YA Novelist Offers Online Academy, Scholarships For Teens

NEW YORK - March 11, 2013 - PRLog -- (BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WA) Author, poet and lyricist, S.L. Whyte, has released her debut young adult novel, Stelladaur: Finding Tir Na Nog.

What if, after a very long time, you got what you thought you wanted?

In Stelladaur, Reilly, a teenager with extraordinary abilities, lives in an idyllic island town in the Pacific Northwest. After his sixteenth birthday, everything changes.

Unforeseen events threaten his confidence, his peace—even his life—and he needs answers.  With the help of an unconventional friend, Reilly discovers the Stelladaur and travels through invisible portals to different dimensions where he learns how to help others discover their own hidden powers. The Stellladaur can give him what he wants most, but when a beautiful girl captures his attention, he questions his deepest desires. And when a wealthy scientist tries to steal the secrets of the Stelladaur Reilly's courage is put to the test, and he’s forced to trust his heart when someone he loves vanishes.

In conjunction with Whyte’s novel, The Stelladaur Academy provides an online educational enrichment and scholarship program for youth ages 13-19. Stelladaur: Finding Tir Na Nog is integrated into an innovative curriculum to provide a unique, fun and rewarding avenue for young people to pursue self-discovery, creativity and character development. Numerous scholarships ranging from $500-$10,000 are available annually and can be used for individual educational and artistic pursuits.

Learn more at www.stelladaur.com. To receive a review copy of the book or to interview Whyte please contact Author Marketing Experts.

S.L. Whyte has written short stories, poetry and song lyrics since she was very young. Stelladaur: Finding Tir Na Nog is her debut novel. She is the founder and president of The Stelladaur Academy for youth. As a writer, speaker, and entrepreneur who values authenticity, she combines creativity, imagination and conscious living to her work and personal life, and inspires others to do the same.

Title: Stelladaur: Finding Tir Na Nog
Author: S.L. Whyte
Published date: February 2013
ISBN-13: 978-0985752309
Publisher: Fireglass Publishing