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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Blurbs for Crime Travelers

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Blurbs for Crime Travelers book One: Brainwashed

Library of Congress 27 words
Thirteen-year-old Lucas Benes leads a group of anti-terrorist teenagers through the hotspots of Paris to spoil a brainwashing ceremony that could turn them all into kidnapped kids.

short blurb 53 words
While sleeping on the roof of his father’s hotel, thirteen-year-old Lucas Benes finds a baby alone and learns that the Good Company has restarted its profitable kidnapping business. Lucas leads a group of anti-terrorist teenagers through the hotspots of Paris to spoil a brainwashing ceremony that could turn them all into “Good” kids.

Back of book/blurb/Amazon/Ingram Book description 72 words
While sleeping on the roof of his father’s hotel, thirteen-year-old Lucas Benes finds a baby alone and learns that the Good Company has restarted its profitable kidnapping business. Trilingual and already on his third passport, Lucas leads a network of international teenagers through the hotspots of Paris —from the catacombs to the Eiffel tower—in an all-out effort to spoil a brainwashing ceremony that could potentially turn them all into “Good” kids.


Back of book/blurb/Amazon/Ingram Book description 135 words
Things have been off course for Lucas Benes since . . . forever.
It all started the day nuns found him as a baby floating in a Styrofoam ice chest in the sea off Tierra del Fuego. For thirteen years Lucas couldn’t figure out who was or where he was from.

Until one day he got a glimpse into his past that he couldn’t ignore.
While sleeping on the roof of his father’s hotel, Lucas finds a baby alone in a shopping cart and learns that the Good Company has restarted its profitable kidnapping business. Multilingual and already on his third passport, Lucas joins a network of international teenagers as they race through the hotspots of Paris—from the catacombs to the Eiffel tower—in an all-out effort to spoil a brainwashing ceremony that could potentially turn them all into “Good” kids.

Back of book/blurb/Amazon/ingram Book description 144 words
Lucas Benes lives in a hotel with his father and sister. But Lucas can’t seem to pass tests that will put him with his friends on Tier One at the New Resistance hotel-school. While sleeping on the hotel roof, Lucas discovers that someone has left a baby alone in the back parking lot. The almost thirteen year old decides to break a school rule and rescue the toddler. Lucas quickly learns that the Good Company, which is anything but good, has restarted its profitable kidnapping business. Lucas’s father makes the difficult decision to send his own children into the French capital to try and stop the evil Siba Günerro and her Good Company. Together, Lucas and his New Resistance friends race through the hotspots of Paris in an all-out effort to thwart a brainwashing ceremony that could potentially turn them all into “Good” kids.

"No matter how bad your past is, you still don't want it erased."

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