I’m delighted to be back on another blog tour for The Write Reads today and to be spotlighting another of our fabulous BBNYA 2022 finalists. Today I’m spotlighting our winner, Toby and the Silver Blood Witches, a contemporary middle-grade fantasy novel – and the first in the ‘Toby Bean’ series – by Sally Doherty.
About the Book
A sinister plot. A hidden city in the sky. A boy with an impossible choice.
Twelve year old Toby has little time for friends or football since his mum fell ill. All he wants is to stay at home and keep an eye on her.
But mysterious things are happening beyond his garden hedge. Who is the figure at the window behind the barbed wire fence? And why is there a strange woman in his attic with a broken broom and bothersome pet bat?
Toby becomes entangled in an adventure of flying dogs, sparking hiccups and dangerous escapes. An innocent, young witch has been captured by a secretive organisation which will stop at nothing to find out how magic works. Toby must rescue her and time is running out.
About the Author
Sally Doherty lives in leafy Surrey with her husband and three-legged (but speedy) rescue dog. After studying French and German at university, she worked for a year in London before unexpectedly falling ill with M.E. Being stuck at home and often in bed for sixteen years, however, has lit a cauldron of stories bubbling inside her imagination.
Sally’s debut book and the first in a trilogy, TOBY AND THE SILVER BLOOD WITCHES, was a finalist for The Wishing Shelf Awards 2021 and shortlisted for both The Selfies and The Rubery Book Awards 2022.
Find Out More!
You can find out more about Sally and her work on her website, and by following her on Twitter (@Sally_writes), Instagram (@sallydohertywrites), and Facebook.
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Toby and the Silver Blood Witches by Sally Doherty is published by Soaring Skies Publishing and is available now from Amazon via their UK, US, and Canadian storefronts.
My thanks go to The Write Reads and BBNYA for organising and inviting me onto this blog tour! Follow the hashtags #BBNYA #BBNYA2022 for more reviews and spotlights.
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