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Clarissa [Book Tour with Excerpt]

Posted on January 5, 2021 By Jenna No Comments on Clarissa [Book Tour with Excerpt]

Welcome to one of the January 5th stops on the blog tour for Clarissa by Giulietta M. Spudich, organized by Silver Dagger Book Tours. Be sure to follow the rest of the tour for other excerpt spotlights, guest posts by the author, reviews, and a giveaway! (More on that at the end of this post.)

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About the Book

Clarissa
by Giulietta M. Spudich

Published 1 November 2020
by Handersen Publishing

Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
Page Count: 148
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A fire is coming. It starts with a girl and a key.

After her mother’s death, Clarissa doesn’t know how to connect with her distant father. Her only friend is an oak tree who she can tell her deepest secrets. When she discovers a mysterious key that unleashes a long-forgotten fire spirit, she must find her voice to protect those she loves.

“A delightful, fantastical tale of how oak trees and humans can be friends.” -Dr. James Canton, author of “The Oak Papers”

Available FREE in Kindle eBook format January 9-10, 2021!

Amazon US | Amazon CA | Amazon UK

Excerpt
A cozy house with a large garden stood in the great, flat part of England known as the fens. Though the house was gray where it used to be white, and the windows had been patched many times to keep out the weather, it was comfortable and dry inside. It was home to the Gentle family, and had belonged to them for generations.

The Gentles spent evenings by the fire in the living room full of soft places to sit. Mr. Gentle stayed for hours on the armchair with his laptop computer. Edmund, who was almost three but didn’t talk yet, stretched out on the sofa. Clarissa…
About the Author

Giulietta M. Spudich enjoys writing everything from children’s stories to grown-up fiction and poems in between. She lives in Cambridge, England where she moved from California in 2002. She is inspired by cats, especially her late black cat, Smokey.

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Giveaway

Two lucky followers of the tour will win a signed copy of Clarissa and a cat necklace, and a third will win a $10 Amazon gift card!

Follow the tour HERE for special content and a giveaway!

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Comments (0) on “Clarissa [Book Tour with Excerpt]”

  1. Audrey Stewart says:
    January 5, 2021 at 7:58 AM

    Breanna Hayse is a favorite author of mine. Her series books, Game Plan and Little Heart were great reads.

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