Today marks the launch of Mark Snoad’s debut middle gradenovel entitled Maggie and the Mountain of Light. Join us as we celebrate thisbook launch and learn a little about how God called Mark to write.Mark Snoad is an author and teacherliving in Aotearoa New Zealand. As a professional make-believer, he strives tofind the magic and joy in everyday life. It’s definitely there, at the edges.You’ll soon discover it, if you believe. Mark lives with his wife, two daughtersand rascal dog, Wilbur.Mark’s debut novel is entitled Maggie and the Mountain ofLight.A Middle Grade contemporary fantasy featuring a 12-year-old femaleprotagonist named Maggie, who battles food allergies, asthma, and anxiety. Maggie attends an 'apocalypse training'camp in London run by the Wayfinder Girls (a pseudo Girl Scouts). Maggie findsout about the secret that the Wayfinder Girls have kept hidden from theworld; they protect Earth from inter-dimensional threats. Maggie is invitedto join the elite Guardians programme but struggles to know what to do; she isbarely coping with this world as it is, let alone having to deal with otherworlds. She reluctantly accepts, only to be swept up in a magical adventurewhich pushes her, and her unit, to the limit. It's been described as Men inBlack for kids but features an all-female team.Purchase link: https://www.amazon.com/Maggie-Mountain-Light-Wayfinder-Girls/dp/1957656123/ref=sr_1_1?crid=30WZ0OP8TJ9MD&keywords=maggie+and+the+mountain+of+light+mark+snoad&qid=1679874819&s=books&sprefix=maggie+and+the+%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C283&sr=1-1https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/maggie-and-the-mountain-of-light-mark-snoad/1142832719?ean=9781957656113Connect with Mark at the following links:https://wayfindergirls.org/https://twitter.com/SnoadMarkhttps://www.facebook.com/mark.snoad1https://www.instagram.com/mark.snoad.writer/?hl=enVisit www.everyday-excellence.comand use promo code Inspirational Journeys to get 10% off any product on thesite.Support thispodcast with a monthly donation by visiting:https://anchor.fm/inspirational-journeys/support or you can give a one-time donation via PayPalat:https://paypal.me/annHarrisonBarnes?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inspirational-journeys/message