Book Award 2022

Browse through these submissions for the Page Turner Book Award 2022. This is an international writing contest for published authors to showcase their books.

The cover is in bright red with a large black dung beetle in the center. On his back is a revolver and a diamond.
"THE DUNG BEETLES OF LIBERIA, A Novel Based on True Events" by Daniel Meier
Genre: Historical Fiction

Based on a remarkable true story, THE DUNG BEETLES Of LIBERIA is a young American’s fast-paced adventure, set in 1960's Liberia, exposing a sordid society upon which the wealthy are feeding and in which the poor are buried.

Book cover with elephant, Taj Mahal and man with kids.
"Kept: An American Househusband In India" by Gregory Buford Buford
Genre: Memoir

​Kept: An American Househusband in India is a hilarious, heart-warming tale of a company man turned trailing spouse when his wife gets his dream job and drags him halfway around the globe.

Pogo the Porpoise with a Purpose - A Serious Appeal to Kids for Ocean Life, Conservation, and Climate Change
"Pogo the Porpoise with a Purpose - A Serious Appeal to Kids for Ocean Life, Conservation, and Climate Change" by Lorie Givens
Genre: Childrens Picture Books

If you've ever wondered what our animal friends might say to us about how we treat the planet, peek inside Pogo's world as he puts it all on the line and makes an appeal to kids for help. It's a must read that raises awareness about the world around us while inspiring change to the one within us.

A young boy reaching for the hand of an adult - the title Hey Jude is using a font with sign language spelling it out with hand signals
"Hey Jude" by Kathleen Stone
Genre: Romance

“Nice to meet you…?”

“Jude.”

“Like Judith?”

“No.”

“Like Judas?” he teased.

“Like hey,” I finally said.

Jude Hastings is one bad decision away from being forced into rehab until she meets four-year-old Shea, a deaf child who saves her with a spiritual connection she cannot explain.

Ekstasis - The Return of the Sovereign Heart
"Ekstasis – The Return of the Sovereign Heart" by Mahayana I. Dugast (M. I. Dugast)
Genre: Fantasy

Ericka was born into an ordinary human body, family and world. As a child, she connected with wondrous beings from another dimension who set her on her spiritual path. A story within a story, Ekstasis tells of one soul’s experience of a human life on earth and a love story set outside time and space

Bread & Freedom - Angela Lambourne
"Bread & Freedom" by Angela Lambourne
Genre: Historical Fiction

Life under Ottoman rule has never been easy, but the tyrannical Pasha has gone too far. No-one could have imagined the consequences his demands unleashed.
Nothing would make Djordje happier than to marry his beloved Katarina, but not while the Pasha with his vile demands of “First Night” lived.

Ekstasis - The Return of the Sovereign Heart
"Ekstasis – The Return of the Sovereign Heart" by Mahayana I. Dugast (M. I. Dugast)
Genre: Paranormal & Supernatural

Together, they are the keys to mankind’s original blueprint. Apart, they must communicate through the pages of time. Can their spirits rejoin in the physical realm and save humanity from oblivion?

Ekstasis - The Return of the Sovereign Heart
"Ekstasis – The Return of the Sovereign Heart" by Mahayana I. Dugast (M. I. Dugast)
Genre: Romance

Together, they are the keys to humankind's original blueprint. Apart, will they find each other through the pages of time?
"A book within a book, where love is a pulsating force field that can connect hearts, souls, and spirits, transcending beyond even death.”

Underwater, a scary shark is pouncing on a wizard boy with its big mouth open. A multi-headed monster is in the dark ocean as a background.
"Code of Rainbow: Legends of Azure and the Masked Planet (Book 3)" by Weiqi Wang
Genre: Action Adventure

Soarame had to cross the largest, most deadly ocean in the world. Battling more powerful, evil wizards, he was forced to escape underwater, and stay in the bottom of the ocean for weeks. But how could a teenage boy survive underwater, especially that there were lethal creatures down there?

a young wizard with his cute kitten magimal standing on a cliff to watch the campus of his magic school
"Code of Rainbow: Soaring Flame and the Dragon-transcending Magimal (Book 1)" by Weiqi Wang
Genre: Action Adventure

Soarame could see colorful magic elements in this world, which were supposed to be invisible. This precious gift put him in danger. He had a kitten-like magimal (magic-gifted animal) as his friend, but they got into troubles together - troubles that were bigger than dragons. Could they survive?

Underwater, a scary shark is pouncing on a wizard boy with its big mouth open. A multi-headed monster is in the dark ocean as a background.
"Code of Rainbow: Legends of Azure and the Masked Planet (Book 3)" by Weiqi Wang
Genre: Fantasy

Soarame had to cross the largest, most deadly ocean in the world. Battling more powerful, evil wizards, he was forced to escape underwater, and stay in the bottom of the ocean for weeks. But how could a teenage boy survive underwater, especially that there were lethal creatures down there?

Ekstasis - The Return of the Sovereign Heart
"Ekstasis – The Return of the Sovereign Heart" by Mahayana I. Dugast (M. I. Dugast)
Genre: Women's Fiction

Together, they are the keys to humankind's original blueprint. Apart, will they find each other through the pages of time?
A metaphysical and visionary tale of romantic suspense. A journey of the alchemy of the soul.

Underwater, a scary shark is pouncing on a wizard boy with its big mouth open. A multi-headed monster is in the dark ocean as a background.
"Code of Rainbow: Legends of Azure and the Masked Planet (Book 3)" by Weiqi Wang
Genre: Childrens Middle Grade Books

Soarame had to cross the largest, most deadly ocean in the world. Battling more powerful, evil wizards, he was forced to escape underwater, and stay in the bottom of the ocean for weeks. But how could a teenage boy survive underwater, especially that there were lethal creatures down there?

Underwater, a scary shark is pouncing on a wizard boy with its big mouth open. A multi-headed monster is in the dark ocean as a background.
"Code of Rainbow: Legends of Azure and the Masked Planet (Book 3)" by Weiqi Wang
Genre: Young Adult

Soarame had to cross the largest, most deadly ocean in the world. Battling more powerful, evil wizards, he was forced to escape underwater, and stay in the bottom of the ocean for weeks. But how could a teenage boy survive underwater, especially that there were lethal creatures down there?

Two boys standing back to back with a lightning strike between them, and two ferocious magimals as the background
"Code of Rainbow: Ancient Barons and the Returned Assassin (Book 2)" by Weiqi Wang
Genre: Action Adventure

Soarame and his friends received a threat from an unknown source, and they must rescue a dear friend by battling wild magimals – an invasion of them so big that it is called a "beastide". The friends devoted themselves into this scary task, but who had been secretly plotting against them?

Two boys standing back to back with a lightning strike between them, and two ferocious magimals as the background
"Code of Rainbow: Ancient Barons and the Returned Assassin (Book 2)" by Weiqi Wang
Genre: Young Adult

Soarame and his friends received a threat from an unknown source, and they must rescue a dear friend by battling wild magimals – an invasion of them so big that it is called a "beastide". The friends devoted themselves into this scary task, but who had been secretly plotting against them?

Two boys standing back to back with a lightning strike between them, and two ferocious magimals as the background
"Code of Rainbow: Ancient Barons and the Returned Assassin (Book 2)" by Weiqi Wang
Genre: Fantasy

Soarame and his friends received a threat from an unknown source, and they must rescue a dear friend by battling wild magimals – an invasion of them so big that it is called a "beastide". The friends devoted themselves into this scary task, but who had been secretly plotting against them?

Two boys standing back to back with a lightning strike between them, and two ferocious magimals as the background
"Code of Rainbow: Ancient Barons and the Returned Assassin (Book 2)" by Weiqi Wang
Genre: Childrens Middle Grade Books

Soarame and his friends received a threat from an unknown source, and they must rescue a dear friend by battling wild magimals – an invasion of them so big that it is called a "beastide". The friends devoted themselves into this scary task, but who had been secretly plotting against them?

Code of Rainbow boxset
"Code of Rainbow Series (book 1-3 published, book 4 written but unpublished)" by Weiqi Wang
Genre: Fantasy

This is an on-going teen fantasy series that nurtures the bloom of MAGIC in the soil of SCIENCE. For the unique features and more details of this series please read the short summary in "the first 10 pages" secion below.