Thursday, November 1, 2012

Blog Tour~ "Toby Gold and the Secret Fortune" by Craig Everett



TOBY GOLD BLOG TOUR

TOBY GOLD AND THE SECRET FORTUNE by CRAIG EVERETT



"Money is the most dangerous magic."
 


"Unique children’s lit that cleverly tackles interest rates, endowments, fluctuating commodities, bullying and identity." 

- Kirkus Reviews



 An infant is discovered one night on a commuter train from New York City during a stop in the sleepy town of Wallingford, Connecticut.  The local police are summoned, but are unable to locate the boy’s parents, despite painstakingly questioning each person on the train.  For some strange reason, none of the passengers can remember seeing his mother falling from the train – after falling victim to an assassin’s bullet.


Assigned the name “Toby Gold” by social services, the mysterious child grows up in Wallingford, moving from foster home to foster home, not knowing who his real parents are - or why he was born with such freakish skills with math and money.



Now a teenager, Toby’s money skills are noticed by the wrong people, and thus he is unwittingly sucked into a high-stakes financial conspiracy that puts his life, and the lives of his two closest friends, in great peril.  Ultimately, Toby solves the crime, saves his friends, and even saves his school—all in one harrowing afternoon.



"This fast-paced adventure weaves fundamental concepts in economics and finance seamlessly into the story. Toby Gold makes learning finance exciting."



- Francis A. Longstaff, PhD, Professor of Finance, UCLA - Anderson School of Management

*********************

My thoughts on the book ~ I was surprised by how taken in I was by the story.  The book begins as Toby's mother is running from someone on a train.  Her husband has just been killed and she is trying to save her life as well as that of her infant son.

You know right from the beginning that special powers are used by the main characters.  They have to control their heart rate to use their powers, the powers are seem to  be from a more intellectual source.

Toby is shipped from foster home to foster home.  Fortunately for him, he stays in one general area and is able to have his core friends.  It doesn't take long to realize that Toby is gifted with financial and mathematical knowledge.  It comes to him instinctively.  He can see patterns that completely baffle me!  His friends are awesome in their own way as well.

This book is full of action. Kids would love to find out how Toby gets revenge on his foster brother.  It's funny and pretty dang cool.  This is a book that both girls and boys would find interesting.

**********************



About the Author: Craig Everett





Craig R. Everett was born and raised in Maine, spending his childhood summers digging along the shores of Bar Harbor for buried pirate treasure.  Fortunately, he was able to remain blissfully unaware that pirates seldom, if ever, ventured that far north.  He received his B.A. in Economics from Tufts University, an MBA from George Mason University, and a Ph.D. in Finance from Purdue University.



Dr. Everett is currently a finance professor at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, where he teaches corporate and entrepreneurial finance. Dr. Everett also volunteers in public schools teaching financial literacy principles.  


You can learn more about Craig here:



Toby Gold and the Secret FortuneReading Level: 9 and up
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Fiscal Press (October 18, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1-936-21495-2
Dimensions: 8.75 x 5.75 x 1.0 inches 


Blog Tour Schedule for Toby Gold and the Secret Fortune by Craig Everett, 2012
04-Oct-2012  Free Money Finance 
11-Oct-2012 Queen of Random  
12-Oct-2012 Why Not? Because I Said So
12-Oct-2012 LDS Women's Book Review
13-Oct-2012 A Storybook World
15-Oct-2012 A Thousand Wrongs
16-Oct-2012 Say This Write
16-Oct-2012 Money and Me for Canadians
16-Oct-2012 Word Spelunking
17-Oct-2012 Couponing with Boys
18-Oct-2012 Book Launch of Toby Gold and the Secret Fortune at the Access to Capital Conference at the LA Westin Bonaventure Hotel.
18-Oct-2012 The Book Bug
18-Oct-2012  I Am a Reader not a Writer
19-Oct-2012 Of Writerly Things
19-Oct-2012  Troop Petrie
22-Oct-2012 Renae's Writespot
22-Oct-2012  The Write Path
23-Oct-2012  Monique's Musings
23-Oct-2012  My Mommy's World
24-Oct-2012  The Things I Love
24-Oct-2012  Adventures of the Mommy Homemaker
25-Oct-2012  Live to Read
26-Oct-2012 Ordinary Happily Ever After
29-Oct-2012  Fire and Ice
01-Nov-2012  Jeffrey Olsen
01-Nov-2012  Bookworm Lisa
05-Nov-2012 Debbie's Inkspectations
07-Nov-2012  With a Side of Thriftiness
10-Nov-2012 A Storybook World

12-Nov-2012 Christy Dorrity's Dearest Dreams
15-Nov-2012  The Non-Reluctant Reader
19-Nov-2012  Taffy's Writings 
Nov 2012- http://www.queenoftheclan.com/
 

1 comment:

  1. Lisa, thanks for your kind words about TOBY GOLD AND THE SECRET FORTUNE. The secret code in the book is truly not as baffling as it seems at first. There is a clue in Chapter 7.

    My 13-year old daughter BEGGED me to tell her the code, but I refused. I just told her to read chapter 7 again and think about it. About 30 minutes later she had it solved.

    Craig Everett

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for commenting. Each and every one is read and appreciated.
Have a wonderful day.