The Spooky Sleuths Series, A new direction from Award-Winning Author Natasha Deen

 

The Spooky Sleuths Series

A new direction from Award-Winning #Own Voices Author Natasha Deen

The series is available by Penguin Random House across all platforms!

Is it science...or strange and ghostly?

Asim's new town is freaking him out! There are weird noises at night, eerie lights, and now an evil tree that is growing way faster than it should. he's sure there's something supernatural going on.

His friend Rokshar believes that everything can be explained by science. But even she's worried when the tree takes control of their teacher! It's starting to look like an evil spirit straight out of Guyanese folklore is to blame. Can Asim and his friends save their teacher--and the town--from the ghost tree?
 
Find out...if you dare! It's a new spooky series based on ghost stories from Guyana

Amazon.com:  Amazon.com: Spooky Sleuths #1: The Ghost Tree: 9780593488874: Deen, Natasha, Marlin, Lissy: Books

Amazon.ca:  Spooky Sleuths #1: The Ghost Tree: Deen, Natasha, Marlin, Lissy: 9780593488874: Books - Amazon.ca

A School Library Journal Best Books of 2022

OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES:

  

           

"An excellent series starter and contribution to the supernatural mystery genre, perfect for older chapter book readers easing into early middle grade. Highly recommended."--School Library Journal, starred review

"A spooky adventure rooted in Guyanese folklore...with just the right amount of chills."--Kirkus Reviews

About Natasha Deen:

Guyanese-Canadian NATASHA DEEN is a best-selling author, with novels for kids, teens, and adults, and she’s a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal. Her novel, In the Key of Nira Ghani, won the Amy Mather Teen Book Award and her most recent YA title, The Signs and Wonders of Tuna Rashad was a Globe & Mail's Top 100 Books for 2022. When she’s not writing, she teaches Introduction to Children’s Writing with the University of Toronto’s SCS and spends an inordinate amount of time trying to convince her pets that she’s the boss of the house. Visit Natasha at www.natashadeen.com.

Accolades:

A TD Summer Reading Club Recommended Read 2023

A School Library Journal Best Books of 2022

An OLA Best Bets Pick
A CCBC Best Books for Kids and Teens, Starred Selection ★
A Globe and Mail Top 100 Books in 2022

CCBC Recommended Read 

CBC Books’ 14 YA Books to Watch for in Spring

Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD Kids) September Book of the Month

49th Shelf Selection

A TD Summer Reading Club Recommended Read 2022

Amy Mathers Award Winner
MYRCA Award Nominee
R. Ross Arnett Award Nominee
American Library Association YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers
Red Maple Award Nominee
Red Maple Honour Book

Red Maple Teen Committee Summer Reading List
Barnes & Noble’s Top 25 Most Anticipated Own Voices Novels
Chapters-Indigo Most Anticipated Teen Books
Junior Library Guild Selection
CCBC Best Pick for Kids & Teens
CCBC Red Leaf Literature
OLA White Pine Teen Committee Summer Reading List

To request additional review copies or an interview with Natasha Deen, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com | 403.464.6925.    

We look forward to the coverage!