Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.
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My Teaser for today is from
The Gates
Samuel Johnson VS. the Devil #1
by John Connolly
Genre: YA Fantasy/Supernatural
Teaser #1 from page 36
“I won’t help you,” said Mr. Abernathy. “You can’t make me.”
The woman laughed. “We don’t want your help,” she said. “We just want your body.”
Teaser #2 from page 70
First she would find out what Samuel Johnson knew. If he had been a naughty boy, one who had been sticking his nose in where he had no business sticking it, he would have to be dealt with.
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I was browsing for books in my favorite used book store when the cover art for this just jumped out at me. Then I read the book flap and knew I had to read this.
I’m having a great time and will be sure to review it for ya!
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Book Description:
Young Samuel Johnson and his dachshund, Boswell, are trying to show initiative by trick-or-treating a full three days before Halloween which is how they come to witness strange goings-on at 666 Crowley Road. The Abernathys don’t mean any harm by their flirtation with the underworld, but when they unknowingly call forth Satan himself, they create a gap in the universe. A gap in which a pair of enormous gates is visible. The gates to Hell. And there are some pretty terrifying beings just itching to get out…
Can one small boy defeat evil? Can he harness the power of science, faith, and love to save the world as we know it?
Bursting with imagination, The Gates is about the pull between good and evil, physics and fantasy. It is about a quirky and eccentric boy who is impossible not to love, and the unlikely cast of characters who give him the strength to stand up to a demonic power.
John Connolly manages to re-create the magical and scary world of childhood that we’ve all left behind but so love to visit. And for those of you who thought you knew everything you could about particle physics and the universe, think again. This novel makes anything seem possible.
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