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I am thrilled to be hosting a stop on Rockstar Book Tours promotion for THE MONSTER HYPOTHESIS by Romily Bernard! First, we'll read all about it, then I've got a special excerpt for you, and finally, your chance to enter the giveaway for a finished copy of the book! Ready? Set? Here we go!
THE MONSTER HYPOTHESIS
by
Romily Bernard
Pub. Date: December 10, 2019
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 304
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Welcome to Bohring-home to 453 people, 2,053
alligators, and one monster curse.
Correction: home to 454 people, now that Kick
Winter is living in the swamp Hollows with her Grandma Missouri, the town
(fake) psychic. Bohring is anything but boring for Kick who has already blown a
hole through the kitchen floor, befriended a chicken-eating gator, and discovered
that the town's hundred-year curse is upon them.
It's the Bohring curse and all the kids are
about to become monsters-or so the legend goes. People are worried-except for
Kick. She knows there's a scientific explanation for everything, especially curses
and monsters. But Kick is the new kid in school and she's determined to make a
name for herself . . . by pretending to be psychic.
According to her calculations: one teeny-tiny
life + (fake) psychic skills = popularity. But when kids start disappearing and
glowing creatures start showing up, Kick's theory quickly evaporates in a puff
of foul-smelling swamp gas. Can Kick use her (real) science smarts to prove the
curse is a hoax? Or is it just-maybe-sort of-somehow possible the curse is
here?
Author Romily Bernard weaves a fast-paced
middle-grade mystery filled with humor and scientific intrigue, set in a
perfectly eerie Southern town.
*** EXCERPT ***
Crickets chirped in
the long grass as Kick ran toward school. I’m going to be late,
she thought, pushing herself faster. I’m going to have to walk
into class, and everyone’s going to stare at me.
It
was not a time to linger, but even so, she still snatched
glances at the swamp
around her. It was just a swamp. No horrible smells. No growling.
Nothing. That had to be a good sign, right?
Wrong.
And
Kick knew it when she careened around the last corner, heading for
the schoolyard. Everyone was outside—teachers, students, parents,
the mayor—and everyone was talking all at once.
Or
rather, shouting at once.
Miss
Cleo—who owned the Curl Up and Dye and was known for her
temper—kept shaking her fist at Mayor Burr, upper arms jiggling
like broken-open cans of biscuit dough. Mr. Myer, on the other hand,
kept his fists low, gripping his rust-stained apron. Only . . . was
it rust? Because Kick suddenly wasn’t so sure.
About Romily:
Romily Bernard graduated from Georgia State University with
a literature degree. Since then, she's worked as a riding instructor,
cell-phone salesperson, personal assistant, horse groomer and exercise rider,
accounting assistant, and, during a very dark time, customer service
representative. . . . She's also, of course, now a YA novelist.
So don't let anyone tell you a BA degree will keep you
unemployed.
Romily currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and Find Me is
her debut novel. It placed first in the 2011 YA Unpublished Maggie Awards
(given by Georgia Romance Writers) and won the Golden Heart Award for YA
Romance from the Romance Writers of America in 2012.
Giveaway Details:
3 winners will receive a hardcover of THE MONSTER HYPOTHESIS,
US only.
Special thanks to Rockstar Book Tours for the chance to bring this tour to you. (THANKS!) For more information on this title, the author, the publisher, this tour, or those on the horizon, feel free to click through the links provided above. This title is available now, so click on over to your favorite online retailer to snag your copy today! Be sure to check out the rest of the tour for more bookish fun...
**BLOG TOUR SCHEDULE**
Week One:
12/2/2019
Popthebutterfly Reads
12/3/2019
Mythical Books
12/4/2019
Sometimes Leelynn Reads
12/5/2019
Lifestyle of Me
12/6/2019
BookHounds
Week Two:
12/9/2019
Ogitchida Kwe's Book Blog
12/10/2019
For the Love of KidLit
12/11/2019
Little Red Reads
12/12/2019
Life Within The Pages
12/13/2019
Book Briefs
Week Three:
12/16/2019
Adventures Thru Wonderland
12/17/2019
BookishRealmReviews
12/18/2019
fictitious.fox
12/19/2019
Paper safari
12/20/2019
Nay's Pink Bookshelf
Week Four:
12/23/2019
She Just Loves Books
12/24/2019
Hurn Publications
12/25/2019
Two Chicks on Books
12/26/2019
Character Madness
12/27/2019
Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers
Week Five:
12/30/2019
Two Points of Interest
12/31/2019
Fyrekatz Blog
Until next time, remember...if it looks good, READ IT!
Week One:
12/2/2019
Popthebutterfly Reads
12/3/2019
Mythical Books
12/4/2019
Sometimes Leelynn Reads
12/5/2019
Lifestyle of Me
12/6/2019
BookHounds
Week Two:
12/9/2019
Ogitchida Kwe's Book Blog
12/10/2019
For the Love of KidLit
12/11/2019
Little Red Reads
12/12/2019
Life Within The Pages
12/13/2019
Book Briefs
Week Three:
12/16/2019
Adventures Thru Wonderland
12/17/2019
BookishRealmReviews
12/18/2019
fictitious.fox
12/19/2019
Paper safari
12/20/2019
Nay's Pink Bookshelf
Week Four:
12/23/2019
She Just Loves Books
12/24/2019
Hurn Publications
12/25/2019
Two Chicks on Books
12/26/2019
Character Madness
12/27/2019
Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers
Week Five:
12/30/2019
Two Points of Interest
12/31/2019
Fyrekatz Blog
Until next time, remember...if it looks good, READ IT!
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