Tour Schedule: They Went Left by Monica Hesse

They Went Left

by Monica Hesse
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Release Date: April 7th 2020

Genre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction

Synopsis:

Germany, 1945. The soldiers who liberated the Gross-Rosen concentration camp said the war was over, but nothing feels over to eighteen-year-old Zofia Lederman. Her body has barely begun to heal; her mind feels broken. And her life is completely shattered: Three years ago, she and her younger brother, Abek, were the only members of their family to be sent to the right, away from the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Everyone else--her parents, her grandmother, radiant Aunt Maja--they went left.

Zofia's last words to her brother were a promise: Abek to Zofia, A to Z. When I find you again, we will fill our alphabet. Now her journey to fulfill that vow takes her through Poland and Germany, and into a displaced persons camp where everyone she meets is trying to piece together a future from a painful past: Miriam, desperately searching for the twin she was separated from after they survived medical experimentation. Breine, a former heiress, who now longs only for a simple wedding with her new fiancé. And Josef, who guards his past behind a wall of secrets, and is beautiful and strange and magnetic all at once.

But the deeper Zofia digs, the more impossible her search seems. How can she find one boy in a sea of the missing? In the rubble of a broken continent, Zofia must delve into a mystery whose answers could break her--or help her rebuild her world.

Monica Hesse is the New York Times bestselling author of Girl in the Blue Coat, American Fire, and The War Outside, as well as a columnist at The Washington Post writing about gender and its impact on society. She lives outside Washington, D.C. with her husband and their dog.

April 8th

The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club - Welcome Post

April 9th
Popthebutterfly Reads - Review + Instagram

Bookishly Nerdy - Review + Favourite Quotes
Beckybookstore - Review

April 10th

Jill’s Book Blog - Review + Instagram
Willow Writes And Reads - Review + Playlist
Devourbookswithdana - Review
Kait Plus Books - Promotional Post

April 11th
Pages Below the Vaulted Sky - Review
dinipandareads - Review
100 Pages A Day - Review

Confessions of a YA Reader - Promotional Post

April 12th

Sometimes Leelynn Reads - Review + Playlist
The Writerly Way - Review + Instagram
Booksinverse - Review + Playlist

April 13th
Books Over Everything - Review
Hooked on Bookz - Review
Book Nook Bits - Review

A Dream Within A Dream - Promotional Post

April 14th

For The Love of Fictional Worlds - Review + Instagram
Books_andPoetrii - Review + Playlist + Instagram
BoundbyWords - Review + Instagram

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Tour Sign-Ups: They Went Left by Monica Hesse

Hello FFBC team!! We are announcing a new tour we're hosting for They Went Left that is being released April 7th, 2020.

The reviews only tour will run from April 8th to April 14th and there will be available the following types of posts:

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

Remember that April 7th this reserved for the Welcome Post, so do not pick April 7th 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.

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.

They Went Left

by Monica Hesse
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Release Date: April 7th 2020

Genre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction

Synopsis:

Germany, 1945. The soldiers who liberated the Gross-Rosen concentration camp said the war was over, but nothing feels over to eighteen-year-old Zofia Lederman. Her body has barely begun to heal; her mind feels broken. And her life is completely shattered: Three years ago, she and her younger brother, Abek, were the only members of their family to be sent to the right, away from the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Everyone else--her parents, her grandmother, radiant Aunt Maja--they went left.

Zofia's last words to her brother were a promise: Abek to Zofia, A to Z. When I find you again, we will fill our alphabet. Now her journey to fulfill that vow takes her through Poland and Germany, and into a displaced persons camp where everyone she meets is trying to piece together a future from a painful past: Miriam, desperately searching for the twin she was separated from after they survived medical experimentation. Breine, a former heiress, who now longs only for a simple wedding with her new fiancé. And Josef, who guards his past behind a wall of secrets, and is beautiful and strange and magnetic all at once.

But the deeper Zofia digs, the more impossible her search seems. How can she find one boy in a sea of the missing? In the rubble of a broken continent, Zofia must delve into a mystery whose answers could break her--or help her rebuild her world.

Monica Hesse is the national bestselling author of the true crime love story American Fire and the Edgar Award-winning young adult historical mystery novel Girl in the Blue Coat, which has been translated into a dozen languages and was shortlisted for the American Booksellers Association's Indies Choice Award. You can learn more about her latest book, They Went Left, ​here.

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Tour Sign-Up: The Slope Rules by Melanie Hooyeng

Hello FFBC Team! We are now announcing a new tour we're hosting for The Slope Rules, that was released on February 24th 2017 by Left Handed Mitten Publications.

The tour will run from March 27th to April 2nd and there will be available the following types of posts:

• Review (Limited spots)
• Interviews (Only 3 Available)
• Playlist (Blogger's Choice)
• Dream Cast (Blogger's Choice)
• Favorite Quotes (Blogger's Choice)
• Promotional Post

Remember that March 27th is reserved for the Welcome Post, so do not pick March 27th in the sign-up form.

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

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 Slope Rules
by Melanie Hooyeng
Publisher: Left Handed Mitten Publications
Release Date: February 24th 2017

Genre: Romance

Synopsis:

Fifteen-year old Cally accepted her fate as one of the guys, so when she meets Blake, a hot snowboarder who sees her for more than her aerials on the slopes, she falls fast and hard. But their romance can only last as long as vacation.

Or so she thinks.

A twist of fate—well, her Dad opening another brewery in a new town—lands her in Blake’s school, but the charismatic boy she fell for wants nothing to do with her, and worse, the Snow Bunnies, the popular clique, claim her as their newest recruit.

Cally must learn to be true to herself—all while landing a spot on the ski team and figuring out who she is without her old friends. And when she finds out what Blake is hiding, she learns the rules on the slopes apply to more than just skiing.

Melanie Hooyenga first started writing as a teenager and finds she still relates best to that age group. She has lived in Washington DC, Chicago, and Mexico, but has finally settled down in her home state of Michigan. 

When not at her day job as the Communications Director at a nonprofit, you can find Melanie attempting to wrangle her Miniature Schnauzer Owen and playing every sport imaginable with her husband Jeremy.

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