Tour Schedule: The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

The Black Kids

by Christina Hammonds Reed

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young

Release Date: August 4, 2020

Genre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Contemporary

Synopsis:

Perfect for fans of The Hate U Give, this unforgettable coming-of-age debut novel explores issues of race, class, and violence through the eyes of a wealthy black teenager whose family gets caught in the vortex of the 1992 Rodney King Riots.

Los Angeles, 1992

Ashley Bennett and her friends are living the charmed life. It’s the end of senior year and they’re spending more time at the beach than in the classroom. They can already feel the sunny days and endless possibilities of summer.

Everything changes one afternoon in April, when four LAPD officers are acquitted after beating a black man named Rodney King half to death. Suddenly, Ashley’s not just one of the girls. She’s one of the black kids.

As violent protests engulf LA and the city burns, Ashley tries to continue on as if life were normal. Even as her self-destructive sister gets dangerously involved in the riots. Even as the model black family façade her wealthy and prominent parents have built starts to crumble. Even as her best friends help spread a rumor that could completely derail the future of her classmate and fellow black kid, LaShawn Johnson.

With her world splintering around her, Ashley, along with the rest of LA, is left to question who is the us? And who is the them?

Christina Hammonds Reed holds an MFA from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. A native of the Los Angeles area, her work has previously appeared in the Santa Monica Review and One Teen Story. The Black Kids is her first novel.

July 29th

The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club - Welcome Post

L.M. Durand - Welcome Post

July 30th

Kait Plus Books - Guest Post

Ya It’s Lit - Review + Favourite Quotes
100 pages a day - Review

July 31st

Yours A-fiction-ately - Review + Favourite Quotes

deepireads - Review
Starlight Reads - Review + Mood Board 

August 1st

The Shelf Life Chronicles - Review

BookishEnds - Review + Playlist
Writingyouthereviewsyouneed - Review

August 2nd

Moonlight Rendezvous - Review + Favourite Quotes

literaryintersections - Review
A Bronx Latina Reads - Review

August 3rd

Books and Dice - Review + Favourite Quotes

Novelsnerd - Review
The YA Obsessed - Review

August 4th

White Rose Stories - Review + Favourite Quotes + Mood Board

Colby Wilkens - Review
Blossoms and Bullet Journal - Review and Mood Board

August 5th

Emelie's Books - Review + Favourite Quotes

Rampant_Reading - Review + watercolor costume design art
Pirouettes.And.Pages - Review + Mood Board

August 6th

Book-Keeping - Review

Lauren Marie’s Musings - Review + Favourite Quotes
Metaphors and Miscellaneous - Review + Favourite Quotes

August 7th

Books and Zebras - Review

Nay's Pink Bookshelf - Review + Dream Cast + Favourite Quotes
The Book View - Promo Post

August 8th

Library of a Book Witch - Review

Lisa Loves Literature - Review -
Chrisycat - Review + Favourites Quotes + Mood Board

August 9th

The Reading Corner for All - Review + Favourite Quotes

Stuck in the Stacks - Review

August 10th

Morgan Vega - Review + Favourite Quotes

Rajiv's Reviews - Review
Mabookyard - Review + Mood Board

August 11th

Reading Stewardess - Review + Playlist
Living My Best Book Life - Review

Evelynreads - Review

Bri's Book Nook - Review

August 12th

A Gingerly Review - Review

dinipandareads - Review + Favourite Quotes
Turnthe.paige394 - Review

August 13th

book_bound_ - Review + Favourite Quotes

fictionthoughts - Review
Trapped Inside Stories - Promo Post

August 14th

Books, Tea, Healthy Me - Review + Favourite Quotes

missmaddychats - Review
The.Magicalpages - Promo Post

August 15th

Confessions of a YA Reader - Review + Favourite Quotes

her book thoughts - Review
Feed Your Fiction Addiction - Review

August 16th

BiblioJoJo - Review

books_n_sunshine - Review + Mood Board
Lexisbookreview - Review

August 17th

Wishful Endings - Guest Post

The Reading Life - Review
Bumbleebeela - Review

August 18th

Yna the Mood Reader - Review + Favourite Quotes

onemused - Review
The Baroness of Books - Review + Favourite Quotes + Mood Board

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Tour Sign-Ups: The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

Hello FFBC team!!  We are announcing a new tour we're hosting for The Black Kids that is being released August 4th, 2020.

The tour will run from July 29th to August 18th and there will be available the following types of posts:

• Review (Limited spots)
• Interview (Limited spots)
• Guest Post (Limited spots)
• Favourite Quotes (Blogger's Choice)
• Playlist (Blogger's Choice)
• Dream Cast (Blogger's Choice)
• Promotional Post

Remember that July 29th this reserved for the Welcome Post, so do not pick July 29th in the sign-up form.

Reviewers will receive a digital copy of the book through NetGalley. So make sure you are able to accept this format and/or have an NG account before signing up to this tour.

Physical copies of the book may be available for US bloggers willing to participate on our Bookstagram.

Please ensure you can accept both types of formats before signing up to this tour since we cannot ensure everyone will get a physical copy.

As always, there will be a tour giveaway provided by the author. Details to come soon!

IMPORTANT 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 and the tour schedule has been published.

The Black Kids

by Christina Hammonds Reed

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young

Release Date: August, 4th 2020

Genre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Contemporary

Synopsis:

Perfect for fans of The Hate U Give, this unforgettable coming-of-age debut novel explores issues of race, class, and violence through the eyes of a wealthy black teenager whose family gets caught in the vortex of the 1992 Rodney King Riots.

Los Angeles, 1992

Ashley Bennett and her friends are living the charmed life. It’s the end of senior year and they’re spending more time at the beach than in the classroom. They can already feel the sunny days and endless possibilities of summer.

Everything changes one afternoon in April, when four LAPD officers are acquitted after beating a black man named Rodney King half to death. Suddenly, Ashley’s not just one of the girls. She’s one of the black kids.

As violent protests engulf LA and the city burns, Ashley tries to continue on as if life were normal. Even as her self-destructive sister gets dangerously involved in the riots. Even as the model black family façade her wealthy and prominent parents have built starts to crumble. Even as her best friends help spread a rumor that could completely derail the future of her classmate and fellow black kid, LaShawn Johnson.

With her world splintering around her, Ashley, along with the rest of LA, is left to question who is the us? And who is the them?

Christina Hammonds Reed holds an MFA from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. A native of the Los Angeles area, her work has previously appeared in the Santa Monica Review and One Teen Story. The Black Kids is her first novel.

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Tour Schedule: The Colossus of Roads by Christina Uss

The Colossus of Roads

by Christina Uss
Publisher: Margaret Ferguson Books
Release Date: May 5th 2020

Genre: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Fiction

Synopsis:

Eleven-year-old Rick Rusek is determined to improve the traffic conditions in Los Angeles-- his parent's failing delivery catering service, Smotch, depends on it.

"Traffic is a puzzle with one correct solution. And I've got to solve it!"

Rick has been studying maps and traffic patterns for years, and devises solutions to improve Los Angeles' notoriously terrible traffic that he calls his Snarl Solutions. He has big ideas, but not enough resources-- until his artistic friend, Mila brings him to a Girl Scout meeting.

Every week at Miss Diamond's art studio, the scouts paint recycled traffic signs with their own designs. The signs will be hung all over Los Angeles to beautify the city with art. But Rick, The Colossus of Roads, has ulterior motives . . . He will restore the signs to their original glory and find a way to install them strategically to rectify the traffic. Anything can be hung with duct tape!

But of course, it's not that easy. SPLAT (Stop Poor LA Traffic), BLAM (Bike-Loving Amazing Mamas), and the TCD (Traffic Calming Division) have their own methods of curing the city's dilemma and will undermine Rick's efforts however they can.

Will Rick be able to clear the notorious traffic problem on Sepulveda Pass in time for his parents to deliver Polish food to the movie studio and land the catering contract they need to keep their company afloat?

Written by Christina Uss, the acclaimed author of The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle, which was selected for the Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List and was a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the year.

Christina Uss has ridden her bicycle across the United States both lengthwise and widthwise, and has worked as an adventure tour guide in fifteen states, leading cyclists of all ages through various mountains’ majesty and all kinds of fruited plains.

Even more than pedaling across state lines, Christina loves books, especially ones that remind us all that the world is wonderful, weird place. She lives in Western Massachusetts with her family and will always wave hello if she sees you out riding.

May 4th

The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club - Welcome Post

May 5th

Sometimes Leelynn Reads - Review + Playlist

May 6th

A Lot of pages - Review

Susan Heim on Parenting - Promotional Post

May 7th

curlyhairbibliophile - Guest Post

May 8th

Books, Tea, Healthy Me - Review + Favourite Quotes

May 9th

Indelible Ink Inscribes - Review

May 10th

PopTheButterfly Reads - Review

May 4th

The FFBC Tours

May 5th

Sometimes Leelynn Reads

May 8th

Books, Tea, Healthy Me

May 9th

Indelible Ink Inscribes

May 10th

PopTheButterfly Reads

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Tour Sign-Ups: The Colossus of Roads by Christina Uss

Hello FFBC team!!  We are announcing a new tour we're hosting for The Colossus of Roads that is being released May 5th, 2020.

The tour will run from May 4th to May 10th and there will be available the following types of posts:

• Review (Limited spots)
• Interview (Limited spots)
• Guest posts (Limited spots)
• Favourite Quotes (Blogger's Choice)
• Playlist (Blogger's Choice)
• Dream Cast (Blogger's Choice)
• Promotional Post

Remember that May 6th this reserved for the Welcome Post, so do not pick May 6th in the sign-up form.

Reviewers will receive a digital copy of the book via email in PDF format.

As always, there will be a tour giveaway provided by the author. Details to come soon!

IMPORTANT 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 and the tour schedule has been published.

The Colossus of Roads

by Christina Uss
Publisher: Margaret Ferguson Books
Release Date: May 5th 2020

Genre: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Fiction

Synopsis:

Eleven-year-old Rick Rusek is determined to improve the traffic conditions in Los Angeles-- his parent's failing delivery catering service, Smotch, depends on it.

"Traffic is a puzzle with one correct solution. And I've got to solve it!"

Rick has been studying maps and traffic patterns for years, and devises solutions to improve Los Angeles' notoriously terrible traffic that he calls his Snarl Solutions. He has big ideas, but not enough resources-- until his artistic friend, Mila brings him to a Girl Scout meeting.

Every week at Miss Diamond's art studio, the scouts paint recycled traffic signs with their own designs. The signs will be hung all over Los Angeles to beautify the city with art. But Rick, The Colossus of Roads, has ulterior motives . . . He will restore the signs to their original glory and find a way to install them strategically to rectify the traffic. Anything can be hung with duct tape!

But of course, it's not that easy. SPLAT (Stop Poor LA Traffic), BLAM (Bike-Loving Amazing Mamas), and the TCD (Traffic Calming Division) have their own methods of curing the city's dilemma and will undermine Rick's efforts however they can.

Will Rick be able to clear the notorious traffic problem on Sepulveda Pass in time for his parents to deliver Polish food to the movie studio and land the catering contract they need to keep their company afloat?

Written by Christina Uss, the acclaimed author of The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle, which was selected for the Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List and was a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the year.

Christina Uss has ridden her bicycle across the United States both lengthwise and widthwise, and has worked as an adventure tour guide in fifteen states, leading cyclists of all ages through various mountains’ majesty and all kinds of fruited plains.

Even more than pedaling across state lines, Christina loves books, especially ones that remind us all that the world is wonderful, weird place. She lives in Western Massachusetts with her family and will always wave hello if she sees you out riding.

Continue Reading