{"id":6286,"date":"2020-03-04T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T11:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=6286"},"modified":"2020-03-16T19:53:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T23:53:56","slug":"blog-tour-the-june-boys-by-courtney-c-stevens-interview-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-the-june-boys-by-courtney-c-stevens-interview-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: The June Boys by Courtney C. Stevens (Interview + Giveaway!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ubb-blog-tour-banner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticflyingbookclub.blogspot.com\/2020\/02\/tour-schedule-june-boys-by-courtney-c.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/june-boys-banner.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: The June Boys by Courtney C. Stevens (Interview + Giveaway!)\"><\/a><\/p><p>Happy Wednesday and welcome to my stop on the <em>The June Boys<\/em> blog tour!! I am so excited to be a part of this tour, and I&#8217;m even more excited for you to discover Courtney&#8217;s favorite scenes from her book, which YA characters Thea and Nick would hang out with if they could, and what inspired her to write this story! Plus, follow the rest of the tour and enter to win a print copy of <em>The June Boys<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png 800w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-768x91.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-june-boys-cover.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: The June Boys by Courtney C. Stevens (Interview + Giveaway!)\" title=\"Blog Tour: The June Boys by Courtney C. Stevens (Interview + Giveaway!)\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>The June Boys<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/courtney-c-stevens\/\">Courtney C. Stevens<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  March 3, 2020 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/thomas-nelson\/\">Thomas Nelson<\/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\/mystery\/\">Mystery<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/thriller\/\">Thriller<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 368 <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/52357797-the-june-boys\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>The Gemini Thief could be anyone. Your father, your mother, your best friend\u2019s crazy uncle. Some country music star\u2019s deranged sister. Anyone.<br \/>\nThe Gemini Thief is a serial kidnapper, who takes three boys and holds them captive from June 1st to June 30th of the following year. The June Boys endure thirteen months of being stolen, hidden, observed, and fed before they are released, unharmed, by their masked captor. The Thief is a pro, having eluded authorities for nearly a decade and taken at least twelve boys.<br \/>\nNow Thea Delacroix has reason to believe the Gemini Thief took a thirteenth victim: her cousin, Aulus McClaghen.<br \/>\nBut the game changes when one of the kidnapped boys turns up dead. Together with her boyfriend Nick and her best friends, Thea is determined to find the Gemini Thief and the remaining boys before it\u2019s too late. Only she\u2019s beginning to wonder something sinister, something repulsive, something unbelievable, and yet, not impossible:<br \/>\nWhat if her father is the Gemini Thief?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2020-03-04T11:00:04+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"Happy Wednesday and welcome to my stop on the The June Boys blog tour!! I am so excited to be a part of this tour, and I'm even more excited for you to discover Courtney's favorite scenes from he\",\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-the-june-boys-by-courtney-c-stevens-interview-giveaway\\\/\",\n\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"The June Boys\",\n\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\"name\": \"Courtney C. Stevens\",\n\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"\"\t\t},\n\t\t\"isbn\": \"0785221905\"\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-5105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png 800w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-768x91.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Courtney-Stevens-Interview.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Courtney-Stevens-Interview.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Courtney-Stevens-Interview-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Courtney-Stevens-Interview-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Do you have a favorite scene, quote, or moment from <\/b><b><i>The June Boys<\/i><\/b><b>?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Yes. This quote is the central core of <em>The June Boys:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cLong ago, fairy tales taught me that dark people and places in this world exist; every story I consumed said, <i>Expect dragons and trolls; thieves and cheats exist; witches and dark magic are out there; watch out little one, they\u2019ll bring darkness to your doorstep and whatever you do, don\u2019t answer the door when evil knocks.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>None of those stories told me there\u2019d come a day when I\u2019d count the lock on my door as a cruel irony. Because here\u2019s the real truth: you can\u2019t keep darkness out if he has a key.<\/p>\n<p>Why don\u2019t parents and storytellers understand that kids are smart and they can handle the truth? It might be a different world if we put children in our laps and whisper, \u201cHoney, sometimes you can\u2019t tell a monster\u2019s a monster until it\u2019s too late, and sometimes you will love a monster, and sometimes you\u2019ll be related to a monster, and if that happens to you, you\u2019re not stupid; you\u2019re human, and love is still a good thing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If Thea and Nick were to hang out with characters from other YA books, who would they be and why?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If I could give them anything or one, I\u2019d let them spend a day at Hogwarts with Hagrid. Let them see magic and the wildest castle of their imaginations through a pure, loving soul.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What inspired you to write this story?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The June Boys premise began with a boy who believed he must build a castle. I\u2019d visited Bishops Castle and there was a certain audacity and even Noah-ness to the structure that stoked my curiosity. (I loved it.) More than anything, I wondered about the sociological impact of building a castle. Do your neighbors think you\u2019re certifiable? Is faith crazy? If I felt \u201ccalled\u201d to build a castle, would I follow through? And somewhere in the intersection of my questions I began to see how obsessions could get crazy and crazy could get dangerous and dangerous could get deadly. From there, obsession was a plot point and the ball was rolling. And so naturally serial kidnapping followed.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a sneak peek inside my plotting notebook:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Plotting-Notebook-001.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Plotting-Notebook-001.png 960w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Plotting-Notebook-001-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Plotting-Notebook-001-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What was your favorite piece of research you ended up not using?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There was a moment when I asked myself if my main character kid needed to build a castle. And if he wasn\u2019t building a castle, what might he build? Or what if a kid building a castle met another kid building something else? I ended up on a total Redbull Flugtag research bender. (How wonderfully weird.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everfest.com\/e\/redbull-flugtag-multi-city\">https:\/\/www.everfest.com\/e\/redbull-flugtag-multi-city<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>What<\/b> <strong>would you do if you spent the day with Thea and Nick? Where would you go to eat, hang out, relax, etc.<\/strong><b><i>?<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019m giving them a semi-local (to the book) date. I would have them stop at GAD (Great American Donut) in Bowling Green in the late afternoon and then drive to Cumberland Falls to see the moonbow (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.2geton.net\/martin\/moonbow\/moonbow.html\">a lunar rainbow<\/a>.) They\u2019d get back to the castle late and lie on the hood of the Civic and watch the stars and think about the sky and what\u2019s next for them. They\u2019d swat at mosquitos and ask each other big questions and then get slap happy and hit the doughnut bag again around 3:00 a.m. Oh, also, they\u2019d kiss.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What are some things that we might not know about Thea and Nick?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Here is a look inside my plotting notebook and how I selected Aulus\u2019s name from a long research rabbit hole.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Plotting-Notebook-002.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Plotting-Notebook-002.png 960w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Plotting-Notebook-002-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Plotting-Notebook-002-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png 800w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002-768x91.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5454 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/All-About-the-Author-1-1.png?resize=1024%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/All-About-the-Author-1-1.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/All-About-the-Author-1-1.png?resize=300%2C59&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/All-About-the-Author-1-1.png?resize=768%2C150&amp;ssl=1 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"5454\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/review-of-the-guinevere-deception-by-kiersten-white\/all-about-the-author-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/All-About-the-Author-1-1.png?fit=1024%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"All About the Author (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/All-About-the-Author-1-1.png?fit=300%2C59&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/All-About-the-Author-1-1.png?fit=1024%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled alignleft wp-image-6293 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/courtney-stevens-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-attachment-id=\"5989\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-what-i-want-you-to-see-by-catherine-linka-guest-post-giveaway\/catherine-linka\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/catherine-linka.jpg?fit=177%2C266&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"177,266\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;945824103&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"catherine linka\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/catherine-linka.jpg?fit=177%2C266&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/catherine-linka.jpg?fit=177%2C266&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/courtney-stevens-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/courtney-stevens.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Courtney \u201cCourt\u201d Stevens grew up among rivers, cornfields, churches, and gossip in the small town south. She is a former adjunct professor, youth minister, Olympic torchbearer and bookseller at Parnassus Books. These days she writes coming-of-truth fiction and is the Community Outreach Manager for Warren County Public Library. She has a pet whale named Herman, a bandsaw named Rex, and several novels with her name on the spine.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5453 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Follow-the-Author-1.png?resize=1024%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Follow-the-Author-1.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Follow-the-Author-1.png?resize=300%2C59&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Follow-the-Author-1.png?resize=768%2C150&amp;ssl=1 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"5453\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Follow-the-Author-1.png?fit=1024%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.courtneycstevens.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WEBSITE<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Quartland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TWITTER<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CourtneyCStevens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FACEBOOK<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/6431805.Courtney_C_Stevens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GOODREADS<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Courtney-C-Stevens\/e\/B00DLOBSEO?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&amp;qid=1583242071&amp;sr=8-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-amzn-asin=\"B00DLOBSEO\">AMAZON<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.courtneycstevens.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INSTAGRAM<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5105 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png?resize=800%2C95&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png?resize=300%2C36&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stars-banner-002.png?resize=768%2C91&amp;ssl=1 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"95\" data-attachment-id=\"5105\" 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I am so excited to be a part of this tour, and I&#8217;m even more excited for you to discover Courtney&#8217;s favorite scenes from her book, which YA characters Thea and Nick would hang out with if they could, and what inspired her to write this story! Plus, follow the rest of the tour and enter to win a print copy of The June Boys!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[484,27,734],"tags":[537,489,1681,488,540,737,462,1058,1680],"reading-challenges":[],"class_list":["post-6286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-tours","category-giveaways","category-interviews","tag-blog-tour","tag-book-tour","tag-courtney-c-stevens","tag-ffbc","tag-giveaway","tag-interview","tag-kait-plus-books","tag-march-2020","tag-the-june-boys","book-author-courtney-c-stevens","book-publisher-thomas-nelson","book-genre-mystery","book-genre-thriller","book-genre-ya"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-June-Boys-Featured-2.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6286","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=6286"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6290,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6286\/revisions\/6290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6286"},{"taxonomy":"reading-challenges","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-challenges?post=6286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}