Award-winning middle grades novel by Carol Matas - Now 30% OFF in trade paperback

Feb. 28, 2015 - PRLog -- National Jewish Book Awards Finalist Tucson Jo is on sale. At just $14.99 CDN in trade paperback, Carol Matas's newest historical novel for middle grades is now more than 30% off (http://www.lulu.com/shop/carol-matas/tucson-jo/paperback/product-21999569.html).

Tucson Jo combines strong characters, a fast-moving plot and Jewish themes, while dealing with issues such as right and wrong, law and order, and women’s rights. Fourteen-year-old Josephine ("Jo") challenges her father at every turn, especially when he decides to run for mayor of Tucson in 1882. The novel is inspired by the first Jewish mayor of Tucson, Arizona.

Carol Matas, an acclaimed author of 45 books for children and young adults, writes in many genres, from historical fiction to fantasy, sci-fi to contemporary. Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and have been best-sellers in Japan, Germany and Spain.

Since 2012, Fictive Press (http://fictivepress.com/) has published seven titles: a whimsical flash-fiction collection, two poetry collections, a religious-philosophical work in translation, a meditation on death (also by Matas), and an historical play about a Cree World War I hero. Scheduled for publication in Spring 2015 is The Passover Surprise, a chapter book by award-winning author Janet Ruth Heller, and in Fall 2015, Past Crimes by Carol Matas, the first of a New Adult thriller series set in California, entitled Palm Springs Paranormal.

Fictive Press, a new digital and print-on-demand publisher, is a division of BizNet Communications, a corporate and marketing communications firm run by Morri Mostow and her husband, Doug Long.

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