{"id":17784,"date":"2022-04-04T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=17784"},"modified":"2022-04-03T17:13:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T21:13:27","slug":"blog-tour-shinji-takahashi-and-the-mark-of-the-coatl-by-julie-kagawa-excerpt-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-shinji-takahashi-and-the-mark-of-the-coatl-by-julie-kagawa-excerpt-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl by Julie Kagawa (Excerpt + Giveaway!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Happy Monday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for SHINJI TAKAHASHI AND THE MARK OF THE COATL by Julie Kagawa! I\u2019m so excited to share an excerpt of the book with you today, AND more information about the author and tour, PLUS you can enter the giveaway to win a print copy!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\"\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\"BlogShinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl<\/strong> by Julie Kagawa<\/a>
Series:<\/strong> Society of Explorers and Adventurers #1<\/a>
Published on<\/strong> April 26, 2022 by Disney-Hyperion<\/a>
Genres:<\/strong> Contemporary<\/a>, Fantasy<\/a>, Middle Grade<\/a>, Mythology<\/a>, Retellings<\/a>
Pages:<\/strong> 320
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Author Links:<\/strong> Website<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, Goodreads<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>

Shinji Takahashi is just an ordinary kid. An ordinary homeschooled smart-alecky orphan kid being raised by his aunt Yui. But when a magical guardian decides to use him as a conduit to awaken its power, Shinji\u2019s life takes a turn for the extraordinary. Captured by the menacing Hightower Corporation, which is bent on using the guardian\u2019s magic for its own nefarious purposes, Shinji must team up with a brilliant young tech whiz named Lucy and her robot mouse, Tinker, to escape the Corporation\u2019s evil clutches.
\nTogether Shinji and Lucy turn to the venerable Society of Explorers and Adventurers and its ragtag cast of spelunkers, hackers, mapmakers, pilots, and mythology experts (among other things) to return the guardian to its rightful home and release Shinji from its magic\u2014which seems to be draining his life force. Time is ticking, the Hightower Corporation is hot on their tail, and success or failure might depend on one small thing\u2014Shinji finally coming around to the belief that he is anything but ordinary.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t