Washington – Kids who loved Eragon, The Chronicles ofNarnia, Lord of the Rings, or Harry Potter will likely bemesmerized by Patrick Carman’s The Dark Hills Divide, the riveting firstvolume in his new Land of Elyon trilogy for young readers.

The Walla Walla author will visit schools and bookstores throughout the Northwestfrom January 15, 2004 to April 15th 2004. Mr. Carman will visit Richland,Kennewick, Pasco, Seattle, Spokane, Wenatchee,Yakima, The Dalles, Hood River,Portland, and Salem.

Carman is a successful entrepreneur who conceived the Land of Elyon series aftertrading places with his wife one night a week while she got out of the house andhe took over reading to their two young daughters. As the months passed, Carman beganspinning a tale for them about the escapades of a young girl who became the inspirationfor the novel’s heroine.

In the year that followed, Carman “journaled” his thoughts and sketched outimpressions about the characters and place that would become The Land of Elyon.Then, in his spare time between running a national media production company and hisongoing commitment as a volunteer counselor to teens, Carman began to write.

The Land of Elyon Book I: The Dark Hills Divide is set in a fantasy world inwhich animals can talk and enchanted stones can predict the future. The heroine, a12-year-old girl named Alexa, has spent her life living behind the four-story wallsthat surround her village and the three others that make up Bridewell Common. Even theroads between the towns are walled in to keep its citizens safe from the unknown. ButAlexa’s curiosity for what lies in the hills and forests on the other side sends her ona daring adventure into a secret world in which nothing is as it seems to be.

Ideal for readers 9-12, the lush story is filled with mystery, unforgettablecharacters, intriguing plot twists, and moral issues that are relevant to their ownlives.

For more information about the book, please go towww.LandofElyon.com.

The Land of Elyon Book I: The Dark Hills Divide (Amped Media, $11.95) iscurrently available through booksellers in the Northwest, atwww.landofelyon.com, and throughwww.amazon.com.

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