-Booklist

THE SKELETON CREEK SERIES:

“The continuing story of Ryan McCray and Sarah Fincher’s investigation into the supernatural is one part X-Files and one part Blair Witch Project."

             -New York Times Review of Books
              on Skeleton Creek Book #3: The Crossbones

“Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman is an ingenious and fast-paced interactive book."

             -Books to Borrow, Books to Buy
              (nationally syndicated column)

“There are so many good things to say about this book. The part print, part video format will entice reluctant readers… It will make possible the telling of more interesting and complex tales. It should help create more complete alternate realities for readers... The best part about this book is the extensive internet element that the casual reader may not even encounter. The website the journal points to, sarahfincher.com, has Easter eggs and added videos at certain times of the day. Several additional sites like skeletoncreekisreal.com and skeletoncreekproject.com contain additional hints and clues to the mystery.."

             -The-Trades.com

THE LAND OF ELYON SERIES:

  “In his debut fantasy, the launch of the Land of Elyon series, Carman crafts an intriguingly insular world, and introduces a plucky, convincingly curious heroine who yearns to see what lies outside of it... Carman dabbles in social commentary with his intimations of the perils of isolationism, but even more effectively plumbs the psychological reverberations of playing out one's fears. Readers of all ages will gain much from this tale and eagerly anticipate the next two planned volumes."

             -Publishers Weekly, starred review

Highlights

• On March 15, 2011, Patrick Carman released his first app-based reading series called 3:15 — a collection of 9 stand alone scary stories, each with an audio, text, and video component. The app is available for iPhones and Android and was updated every two weeks with a new episode. A print version was published by Scholastic in September 2011.
• In February 2009, Scholastic released bestselling author Patrick Carman's first book in the Skeleton Creek series — an innovative video-book hybrid series that introduced a new way of storytelling. The series continued with Skeleton Creek Book #2: Ghost in the Machine (October 2009), Skeleton Creek Book #3: The Crossbones (September 2010), and most recently, the final installment, Skeleton Creek Book #4: The Raven (May 2011). In May 2010, Patrick released his second multimedia series, Trackers, which follows four tech-savvy kids as they use the internet to pursue the worlds most dangers hacker. Trackers 2: Shantorian was published in January 2011. To date, there are more than 1 million copies in print for both book-video multimedia series.
• The Skeleton Creek series has been sold into 10 territories to date.
• Patrick Carman is also the author of The New York Times-bestselling Land of Elyon series, and Elliot’s Park, a chapter book series for younger readers.
• After visiting more than 700 schools, Patrick Carman really understands what captivates kids and how multimedia fits into their daily lives. Patrick Carman’s own PC Studios in Walla Walla, Washington, produces the videos that accompany his books and has many exciting projects in development.
• Carman is also the author of book #5 in the #1 New York Times-bestselling multiplatform series, The 39 Clues.