{"id":14359,"date":"2021-09-22T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T10:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=14359"},"modified":"2021-10-01T19:04:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T23:04:07","slug":"blog-tour-bluebird-by-sharon-cameron-excerpt-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-bluebird-by-sharon-cameron-excerpt-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: Bluebird by Sharon Cameron (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\/09\/BLUEBIRD.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Bluebird by Sharon Cameron (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\"><\/a><\/p><p>Happy Wednesday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for BLUEBIRD by Sharon Cameron! 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\/09\/bluebird-cover.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Bluebird by Sharon Cameron (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\" title=\"Blog Tour: Bluebird by Sharon Cameron (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>Bluebird<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/sharon-cameron\/\">Sharon Cameron<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  October 5, 2021 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/scholastic-press\/\">Scholastic Press<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/historical-fiction\/\">Historical Fiction<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/thriller\/\">Thriller<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/ya\/\">YA<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 464 <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/55977809-bluebird\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><strong>Author Links:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/sharoncameronbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CameronSharonE\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Sharon-Cameron\/218828031528005\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/190578.Sharon_Cameron\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3EiU5OV\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sharoncameronbooks\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p><b>A historical novel, set in postwar New York City.<\/b><br \/>\nIn 1946, Eva leaves behind the rubble of Berlin for the streets of New York City, stepping from the fiery aftermath of one war into another, far colder one, where power is more important than principles, and lies are more plentiful than the truth. Eva holds the key to a deadly secret: Project Bluebird -- a horrific experiment of the concentration camps, capable of tipping the balance of world power. Both the Americans and the Soviets want Bluebird, and it is something that neither should ever be allowed to possess.<br \/>\nBut Eva hasn't come to America for secrets or power. She hasn't even come for a new life. She has come to America for one thing: justice. And the Nazi that has escaped its net.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2021-09-22T10:00:43+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"Happy Wednesday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for BLUEBIRD by Sharon Cameron! I'm so excited because today I have an excerpt of the book to share with you! This book is truly amazing an\",\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-bluebird-by-sharon-cameron-excerpt-giveaway\\\/\",\n\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Bluebird\",\n\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\"name\": \"Sharon Cameron\",\n\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"http:\\\/\\\/sharoncameronbooks.com\\\/\"\t\t},\n\t\t\"isbn\": \"1338355961\"\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>CHAPTER ONE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 August 1946 \u2014<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>IT IS A LAND WITHOUT RUBBLE.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eva leans over the top rail of the ship, gazing across the leaden sea. And there are no piles of charred stone. No smoking pits or chunks of broken concrete. Just walls. A city of them. Whole and strong looking, rising brick by solid brick. Beautiful, unbombed buildings floating in a bank of gray and sooty fog.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a new world now. That\u2019s what they\u2019d told her. The old world is ash. Burnt like paper in the fire winds of Berlin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes, Eva thinks, people tell you lies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s supposed to be a statue, but she can\u2019t find it in the mist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Up onto the first rung of the rail and Eva leans out again, hands free, knees braced against the metal, hooked in place by her shoe heels. She can see the tops of heads and hats on the lower deck, water churning into foam far below them. And the city spreads, bigger, closer, anchored to the moving horizon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She closes her eyes. Lets the wind snatch her hair. Slap her cheeks. It\u2019s like driving fast with the windows down. Like diving off a cliff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It feels a little like flying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When she opens her eyes again, the city is lost to the fog bank and an island has taken its place. She can see children down there, playing in the haze, jumping up and down on a seawall built to keep them from falling into the harbor. The children are fascinating. These children don\u2019t know about unexploded grenades. Or teetering walls that collapse when climbed. And no one here is going to shoot them for their shoes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She\u2019d forgotten there could be children like that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The barest brush of a moth wing, and Brigit is beside her. Eva steps down quickly to the deck and takes Brigit\u2019s hand. Brigit smiles at the children. A smile that lights the fog. And then the second mate hurries past and she cringes. Shrinks into herself. The mate touches his cap, like he has a hundred times, disappearing catlike down a ladder, and Eva puts her arm through Brigit\u2019s arm. Tightens her grip on Brigit\u2019s hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brigit is not like the children. She will never be like the children again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharp heels come clicking across the deck.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEva! Brigit!\u201d says Miss Schaffer. \u201cWhat are you doing up here? Where are your hats? Where are your bags?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur suitcases are in the cabin, Miss Schaffer,\u201d Eva replies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her English is careful. Correct. But she doesn\u2019t understand Miss Schaffer\u2019s use of the word <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bag<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The suitcases they were given do not even resemble a sack. It\u2019s hard to know what Brigit understands, because Brigit does not speak. But she must have learned a little English, because Eva sees her hand dart suddenly to her head, as if surprised not to find a hat there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWell, hurry, please,\u201d Miss Schaffer fusses. She has a clipboard clutched to her chest, a badge with an eight- pointed black- and- red starburst sewn onto her sleeve. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t have you greeting America with bare heads. It would be indecent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indecent, Eva thinks. The opposite of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">decent<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which means \u201cnice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Civilized. She\u2019d known many indecent people in her life, and most of them had been wearing their hats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miss Schaffer dis appears down the stairwell, and the second mate comes back up the ladder. And now that Miss Schaffer isn\u2019t near, he gives an extra smile to Eva. A sly one. Because she let him kiss her. And put his hands on her blouse. For aspirin. When Brigit was sick and the doctor said others were sicker.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFair is fair.\u201d That\u2019s what the second mate had said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And then Brigit has a foot up on the rail, her body pitching forward, over and down to the lower decks. Eva grabs a handful of skirt and yanks her back again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have to be quick with Brigit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNo,\u201d Eva whispers, taking her hand again, patting her arm. \u201cNot that way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She never should have let Brigit see her up on the rail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second mate shakes his head, disgusted. But Brigit was only trying to see the children. It\u2019s Eva who would have jumped. Or let herself fall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second mate doesn\u2019t know it was Eva who put the dead rat in his laundry bag.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fair is fair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kommen Sie mit<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d Eva whispers. Her German is only for Brigit now. She leads her away from the rail, away from the mate, down two flights of stairs into the electric- yellow light of belowdecks. Around the corner, and Eva opens a small wooden door.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their hats are side by side on a narrow bed in the narrow cabin they have shared across a wilderness of sea water. Eva hates the cabin. The walls are too close. But she can turn the lock whenever she wants, and this, she loves. The other passengers love it, too. The other passengers are afraid of Brigit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They probably should be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eva turns the lock now and sits Brigit on the only chair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She straightens Brigit\u2019s blouse\u2014 not as white as it had once been, but crisply ironed\u2014 pulling the buttonholes downward where they want to gap across her bust. Then she pins on Brigit\u2019s hat. It\u2019s an ugly hat, black- coffee brown and without shape, but Brigit makes it beautiful. She blinks two clear blue eyes, while Eva turns to the mirror. Eva\u2019s hair is wild and the color of Brigit\u2019s hat. She\u2019d pinned it up the night before, like her mother used to make her do. To tame the curls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anything tame is gone now. Lost to the sea wind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her mother is gone now, too. Burnt up with the past.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eva squashes her own hat on her head and then smooths her skirt, feeling for the papers she has sewn inside the lining. Safe. She stands up Brigit and checks her skirt. The papers are safe there, too. She can feel them. Will anyone else be able to feel them? How thoroughly will they be searched? What if the plan doesn\u2019t work?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The man said it would work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She knows the man tells lies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eva turns to the basin, playing with the water like she\u2019s washing her hands. Brigit cannot be allowed to see fear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So she breathes. And breathes. And pretends to wash her hands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then Eva dries her hands and gives Brigit her suitcase, wrapping each of Brigit\u2019s fingers around the handle. She smiles when she doesn\u2019t want to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTime to go,\u201d she says. \u201cStay with me, yes?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brigit blinks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eva picks up her purse and her suitcase, and they step out of their small, safe cabin for the last time, up the metal stairs, and out into the smell of a harbor. Flags snap along the halyards, the anchor motor buzzing the boards beneath her feet. Brigit cringes. The lower deck is swarming now\u2014 refugees and war brides and bits and pieces of families, hanging over the rails, yelling and crying, waving their arms and their handkerchiefs. The docking point is in sight and it is also swarming, people cheering and crying and waving their arms and their handkerchiefs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is no one down there waving for her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eva turns Brigit quickly toward the bulkhead, getting her back to the noise and the crowd, pulling down her hat brim to make a little tent around her face. Brigit holds out her hand like she\u2019s been taught, and Eva gets two buttons from her purse and puts them in Brigit\u2019s palm. Brigit smiles, touching the buttons, distracted, and then Miss Schaffer comes, clicking on her heels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c There you are! Eva Gerst and Brigit Heidelmann.\u201d She ticks two boxes on her list. \u201cYou have your papers?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eva holds up two sets of papers, the ones she will allow Miss Schaffer to see. The ones she will not allow her to see are rustling in their skirts. Miss Schaffer nods, and moves on down the line she is forming. There are thirty- eight in their group, from toddlers to grandparents, Polish, French, Ukrainian, Latvian, and Hungarian. Eva and Brigit are the only Germans. Because Germans are the enemy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But they all have new suitcases. The lucky ones. Coming to America. Leaving hell like a dream behind them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or bringing it with them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShow the man at the desk your papers,\u201d Miss Schaffer shouts at her line. The noise of the cheering is deafening. \u201cNothing to be afraid of! Just answer the questions truthfully, and there won\u2019t be a thing to worry about . . .\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only Eva will not be answering truthfully. And Brigit will not be answering at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movement of the ship slows to nothing, the flags hang limp, and the deck boards go still beneath Eva\u2019s feet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They wait a long time. Brigit gets bored with her buttons. Eva adds a blue one, held back for this purpose. The gulls wheel and squawk. And at last their line moves down the gangway, people carrying trunks and cases, tagged bundles propped on their heads. Eva takes away the buttons and holds tight to Brigit\u2019s hand. One step. Two steps. The dock comes closer, closer, the crowd calling out names, the babble of so much English wild and strange in Eva\u2019s ears. The man in front of them is crying with happiness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So much hope. But hope isn\u2019t what Eva came for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She\u2019s come for justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their feet land together on solid ground. American ground.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And suddenly, America is enormous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A beam of sunlight finds a crack in the clouds, coloring the ship, the faces. Eva sees the statue now, on its own island across the water, arm held high to the sun. Brigit raises her chin. She has always loved the light. Her smile is beatific. Angelic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWelcome to America,\u201d says a man. A young man, pausing on his way to somewhere. Men always pause for Brigit. He has a short haircut, a duffel bag on his shoulder, and a uniform. Army.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So he has been to hell, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brigit cringes and Eva steps a little in front of her. The young man in the uniform doesn\u2019t notice. He tosses something shiny into the air.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eva drops her suitcase to catch it. A little candy, wrapped in gold foil, glittering like a gem. Brigit stops shivering, distracted. She knows something sweet when she sees it. She smiles until she dimples.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThank you,\u201d Eva says, and at the sound of her voice, the young man\u2019s face goes hard. Like gun metal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cKraut,\u201d he says. And spits on her shoe.<\/span><\/p>\n<h6>Excerpted from\u00a0<i>Bluebird<\/i> by Sharon Cameron with permission from Scholastic Press. Copyright \u00a9 2021 by Sharon Cameron.<\/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 Sharon Cameron<\/h3><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Sharon-Cameron-by-Rusty-Russell-350x350.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignleft ubb-about-author-photo\"><p>SHARON CAMERON\u2019s debut novel The Dark Unwinding was awarded the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators' Sue Alexander Award for Most Promising New Work and the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award, and was named a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults selection. Sharon is also the author of its sequel, A Spark Unseen; Rook, which was selected as an Indiebound Indie Next List Top Ten selection, a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults selection, and a Parents' Choice gold medalist; and The Forgetting, a #1 New York Times bestseller and an Indie Next Pick of the List selection, and its companion novel, The Knowing. The Light in Hidden Places received two starred reviews, was a Reese's YA Book Club pick, and received fantastic media coverage for Sharon's strong research and affecting prose. It has sold in 14 languages. Sharon lives with her family in Nashville, Tennessee and can be found at sharoncameronbooks.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sharoncameronbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CameronSharonE\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Sharon-Cameron\/218828031528005\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/190578.Sharon_Cameron\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3EiU5OV\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sharoncameronbooks\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9\/21\/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><strong>9\/22\/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\/22\/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\/23\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/blessedmommysc.blogspot.com\/\"><span 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\/23\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/sometimesleelynnreads.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes Leelynn Reads<\/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\/24\/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\/25\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/imjustanotherreader.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just Another Reader<\/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\/26\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/reviewthickandthin.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review Thick &amp; Thin\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\/27\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/balancingbooksandbottles\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Balancing Books and Bottles with\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\/28\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/fireandicereads.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fire and Ice<\/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\/28\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/thepagesinbetween.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pages In-Between\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\/29\/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\/30\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/adreamwithindream.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Dream Within A Dream<\/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\/30\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookhoundsya.net\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BookHounds YA<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpt<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10\/1\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/momfluenster\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Momfluenster\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;\">10\/1\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/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;\">10\/2\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/curlygrannylovestoread\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@Curlygrannylovestoread\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><b>Week Three<\/b><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10\/3\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/am2cents.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two Points of Interest<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10\/4\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/lisalovesliterature.bookblog.io\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lisa Loves Literature<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10\/4\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/minnesota_mailer\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@minnesota_mailer<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b><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\" \/><\/b><\/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=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/e2389ba21334\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enter here for a chance to win a print copy of <em>Bluebird<\/em> by Sharon Cameron!<\/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\" 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