Author Spotlight: Seven-Sided Spy by Hannah Carmack

Ctrl, Alt, Books! has asked me to help spotlight an up-and-coming author, whose book debuts today! Here are the details:

Seven-Sided Spy by: Hannah Carmack
Book Release: January 15, 2018 (today!)
Formats: Epub and Mobi
Genre: Historical
Pages: 202
Warning: Graphic violence and mentions of an eating disorder

Summary:
In the midst of the cold war, the CIA’s finest and most fatal female agent, Diana Riley, vanishes. Kidnapped by the KGB and taken to the backcountry of North Carolina, she and her team of unsavory partners are forced to undergo illegal experimentation. But, when the experiments leave them horribly deformed and unable to reenter society without someone crying monster, the previously glamorous and high-maintenance spies must escape KGB captivity and avoid recapture at the hands of Nikola, a ruthless KGB agent with an intense and well-justified grudge against her former flame.

If this sounds like something you are interested in, please check out the following links for more information on how to buy a copy of your own: Goodreads, Amazon, Nine Star Press

About the Author:

Hannah Carmack enjoys volunteer work and spends most of her time working for the organization STEM Read, connecting reluctant readers and bookworms alike to the world of literature and science. Her debut novel Seven-Sided Spy will be hitting shelves this January with NineStar Press.

Author Links: Website / Facebook / Instagram / Twitter

Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed The World By: Rachel Ignotofsky

(c) Rachel Ignotofsky and Ten Speed Press (publisher)

As suggested by publishers Penguin Random House LLC, Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World touches upon both told and untold stories of women in science who gave it their all to follow their dreams. The book is an inspiring, cutely drawn, well written, mini-biographical book, written to inspire a new generation of girls to grow up and fight for what they believe in. 

Presented in a two-page format, the reader is presented with an image of the woman being described, her title (i.e. psychologist, marine biologist, neurologist, doctor, etc.), a famous quote by or of her, a short biography, and what she accomplished during her lifetime/after her lifetime. These women are those who have tried and failed, and kept trying until they succeeded. They have much persistence, passion, and intelligence. A few of the 50 women listed include: Rosalind Franklin, May-Britt Moser, and Marie Curie. Many are Nobel Prize winners, but quite a few were cheated out of one!

There are timelines the achievements over the years, and the book is formatted so you will end with the stories of modern women (those who are likely still alive). You will end up researching more of the lives listed after reading the book as I did--especially with May-Britt Moser's dress!--and will probably be inspired to do something STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) related.

This book is for a younger set, I would recommend for grade school (8-12 years old) and up. If you are interested in more of Rachel Ignotofsky's work, visit her website here.

Ms. Ignotofsky also has some really cute and inspiring downloads, which are free (!), such as the one I will leave you with below:

(c) Rachel Ignotofsky

Happy Monday!

P.S.
I have been receiving many author review requests as of late and I have responded to several and have not received a reply back. If you were one of the authors who sent a request, please check your inbox! Please and thank you. :)

Update 1/15/18 - Apparently my email did not forward all of the replies. I am going through them tonight and will try to read in order of replies! Thank you for your patience! :)