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Author Archives: AJ Cattapan
Buy Angelhood, Get Two FREE Gifts!
Do you know someone who might enjoy Angelhood as a Christmas gift? (After all, it does have that It’s a Wonderful Life kind of vibe! 🙂 ) Buy Angelhood for someone you love this Christmas, and I’ll send you two … Continue reading
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Monday Book Review: The Caretaker’s Guide to Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
A couple years ago, I posted one of my Monday Book Reviews on Fablehaven by Brandon Mull. The book first came to my attention because it was reviewed in a newsletter by a bookseller who had (in that same issue) … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Fantasy, Middle Grade
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Win a FREE author visit to your classroom!
To celebrate Angelhood winning a 2015 Readers’ Favorite Book Award, I’m giving away one free author visit to a classroom in the Chicago area. Details and entry form are here. But hurry! Contest is only open until November 15, 2015! … Continue reading
Posted in Angelhood, Giveaway, Middle Grade, Reading, Speculative Fiction, Teaching
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Major Audiobook Giveaway!
Big News! We’ve got 5 (five!) copies of the audiobook version of Angelhood to give away! Five copies of my award-winning young adult novel Angelhood have just been released to be given away as prizes! To enter this contest, simply … Continue reading
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An Open Letter to Pope Francis on the World Meeting of Families and the Synod on the Family
Soon, Pope Francis will be in Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families, and then in October, he and bishops from around the world will meet in Rome for the Synod on the Family. There will probably be talk on … Continue reading
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8 Books to Engage Your Middle School Student this School Year
As an author and middle school English teacher, I get a lot of requests from parents about what books I might recommend to their children. Since the school I teach at started early this year, I’ve already been listening to … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Fantasy, Historical, Middle Grade, Mysteries, Reading, Speculative Fiction
Tagged book reviews, fantasy, middle grade books, middle school, mystery
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Angelhood Available on Audible!
Have you heard the news? Angelhood is now available on Audible! If you like to listen to books, you can now listen to an amazing recording of Angelhood. Voice-over artist Kaitlyn Radel does an amazing job of bringing seventeen-year-old guardian … Continue reading
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Homemade Tiramisu & Other Ways I Relax
In this week’s Spin Cycle, Ginny Marie is asking us to write about how we relax. One of my favorite ways to relax is to bake. And by bake, I don’t even necessarily mean “turn on the oven.” I mean … Continue reading
My Love/Hate Relationship with Social Media & Marketing
Since my book came out in April, I’ve been engaged in a lot (and I mean, A LOT) of social media marketing. In the past few weeks (since my return from the Italy/Spain trip), I’ve had some time to really … Continue reading
Posted in Marketing, Spin Cycle, Writing
Tagged Facebook, marketing, Pinterest, social media, Spin Cycle, Twitter, YouTube
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How to get tickets to the Pope’s General Audience
In this second in my series on helpful travel tips in Italy, I’m going to explain how to get tickets to see the Pope at his weekly General Audience. Before my trip, I had read conflicting advice on line. “It’s … Continue reading