Today I’m going to spotlight a book I’m excited about and want to read. I love the concept of this book. So read further to find out why and to win a copy yourself!
Summary
Joel Higgins has 901 unsent text messages saved on his phone.
Ever since the thing that happened, there are certain people he hasn’t been able to talk to in person. Sure, he shows up at school, does his mandatory volunteer hours at the soup kitchen, and spends pretty much every moment thinking about Eli, the most amazing girl in the world. But that doesn’t mean he’s keeping it together, or even that he has any friends.
So instead of hanging out with people in real life, he drafts text messages. But he never presses send.
As dismal as sophomore year was for Joel, he doesn’t see how junior year will be any better. For starters, Eli doesn’t know how he feels about her, his best friend Andy’s gone, and he basically bombed the SATs. But as Joel spends more time at the soup kitchen with Eli and Benj, the new kid whose mouth seems to be unconnected to his brain, he forms bonds with the people they serve there-including a veteran they call Rooster-and begins to understand that the world is bigger than his own pain.
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Spotlight
I am pretty excited about this book. I think what fascinates me most is not only that it’s a contemporary, but it has to do with all those things you wish you said to people.
It’s about those light night texts you compose, but never send. I have so many of these instances. The times you write messages that say you need someone to talk to. Or the times you want to confess secrets. Or the times you need advice.
This book seems to take these text messages as a foundation, and expand upon it. Wondering where those relationships could go. Where those unsent words are sent.
About the Author
I am the author of the (contemporary social issue) Young Adult book, Words We Don’t Say (Disney Hyperion Oct 2, 2018).
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Giveaway
3 winners will win a finished copy of WORDS WE DON’T SAY, US Only.
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Blog Tour
Week One:
10/8/2018- BookHounds YA– Excerpt
10/9/2018- Utopia State of Mind– Review
10/10/2018- Here’s to Happy Endings– Review
10/11/2018- Abellafairytale– Review
10/12/2018- Do You Dog-ear?– Review
Week Two:
10/15/2018- YA Books Central– Excerpt
10/16/2018- The Pages In-Between– Review
10/17/2018- A Dream Within A Dream– Excerpt
10/18/2018- Book-Keeping– Review
10/19/2018- Beware Of The Reader– Review
Week Three:
10/22/2018- Rainy Day Reviews– Excerpt
10/23/2018- Moonlight Rendezvous– Review
10/24/2018- The Cover Contessa– Review
10/25/2018- Jena Brown Writes– Review
10/26/2018- A Fictional Bookworm– Review
Week Four:
10/29/2018- PopTheButterfly Reads– Review
10/30/2018- Cindy’s Love of Books– Review
10/31/2018- The Desert Bibliophile– Review
11/1/2018- Trendy Simple Life– Review
11/2/2018- Patriotic Bookaholic– Review
Week Five:
11/5/2018- Coffee, Books and Cakes– Review
11/6/2018- Savings in Seconds– Review
11/7/2018- Novel Novice– Excerpt
11/8/2018- For the Love of KidLit– Spotlight
11/9/2018- Two points of interest– Review
It sounds like this book really gets into the pain and the terror of the unsent text message!