Tour Schedule: THE PEARL THIEF by Elizabeth Wein

Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce the schedule for the THE PEARL THIEF Blog Tour which begins on Monday, May 1st!

The tour runs from May 1st-5th & 8th-12th , will have one stop per day, and will consist of reviews, & blogger posts!

There is also a tour-wide giveaway for 3 finished copies of the book, US Only. So be sure to stop by any or all of the stops for a chance to win.

But until then, here are your hosts.

The Tour Hosts

Week One

5/1/2017- YA and Wine- Blogger Post

5/2/2017- Beauty and the Bookshelf- Review

5/3/2017- The Blonde Bookworm- Review

5/4/2017- The Autumn Bookshelf- Blogger Post

5/5/2017- Rants and Raves of a Bibliophile- Review

Week Two

5/8/2017- Booklove- Review

5/9/2017- Tales of the Ravenous Reader- Blogger Post

5/10/2017- Mundie Moms- Review

5/11/2017- YA Books Central- Spotlight

5/12/2017- History from a Woman's Perspective- Review

About the Book

Title: THE PEARL THIEF

Author: Elizabeth Wein

Pub. Date: May 2, 2017

Publisher: Disney-Hyperion

Pages: 336

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Goodreads

Before Verity . . . there was Julie.

When fifteen-year-old Julia Beaufort-Stuart wakes up in the hospital, she knows the lazy summer break she’d imagined won’t be exactly like she anticipated. And once she returns to her grandfather’s estate, a bit banged up but alive, she begins to realize that her injury might not have been an accident. One of her family’s employees is missing, and he disappeared on the very same day she landed in the hospital.

Desperate to figure out what happened, she befriends Euan McEwen, the Scots Traveller boy who found her when she was injured, and his standoffish sister Ellen. As Julie grows closer to this family, she experiences some of the prejudices they’ve grown used to firsthand, a stark contrast to her own upbringing, and finds herself exploring thrilling new experiences that have nothing to do with a missing-person investigation.

Her memory of that day returns to her in pieces, and when a body is discovered, her new friends are caught in the crosshairs of long-held biases about Travellers. Julie must get to the bottom of the mystery in order to keep them from being framed for the crime.

In the prequel to Printz Honor Book Code Name Verity, this exhilarating coming-of-age story returns to a beloved character just before she learned to fly.

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Tour Schedule: NIGHT WITCHES by Kathryn Lasky

Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce the schedule for the NIGHT WITCHES Blog Tour which begins on Monday, March 20th!

The tour runs from March 20th-24th & 27th-31st, will have one stop per day, and will consist of reviews, interviews, & guest posts!

There is also a tour-wide giveaway for 3 finished copies of NIGHT WITCHES, US Only. So be sure to stop by any or all of the stops for a chance to win.

But until then, here are your hosts.

The Tour Hosts

Week One

3/20/2017- The Best Books Ever - Excerpt

3/21/2017- My Thoughts Literally- Review

3/22/2017- Wandering Bark Books- Guest Post

3/23/2017- La La in the Library- Review

3/24/2017- YA Books Central- Interview

Week Two

3/27/2017- Quartzfeather- Review

3/28/2017- BookHounds YA- Guest Post

3/29/2017- Under the Book Cover- Review

3/30/2017- Bibliobibuli YA- Interview

3/31/2017- History from a Woman's Perspective- Review

About the Book

Title: NIGHT WITCHES

Author: Kathryn Lasky

Pub. Date: March 28, 2017

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Pages: 224

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook

Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads

From bestselling and award-winning author Kathryn Lasky comes an explosive adventure following the teen girl fighter pilots who took on Hitler's army . . . and won.

Fifteen-year-old Valya knows what it feels like to fly. She's a pilot who's always felt more at home soaring through the sky than down on earth. But since the Germans surrounded Stalingrad, Valya's been forced to stay on the ground and watch her city crumble.

When her mother is killed during the siege, Valya is left with one burning desire: to join up with her older sister, a member of the famous and feared Night Witches -- a brigade of young female pilots.

Using all her wits, Valya manages to get past the German blockade and find the Night Witches' base . . . and that's when the REAL danger starts. The women have been assigned a critical mission. If they succeed, they'll inflict serious damage on the Nazis. If they fail, they'll face death . . . or even worse horrors.

Historical fiction master Lasky sheds light on the war's unsung heroes -- daredevil girls who took to the skies to fight for their country -- in an action-packed thrill ride that'll leave you electrified and breathless.

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Tour Announcement: COLD SUMMER by Gwen Cole

Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce a tour we're hosting for COLD SUMMER by Gwen Cole which releases on May 2nd!

The tour will run for two weeks - from April 24th-28th & May 1st-5th- will have one stop per day and will consist of a mix of reviews, excerpts, and guest posts.

The bloggers who are chosen as hosts for a guest post or an interview will be required to come up with guest post topics (at least three) or interview questions (at most five). Interviews will be author or character interviews. 

Review copies will be provided by the publisher.

Details on a giveaway are TK.

If you'd like to be considered to be a stop on this tour, please first sign up as a tour host and then fill out the sign-up form HERE.

***Sign-ups open until March 16th Noon PST***

Once the blog hosts have been chosen and the tour schedule finalized we will have a post announcing the tour.

Please note: Signing up for the tour does not guarantee you will be selected. We will reach out to all hosts that have been chosen once the sign-ups have closed.

We are totally stoked for the tour for COLD SUMMER this May! We can't wait for everyone to read it!

About the Book

Title: COLD SUMMER
Author: Gwen Cole
Pub. Date: May 2, 2017
Publisher: Sky Pony Press
Pages: 256
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Goodreads

Today, he’s a high school dropout with no future.
Tomorrow, he’s a soldier in World War II.

Kale Jackson has spent years trying to control his time-traveling ability but hasn’t had much luck. One day he lives in 1945, fighting in the war as a sharpshooter and helplessly watching soldiers—friends—die. Then the next day, he’s back in the present, where WWII has bled into his modern life in the form of PTSD, straining his relationship with his father and the few friends he has left. Every day it becomes harder to hide his battle wounds, both physical and mental, from the past.

When the ex-girl-next-door, Harper, moves back to town, thoughts of what could be if only he had a normal life begin to haunt him. Harper reminds him of the person he was before the PTSD, which helps anchor him to the present. With practice, maybe Kale could remain in the present permanently and never step foot on a battlefield again. Maybe he can have the normal life he craves.

But then Harper finds Kale’s name in a historical article—and he’s listed as a casualty of the war. Kale knows now that he must learn to control his time-traveling ability to save himself and his chance at a life with Harper. Otherwise, he’ll be killed in a time where he doesn’t belong by a bullet that was never meant for him. 

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Tour Announcement- NIGHT WITCHES by Kathryn Lasky

Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce a tour we're hosting for NIGHT WITCHES by Kathryn Lasky which releases on March 28th!

The tour will run for two weeks - from March 20th-24th & 27th-31st- will have one stop per day and will consist of a mix of reviews, excerpts, guest posts, and interviews.

The bloggers who are chosen as hosts for a guest post or an interview will be required to come up with guest post topics (at least three) or interview questions (at most five). Interviews will be author or character interviews. 

Review copies will be provided by the publisher.

Details on a giveaway are TK.

If you'd like to be considered to be a stop on this tour, please first sign up as a tour host and then fill out the sign-up form HERE.

***Sign-ups open until February 28th Noon PST***

Once the blog hosts have been chosen and the tour schedule finalized we will have a post announcing the tour.

Please note: Signing up for the tour does not guarantee you will be selected. We will reach out to all hosts that have been chosen once the sign-ups have closed.

We are totally stoked for the tour for NIGHT WITCHES this March! We can't wait for everyone to read it!

About the Book

Title: NIGHT WITCHES
Author: Kathryn Lasky
Pub. Date: March 28, 2017
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Pages: 224
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook
Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads

From bestselling and award-winning author Kathryn Lasky comes an explosive adventure following the teen girl fighter pilots who took on Hitler's army . . . and won.

Fifteen-year-old Valya knows what it feels like to fly. She's a pilot who's always felt more at home soaring through the sky than down on earth. But since the Germans surrounded Stalingrad, Valya's been forced to stay on the ground and watch her city crumble.

When her mother is killed during the siege, Valya is left with one burning desire: to join up with her older sister, a member of the famous and feared Night Witches -- a brigade of young female pilots.

Using all her wits, Valya manages to get past the German blockade and find the Night Witches' base . . . and that's when the REAL danger starts. The women have been assigned a critical mission. If they succeed, they'll inflict serious damage on the Nazis. If they fail, they'll face death . . . or even worse horrors.

Historical fiction master Lasky sheds light on the war's unsung heroes -- daredevil girls who took to the skies to fight for their country -- in an action-packed thrill ride that'll leave you electrified and breathless. 

Continue Reading >>