Premiere by Melody Carlson

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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdT7neC65_evFoN5ybKnG8e-0qFvuQF8Qbyxc3fmqnD9hQr5F4ZOPZTcFkx6hO8B0JxukCCLKeu_0Cyiff4U79hSIMrYyjlkFxBy8S3V1oTP4tYcMYJ2VlW3YvH_VaZM981DmP1M8B-g/s1600/FIRSTWildCardTours2.jpg"><a href="http://firstwildcardtours.blogspot.com/"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 145px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdT7neC65_evFoN5ybKnG8e-0qFvuQF8Qbyxc3fmqnD9hQr5F4ZOPZTcFkx6hO8B0JxukCCLKeu_0Cyiff4U79hSIMrYyjlkFxBy8S3V1oTP4tYcMYJ2VlW3YvH_VaZM981DmP1M8B-g/s200/FIRSTWildCardTours2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480264388542368882" /></a></a>It is time for a <span style="color:#990000;"><strong><a href="http://firstwildcardtours.blogspot.com/">FIRST Wild Card Tour</a></span></strong> book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! <span style="color:#990000;"><strong>Enjoy your free peek into the book!</strong></span><br /> <br /> <font color="#cc0000"><em>You never know when I might play a wild card on you!</em></font><br /> <br /> <br /> <div align="center"><strong>Today's Wild Card author is: </strong><br /> </div><br /> <div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://melodycarlson.com/">Melody Carlson</a></span></strong><br /> </div><br /> <p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">and the book:</span> </span></strong><br /> </p><br /> <p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0310717868">Premiere</a></span></strong><br /> </p><p align="center">Zondervan (May 7, 2010) <br /> </p>***Special thanks to Krista Ocier of Zondervan for sending me a review copy.***<br /> <br /> <br /> <div align="left"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><span style="color:#cc0000;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span> </span></strong></div><br /> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFkM5zphT44z_KDpedb6RjGIMyevdvtFWFiRR-Yd7ZXbnoL8vl3UL41tSEZGO8LjspiCZ_tI7MemyIR8wuUMQZKbEz_hw3tocLe6tvoydlIqfjtc5NOy9dILfBtgBYyDr7QHTFNC4d6c0/s1600/carlsonme.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFkM5zphT44z_KDpedb6RjGIMyevdvtFWFiRR-Yd7ZXbnoL8vl3UL41tSEZGO8LjspiCZ_tI7MemyIR8wuUMQZKbEz_hw3tocLe6tvoydlIqfjtc5NOy9dILfBtgBYyDr7QHTFNC4d6c0/s200/carlsonme.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500668820480698514" /></a><br /> Melody Carlson has written more than 200 books for teens, women, and children. Before publishing, Melody traveled around the world, volunteered in teen ministry, taught preschool, raised two sons, and worked briefly in interior design and later in international adoption. “I think real-life experiences inspire the best fiction,” she says. Her wide variety of books seem to prove this theory. <br /> <br /> <br /> Visit the author's <a href="http://melodycarlson.com/">website</a>.<br /> <br /> <object width="400" height="250"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IMq4ciK5MsQ&hl=en_US&fs=1?color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IMq4ciK5MsQ&hl=en_US&fs=1?color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="250"></embed></object><br /> <br /> Product Details:<br /> <br /> List Price: $9.99<br /> Reading level: Young Adult<br /> Paperback: 224 pages <br /> Publisher: Zondervan (May 7, 2010) <br /> Language: English <br /> ISBN-10: 0310717868 <br /> ISBN-13: 978-0310717867<br /> <br /> <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Press the browse button to view the first chapter:</span> </strong><br /> </span><br /> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjK8oeJu43BUVAMXvSw9w6_0Avij3zNnxHPwI7t7CK9tgamiqhyEa4DOfup8vHSrxWFdqDC71KYb5kmfBf_6ikXJmM6xJX82EkUuA9f_RJGbBogwzd3CSkPklrgoVUZrj1yM5xTGBJD1w/s1600/Premiere"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjK8oeJu43BUVAMXvSw9w6_0Avij3zNnxHPwI7t7CK9tgamiqhyEa4DOfup8vHSrxWFdqDC71KYb5kmfBf_6ikXJmM6xJX82EkUuA9f_RJGbBogwzd3CSkPklrgoVUZrj1yM5xTGBJD1w/s200/Premiere" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500668274173617634" /></a><div style="OVERFLOW: auto; HEIGHT: 307px"><div class="zondervanbrowseinside" style="margin: 5px 0; color: white; text-align: left; width: 142px; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px;"><div><div style="height: 29px; background: url('http://www.zondervan.com/zondervan/images/bi_bg_top.gif') no-repeat;"><div style="overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 6px; float:left; width: 18px; height: 20px; margin-left: 10px;"><a style="display: block; height: 20px;" title="Go to: Zondervan.com" href="http://www.zondervan.com">Z</a></div><div style="overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float:left; width: 95px; height: 12px; margin-left: 5px;"><a style="display: block; height: 10px;" title="Browse Inside Premiere By:Melody Carlson" href="http://www.zondervan.com/Zondervan/browseinside.html?isbn=9780310717867&WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidget190774f4-4bf6-4011-8481-bb3daf39d76b" target="_blank" >Browse Inside</a></div></div><div style="padding-top: 2px; text-align: center; padding-left: 1px; background: url('http://www.zondervan.com/zondervan/images/bi_bg_mid.gif') repeat-y;"><a href="http://www.zondervan.com/Zondervan/browseinside.html?isbn=9780310717867&WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidget190774f4-4bf6-4011-8481-bb3daf39d76b" target="_blank" ><img style="border:none; width: 124px; display: inline;" alt="Cover of Premiere" title="Browse Inside Premiere By:Melody Carlson" src="http://www.zondervan.com/images/product/medium/0310717868.jpg"></a></div><div style="height: 39px; background: url('http://www.zondervan.com/zondervan/images/bi_bg_bottom.gif') bottom no-repeat;"><div style="overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float:left; width: 38px; height: 20px; margin-left: 10px;"><a style="display: block; height: 20px;" title="Browse Inside Premiere By:Melody Carlson" href="http://www.zondervan.com/Zondervan/browseinside.html?isbn=9780310717867&WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidget190774f4-4bf6-4011-8481-bb3daf39d76b" target="_blank" >Browse</a></div><div style="overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float:left; width: 38px; height: 20px; margin-left: 4px;" title="Learn more about PremiereBy:Melody Carlson"><a style="display: block; height: 20px;" href="http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Product/ProductDetail.htm?ProdID=com.zondervan.9780310717867">Info</a></div><div style="overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float:left; width: 38px; height: 20px; margin-left: 4px;" title="Add this to your website."><a style="display: block; height: 20px;" href="http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Product/ProductDetail.htm?ProdID=com.zondervan.9780310717867&bis=1">Add</a></div></div></div></div></div><br />

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It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!

You never know when I might play a wild card on you!

Today's Wild Card author is:

Melody Carlson

and the book:

Premiere

Zondervan (May 7, 2010)

***Special thanks to Krista Ocier of Zondervan for sending me a review copy.***

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Melody Carlson has written more than 200 books for teens, women, and children. Before publishing, Melody traveled around the world, volunteered in teen ministry, taught preschool, raised two sons, and worked briefly in interior design and later in international adoption. “I think real-life experiences inspire the best fiction,” she says. Her wide variety of books seem to prove this theory.


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Product Details:

List Price: $9.99
Reading level: Young Adult
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Zondervan (May 7, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0310717868
ISBN-13: 978-0310717867

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