{"id":8000,"date":"2020-08-10T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T10:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=8000"},"modified":"2020-08-09T19:37:46","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T23:37:46","slug":"blog-tour-after-the-worst-thing-happens-by-audrey-vernick-excerpt-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-after-the-worst-thing-happens-by-audrey-vernick-excerpt-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: After the Worst Thing Happens by Audrey Vernick (Excerpt + Giveaway!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ubb-blog-tour-banner\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockstarbooktours.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AFTER-THE-WORST-THING-HAPPENS.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Tour: After the Worst Thing Happens by Audrey Vernick (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\"><\/a><\/p><p>Happy Monday and welcome to my stop on the AFTER THE WORST THING HAPPENS blog tour! 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 so excited to for you to find out more about AFTER THE WORST THING HAPPENS and Audrey Vernick!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Triangle-Banner-Summer-2020.png\" alt=\"Divider\" \/><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/after-the-worst-thing-happens-cover.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: After the Worst Thing Happens by Audrey Vernick (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\" title=\"Blog Tour: After the Worst Thing Happens by Audrey Vernick (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>After the Worst Thing Happens<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/audrey-vernick\/\">Audrey Vernick<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  May 5, 2020 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/margaret-ferguson-books\/\">Margaret Ferguson Books<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/middle-grade\/\">Middle Grade<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/contemporary\/\">Contemporary<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 224 <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/52677283-after-the-worst-thing-happens\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>Army Morand feels like her life has been blown to bits when the worst thing imaginable happens--her beloved dog dies. It was an accident, but it was also Army's fault. She can't seem to stop hiding from everything and everybody including her best friend JennaLouise.<br \/>\nBut then Army sees Madison, the little girl who moved in across the way, climbing a tree and walking down the street unsupervised. Her family is not neglectful, just overwhelmed. Army finds herself overcome with the need to help Madison's family to make sure another worst thing doesn't happen--which becomes even more challenging when a big storm threatens her town.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2020-08-10T10:00:53+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"Happy Monday and welcome to my stop on the AFTER THE WORST THING HAPPENS blog tour! I'm so excited because today I have an excerpt of the book to share with you! This book is truly amazing and I'\",\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-after-the-worst-thing-happens-by-audrey-vernick-excerpt-giveaway\\\/\",\n\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"After the Worst Thing Happens\",\n\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\"name\": \"Audrey Vernick\",\n\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"\"\t\t},\n\t\t\"isbn\": \"0823444902\"\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 decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Triangle-Banner-Summer-2020.png\" alt=\"Divider\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Read-an-Excerpt-Summer-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Read-an-Excerpt-Summer-2020.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Read-an-Excerpt-Summer-2020-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Read-an-Excerpt-Summer-2020-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Chapter One<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I was little and woke from a bad dream, I\u2019d climb out of bed and walk through the dark hallway to my parents\u2019 room. I would push the door open silently and stand there in the blackness, staring at where I knew my mother was sleeping. Before long, she\u2019d wake up and get out of bed and lead me to my room. She\u2019d listen while I told her about the monster or quicksand or swampy lake that had scared me until I fell back asleep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I never knew how to explain why my mom would wake up just because I was standing there looking at her in the darkness. I guess I thought it was some kind of magic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These days\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the one who gets stared awake. By my dog, my perfect dog, Maybe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He doesn\u2019t make a sound. Doesn\u2019t even move. But in the morning, Maybe stares me awake from his bed. I know now it\u2019s not magic, but what is it? A link, a bond? It must be some invisible thread that connects us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And as much as I love to sleep, especially under piles of blankets, I never mind being wakened by sweet Maybe. He is a fluffy little white mop of love, who wakes up, stays still, and stares. When I finally look his way, he starts stamping his front two paws with impatience until I swing my feet from bed to floor. Then he bursts from his bed to help me start the day, tail wagging with excitement. Once I reach for the leash, he has a helicopter tail going, full circles. Pure joy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So even though I wasn\u2019t born a morning person, I love our seven-thirty walks around the block. It\u2019s Monday and early in October. Leaves have just started to fall from trees, but it doesn\u2019t feel like autumn. This year, the warm weather is holding on for dear life and as a summer lover, I am completely in favor of this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We cross to the other side of the street and I hear Mrs. Rooney calling my name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cArmy, sweetheart, can you come here for just a minute?\u201d Maybe and I meet her on the patch of curb grass in front of her house. She bends down and pets Maybe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve been helping her and Mr. Rooney pack up their house into boxes. They have so much\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stuff<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. There is no way anyone on this earth has as much stuff as they do. \u201cI wanted to give you these,\u201d she says, placing a pair of soft red mittens in my hand. \u201cThough it\u2019s been so warm, it\u2019s hard to imagine it\u2019ll ever be cold in New Jersey again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even before I helped Mrs. Rooney pack, she used to invite me over for tea and cookies and ask me to help ball her yarn. I\u2019d sit facing her, the skein of wool stretched between my two hands, while she rolled it into a ball. Her grandkids live in Maine, where she\u2019s moving now, and she knits for them all the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI thought these were for Addie,\u201d I say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mrs. Rooney shrugs in a guilty-looking way and says, \u201cI lied.\u201d And then she laughs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She pulls me close to her and says, \u201cYou think of me when you wear those mittens and promise me you won\u2019t feel bad when you lose one, because that\u2019s the thing with mittens. You will lose one. Just keep the other as a memory of me. And our lovely afternoons together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mrs. Rooney and I already said goodbye yesterday, so this is especially hard. A second goodbye. \u201cThank you,\u201d I say. \u201cI\u2019ll miss you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnd I will miss you, Army. Thanks for being such a good neighbor.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I might start crying but Maybe tugs on the leash and I really do need to get this walk done so I can get ready for school before the bus comes. We head around the corner to Mr. Hoffart\u2019s house. The newspaper\u2019s waiting, as it always is, at the top of his sloping driveway. I pick it up and fast-walk to his front door, where I leave it for him, next to the giant wire reindeer that has become an all-seasons decoration the last couple of years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Hoffart\u2019s kind of old and very wobbly and I\u2019m almost sure he has won an award for walking more slowly than any other person on earth has ever walked. He was a slow walker\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">before\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he broke his ankle on a patch of ice last winter, and it always makes me nervous to think of the slow walk he has to take all the way to the top of his driveway\u2014 which isn\u2019t only uphill, but kind of bumpy with cracks too. And then\u2014 even worse\u2014 back down to his house. So Maybe and I bring his paper to his front door every morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has no idea it\u2019s me. I like being a secret part of his everyday life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We head home, where I grab a breakfast bar from the pantry, thinking about doing all the usual stuff\u2014 shower, double-check backpack for homework, make lunch, avoid Maybe\u2019s eyes. If it were up to Maybe, I would never leave the house without him. I would be homeschooled, homebound, home-everythinged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This morning my parents, who have to meet with a subcontractor all the way out in Orangeboro, dropped my nine-year-old brother, Navy, at school early, because he needs extra help with math. So I\u2019m home alone, which doesn\u2019t happen often enough.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I get ready fast so I can do my favorite thing that I will never admit is my favorite thing because it\u2019s something I started doing when I was six and perhaps not the most mature thing a girl twice that age should still be doing. When no one is around, Maybe and I play wild animal race in the hall. I get down on all fours and chase him and let him chase me and sometimes Maybe gets so excited he starts barking and can\u2019t stop and that\u2019s usually when I go grab one of his favorite treats from the orange tin next to the fridge to quiet him. It\u2019s silly and ridiculous and one of the most fun things ever because I manage to not think about anything but being an animal. I wonder if that\u2019s why my connection to Maybe is so strong\u2014 because I get down on all fours with him whenever I can.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And now he\u2019s racing with his ropy ZippyPaws dog in his mouth, and he flies upstairs and he\u2019s faster than me, which is ridiculous because how can a body so little move so fast? But I race him into my room and he stands at my bed, drops ZippyPaws dog, and barks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat?\u201d I ask. Like he\u2019s going to answer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He waits for me to understand. I look on the bed. A mess, and a reminder to make it, so thank you, Maybe. What else? I look under the bed, which is so awful that if my mother ever looked there she might . . . I can\u2019t even imagine, honestly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But Maybe\u2019s never wrong. He barks for a reason. Today\u2019s reason: tennis ball, wedged into an old sneaker under my bed. It barely fits in his mouth, but he trots away and our game is over, no need for orange-tin treats. I get my stuff together and walk to the corner to wait for the school bus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I watch Mr. and Mrs. Rooney taking pictures of each other in front of their house.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>CHAPTER TWO<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are things I\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to do and things I\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">want\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">love\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to do. Today after school is unfortunately one of those have-to-do times. Whenever my parents are busy with work, I have to get off the middle school bus near Clay Coves Elementary school to pick up my brother, Navy, and bring him home. It\u2019s not a perfect situation\u2014 my bus takes forever, so sometimes I\u2019m a little late, but Navy doesn\u2019t seem to mind waiting in the library.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m almost at the entrance when I see two men and three dogs walk into the school. Which is bizarre. My brain quickly thinks about and then rejects some police or bomb thing\u2014 those two men were not moving quickly, and there aren\u2019t any cop cars in the lot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the oddness of this\u2014 the impossibility of it. Dogs! Walking into Clay Coves Elementary like they\u2019re third graders or something.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I should turn left and go get Navy from the library, but I follow the dogs instead. I can\u2019t help it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are hilarious from behind. One\u2019s a golden retriever whose tail, with its long, plumy fur, wags very slowly back and forth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The one in the middle is mostly white with big black spots. She has a boxy, muscly body that doesn\u2019t look friendly, but the way she walks\u2014 on her toes, if she could do that\u2014 makes her seem like she\u2019s trying out her ballerina skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And the one lagging behind is just a bundle of white fur, with these great legs that belong on a Muppet, a much bigger version of Maybe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The men walk the dogs into the gym, where they are greeted by Navy\u2019s Cub Scout pack leader, Rob. The gym is a buzzing room of energy, with Scouts racing and jumping and screaming like wild things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shoot! No one told me about a Scouts meeting today. Or did I forget? I find Navy in the crowd of boys but before I can even finish saying, \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell me there was a meeting so I\u2019d come later?\u201d he\u2019s whining, \u201cPlease? I\u2019m sorry, I forgot! They added an extra one because it\u2019s a special presentation. I need to stay.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I probably wouldn\u2019t be so nice if there weren\u2019t three fantastic dogs in the gym. In the\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gym<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I don\u2019t have a choice anyway, so I say okay and he rejoins the wild-thing races.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dogs follow the men to the front and without even being told, sit. It\u2019s hard to believe how calm they are while dozens of boys race around, tagging one another, changing direction unexpectedly, sneakers squeaking, squeaks echoing. I wonder what Maybe would do\u2014 I have a feeling he\u2019d be acting more like the Scouts than like the well-behaved dogs: running in circles, mouth open wide in a big panting grin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cArmy?\u201d A girl\u2019s voice? In the ripe-with-Boy-Scouts-smell elementary school gym? Oh God, no. Elsie Jenkins. That\u2019s her all right, dressed completely in tan like she always is. I don\u2019t know her well, just as the girl who never stops talking when she\u2019s called on in Language Arts. For some unknown reason, my best friend JennaLouise and I always use both her first and last names.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhy are you here?\u201d I ask, before realizing how rude that sounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Navy zips by and sticks his index finger in, hard, above my waist, something he figured out long ago bugs me like crazy. I want to put my hand on the back of his head and give it a good push. \u201cThat\u2019s my brother,\u201d I say with all the joy you can imagine comes with such a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rob raises his hand to get the boys\u2019 attention. \u201cScouts, eyes up front.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s a big groan. Rob whistles. \u201cOur guests are ready. I need you to sit quietly right here,\u201d he says, pointing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The boys aren\u2019t quiet, but they do flop down in a sloppy-looking blob on the floor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elsie Jenkins keeps looking at me. I try not to squirm. \u201cWhich one\u2019s your brother?\u201d I ask.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHuh?\u201d she asks. \u201cOh. I don\u2019t have brothers. Or sisters. I\u2019m just babysitting Grayson\u2014 over there.\u201d She points at the clump of boys.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOh, I know Grayson,\u201d I say, because I do. And because it\u2019s the only thing I can think of to say to Elsie Jenkins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She walks to the chairs set up at the side of the gym. She looks back, maybe expecting me to follow, but I sit down on the floor where I am, behind the Scouts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are from Service with a Wag and we train dogs to help people,\u201d one of the men says. \u201cMy name is Bill Chaplain, and this is my head trainer, Fred Jarvison. We\u2019re going to talk to you today about the work we do and the work our dogs do. Basically, we train service dogs to assist people who need help in their daily lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the man talks, the other shows all the things the dogs can do. These dogs! They are so well trained, doing everything they\u2019re told without even pausing, and sometimes doing things just because they know. Like anytime Fred walks a dog, the minute he stops, the dog just sits. Automatically. Like a robot dog.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then the men run through exercises where the dogs push a small wheelchair and press a button to turn a light off. They say some of their dogs can tell when people are about to have a seizure and then alert someone. How is that possible?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s so impressive even the Cub Scouts are quiet!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The men talk about how rewarding their work is. How not too many people think about training service dogs as a career, but it\u2019s deeply satisfying to help people this way. That volunteers can help by serving as foster families, caring for puppies when they\u2019re little\u2014 training and socializing them, taking them to all kinds of places to get them used to different settings. The more specialized skills, like the ones the dogs just performed for us, are taught by certified trainers once the puppies have been returned to Service with a Wag.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the men and their dogs are done, the Scouts stand and cheer and then, of course, it\u2019s a which-Cub-Scout-can-cheer-loudest contest. Before Navy has a chance to make a case for staying longer, and before I get stuck talking to Elsie Jenkins again, I grab my brother by the arm and lead him out of the building.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We talk about those dogs the whole walk home.<\/span><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the Worst Thing Happens<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 Copyright \u00a9 2020 by Audrey Vernick and reprinted by permission of Holiday House.<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Triangle-Banner-Summer-2020.png\" alt=\"Divider\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Enter-the-Giveaway-Summer-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Enter-the-Giveaway-Summer-2020.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Enter-the-Giveaway-Summer-2020-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Enter-the-Giveaway-Summer-2020-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/e2389ba21128\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enter here to win a print copy of <em>AFTER THE WORST THING HAPPENS<\/em> by Audrey Vernick!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(US Only!)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Triangle-Banner-Summer-2020.png\" alt=\"Divider\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Follow-the-Tour-Summer-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Follow-the-Tour-Summer-2020.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Follow-the-Tour-Summer-2020-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Follow-the-Tour-Summer-2020-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Week One:<\/b><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/3\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/herbookthoughts.reads-it.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her Book Thoughts<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/3\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/herbookthoughts\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her Book Thoughts<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram Stop<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/4\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookhoundsya.net\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BookHounds YA<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interview<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/4\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oodlebooks.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oodles of Books<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/4\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arnoldjaime13.tumblr.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaime&#8217;s World<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpt<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/5\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blessedmommysc.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lifestyle of Me<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/5\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kelly_lyn_90\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kelly_lyn_90<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram Stop<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/5\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jennifermaryg.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the Love of KidLit<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpt<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/6\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/onemused\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">onemused<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review\/Instagram Stop<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/6\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reading_with_nessie\/?hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reading_with_nessie<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/6\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twochicksonbooks.com\/%20\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two Chicks on Books<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interview<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/7\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.notinjersey.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">notinjersey<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpt<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/7\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/notinjersey\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">notinjersey<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram Stop<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/7\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thereadingcornerforall.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TheReadingCornerforAll<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/7\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/TheReadingCornerforAll\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TheReadingCornerforAll<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram Stop<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/7\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jaimerockstarbooktours\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JaimeRockstarBookTours<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram Stop<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Week Two:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>8\/10\/2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kaitgoodwin.com\/books\">Kait Plus Books<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Excerpt<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>8\/10\/2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/kaitplusbooks\">Kait Plus Books<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Instagram Stop<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/11\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/adreamwithindream.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Dream Within A Dream<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpt<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/11\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yabookscentral.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YA Books Central<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpt<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/11\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/yabookscentral\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YA Books Central<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram Stop<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/12\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lifewritingsofareader.wordpress.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Life Writings of a Reader<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpt<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/12\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/akzfineart\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Life Writings of a Reader<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram Stop<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/13\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/am2cents.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">two points of interest<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/13\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.herestohappyendings.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&#8217;s to Happy Endings<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/14\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fictitious.fox\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fictitious.fox<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review\/Instagram Stop<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/14\/2020<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hurnpublications.com\/category\/book-reviews-and-tours\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hurn Publications<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8\/14\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hurnpublications\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hurn Publications<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram Stop<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Triangle-Banner-Summer-2020.png\" alt=\"Divider\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7910\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bookstagram-Summer-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bookstagram-Summer-2020.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bookstagram-Summer-2020-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bookstagram-Summer-2020-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Coming Soon!<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Triangle-Banner-Summer-2020.png\" alt=\"Divider\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/All-About-the-Author-Summer-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/All-About-the-Author-Summer-2020.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/All-About-the-Author-Summer-2020-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/All-About-the-Author-Summer-2020-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8122 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Audrey-Vernick-2017-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Audrey-Vernick-2017-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Audrey-Vernick-2017-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Audrey-Vernick-2017-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Audrey-Vernick-2017-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Audrey-Vernick-2017-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Audrey-Vernick-2017.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Audrey Vernick<\/strong> grew up in Whitestone, New York, where she lived with her parents and two sisters and a not very bright small white dog. She has a freaky memory about the names of the kids in her class at P.S. 184Q, and even remembers where most of them stood in size order.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She always loved to read and still rereads Harriet the Spy on a regular basis.\u00a0 She was not one of those children who always knew she wanted to be a writer; she didn&#8217;t love to write until college. She&#8217;s been writing ever since. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to writing for children, Audrey has published more than a dozen short stories for adults in magazines and literary journals. She received an mfa from Sarah Lawrence College.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audrey divides her time between writing (which is mostly spent revising) and visiting elementary schools to talk about writing and publishing. (For school visit info, click <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.audreyvernick.com\/school-visits\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.) She also speaks at conferences around the country. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She lives near the ocean in New Jersey with her family. and one fairly intelligent medium-sized black dog. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audrey Vernick received a 2019 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Follow-the-Author-Summer-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Follow-the-Author-Summer-2020.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Follow-the-Author-Summer-2020-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Follow-the-Author-Summer-2020-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.audreyvernick.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yourbuffalo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/audrey_vernick\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/10153556373442682\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/3430413.Audrey_Vernick\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goodreads<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Triangle-Banner-Summer-2020.png\" alt=\"Divider\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7697\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tell-Me-Your-Thoughts-Summer-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tell-Me-Your-Thoughts-Summer-2020.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tell-Me-Your-Thoughts-Summer-2020-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tell-Me-Your-Thoughts-Summer-2020-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Doesn&#8217;t this book sound amazing? I&#8217;ve added it to my tbr, have you added it to yours? Let me know in the comments and have a splendiferous day!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Well-Wishes-Candy-Fishes-Kait-summer-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Well-Wishes-Candy-Fishes-Kait-summer-2020.png 600w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Well-Wishes-Candy-Fishes-Kait-summer-2020-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Monday and welcome to my stop on the AFTER THE WORST THING HAPPENS blog tour! 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 so excited to for you to find out more about AFTER THE WORST THING HAPPENS and Audrey Vernick!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8123,"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":[484,1597,1001,27],"tags":[2116,2115,2071,537,489,1414,651,462,538],"reading-challenges":[],"class_list":["post-8000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-tours","category-bookstagram","category-excerpt","category-giveaways","tag-after-the-worst-thing-happens","tag-audrey-vernick","tag-august-2020","tag-blog-tour","tag-book-tour","tag-bookstagram","tag-excerpt","tag-kait-plus-books","tag-rockstar-book-tours","book-author-audrey-vernick","book-publisher-margaret-ferguson-books","book-genre-contemporary","book-genre-middle-grade"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/After-the-Worst-Thing-Happens-Featured.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8000","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=8000"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8121,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8000\/revisions\/8121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8000"},{"taxonomy":"reading-challenges","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-challenges?post=8000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}