Award-Winning Children’s Book Publishers Latest Release To Support Literacy Via Book Trust

SAN DIEGO - Nov. 11, 2013 - PRLog -- Award-Winning children’s book publisher, Pants On Fire Press, has scheduled the release of their latest book, The Starburst Juju, a young adult science fiction novel by San Diego resident Monica Strang, for November 12, 2013. A percentage of book purchases will go to Book Trust, whose mission is to deliver choice and ownership of books to children from low-income families, increasing their literacy skills and fostering life-long learning.

In The Starburst Juju, Pepper, a 15-year-old girl living in the aftermath of an economically collapsed earth, prepares to witness the annual abduction of humans by extraterrestrials. When its Pepper’s parents who are taken, she learns that they are not the humble human schoolteachers she thought she knew, but two of the most powerful inventors throughout many worlds. Desperate to find them, Pepper will do anything to get them back, even if it means finding the otherworldly Starburst Juju, a stone that can free her parents from alien confinement. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FYTUGPQ

Author Monica Strang is a talented and skillful web developer. Her creativity has spilled from crafting websites into writing Young Adult novels. She resides in San Diego, California with her husband and two children. You can find out more about Monica and her books online at www.qwertybird.com.

Book Trust provides books for kids from low-income families—books that they choose themselves and that become their very own. Studies prove that book choice and ownership inspires a child’s passion for reading and contributes to developing strong literacy skills and becoming life-long learners.

Since 2001, Book Trust has:

Grown from serving 170 students in Colorado to 30,000 children in eleven states
Helped children choose and own 2.6 million books
Invested $6.5 million in books for children in need
Helped teachers earn 37 million bonus points from Scholastic Reading Club which they can use to purchase additional books and classroom resources

www.booktrust.org

Pants On Fire Press is an award-winning Florida children's book publisher of picture, middle-grade and young adult books. They publish big story ideas with high concepts, new worlds and meaty characters for children, teens and discerning adults. Disney is their heritage which is why they strive to follow a high degree of excellence while maintaining high-quality standards. Titles they publish will tell stories that entertain. At Pants On Fire Press entertainment is everything. They are always on the lookout for Action, Adventure, Animals, Comedic, Dramatic, Dystopian, Fantasy, Historical, Paranormal, Romance, Sci-fi, Supernatural and Suspense stories. www.pantsonfirepress.com