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TOUR SIGN UP: The ribbon skirt by Cameron Mukwa

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   Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  THE RIBBON SKIRT ? Synopsis : A joyful coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel by debut Indigenous creator Cameron Mukwa about the journey of a two-spirit kid who wants to create a ribbon skirt for the upcoming powwow. Ten-year-old Anang wants to make a ribbon skirt, a piece of clothing typically worn by girls in the Anishinaabe tradition, for an upcoming powwow. Anang is two-spirit and nonbinary and doesn't know what others will think of them wearing a ribbon skirt, but they're determined to follow their heart's desire. Anang sets off to gather the materials needed to make the skirt and turns to those around them -- their family, their human and turtle friends, the crows, and even the lake itself -- for help. And maybe they'll even find a new confidence within themself along the way. ABOUT THE TOUR How it works: you sign up via the Google Form, if you're selected, we send you a copy and you feature it

Tour sign up. Higanbana by Jake Vanguard

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  Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  HIGANBANA ? Synopsis : Nate didn’t need a savior, a guardian angel. Nathaniel has never known happiness or a life free from struggle. Stuck in an abusive relationship and damned to work minimum-wage jobs, he has no energy or motivation to make himself better. That is until he meets a mysterious stranger. Raziel, Archangel of Heaven, was wrongfully stripped of his grace and banished to life on Earth. Lost on his own and haunted by loneliness and the injustices inflicted on him, he meets Nathaniel. Struggling to navigate free will, he starts exploring the human world and falls in love—not just with the world but with the human guiding him through it as well. Will they save each other from their demons? Or will they drag each other deeper into Hell? ABOUT THE TOUR How it works: you sign up via the Google Form, if you're selected, we send you a copy and you feature it in an Instagram post on the date assigned to you!  The to

Tour Sign Up: The Brightness Between Us by Eliot Schrefer

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  Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  THE BRIGHTNESS BETWEEN US? Synopsis : In this sequel to  The Darkness Outside Us , a Stonewall Honor Book,  New York Times  bestselling author Eliot Schrefer delivers another ambitious, genre-bending novel and epic love story that spans thousands of years and the far reaches of the galaxy. Seventeen years have gone by since the  Coordinated Endeavor  crashed on a distant exoplanet. Ambrose Cusk and Kodiak Celius are now the devoted parents of two teenage children, Owl and Yarrow, in a hardscrabble frontier home. Though life on Minerva is full of danger, the family’s bond is enough to make it all worth it—until they learn that the biggest threat to their survival might come from within. More than thirty thousand years in the past, Ambrose wakes on Earth to find that his mission to save his sister was a ruse. His mother betrayed him, and the cruelty of her true plans sets Ambrose spiraling. When he discovers that another space

Tour Sign-Up: Legend of the White Snake by Sher Lee

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  Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  LEGEND OF THE WHITE SNAKE? Synopsis : A snake spirit transforms into a boy and hides his true identity after falling for a headstrong prince. Sher Lee's Legend of the White Snake, is a lush, queer romantasy retelling of the traditional Chinese folktale. Gorgeous cover design by Kuri Huang. When Prince Xian was a boy, a white snake bit his mother and condemned her to a slow, painful death. The only known cure is an antidote created from the rare white snake itself. Desperate, Xian is determined to capture one and cure his mother. Soon, Xian encounters an enigmatic but beautiful stable boy named Zhen, and the two are immediately drawn to each other. But Zhen might just be the human embodiment of the white snake Xian is hunting, and as their feelings grow deeper, will the truth about Zhen’s identity tear them apart? 'Deeply romantic and utterly captivating ...' - Sarah Underwood, New York Times-bestselling author of

Tour Sign-Up: Desert Echoes by Abdi Nazemian

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                  Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram and BookTok tour for  DESERT ECHOES? Synopsis : From a Stonewall Honor–winning author comes a propulsive, moving story about human resilience and connection. Perfect for fans  of Last Night at the Telegraph Club ,  The Great Godden  and  If You Still Recognise Me . Fifteen-year-old Kam is head over heels for Ash, the boy who swept him off his feet. But his family and best friend, Bodie, are worried. They struggle to understand Ash. He also has a habit of disappearing, at times for days. When Ash asks Kam to join him on a trip to Joshua Tree, the two of them walk off into the sunset ... but only Kam returns. Two years later, Kam is still left with a hole in his heart and too many unanswered questions. So it feels like fate when a school trip takes him back to Joshua Tree. On the trip, Kam wants to find closure about what happened to Ash, but instead finds himself in danger of facing a similar fate. In the desert, Kam

Tour Sign-Up: Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White

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                 Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  COMPOUND FRACTURE? Synopsis : A queer Appalachian thriller that pulls no punches—following a trans autistic teen who’s drawn into the generational struggle between the rural poor and those who exploit them. On the night Miles Abernathy—sixteen-year-old socialist and proud West Virginian—comes out as trans to his parents, he sneaks off to a party, carrying evidence that may finally turn the tide of the blood feud plaguing Twist Creek: Photos that prove the county’s Sheriff Davies was responsible for the so-called “accident” that injured his dad, killed others, and crushed their grassroots efforts to unseat him. The feud began a hundred years ago when Miles’s great-great-grandfather, Saint Abernathy, incited a miners’ rebellion that ended with a public execution at the hands of law enforcement. Now, Miles becomes the feud’s latest victim as the sheriff’s son and his friends sniff out the evidence, follow him thr

Tour Sign-Up: Not Not Normal by Peter E. Fenton

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                 Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  NOT NOT NORMAL? Synopsis : What is normal anyway? Jordan is pretty sure he's not normal. It's not that he's gay. It's other things, like the fact that he tends to stick to himself. He's also the president of the book club (which isn't exactly popular) and at the worst possible times, he has panic attacks. As Jordan prepares to enter Grade Eleven, his best friend Emma tries to convince him that this is going to be his year of change, but Jordan isn't so sure. He doesn't want change, he wants to be in control. Jordan's world is turned upside down when he meets Nathan who has a strong disregard for the rules and doesn't seem to be afraid of anything. And when Nathan starts to show interest in Jordan as more than a friend, things start to get ... out of control. Will Jordan find the strength to let go, or will he push away his chance to find love? ABOUT THE TOUR How it works