2013-01-27 09:24:03 - Outskirts Press announces the latest highly anticipated action and adventure juvenile fiction from Columbia, MD, author Carolyn Usher.

Denver, CO, and Columbia, MD - Outskirts Press, Inc. has published Chip Takes Off by Carolyn Usher. The author's most recent book to date is a 5.5 x 8.5 paperback in the action and adventure juvenile fiction category and is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The webpage at www.outskirtspress.com/ChipTakesOff was launched simultaneously with the book's publication.

Chip Street hated school. H e couldn't read as well as the other kids. Classmates teased him and called him dumb. His mother told him not to listen to those kids. She said he was very smart, and someday he would show everyone how smart he is.

In middle school, Chip discovered that he

was good at building things. He built a battery operated motor and made a little vehicle that could fly. He couldn't wait to enter his invention in the Science Fair at school. But before it had been tested, his father lost his job and had to take another job halfway across the country. He made Chip promise not to use his invention until he returned.

When Chip, his sister, and two friends find themselves stranded alone in the house, with snow up to the roof, Chip faces a difficult decision. Should he break his promise to his father and use his invention to try to get them out? His decision must be made quickly when an avalanche threatens to destroy the house they are in and most of the town.

167 pages in length, Chip Takes Off is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the action and adventure juvenile fiction category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, Chip Takes Off meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $8.95.

Additionally, Chip Takes Off can be ordered by retailers or wholesalers for the maximum trade discount price set by the author in quantities of ten or more from the Outskirts Press Direct bookstore at www.outskirtspress.com/bookstore.
ISBN: 9781478716372 Format: 5.5 x 8.5 paperback white SRP: $8.95


For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/ChipTakesOff.

About the author:

Dr. Carolyn Usher is a school psychologist with Baltimore County Public schools. She lives in Columbia, Maryland.

About Outskirts Press, Inc.

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