{"id":2662,"date":"2019-05-21T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T11:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=2662"},"modified":"2019-05-20T18:20:14","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T23:20:14","slug":"the-missing-season-by-gillian-french-excerpt-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/the-missing-season-by-gillian-french-excerpt-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"The Missing Season by Gillian French: Excerpt + Giveaway!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ubb-blog-tour-banner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarbooktours.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"The Missing Season by Gillian French: Excerpt + Giveaway!\"><\/a><\/p><p>I am so excited that\u00a0<em>The Missing Season <\/em>by Gillian French is available now and that I get to share the news!<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t yet heard about this wonderful book by author Gillian French, be sure to check out all the details below.<\/p>\n<p>This blitz also includes a giveaway for FOUR signed copies of the book (US Only) courtesy of Gillian and Rockstar Book Tours. So if you\u2019d like a chance to win, enter in the Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post!<!--more--><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/the-missing-season-cover.png\" alt=\"The Missing Season by Gillian French: Excerpt + Giveaway!\" title=\"The Missing Season by Gillian French: Excerpt + Giveaway!\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>The Missing Season<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/gillian-french\/\">Gillian French<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  May 21, 2019 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/harperteen\/\">HarperTeen<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/ya\/\">YA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/thriller\/\">Thriller<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 304 <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/39937609-the-missing-season\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>Whenever another kid goes missing in October, the Pender kids know what is really behind it: a horrific monster out in the marshes they have named the Mumbler.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what Clara\u2019s new crew tells her when she moves to town: Bree and Sage, who take her under their wing; spirited Trace, who has taken the lead on this year\u2019s Halloween prank war; and magnetic Kincaid, whose devil-may-care attitude and air of mystery are impossible for Clara to resist.<\/p>\n<p>Clara doesn\u2019t actually believe in the Mumbler. But as Halloween gets closer and tensions build in the town, it\u2019s hard to shake the feeling that there really is something dark and dangerous in Pender, lurking in the shadows, waiting to bring the stories to life.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2019-05-21T11:00:42+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"I am so excited that\\u00a0The Missing Season by Gillian French is available now and that I get to share the news!\\r\\n\\r\\nIf you haven\\u2019t yet heard about this wonderful book by author Gillian French, be \",\n\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Kait Plus Books\"\t},\n\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\\\/books\\\/the-missing-season-by-gillian-french-excerpt-giveaway\\\/\",\n\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"The Missing Season\",\n\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\"name\": \"Gillian French\",\n\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"\"\t\t},\n\t\t\"isbn\": \"0062803352\"\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<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Excerpt<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cIt\u2019s sad, you coming here.\u201d Kincaid takes me in, his smile fading. \u201cNow you\u2019ve got no chance.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">No chance. Like he read it in my tea leaves or the lines of my palm. \u201cWhy?\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cBecause he only takes Pender kids. Likes our taste, I guess.\u201d Kincaid drops his board, glides backward on one foot, never breaking eye contact. \u201cLike . . . hopelessness.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cAnd Steak-umms from the caf,\u201d somebody says, making people snicker.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cLiver.\u201d Trace shows his teeth. \u201cGod, I love that shit.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWhat about Gavin Cotswold?\u201d Sage says. \u201cHave they figured out how he died yet?\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cMumbler got him.\u201d Trace.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cHe OD\u2019d.\u201d Bree gives Trace a withering look. \u201cHe went out in the woods, got fucked up, and died. His own mom thinks so.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cI heard the animals didn\u2019t leave enough of him behind to be sure.\u201d Trace says. Then, to Kincaid, \u201cTell her about the first boy. Ricky Whoever.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cSartain. Ricky Sartain.\u201d Behind Kincaid, most of the activity has stopped, everybody pulling up some concrete to listen. He\u2019s holding court, a storyteller who knows his audience. \u201cIt all started, like, twenty years ago. Kid went missing two days before they found him on the banks of the marsh, way out by the railroad bridge.\u201d Kincaid nods slowly, easing into it. \u201cSomebody put their hands all over him.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">More covert laughter, Trace\u2019s whisper: \u201cLoved to death.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Kincaid entwines his fingers, working his palms together in sinuous rhythm. \u201cSqueezed him, crushed him. Mashed his spine, smashed his belly.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">A voice speaks up: \u201cMy mom said that kid got hit by the train.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cOf course she did.\u201d Kincaid doesn\u2019t turn. \u201cShe also told you that Santa Claus is real and honesty is the best policy and if you\u2019re good, you\u2019ll get into heaven, right?\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Snorts. Somebody mimics, \u201cBut my mommy said,\u201d whacking the boy who interrupted with a baseball cap.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cHe was folded in half.\u201d Sage grips Trace\u2019s forearm. \u201cThat\u2019s what I heard.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cNo.\u201d Kincaid\u2019s hands are tai chi slow. \u201cLengthwise.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cStop.\u201d Bree says it under her breath; I\u2019m the only one who hears.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cRicky disappeared right around Halloween. That\u2019s the pattern.\u201d Kincaid skates a circuit around us, dismounts, and slaps the tail of the board so it pops into his hand again, all one smooth movement that I wish I could watch again frame by frame. \u201cTruth. After, Ricky\u2019s friends told everybody how they\u2019d all gone out to the railroad bridge to smash pumpkins one night, and there was somebody hiding under there. Too dark to see, but they heard him, mumbling and yammering away.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Yip, yip, yip! I look up to see audience participation, lumbering shapes aping around the others, sounding like a zoo after hours\u2014Ahhh-ah-ah-ah! Mwaaa-hoohoo!<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cNext time anybody saw Ricky, he was red guacamole.\u201d Kincaid pauses, smiling faintly, but he\u2019s not really seeing me now. \u201cEver since, Mumbler\u2019s been around. Takes a bad kid every few years, always in October. Grown-ups have some bullshit excuse for what happened to them, but we know.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Nods pass around the circle. I watch for inside looks\u2014they\u2019ll drop the act when they see I\u2019m not taken in\u2014but the quiet drags on. \u201cWhat\u2019s the Mumbler look like?\u201d I hold<br \/>\nKincaid\u2019s gaze, willing him to let me in on this, let me prove I don\u2019t scare easy. \u201cSo I\u2019ll know him if I see him.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Kincaid looks to Trace, again with the smile that creases his eyes into merry slits, a kid showing his little sister where Mom hides the Christmas presents. \u201cWe can take you to him.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/bq_1eR8XsRd8RJvUpw6PEbKCas4olHWgUcoXJkr2ct6I8V5_JPgYBfHHXqp_NP8QOIXRC-0kapCOtC_CHYAFsUH3C2NIhjOud-nJ9_qz8b_ugaUjoVxGJl_nAg6nlQxulmd_hlc7iurajgYbwuiqTsmbn3f4sKzM7IU=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/049be03bdc2f1fdfebae6924a\/images\/37093993-a50b-4cdb-ae5f-02be56d4ea10.jpg\" width=\"267\" height=\"400\" \/><\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019m a ridiculous, sometimes cranky, often hungry, frequently writing flibbertigibbet who really hopes she can keep doing this for a living.My debut novel, GRIT (HarperTeen), was an Indie Next List pick, a Junior Library Guild Selection, received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and ALA Booklist, was an Edgar Award Finalist, a South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Finalist, and received both a 2018 Lupine Award from the Maine Library Association and a 2018 Maine Literary Award from the Maine Writers &amp; Publishers Alliance.My other novels include THE DOOR TO JANUARY (Islandport Press; Bram Stoker Award Finalist), THE LIES THEY TELL (HarperTeen; 2019 International Thriller Award Finalist, 2019 Maine Literary Award Finalist, 2018 Junior Library Guild Selection), and THE MISSING SEASON (HarperTeen, coming 5\/21\/2019; preorder giveaway happening now). My short fiction has placed in Writer\u2019s Digest and Zoetrope: All Story contests, as well as appearing in such publications as Weirdbook and Creepy Campfire Stories for Grownups.I hold a BA in English from the University of Maine, and I\u2019m a member of the Maine Writers &amp; Publishers Alliance, Mystery Writers of America, and the Society of Children\u2019s Writers and Illustrators. Currently, I still live in my native state of Maine\u2013shocker, I know\u2013with my husband and sons, where I\u2019m perpetually agonizing over my next novel (in the best possible way, of course!)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Author Links<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarbooktours.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=049be03bdc2f1fdfebae6924a&amp;id=be457bbaf1&amp;e=8dd5cff947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/rockstarbooktours.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D049be03bdc2f1fdfebae6924a%26id%3Dbe457bbaf1%26e%3D8dd5cff947&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1558469178224000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHlfqmKSCRcdf-Ey_d-UUPoOA1E1A\">Website<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarbooktours.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=049be03bdc2f1fdfebae6924a&amp;id=d910a6fe40&amp;e=8dd5cff947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/rockstarbooktours.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D049be03bdc2f1fdfebae6924a%26id%3Dd910a6fe40%26e%3D8dd5cff947&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1558469178224000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGwmSVt0OL_n_GBUThQzvBxH7r9WQ\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarbooktours.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=049be03bdc2f1fdfebae6924a&amp;id=6b33a19ed7&amp;e=8dd5cff947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/rockstarbooktours.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D049be03bdc2f1fdfebae6924a%26id%3D6b33a19ed7%26e%3D8dd5cff947&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1558469178224000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEzBbowOeWmNsuIeR3FR1DR02Jt8g\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarbooktours.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=049be03bdc2f1fdfebae6924a&amp;id=ca0eaf7e72&amp;e=8dd5cff947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/rockstarbooktours.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D049be03bdc2f1fdfebae6924a%26id%3Dca0eaf7e72%26e%3D8dd5cff947&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1558469178224000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGAjI75RgYZYMrLEHGo5A5Y_7qG4g\">Goodreads<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarbooktours.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=049be03bdc2f1fdfebae6924a&amp;id=eb25143465&amp;e=8dd5cff947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/rockstarbooktours.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D049be03bdc2f1fdfebae6924a%26id%3Deb25143465%26e%3D8dd5cff947&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1558469178224000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH0bUbOZ1GLsR7kdxF5eufwzGYi4Q\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarbooktours.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=049be03bdc2f1fdfebae6924a&amp;id=ef54aabf2f&amp;e=8dd5cff947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/rockstarbooktours.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D049be03bdc2f1fdfebae6924a%26id%3Def54aabf2f%26e%3D8dd5cff947&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1558469178224000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE7FMgfy1vbYnq1Bv0QjhimKmfK4w\">Amazon Author Page<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Giveaway<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">4 winners will win a signed finished copy of THE MISSING SEASON, US Only.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/e2389ba2940\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enter here for your chance to win!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wellwishescandyfishes003.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wellwishescandyfishes003.png 600w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wellwishescandyfishes003-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am so excited that\u00a0The Missing Season by Gillian French is available now and that I get to share the news! If you haven\u2019t yet heard about this wonderful book by author Gillian French, be sure to check out all the details below. This blitz also includes a giveaway for FOUR signed copies of the book (US Only) courtesy of Gillian and Rockstar Book Tours. So if you\u2019d like a chance to win, enter in the Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[509,484,27],"tags":[512,651,872,540,462,746,538,871],"reading-challenges":[],"class_list":["post-2662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-blitz","category-book-tours","category-giveaways","tag-book-blitz","tag-excerpt","tag-gillian-french","tag-giveaway","tag-kait-plus-books","tag-may-2019","tag-rockstar-book-tours","tag-the-missing-season","book-author-gillian-french","book-publisher-harperteen","book-genre-thriller","book-genre-ya"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/The-Missing-Season.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2662"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2674,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662\/revisions\/2674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2662"},{"taxonomy":"reading-challenges","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-challenges?post=2662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}