{"id":14029,"date":"2021-09-01T06:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=14029"},"modified":"2021-10-01T19:10:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T23:10:20","slug":"blog-tour-pahua-and-the-soul-stealer-by-lori-m-lee-excerpt-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-pahua-and-the-soul-stealer-by-lori-m-lee-excerpt-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: Pahua and the Soul Stealer by Lori M. Lee (Excerpt + Giveaway!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ubb-blog-tour-banner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockstarbooktours.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/PAHUA-AND-THE-SOUL-STEALER.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Pahua and the Soul Stealer by Lori M. Lee (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\"><\/a><\/p><p>Happy Wednesday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for PAHUA AND THE SOUL STEALER by Lori M. Lee! I&#8217;m so excited because today I have an excerpt of the book to share with you! This book is truly amazing and I&#8217;m so excited to for you to find out more about it, PLUS enter for a chance to win a print copy!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/V3-Fall-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"645\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/V3-Fall-2021-divider.png 645w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/V3-Fall-2021-divider-300x23.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pahua-and-the-soul-stealer-cover-1.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Pahua and the Soul Stealer by Lori M. Lee (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\" title=\"Blog Tour: Pahua and the Soul Stealer by Lori M. Lee (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>Pahua and the Soul Stealer<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/lori-m-lee\/\">Lori M. Lee<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  September 7, 2021 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/rick-riordan-presents\/\">Rick Riordan Presents<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/fantasy\/\">Fantasy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/middle-grade\/\">Middle Grade<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/multiverse\/\">Multiverse<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/retellings\/\">Retellings<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 320 <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/56623545-pahua-and-the-soul-stealer\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><strong>Author Links:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lorimlee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/eepurl.com\/8o3oj\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Blog<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoriMLee\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LoriMLee\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/lorimlee\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3gIxcdL\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lorimlee82\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/lorimlee\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Pinterest<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lorimlee.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Tumblr<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>Pahua Moua has a bit of a reputation for being a weirdo. A lonely eleven-year-old Hmong girl with the unique ability to see spirits, she spends her summer days babysitting her little brother and playing with her best friend, a cat spirit no one else can see.<br \/>\nOne day Pahua accidentally untethers an angry spirit from the haunted bridge in her neighborhood--whoops. When her brother suddenly falls sick and can't be awoken, Pahua fears that the bridge spirit has stolen his soul. She returns to the scene of the crime with her aunt's old shaman tools, hoping to confront the spirit and demand her brother's return. Instead, she summons a demon.<br \/>\nThankfully, a warrior shaman with a bit of an attitude problem shows up at the last minute and saves her butt. With the help of this guide, Pahua will have to find her way through the spirit worlds and rescue her brother's soul before it's too late. Little does she know she'll have her own discoveries to make along the way. . . .<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2021-09-01T10:00:34+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"Happy Wednesday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for PAHUA AND THE SOUL STEALER by Lori M. Lee! I'm so excited because today I have an excerpt of the book to share with you! This book is t\",\n\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Kait Plus Books\"\t},\n\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\\\/books\\\/blog-tour-pahua-and-the-soul-stealer-by-lori-m-lee-excerpt-giveaway\\\/\",\n\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Pahua and the Soul Stealer\",\n\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\"name\": \"Lori M. Lee\",\n\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/lorimlee.com\\\/\"\t\t},\n\t\t\"isbn\": \"1368068243\"\t},\n\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Kaity\",\n\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\\\/books\\\/\"\t},\n\t\"reviewRating\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Rating\",\n\t\t\"ratingValue\": false,\n\t\t\"bestRating\": \"5\"\n\t}\n}\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/V3-Fall-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"645\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/V3-Fall-2021-divider.png 645w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/V3-Fall-2021-divider-300x23.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13940\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Read-an-Excerpt-Fall-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>My Best Friend Is a Cat Spirit<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The day my life changed began like most mornings\u2014with a judgmental cat spirit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That T-shirt makes you look like an eggplant, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miv said. Despite being a tiny black kitten, he had a lot of opinions. He sat on my dresser, his round eyes watching me get ready for summer school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most people would agree that having a talking cat spirit for a best friend is pretty strange. But for as long as I can remember, I\u2019ve seen spirits. Not in a creepy way (although sometimes in a creepy way\u2014more on that later), but in a normal <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey, spirits exist, and also, can I borrow some peanut butter? <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kind of way. Well, except for the part where no one else can see them but me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I told my mom about Miv when I was five. She couldn\u2019t see him, so she assumed I\u2019d made him up. She\u2019d humored me, patting me on the head and then saying to the seemingly empty space beside me, \u201cAren\u2019t you a pretty kitty?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miv had glared at her from his spot on the kitchen counter. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If she even <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">thinks <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">about getting you a real cat, I\u2019ll make sure all her rice goes bad.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, I ignored Miv\u2019s criticism, as usual. I smoothed down the hem of my shirt. Yeah, it was the color of eggplant, but I liked it. Then I fished out my favorite purple hair clip from the Star Wars tin beside my bed and secured it at my right temple, just above my ear. \u201cRemember what I told you yesterday morning?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ramen gives you indigestion? <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miv said as he jumped onto my rumpled bed, leaving a ghostly trail of smoke in his wake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNo.\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the record, I did <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">say that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pok\u00e9mon scares you?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or that. I threw a sock at him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stop watching you sleep?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I paused in the middle of wadding up another sock. \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you watch me sleep?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His yellow eyes glowed faintly. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let that question haunt you for the rest of the day.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNo need. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">already haunt me.\u201d Actually, Miv wasn\u2019t like human spirits, who are tethered to a specific place or thing. He came and went whenever he wanted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I tossed the wadded sock into the disaster zone that was my closet. \u201cI told you that I don\u2019t take fashion advice from cat spirits.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The look he gave me held a level of disdain only possible in cats. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clearly.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I rolled my eyes and then spotted the time on my alarm clock. If I didn\u2019t hurry, I would be late for school. My mom made my brother and me take classes every summer because she liked keeping us busy instead of having us \u201csitting around all day\u201d or whatever. Also, it was free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a jolt of panic, I rushed from my bedroom and then nearly ran into my mom coming out of the kitchen. She held two shallow saucers of uncooked rice in each hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhoa! Careful, Pahua,\u201d she warned me. She lifted the saucers over her head as I ducked beneath her arms. She was dressed in jeans and the blue smock she wore at her factory job. Her long black hair was tied back into a tight ponytail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSorry, Mom.\u201d I grabbed a granola bar from the kitchen cabinet. A third saucer of rice sat on the counter. I moved it to the back of the stove.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good morning, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">squeaked a voice. A spirit shaped like a plump little man climbed out of the nearest electric burner. Dab Qhov Txos, or the spirit of the stove, had red hair that moved like a candle flame and a full beard that flickered and sparked when he talked. He sprawled onto the offering of rice, the hard grains browning from the heat of his beard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the dining room, which was just a corner where my mom kept a square table, sat my brother, Matt. He was slurping down a bowl of cornflakes, his mussed black hair in need of a comb. He was small for a seven-year-old, with too-big dark-brown eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEat fast,\u201d I called over the narrow counter that divided the kitchen from the dining room. Then to Mom: \u201cStill on for tonight?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSorry, honey. Something came up.\u201d She went over to the rubber floor mat where we set our shoes and placed an offering of rice for Dab Txhiaj Meej, the spirit of the front door. The last offering went on the family altar for Dab Xwm Kab.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These three guardian house spirits watched over our apartment. I guess that technically made them apartment spirits, not house spirits, but that didn\u2019t sound as cool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLike a shaman thing?\u201d I asked. Shamans, like my aunt, are spiritual leaders in the Hmong community. Growing up with a shaman for a sister helped my mom pick up enough knowledge to be able to perform minor rituals, like house blessings or simple divinations, for people in need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But we lived far away from other Hmong families, which meant a long commute\u2014and ditched plans for us\u2014when she did. Tonight was supposed to be our first Friday movie night of the summer, even though it was nearly July already. I plastered on a smile before my mom could see my disappointment, though. It wasn\u2019t her fault she had to cancel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miv padded into the kitchen and jumped onto the stove beside me. He circled the saucer of rice grains and the rotund little stove spirit. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do you think of her shirt? <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the cat asked with a glance in my direction. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reminds you of an eggplant, right?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wear black and red, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the stove spirit suggested in his crackly voice. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like embers and ashes, in real, wood-burning stoves, back when meals were a sacred time. I miss the smell of scorched bones.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was why I didn\u2019t seek out the spirits\u2019 opinions on my wardrobe choices. I\u2019d rather look like a vegetable than a burned skeleton.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI have to help a family consult their ancestors about buying a farm,\u201d my mom said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDo dead relatives give good business advice?\u201d I asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She smiled, but her tone was chiding. \u201cDon\u2019t joke. The spirits will be offended.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whatever would we do then? <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miv said, watching the stove spirit roll around in the rice some more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I almost laughed, but my mom was right. All spirits, even good ones like house spirits, have dual natures. They protect your home and bring good luck, but they can just as easily turn on you if they feel they aren\u2019t being properly honored. Harsh, right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My mom lit a stick of incense and placed it across the rice offering on the altar. Hidden between two sheets of shiny joss paper, the small altar spirit stirred. Mom didn\u2019t notice. She couldn\u2019t sense or see spirits. She just interpreted their messages through tools like bells or horns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Real shamans can communicate with spirits through rituals and trances, but I wasn\u2019t sure how it worked. The only shaman I knew was my Aunt Kalia, who my mom didn\u2019t get along with. The last time I\u2019d seen her was two years ago during Christmas lunch, and she hadn\u2019t given any indication that she\u2019d noticed Miv pretending to drown in the gravy bowl.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019ll be home late. Love you both.\u201d Mom grabbed her lunch box from the table, pausing just long enough to kiss Matt on the temple.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think he tried to say \u201cBye, Mom,\u201d but when he opened his mouth, chewed-up cereal dropped into his bowl. Little brothers can be so disgusting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She blew out the door just as Matt leaped from his chair and announced, \u201cDone!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After shoving the last of the granola bar into my mouth, I was already slipping on my sandals by the front door. A hissing sound came from one of my mom\u2019s sneakers. A second later, the door spirit slithered out. She was a small green snake with black markings around her eyes that made her look like she wore tiny glasses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You look sssplendid in purple, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I flashed a triumphant smile at Miv, who only turned his head, nose tipped in the air as he disappeared out the door ahead of us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outside our apartment building, hedges that had once been square and were now Swamp Thing blobs lined the sidewalk. The neighborhood was mostly other drab brown-brick apartments with yellowing lawns and trees strung with old Christmas lights. The school sat a few blocks down the road, past an open field that led into the woods at the edge of town.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My mom had moved us here three years ago. After my dad left us, a whole parade of gossiping aunties kept showing up to ask too-personal questions and bully her about being a single mother. I always got sent to my room, but that didn\u2019t stop me from overhearing things that made me wish I could breathe fire or turn them all into frogs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matt and I hadn\u2019t gone far from our apartment when a half-dozen mushroom spirits emerged from beneath the hedges. They were each about the size of my fist, with stubby limbs and oversize mushroom cap-heads that made them look like mini Funko Pops. Miv flicked his tail and trotted faster, but I waved as the little spirits darted alongside us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matt couldn\u2019t see them, but he was used to me waving at empty air. He chalked it up to my imagination. Usually, he played along. He was only four when we moved, so he didn\u2019t know that, even within the Hmong community, being able to see spirits\u2014or just talking to seemingly no one\u2014was still considered freaky, unless you were a shaman. In fact, from what I\u2019ve been able to gather, seeing and interacting with all kinds of spirits the way I could isn\u2019t typical even for shamans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe troops have arrived,\u201d I said to Matt, gesturing to the invisible mushroom spirits. \u201cAre you ready to return to the war front?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He grinned. \u201cYes, sir! Ready, set, march!\u201d He began pumping his short arms and legs a little too enthusiastically so that instead of marching, he looked more like a climbing monkey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I followed him, pretending I was a general leading my brave mushroom soldiers into battle. We were heading into the warzone that was a classroom crammed with hostile, stir-crazy sixth-graders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fun fact #1 about me: I like to pretend to be something more exciting than an eleven-year-old who spends all her time babysitting her little brother and talking to invisible spirits. Some would say I\u2019m too old for imaginary games. But some people also like olives, so folks can be just plain wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCan I pick the movie tonight?\u201d Matt asked. \u201cSince it\u2019ll be just us?\u201d He didn\u2019t sound disappointed, probably because he was used to it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reminder that Mom was skipping out on movie night, though, made my nose wrinkle. When Matt caught my eye, I quickly smiled and nodded. \u201cAnything but <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spirited Away<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAw, but I love that movie.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI do, too, but it scares you! You always cry!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat\u2019s what makes it cool!\u201d Matt laughed and started flapping his arms and hopping up and down, pretending to be the witch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was ridiculous. What kind of seven-year-old <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">liked <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">being scared? I\u2019ve always <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hated <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that feeling\u2014I couldn\u2019t even do those cheesy haunted houses around Halloween.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It didn\u2019t take us long to reach the school. Merdel Elementary looked like it belonged in another time period. The bricks were red and crumbling, and a rusty flagpole stood out front. A handful of cars were lined up along the curb to drop off sullen-looking kids who\u2019d rather be anywhere else.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I walked Matt to his entrance. Before leaving, he planted a sloppy kiss on my cheek and said, \u201cI want ramen for lunch later.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYeah, yeah.\u201d I mussed his hair, laughing when he smacked my hand away. \u201cHurry up. You\u2019ll be late.\u201d I waved as Matt went inside, and then continued to the attached middle school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wind spirits sent a sharp gust to tip over the mushroom spirits still trailing after me. This apparently inspired Miv, who flicked a mushroom with a tiny black paw. The small spirit was so top-heavy that they flipped upside down and could only rock back and forth on the speckled red cap of their head, flailing their tiny arms and legs. Miv grinned in satisfaction as the other mushroom spirits rushed to help their friend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cStop that,\u201d I whispered loudly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWho is she talking to?\u201d a kid mumbled behind me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWeirdo,\u201d another boy said, laughing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My face went hot, but I pretended I hadn\u2019t heard. Although I\u2019m not about to tell people the truth about me, I\u2019m not always good at hiding it, either. As you can imagine, that doesn\u2019t make me very popular. But being the only Asian kid in my grade already makes me an outcast. Even though I\u2019m surrounded by a world filled with spirits, sometimes I can feel pretty lonely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miv jumped onto my shoulder. \u201cI should use his locker as a litter box.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I smiled but kept my gaze on my feet. You\u2019d think that with only morning classes and fewer kids, summer school would be easier to get through than regular school. But nope. Fewer kids just meant I stood out more. Yay me! So I pretended I was an undercover spy. I had to complete Operation Beat the Bell by reaching my first class as quickly and quietly as possible without attracting the enemy\u2019s attention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I made it to my seat near the windows just as the bell rang. Someone had stuck flower decals on the glass panes but forgotten to remove the plastic snowflakes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My mom had signed me up for two classes. The first, Intro to Algebra, made my brain feel like it was slowly melting out of my ears. Math should be illegal during the summer. Anybody who attempts to assign math work should be punished by being the last one picked for every team. (I\u2019ve been that kid. It sucks.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I slouched low and tried to project my best <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m a bush, please ignore me <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">energy. It mostly worked, except for when Miv began peeling off the window decals. Some of my classmates glanced in my direction. I wasn\u2019t sure what people saw when spirits messed with physical objects. Probably nothing too bizarre, because they didn\u2019t run screaming from the classroom. They only squinted a bit, their eyebrows pinched. I resisted the urge to throw my pencil at Miv\u2019s head and sank lower into my desk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My second class, the Symbiotic Relationship of Plants and Insects, was down the hall, and I had to admit, it wasn\u2019t all bad. On cooler days, our teacher took us out to the flower bushes behind the baseball diamond to watch insects. Today, though, just the short walk to school had made my hair stick to the back of my neck. Mom always complained about how cold winters were in Wisconsin, but Wisconsin summers were no joke, either.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As I took my seat there, Hailey Jones, who sat to my right, looked over. She was tall, with long light-brown hair. Her shorts were embroidered with roses. She frowned a little, which she did a lot whenever she looked at me, like I confused her or something. She didn\u2019t seem very bright. Maybe that\u2019s why she was in summer school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since it was too humid to be outside today, we spent the class period doing worksheets about honey bees. Miv amused himself by peeking at other students\u2019 papers and declaring punishments like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">five minutes of me scratching a chalkboard <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for wrong answers. I cringed, but at least he wasn\u2019t drawing any attention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At last, the bell rang. As the other students rushed to escape, relief coursed through me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then Hailey Jones pointed at my sleeve. \u201cEw! Is that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">snot <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on your shirt?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h6>Excerpted from\u00a0<i>Pahua and the Soul Stealer<\/i> by Lori M. Lee with permission from Rick Riordan Presents. Copyright \u00a9 2021 by Lori M. Lee.<\/h6>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/V3-Fall-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"645\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/V3-Fall-2021-divider.png 645w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/V3-Fall-2021-divider-300x23.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13959\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/About-the-Author-Fall-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\"><h3>About Lori M. Lee<\/h3><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lori-m-lee-350x350.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignleft ubb-about-author-photo\"><p>Lori M. Lee is the author of speculative novels and short stories. Her books include PAHUA AND THE SOUL STEALER (Disney\/Rick Riordan Presents), FOREST OF SOULS and the sequel BROKEN WEB (Page Street), and more. She\u2019s also a contributor to the anthologies A THOUSAND BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS and COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES. She considers herself a unicorn fan, enjoys marathoning TV shows, and loves to write about magic, manipulation, and family.<br \/>\nPhoto credit PrettyGeeky Photography.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lorimlee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/eepurl.com\/8o3oj\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Blog<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoriMLee\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LoriMLee\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/lorimlee\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3gIxcdL\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lorimlee82\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/lorimlee\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Pinterest<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/lorimlee.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Tumblr<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/V3-Fall-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"645\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/V3-Fall-2021-divider.png 645w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/V3-Fall-2021-divider-300x23.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13957\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Follow-the-Tour-Fall-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>Week One<\/b><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>9\/1\/2021<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kaitgoodwin.com\/books\">Kait Plus Books<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Excerpt<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9\/2\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yabookscentral.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YA Books Central<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpt<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9\/3\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nerdophiles.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nerdophiles\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9\/4\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/bibliosini.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bibliosini<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><b>Week Two<\/b><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9\/5\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/rajivsreviews.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rajiv&#8217;s Reviews<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9\/6\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/hollymbryan.tumblr.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Book-Keeping<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9\/7\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/thebookwyrmsden.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bookwyrm&#8217;s Den<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9\/8\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/booksaremagictoo.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">booksaremagictoo<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 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style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lifestyle of Me<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9\/13\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/emeliesbooks.home.blog\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emelie&#8217;s Books<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9\/14\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/bookreviewvirginialee.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9\/15\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amybooksy.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Locks, Hooks and Books<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9\/16\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/morebookspleaseblog.wordpress.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More Books Please blog\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9\/17\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverelysian.wordpress.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discover Elysian<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9\/18\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/dontjudgeread.blogspot.ca\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don&#8217;t Judge, Read<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><b>Week Four<\/b><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9\/19\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pagesofyellow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@pagesofyellow<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9\/20\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tlcbooknook.wordpress.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TLC Book Nook<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9\/21\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/fkrants.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fyrekatz Blog<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9\/22\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/themommaspot.home.blog\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Momma Spot<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9\/23\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a 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style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two Points of Interest<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/V3-Fall-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"645\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/V3-Fall-2021-divider.png 645w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/V3-Fall-2021-divider-300x23.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Enter-the-Giveaway-Fall-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/e2389ba21323\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enter here for a chance to win a print copy of <em>Pahua and the Soul Stealer<\/em> by Lori M. Lee!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(US Only)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/V3-Fall-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"645\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/V3-Fall-2021-divider.png 645w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/V3-Fall-2021-divider-300x23.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Questions-and-Answers-Fall-2021-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What do you think about <em>Pahua and the Soul Stealer<\/em>? Have you added it to your tbr yet? 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