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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Blog Tour- TWO FRIENDS, ONE DOG, AND A VERY UNUSUAL WEEK by #sarahlthomson &@vin_vogel With An Excerpt & #Giveaway! @PeachtreePub,@HolidayHouseBks, & @RockstarBkTours

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the  TWO FRIENDS, ONE DOG, AND A VERY UNUSUAL WEEK by Sarah L. Thomson & Vin Vogel Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: TWO FRIENDS, ONE DOG, AND A VERY UNUSUAL WEEK

Author: Sarah L. Thomson & Vin Vogel (Illustrator)

Pub. Date: April 18, 2023

Publisher: Peachtree Publishing Company

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook

Pages: 240

Find it: Goodreadshttps://books2read.com/TWO-FRIENDS-ONE-DOG-AND-A-VERY-UNUSUAL-WEEK

Take Pippi Longstocking’s joie de vivre, blend it with a 21st century urban setting, toss in a dog named Otto for good measure and what do you get? This joyfully carefree story about two unlikely friends.

It’s a pair of silver sequined sneakers that unexpectedly flips Emily’s comfortable, predictable world upside down. Or, more precisely, it’s the girl wearing them.

The shoes belong to Rani, who moves into Emily’s apartment building—and her life—with absolutely no one but her dog Otto. (Her research scientist mother is away in Patagonia.) And that’s only the first rule that Emily watches Rani break without hesitation.

But it’s not just that Rani breaks rules. Most of the time, she doesn’t seem to know the rules exist. Why can’t she bungee jump off their building? Or bring an ice cream truck to school?

For steady and orderly Emily, Rani’s approach to life feels impossible . . . and more than a little irresistible. But is there a place for her in Rani’s world? And should she find a way to make space for Rani in her own?

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

 

Two Friends, a Dog, and a Very Unusual Week

By Sarah L. Thomson, illustrated by Vin Vogel

 

Excerpt for Rockstar Book Tours

 

Excerpt from Two Friends, a Dog, and a Very Unusual Week / Text © 2023 by Sarah L. Thomson. Illustrations © 2023 by Vin Vogel. Reproduced with permission from Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. All rights reserved.

 

CHAPTER ONE

Emily Robbins’s apartment building had three floors.

Except you could also say it had four.

The first floor was where Mr. Armand lived. He was the building manager. He fixed the radiators when they broke, told everyone where to leave their recycling, and talked to the chickens that he kept in the backyard.

On the next floor were the Pinkneys. Mrs. Pinkney liked to leave notes. Notes in the stairwell. Notes on the mailboxes. Notes on the fence by the recycling bins.

Please replace lids on bins.

Please remember that your floor is someone else’s ceiling.

Chickens should not roost on radiators. Please.

Emily always wondered when Mrs. Pinkney put these notes up, because she hardly ever saw her around the building—or her two kids, Jonah and Penelope, even though Penelope was in Emily’s class at school.

The only time Emily had gotten a glimpse inside their apartment had been the year she was a Brownie and had knocked on their door to ask if they wanted to buy any Girl Scout cookies.

Mrs. Pinkney was very tall and very thin and very pale. Even her hair was very light blonde and lay meekly and smoothly against her head. When she had opened the door, her white dress matched her skin and didn’t have one speck of dust or dirt.

“Oh no,” she said when she heard about the cookies. “We don’t eat sugar here.”

She closed the door quickly.

Emily’s father said that was obviously the reason for all the notes. “Chronic sugar deprivation,” he explained. “It’s made her oversensitive to noise. And other people. And life.”

Emily’s mom told him to hush.

On the third floor were Emily, her mother, and her father. Emily’s mother had black hair that was almost always in a ponytail. She cooked macaroni and cheese from a box. Her father had brown hair that was always too long because he hated going to get it cut, and he cooked lasagna and curried chicken and potstickers.

Emily’s mother worked on computers in a big building downtown. Her father taught seventh grade. He had promised her that when she got to middle school, she could pretend not to know him.

The top floor of their building, the one above Emily and her family, was empty.

 

 

 

About Sarah L. Thomson:

Sarah L. Thomson has published more than thirty books for young readers, including prose and poetry, fiction and nonfiction, picture books and novels. Sarah worked as a children’s book editor before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Portland, Maine. Learn more about her work at sarahlthomson.com.

 

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About Vin Vogel:

Vin Vogel is an award-winning Brazilian author-illustrator and the creator of A Home for Leo and the Yeti picture book series. He has illustrated over fifty books for young readers. After living in New York City, he returned to his hometown of Rio, where he lives with two cats and a dog. Visit him at vinvogel.com.

 

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Giveaway Details:

1 winner will receive a finished copy of  TWO FRIENDS, ONE DOG, AND A VERY UNUSUAL WEEK, US Only.

Ends June 13th, midnight EST.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Tour Schedule:

Week One:

5/29/2023

YA Books Central

Excerpt/IG Post

5/29/2023

The Momma Spot

Excerpt

5/30/2023

The Chirpy Bookaholic

Excerpt/IG Post

5/30/2023

A Dream Within A Dream

Excerpt

5/31/2023

Country Mamas With Kids

Review/IG Post

5/31/2023

@evergirl200

IG Review

6/1/2023

Review Thick And Thin

Review/IG Post

6/1/2023

@allyluvsbooksalatte

IG Review/TikTok Post

6/2/2023

A Blue Box Full of Books

IG Review/LFL Drop Pic/TikTok Post

6/2/2023

Nerdophiles

Review

Week Two:

6/5/2023

Not In Jersey

Review/IG Post

6/5/2023

@stargirls.magical.tale

IG Review

6/6/2023

Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's

Review/IG Post

6/6/2023

@enjoyingbooksagain

Review/IG Post

6/7/2023

Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers

Review/IG Post

6/7/2023

Carly Sunshine Books

IG Review

6/8/2023

@froggyreadteach

IG Review

6/8/2023

OneMoreExclamation

Review/IG Post

6/9/2023

Jenguerdy

Review/IG Post

6/9/2023

Author Z. Knight’s Guild

Review/IG Post


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