Hello friends!
We are so excited to announce the confirmed schedule for The Barren Grounds! Thank you again to all of you that signed up and helped spread the word to ensure that we filled up this tour with some amazing reviewers! Be sure to visit our hosts during this week and help promote the release of The Barren Grounds for the entire week.
Remember, all tour hosts are required to post reviews in addition to their creative content.
October 11
The Reading Corner for All– Video Book Review
Bookish Universee – Moodboard + 15 Thoughts While Reading
River Dog Blog – Blog Interview
Melanie Reads Books – Book Aesthetic
October 12
The Petite Punk – Lookbook
Reading Stewardess – Review
The Prose Pantry – Book Review + Recipe
The Writer’s Alley – Moodboard + Playlist
October 13
Bookin it with Ahtiya – Favorite Quotes
Ecstatic yet Chaotic – Review
Novel Adventures – Reflection + Book Aesthetic
Musing of Souls – Book Recs
October 14
Geek Declassified – Fan Art + 15 Thoughts While Reading
Woven From Words – Review
Fall Into Reading – Review in 5 GIFs
October 15
Chey’s Reviews – #Ownvoices Reflection
Positively BriAna Reads – Bookmarks + Original Book Tag
Tunnel of Books – Reading Vlog
Casey’s Bookcase – Review
October 16
Read to the End – Book Recs
Soila Can Read – Favorite Quotes
The.B00kreader– Reading Journal Spread + Favorite Quotes
October 17
Lazy Feline 89 – Review
Jen’s Bookden– 15 Thoughts While Reading
Loveless Degrees – Book Recs + Video Book Review
Brain Lair Books – Favorite Quotes
Books and Daydreams – Theme Analysis + Review in GIFs
NK literary Nerd– Playlist
DAVID A. ROBERTSON is the winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Beatrice Mosionier Indigenous Writer of the Year Award and the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer. His books include When We Were Alone (winner of the Governor General’s Award, a finalist for the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award and a McNally Robinson Best Book for Young People); Will I See? (winner of the Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Award, Graphic Novel category); the YA novel Strangers (recipient of the Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction); and Monsters (a McNally Robinson Best Book for Young People). Through his writings about Canada’s Indigenous Peoples, Robertson educates as well as entertains, reflecting Indigenous cultures, histories and communities while illuminating many contemporary issues. David A. Robertson is a member of Norway House Cree Nation. He lives in Winnipeg.
The Barren Grounds
by David Alexander Robertson
Publisher: Puffin Books Release Date: September 8, 2020
Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
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Narnia meets traditional Indigenous stories of the sky and constellations in an epic middle grade fantasy series from award-winning author David Robertson.
Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture and each other, and struggle to fit in at school and at their new home — until they find a secret place, walled off in an unfinished attic bedroom. A portal opens to another reality, Askí, bringing them onto frozen, barren grounds, where they meet Ochek (Fisher). The only hunter supporting his starving community, Misewa, Ochek welcomes the human children, teaching them traditional ways to survive. But as the need for food becomes desperate, they embark on a dangerous mission. Accompanied by Arik, a sassy Squirrel they catch stealing from the trapline, they try to save Misewa before the icy grip of winter freezes everything — including them.
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