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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Blog Tour- I AM NOT ALONE by @StorkFrancisco With A Guest Post & A #Giveaway! @Scholastic, @ireadya

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the I AM NOT ALONE by Francisco X. Stork Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: I AM NOT ALONE

Author: Francisco X. Stork

Pub. Date: July 18, 2023

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook

Pages: 242

Find it: Goodreadshttps://books2read.com/I-AM-NOT-ALONE

Award-winning author Francisco X. Stork revisits some of the themes and ideas that made Marcelo in the Real World such an unforgettable novel.

Alberto’s life isn't easy: He's an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who lives with his sister's abusive boyfriend―but he'd always accepted his place in the world. Until he starts hearing the voice of a man called Captain America, a voice that wants him to achieve more, no matter the cost.

Grace has it all: She has a supportive boyfriend, she’s on track to be valedictorian, and she’s sure to go to the college of her dreams. Still, nothing feels right to her any more after the divorce of her parents, and feels she needs something more.

When Alberto and Grace meet, they have an immediate and electric connection. But when Alberto is present at the scene of a terrible crime, he becomes a suspect. And with his developing schizophrenia, he’s not even sure he believes in his own innocence.

Can Grace find a way to prove Alberto’s innocence to himself and the world?

This is a page-turning thriller and a sensitive story about mental health, love, and community that will appeal to anyone who has struggled with their place in the world, from award-winning author Francisco X. Stork.

Reviews:

An affecting, deeply emotional story. An important book. -- Booklist, starred review

Albertos suspected schizophrenia makes him heartbreakingly susceptible to both the best and worst of humanity. An illuminatingly powerful story about mental illness, young love, faith, and hope. -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"The narrative’s high-stakes conflicts are front and center, [but] it’s the sheer sweetness of Alberto and Grace’s love story that sets the tone of this hopeful read." -- Publishers Weekly

 

Guest Post:

A day in your writing life.

I wake up around 6:00 a.m. and read and write in my journal for an hour or so. Then around eight a.m. I will go down to my small office in the basement of my house and write. I tell myself that I will be at my desk for an hour regardless of whether the words and images come easily or not. Sometimes the words come rushing out and I’m there for a couple of hours.  Sometimes only a few paragraphs. It doesn’t matter – I have faith that the work will be done as long as I keep showing up.

 

 

About Francisco X. Stork:

Francisco X. Stork is the author of Marcelo in the Real World, winner of the Schneider Family Book Award for Teens and the Once Upon a World Award; The Last Summer of the Death Warriors, which was named to the YALSA Best Fiction for Teens list and won the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award; IrisesThe Memory of Light, which received four starred reviews; and Disappeared, which also received four starred reviews and was named a Kirkus Best Book of the Year. He lives near Boston with his wife. You can find him on the web at franciscostork.com and @StorkFrancisco.

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Giveaway Details:

1 winner will receive a finished copy of I AM NOT ALONE, US Only.

Ends August 1st, midnight EST.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

7/17/2023

YA Books Central

Interview/IG Post

7/17/2023

A Dream Within A Dream

Guest Post

7/18/2023

Character Madness and Musings

Guest Post

7/18/2023

Two Chicks on Books

Guest Post/IG Post

7/19/2023

Wishful Endings

Guest Postt/IG Post

7/19/2023

@evergirl200

IG Review

7/20/2023

Review Thick And Thin

Review/IG Post

7/20/2023

Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's

Review/IG Post

7/21/2023

Fieldstone_lfl

IG Review/LFL Drop Pic

7/21/2023

@allyluvsbooksalatte

IG Review

Week Two:

7/24/2023

Brandi Danielle Davis

IG Review/TikTok Post

7/24/2023

Books With a Chance

Review/IG Post

7/25/2023

Country Mamas With Kids

Review/IG Post

7/25/2023

A Blue Box Full of Books

IG Review/LFL Drop Pic/TikTok Post

7/26/2023

OneMoreExclamation

Review/IG Post

7/26/2023

Two Points of Interest

Review

7/27/2023

@enthuse_reader

IG Review/TikTok Post

7/27/2023

@gsreadingspree

IG Review

7/28/2023

@froggyreadteach

IG Review

7/28/2023

@dharashahauthor

IG Post


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