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January 23, 2023

City Spies: City of the Dead Blog Tour: Excerpt + Giveaway

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the CITY SPIES: CITY OF THE DEAD by James  Ponti Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar  Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

  

CITY SPIES: CITY OF THE DEAD
Author: James Ponti
Release Date: February 7, 2023
Publisher: Aladdin
Formats: Hardcover, ebook, audiobook
Pages: 400

Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/CITY-SPIES-CITY-OF-THE-DEAD 

In this fourth installment in the New  York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the  young group of spies go codebreaking in Cairo in another international  adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs.  Smith’s Spy School for Girls.
 
Codename Kathmandu, better known as Kat, loves logic and order, has a favorite  eight-digit number, and can spot a pattern from a mile away. So when a series  of cyberattacks hits key locations in London while the spies are testing  security for the British Museum, it’s clear that Kat’s skill for finding reason  in what seems like randomness makes her the perfect candidate to lead the job.
 
And while the team follows the deciphered messages to Egypt and the ancient  City of the Dead to discover who is behind the attacks and why, Kat soon  realizes that there’s another layer to the mystery.
 
With more players, more clues, and involving higher levels of British  Intelligence than ever before, this mission is one of the most complex that the  group has faced to date. And it’s also going to bring about a change to the  City Spies…

       

Grab  the rest of the CITY SPIES BOOKS now!  

Book  Trailer:

 
 Excerpt from City of the Dead by James Ponti. Text copyright © 2023. Reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

JAMES  PONTI (he/him/his)  is the New York Times bestselling author of three middle grade book  series: City Spies, about an unlikely squad of five kids from around the  world who form an elite MI6 Spy Team; the Edgar Award–winning Framed! series,  about a pair of tweens who solve mysteries in Washington, DC; and the Dead  City trilogy, about a secret society that polices the undead living beneath  Manhattan. His books have appeared on more than fifteen different state award  lists and he is the founder of a writers group known as the Renegades of Middle  Grade. James is also an Emmy– nominated television writer and producer who has  worked for many networks including Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, PBS, History,  and Spike TV, as well as NBC Sports. He lives with his family in Orlando,  Florida. Find out more at JamesPonti.com.

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  (1) lucky winner will receive a finished  copy of CITY OF THE DEAD - US Only.

Tour Schedule:

Week One:                                                                                                                        

1/23/2023

 
 

Mythical Books

 
 

Excerpt/IG Post

 
 

1/23/2023

 
 

A Dream Within A Dream

 
 

Excerpt

 
 

1/24/2023

 
 

YA Books Central

 
 

Excerpt

 
 

1/24/2023

 
 

Kait Plus Books

 
 

Excerpt/IG Post

 
 

1/25/2023

 
 

Log Cabin Library

 
 

Excerpt

 
 

1/25/2023

 
 

Kim"s Book Reviews and Writing Aha's

 
 

Review/IG Post

 
 

1/26/2023

 
 

Blog Write. Read. Live

 
 

Excerpt/IG Post

 
 

1/26/2023

 
 

Lifestyle of Me

 
 

Review

 
 

1/27/2023

 
 

YA Book Nerd

 
 

Review/IG Post

 
 

1/27/2023

 
 

onemused

 
 

IG Post

 
   

Week Two:                                                                                                                

1/30/2023

 
 

Nerdophiles

 
 

Review

 
 

1/30/2023

 
 

Eye-Rolling Demigod's Book Blog

 
 

Review/IG Post

 
 

1/31/2023

 
 

Wanderingwitchreads

 
 

TikTok Review/IG Post

 
 

1/31/2023

 
 

Review Thick And Thin

 
 

Review/IG Post

 
 

2/1/2023

 
 

@ChristenKrumm

 
 

IG Review

 
 

2/1/2023

 
 

Two Points of Interest

 
 

Review

 
 

2/2/2023

 
 

Book-Keeping

 
 

Review/IG Post

 
 

2/2/2023

 
 

@bookmama85

 
 

IG Review

 
 

2/3/2023

 
 

OneMoreExclamation

 
 

Review/IG Post

 
 

2/3/2023

 
 

@froggyreadteach

 
 

IG Review

 


Monday, February 7, 2023 at 6:00pm CT

Virtual launch event hosted by Blue  Willow Bookshop (Houston, TX)

In conversation with Kelly Yang (author of NEW  FROM HERE and FINALLY SEEN)

   

Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at 7:00pm ET

In-person event hosted by Little Shop of Stories (Decatur, GA)

In conversation with Laurel Snyder (author  of ORPHAN ISLAND and CHARLIE & MOUSE)

   

Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 6:00pm ET

In-person event hosted by Malaprop’s (Asheville, NC)

In conversation with Alan Gratz (author of REFUGEE, GROUND  ZERO, and TWO DEGREES)

   

Friday, February 10, 2023 at 5:00pm ET

In-person event hosted by RJ Julia Booksellers (Madison, CT)

In conversation with Lauren Tarshis (author  of the I SURVIVED series)

   

 

   

Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 3:00pm ET

In-person event hosted by Books of Wonder (New York, NY)

In conversation with Sayantani DasGupta (author  of THE FIRE QUEEN series), Chris Grabenstein (author  of DOG SQUAD and THE SMARTEST KID IN THE UNIVERSE),  and Karina Yan Glaser (author of THE  VANDERBEEKERS series)

   

Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 2:00pm CT

In-person event at St. Louis  Public Library hosted by The Novel Neighbor (St. Louis, MO)

In conversation with George Jreije (author  of SHAD HADID AND THE ALCHEMISTS OF ALEXANDRIA)

     

Monday, February 13, 2023 at 7:00pm CT

In-person event hosted by Wild Rumpus  Books for Young Readers (Minneapolis, MN)

In conversation with Jacqueline West (author  of THE BOOKS OF ELSEWHERE and LONG LOST)

   

Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 5:30pm ET

In-person event hosted by Quail  Ridge Books (Raleigh, NC)

In conversation with Kwame Mbalia (author of  the TRISTAN STRONG series)

   

Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 10:30am ET

In-person event hosted by Politics & Prose (Washington, D.C.)

    

Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 2:00pm ET

In-person event hosted by The  International Spy Museum (Washington, D.C.)

    

Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 2:00pm ET  

In-person event hosted at Lake Highland Prep School hosted by Writer’s Block  Bookstore (Orlando, FL)

    In conversation with Jerry Craft (author  of NEW KID and CLASS ACT)

 

 

 

August 27, 2021

The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb Blog Tour: Excerpt + Giveaway

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE CURSE OF THE MUMMY: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb  by Candace Fleming Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

THE CURSE OF THE MUMMY: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb
Author: Candace Fleming
Pub. Date: September 7, 2021
Publisher: Scholastic Focus
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook
Pages: 304

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

Award-winning and critically acclaimed author Candace Fleming presents the edge-of-your-seat true story of the search for Tutankhamun's tomb, the Western public's belief that the dig was cursed, and the battle for ownership of the treasures within.

During the reign of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun ruled and died tragically young. In order to send him on his way into the afterlife, his tomb was filled with every treasure he would need after death. And then, it was lost to time, buried in the sands of the Valley of the Kings.

His tomb was also said to be cursed.

Centuries later, as Egypt-mania gripped Europe, two Brits -- a rich earl with a habit for gambling and a disreputable, determined archeologist -- worked for years to rediscover and open Tutankhamun's tomb. But once it was uncovered, would ancient powers take their revenge for disturbing and even looting the pharaoh's resting place? What else could explain the mysterious illnesses, accidents, and deaths that began once it was found?

Candace Fleming awarded herself the Newbery Medal in fifth grade after scraping the gold sticker off the class copy of The Witch of Blackbird Pond and pasting it onto her first novel—a ten-page, ten-chapter mystery called Who Done It? She’s been collecting awards (her own, not Elizabeth George Speare’s) ever since.

Today, Candace is the versatile and acclaimed author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize honored The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of the Russian Empire; Boston Globe/Horn Book Award-winning biography, The Lincolns; the bestselling picture book, Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!; the Sibert-Award-winning Giant Squid; and the beloved Boxes for Katje. She contributed the chapter on Katharine of Aragon to Fatal Throne. Photo credit: Michael Lionstar.

Website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Goodreads | Amazon | BookBub

(3) winners will win a finished copy of THE CURSE OF THE MUMMY - US Only.


Tour Schedule:

Week One:

8/24/2021

Kait Plus Books

Excerpt

8/25/2021

The Momma Spot

Review

8/25/2021

Lifestyle of Me

Review

8/26/2021

#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

Excerpt

8/27/2021

A Dream Within A Dream

Excerpt

8/27/2021

Rajiv's Reviews

Review

8/28/2021

YABooksCentral

Interview

Week Two:

8/29/2021

Log Cabin Library

Excerpt

8/29/2021

BookHounds ya

Review

8/30/2021

Two Chicks on Books

Excerpt

8/31/2021

Little Red Reads

Review

8/31/2021

Jaime's World

Excerpt

9/1/2021

Locks, Hooks and Books

Review

9/2/2021

@lexijava

Excerpt

9/3/2021

Two Points of Interest

Review

9/4/2021

hauntedbybooks

Review

9/4/2021

Enjoyingbooksagain

Review

Week Three:

9/5/2021

The Bookwyrm's Den

Review

9/6/2021

Books and Zebras @jypsylynn

Review