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The Adventures of Princess Firecracker and Sir Hye Oye
On the morning of her 12th birthday Princess Firecracker wakes in her castle. Aside from her talking cat Sir Hye Oye, she is alone. Like all royalty before her she is to go on a journey through her kingdom and find her family; in only three days’ time. She must make the trip relying on her wits and charismatic personality. Along the way she faces many trials and meets a host of colorful characters, some who offer help and others who do not. In the end she learns much more about herself than she knew before.
Cover art is copy right: Ella Aleschenko from Shutterstock
Inside Pages are Illustrated by Katie Vance
Cover art is copy right: Ella Aleschenko from Shutterstock
Inside Pages are Illustrated by Katie Vance
40 pages, Paperback
First published October 25, 2016
176 people want to read
About the author
Renee Lake
14 books129 followersRenee Lake is a 39-year-old Puerto Rican from Utah.
Renee has four children.
She is married to a fellow book lover and their house has more bookshelves than anything else.
Renee loves bats halloween, dinosaurs and is passionate about women's reproductive rights and equality.
As a small child, she wanted to be a vampire more than a princess and filled notebooks and old floppy disks with stories. She prefers to lend a dark tinge to her writing.
Her stupid super-hero power is the ability to hear a song once and be able to sing it back.
When she's not taming crazy kids or working full time she is writing. You can also find her exploring the wilds of Thedas or shopping at the Citadel.
She has several novels for sale through Smashwords and amazon.com. Some under her maiden name: Renee Travis
Her newest novel The Infested will be released Oct 2023 from Hansen House
You can see more of her flash fiction soon at Spider Road Press and Nightingale and Sparrow.
Renee has four children.
She is married to a fellow book lover and their house has more bookshelves than anything else.
Renee loves bats halloween, dinosaurs and is passionate about women's reproductive rights and equality.
As a small child, she wanted to be a vampire more than a princess and filled notebooks and old floppy disks with stories. She prefers to lend a dark tinge to her writing.
Her stupid super-hero power is the ability to hear a song once and be able to sing it back.
When she's not taming crazy kids or working full time she is writing. You can also find her exploring the wilds of Thedas or shopping at the Citadel.
She has several novels for sale through Smashwords and amazon.com. Some under her maiden name: Renee Travis
Her newest novel The Infested will be released Oct 2023 from Hansen House
You can see more of her flash fiction soon at Spider Road Press and Nightingale and Sparrow.
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October 12, 2016
Book Title: The Adventures of Princess Firecracker and Sir Hye Oye
Book Authors: Renee Lake
Illustrator: Katie Vance
Source: Received an ARC copy from the author for an honest review.
Rating: 5 stars
This is a great children’s book! It is about 30 pages long with illustrations! Perfect for kids because kids love illustrations. The illustrations are cute and help the story.
Princess Firecracker turned 12 years old, which is a big deal for her family because now she has to prove herself as a worthy princess. She takes her trusty companion (a talking cat) by the name of Sir Hye Oye on her quest set by her parents. I love it when there are talking cats, especially if they act like Sir did in the story.
I liked the names of the places. Really imaginative and perfect for the middle grade genre. It was fun reading about the small interactions between the people and the princess.
A fun, great read for all ages.
Comes out October 25, 2016
Book Authors: Renee Lake
Illustrator: Katie Vance
Source: Received an ARC copy from the author for an honest review.
Rating: 5 stars
This is a great children’s book! It is about 30 pages long with illustrations! Perfect for kids because kids love illustrations. The illustrations are cute and help the story.
Princess Firecracker turned 12 years old, which is a big deal for her family because now she has to prove herself as a worthy princess. She takes her trusty companion (a talking cat) by the name of Sir Hye Oye on her quest set by her parents. I love it when there are talking cats, especially if they act like Sir did in the story.
I liked the names of the places. Really imaginative and perfect for the middle grade genre. It was fun reading about the small interactions between the people and the princess.
A fun, great read for all ages.
Comes out October 25, 2016
October 19, 2016
A young princess is set a challenge by her parents.
I thought this was an engaging short fable - it reminded me of 'The Little Prince'. The characters and central moral theme of the story were strong and even though it was short (around 5,500 words) it was still thought provoking.
My 4 star rating is based on the illustrations (which besides the cover didn't grab me) and the limited development of the characters and plot (the flipside of the short punchy nature of the book, which was one of its strengths).
Definitely worth a look if you enjoy short fables or want a story read to / with a young child.
I thought this was an engaging short fable - it reminded me of 'The Little Prince'. The characters and central moral theme of the story were strong and even though it was short (around 5,500 words) it was still thought provoking.
My 4 star rating is based on the illustrations (which besides the cover didn't grab me) and the limited development of the characters and plot (the flipside of the short punchy nature of the book, which was one of its strengths).
Definitely worth a look if you enjoy short fables or want a story read to / with a young child.
September 2, 2016
My first children's (middle grade fiction) novel to be released October 25th 2016. In print and e-book from Kindle, amazon and smashwords.
This was written for my eldest daughter as a birthday present when she turned 12. The original version (there have been MANY changes) was published on my blog.
There is currently a giveaway and I will be giving .pdf copies to any of my fellow review/bloggers if you would like to contact me via here or @ damianarose777@gmail.com
The cover art is shutter stock since my best friend and illustrator Katie Vance does not draw people, however all inside art is the product of her imagination.
This was written for my eldest daughter as a birthday present when she turned 12. The original version (there have been MANY changes) was published on my blog.
There is currently a giveaway and I will be giving .pdf copies to any of my fellow review/bloggers if you would like to contact me via here or @ damianarose777@gmail.com
The cover art is shutter stock since my best friend and illustrator Katie Vance does not draw people, however all inside art is the product of her imagination.
October 18, 2016
Illustrated this middle grade fiction.
There's a Giveaway on the author' page as well.
Available in eBook and paperback on October 25th, 2016.
There's a Giveaway on the author' page as well.
Available in eBook and paperback on October 25th, 2016.
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