Media Kit for Yolanda Jackson Author of the novels Peter Carrot-top and Imaginary Friends

1. PETER CARROT TOP
IN SEARCH
OF THE 8Th KEY
by
Yolanda Jackson
Peter Carrot-Top: In Search of the 8th Key by Yolanda Jackson © 2008

2. Peter Carrot-Top: In Search of the 8th Key by Yolanda Jackson © 2008

3. Publisher www.e-booktime.com
Book Release: December 2, 2008
ISBN 9781598249675
Publicist:
Denise Cassino
www.wizardlywebdesigns.com
dencassino@gmail.com
303 838 3399
Author contact information:
Yolanda Jackson
www.yolandajackson.com
viviyjackson@aol.com
815-316-2499
Peter Carrot-Top: In Search of the 8th Key by Yolanda Jackson © 2008

4. In search of the 8th Key is the first in a series of Peter
Carrot-Top fantasy novels for children. The books take its readers
into the fantasy land of Baja where only human ghosts can survive. A
young boy by the name of Peter Carrot-top is called upon by the
Rulers of Baja who awaken from hibernation to find that their land is
being attacked by wizards of the forest and their leagues of
extraordinary monsters.
Like all children in Baja, Peter is born with a great power – his power
is the ability to create black holes that lead to many unknown worlds
and far away galaxies. Peter and his friends, who attend the great
Waldorf Academy, must combine their powers to save the people of
the Land of Baja and its great mystical powers. Read as Peter's
adventures carry him across the great land as he battles against
magical card throwers and twenty-footed monsters to save his family
and the people of Baja from the evil spells of the dastardly wizards.
Peter Carrot-Top: In Search of the 8th Key by Yolanda Jackson © 2008

5. My name is Yolanda A. Jackson, born on April 3, 1980 in Rockford,
IL. I have been writing from the age of twelve, mostly Fantasy and
Sci-Fi, but my writing skills go way beyond the norm into Horror and
Animation. I first developed my talent as a writer when I complained
about Robocop needing more action, but my friends loved it. They
dared me to come up with a movie better than Robocop - and I did!
My first book/script was Copper Kid, it was about a computer
program robot girl who fights crime with jet-propelled wings and a
computer brain. It was just great; well at least I thought so. Finally I
got them to read it and lo and behold they loved it, and that was when
I first knew maybe I had something.
As the years passed I started to hate school - it was not the place for
me. I began to daydream about being a big movie director and
owning my own studio. It never happened and I finished school, but I
hated everything but English class and writing assignments which led
me to my first novel September Monkies, hand written, which I still
have to this day. No one believed in my dreams, and consequently
they swept aside as I went through this wonderful stage called
growing up.
Peter Carrot-Top: In Search of the 8th Key by Yolanda Jackson © 2008

6. I was a foster child my entire life - a ward of the State - and writing
eased the pain of moving from one foster home to another or one
group home to another. Every time I moved I tried to write a novel to
help me cope with my new home, and because of this I became more
involved in my writing, I began to imagine places that only exist in
fantasy or animals that only inhabit one's imagination. Soon, this
stimulated my brain and freed me to face reality and to know when
not to face reality. While my friends were all dating and into boys, I
was into creative writing, imagining fantastic creatures that don't
exist, or developing characters to which everyone in the world can
relate.
At the age of seventeen the Department of Children and Family
Services let me go and I was out into the real world on my own.
That's when I realized that my dreams of writing would have to take a
back seat to earning a living. The bills came first, and a roof over my
head was more important than what seemed like just a dumb dream.
It hurt to let my dreams slip away, but I had no choice. It was either
work three jobs to get the bills paid or live in a fantasy land where the
Fairy God Mother pays the bills, and it did not take me long to
realized that the Fairy God Mother did not exist. All the money I had
for publishing was now used for survival, I threw my dreams aside to
play the game of life. After years of working three jobs, I got tired and
decided to give my dreams one more shot. I got a better job as a
Sterile Tech in a trauma hospital and began making a little more
money, so I saved and saved and finally had had enough to self
publish which has been a wonderful learning experience.
I have published my first novel in a series - Peter Carrot-top quot;In
Search Of the 8th Key. My goal in writing is to not only improve my
skills, but to get children of the world interested in reading and writing,
to see the story unfolding in their minds, and to use their imaginations
to dream and to dream big.
Peter Carrot-Top: In Search of the 8th Key by Yolanda Jackson © 2008

7. Chapter 1
Meet the Carrot-Tops
A long, long time ago, in the year 1850, there was a man by the name of
Sam Carrot-Top. He was a well educated man, slender in build and always
wearing a dusty old cap that covered his orange hair and broken glasses.
He was an honest and wealthy man, but you would never guess that he and
his family were well off; he never showed his wealth or bragged about it. He
used his money to help the poor and needy.
His wife, Jane, was oh so beautiful with lush red hair, a petite figure, and
smooth, creamy pale skin. She loved all the children in the neighborhood,
always fixing a broken heart or a scraped knee. She was the perfect house
wife, the kind any man could want.
They lived in a small town in Georgia called Valdosta. Sam and Jane were
the talk of the town; they grew the largest vegetables and fruits the eyes
have ever seen. Their watermelons were the size of houses and carrots as
long as 20 feet!
All the neighbors began to whisper and became jealous of the success of
the Carrot-Tops, farmers came from near and far to see the great Carrot-
Top plantation. Because of the popularity of their fruits and vegetables,
they became a household name. Merchants came from all over the world to
buy their fruits and vegetables.
Some of the other farmers became extremely jealous of the success of the
Carrot-Tops. They tried to sabotage their land, either by overflowing it with
garbage or water, but it never worked. The fruits and vegetables kept on
growing and growing. Some were so tall that their leaves touch the clouds.
Nevertheless, Sam and Jane ignored their rivals and continued to be good
neighbors.
Their pride and joy was their son and only child, Peter Carrot-Top, a 10-
year-old boy who was and skinny as a bean pole with bright orange hair
and deep freckles on his face. He wore the same old clothing over and over
again, brown khaki pants and a rainbow-colored shirt with two different
colored shirt sleeves.
Peter was teased by all the kids. Not only was his hair funny, but his name,
Peter Carrot-Top, was as well. The kids teased him all day. Every day it was
the same thing, kids singing,quot;Peter Carrot-Top, Peter Carrot-Top,quot; in an
Peter Carrot-Top: In Search of the 8th Key by Yolanda Jackson © 2008

8. annoying and devilish tone.
Peter was sick of it. Unfortunately, every time he got upset, his head would
swell up like a big orange balloon and his orange hair would gently stand
up at attention. This made the kids laugh even harder.
Peter was all alone in a world he didn't understand or fit in. There was
nothing the principal or the teachers could do. Peter was just a special boy.
His mother and father were hurt the most; Peter got the orange hair from
his father, and the freckles from his mother.
Peter's parents went to the school regularly to seek help for their son. Just
a poor farmer, Peter's father did not know what to do. He would pace the
school hall as he talked to the dean of the school asking for help for his
son, but Mr. Snicker, the dean of the school, just walked around with his fat
gut stuck out and only made the Carrot-Tops feel worse by telling them
their child needed to be placed in a special school.
Peter's father slammed down his hat in frustration as the dean sat back in
his leather chair, smoking his cigar with an smirk on his face. Mr. Snicker
shouted to Peter's father, quot;Boy, calm down before I have you thrown out on
your ears!quot;
Peter's father grabbed up his hat, took his wife by the hand and stormed
into Peter's English class. quot;Peter, get your things. We're taking you out of
this school!quot; By the look on his father's face, Peter knew that his dad was
very upset. All Peter's mother could do was cry and sob as they walked out
the doors. The kids began to laugh, and once again, Peter felt distant an
alone.
Peter and his family jumped into their wagon, and off they went. Peter
could see the concentration on his father's face and the sadness in his
mother's eyes. Peter began to tell his parents how very sorry he was, but a
gentle touch on the hands from his mother let Peter know it was all right.
Peter laid back in
Peter Carrot-Top: In Search of the 8th Key by Yolanda Jackson © 2008