Welcome to the trailer reveal tour for Cat Winters’s YA
ghost tale, IN THE SHADOW OF BLACKBIRDS (Amulet Books, April 2013). From
February 7-13, seven sites will host seven challenges to find clues about the
novel and its trailer. And on February 14, The Mod Podge Bookshelf
will celebrate a deliciously dark Valentine’s Day by hosting the exclusive
trailer reveal and giveaway!
ABOUT THE NOVEL:
In 1918, the world seems on the verge of apocalypse. Americans
roam the streets in gauze masks to ward off the deadly Spanish influenza, and
the government ships young men to the front lines of a brutal war, creating an
atmosphere of fear and confusion. Sixteen-year-old Mary Shelley Black watches
as desperate mourners flock to séances and spirit photographers for comfort,
but she herself has never believed in ghosts. During her bleakest moment,
however, she’s forced to rethink her entire way of looking at life and death,
for her first love—a boy who died in battle—returns in spirit form. But what
does he want from her?
Featuring haunting archival early-twentieth-century photographs, this is a tense, romantic story set in a past that is eerily like our own time.
Featuring haunting archival early-twentieth-century photographs, this is a tense, romantic story set in a past that is eerily like our own time.
YOUR CHALLENGE:
Mary Shelley Black’s first love, Stephen Embers, enjoys
anagrams (phrases or words created by rearranging the letters of other phrases
or words).
Unscramble the following anagram to learn today’s secret
about IN THE SHADOW OF BLACKBIRDS and/or the book’s trailer. Submit the word in
the rafflecopter below, and you’ll be entered to win an advance reading copy of
the novel, as well as a free download of the trailer’s music, “Under the Fate
of the Blue Moon” by Jill Tracy. (Limited
to U.S. and CANADA residents.)
TODAY’S CLUE:
Mary Shelley and Stephen first become childhood friends when
she fixes this treasured device of his. (Hint: I bet you can picture it.)
ACE ARM
a Rafflecopter giveaway
To learn more about In
the Shadow of Blackbirds, visit http://www.blackbirdsnovel.com.
COMPLETE TRAILER
REVEAL TOUR SCHEDULE:
Feb. 7: I
Am a Reader, Not a Writer
Feb. 8: Mundie
Moms
Feb. 9: IceyBooks
Feb. 10: Hobbitsies
Feb. 11: ReadingTeen
Feb. 12: BookHounds
YA
Feb. 13: Girls in the
Stacks
Feb. 14: The
Mod Podge Bookshelf
Thanks for the fabulous post and congrats to Cat on the new release! I have read any of this author and it sounds very interesting :)
ReplyDeleteI have been waiting to read this book for a LONG time now! Super excited....*squeee*
ReplyDeleteI had never considered before how that era must have seemed world-ending. I'm really curious about this novel, now. :)
ReplyDeleteI have not heard of but looks like a goodread
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