desperately wants an invitation to the mysterious Gimmal Gala where her family’s coveted ring is bestowed upon new inductees. It’s not that she particularly likes bling, but because she knows it will unlock exciting secrets and reveal what she believes will be her true life’s path. Her younger brother, Gage, also wants to attend the party, but mostly for the food.
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Exclusive Excerpt
Gage was still trying to figure out how he felt about going away to camp. His dad thought it would be good for him to get out of the house this summer and have an adventure, but he got all the adventure he needed hanging out in the garage with Uncle Stan. He liked magic tricks well enough, he guessed, he just didn’t understand the trick part of it. For example, last week, Grandpa Gimmal had turned three cups upside down on a table, while Gage looked away.
“Now tell me which one the coin is under,” he had said, with excitement.
As soon as Gage had looked at the cups he could see it was under the middle one. Grandpa hid the coin several more times and each time Gage would see where it was. Where was the trick in that? Gage wondered, but then Grandpa said the strangest thing.
“Great job my boy. I always knew you would be able to do this eventually. I just didn’t think it would start so young.”
Then another strange thing happened. His sister Gwen came in. She was strange but that wasn’t the strangest part. Grandpa had asked her to find the coin, but she kept getting it wrong! She was supposed to be the smart one, with all her advanced classes and stuff, blah, blah, blah. Every few tries she would get ‘lucky’, as she called it, and pick the right cup. Then she would clap her hands looking all pleased. Okay, that was strange, too. She could be such a geek sometimes. The coin was right there in front of her. He wondered if everyone at magic camp would be able to see the coin too. What had Grandpa Gimmal meant by ‘start so young’? What started so young and how come he missed it? Grandpa seemed so pleased with Gage that he didn’t want to spoil his good mood, so Gage kept his questions to himself. If it made his grandfather happy to believe Gage was the only one who could see the coin, he would play along. He didn’t want to be the one to spoil the fun, but he wasn’t a baby anymore. He was a man of nine. Soon he would be driving a car and shaving, with a real blade. Maybe he would have a man-to-grandpa talk and let him down easy.
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Author Karen Koski
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This book sounds like so much fun and that cover is amazing! It it telling a story all of its own. Thanks for sharing this one. I will definitely add it to my MG tbr. 🙂
It does sound fun. And that cover is exciting and funny!
Tele Potti, lol! That’s a new one😁
LOl It sure is!
Very unique cover. Like it.
I keep going back to it. There;s a lot to see!
This sounds like a fun book! I like the cover, too.
It does sound like quite the fun adventure:)
This sounds intriguing!
Sounds like a whole lot of fun for me!
Thank you for sharing!
I’m always happy to share:)
I’m looking forward to reading this story. Thank you for the giveaway!
I hope to read it too:)
Sounds like a good story!
Mary
It does sound like a lot of fun!