Full of humor, honesty, and heart... This is Not a Werewolf Story by Sandra Evans (Blog Tour Excerpt & Giveaway)

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My son disappeared for a while yesterday and when he was finally tracked down to see if his homework was done, he gave me a sheepish look and said: "Does doing extra reading count as homework?" Then he proceeded to hold up this book. He was over 50 pages in and said it was, quote: "Awesome!" I then told him I wasn't finished reading it and he couldn't have it yet. "Lol!" The things I struggle with as a book blogger and mom, like my kids stealing my books and disappearing with them.

If you're interested in learning more about this story, definitely check out all the info, including the excerpt and other tour stops, and enter to win a copy of your own below...

This is Not a Werewolf Story

by Sandra Evans

Middle Grade Fantasy
Hardcover & ebook, 352 pages
July 26th 2016 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Summary

This is the story of Raul, a boy of few words, fewer friends, and almost no family. He is a loner—but he isn’t lonely. All week long he looks after the younger boys at One Of Our Kind Boarding School while dodging the barbs of terrible Tuffman, the jerk of a gym teacher.

Like every other kid in the world, he longs for Fridays, but not for the usual reasons. As soon as the other students go home for the weekend, Raul makes his way to a lighthouse deep in the heart of the woods. There he waits for sunset—and the mysterious, marvelous phenomenon that allows him to go home, too. But the woods have secrets . . . and so does Raul. When a new kid arrives at school, they may not stay secret for long.

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Excerpt

Chapter 1

This is the chapter where the new kid runs so fast, Raul decides to talk

New kid. New kid. The words fly around the showers and sinks. I can almost see them, flying up like chickadees startled from the holly tree in the woods.

All the boys are in the big bathroom on the second floor, washing up before breakfast. The littlest kids stand on tiptoe to peek out the windows that look onto the circle driveway.

I pick Sparrow up and hold him so he can see. He’s the littlest of the littles but the kid is dense--like a ton of bricks.

I can’t believe my eyes. No kid has ever come to the school on the back of a Harley. Not in all the years I’ve been here, and I’ve been here longer than anyone. The driver spins the back wheel and a bunch of gravel flies up.

The new kid is holding onto the waist of the driver. He must have a pretty good grip because the driver looks over his shoulder and tries to peel the kid’s fingers away one by one. Then the driver takes off his helmet. We all gasp, because it turns out the driver is a lady with long straight black hair.

Next to me Mean Jack whistles. “What a doll!”

Mean Jack thinks he’s a mobster. A made man, that’s what he calls himself. I call him a numbskull, but not out loud.

About the Author

Sandra Evans is a writer and teacher from the Pacific Northwest. Her forthcoming middle grade novel, This is Not a Werewolf Story (Simon & Schuster July 2016), was inspired by her favorite 12th century French tale, Bisclavret, by Marie de France. Born in Washington state, Sandra spent her childhood on U.S. Navy bases from Florida to Hawaii, and returned to the Northwest as a teenager. Since then, she has lived and traveled in France and Europe, but has never strayed far for long from the Puget Sound region.

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Tour Schedule

November 28th: Launch

November 29th: The Silver Dagger Scriptorium

November 30th: Brooke Blogs & Katie's Clean Book Collection

December 1st: Beck Valley Books

December 2nd: Wishful Endings

December 4th: With Love for Books & Moonshine Art Spot

December 5th: Falling Leaves

December 6th: Letters from Annie (Douglass) Lima & Mel's Shelves

December 7th: Life as Leels

December 8th: deal sharing aunt & Books, Books the Magical Fruit