I will giveaway the books by category while I am reading the books nominated in that category.
To enter to win any/all of these books, please do the following:
1. Post a comment indicating which book/books you would like to be entered for in the featured category.
2. Enter by the date indicated. For this category, please enter by JUNE 30, winners announced on July 1.
3. Respond within 10 days should you receive an email indicating you won a particular book.
Today's category is: "Young Adult" and the books are:
Book 1: Child of the Mountains by Marilyn Sue Shank
Description:
It's about keeping the faith.
Growing up poor in 1953 in
the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia doesn't bother Lydia Hawkins.
She treasures her tight-knit family. There's her loving mama, now
widowed; her whip-smart younger brother BJ, who has cystic fibrosis; and
wise old Gran. But everything falls apart after Gran and BJ die and
Mama is jailed unjustly. Suddenly Lydia has lost all those dearest to
her.
Moving to a coal camp to live with her uncle William and
aunt Ethel Mae only makes Lydia feel more alone. She is ridiculed at her
new school for her outgrown homemade clothes and the way she talks, and
for what the kids believe her mama did. And to make matters worse, she
discovers that her uncle has been keeping a family secret—about her. If
only Lydia, with her resilient spirit and determination, could find a
way to clear her mother's name. . . .
Book 2: Failstate by John W. Otte
Description:
Book 3: Interrupted: A Life Beyond Words by Rachel Coker
Description:
Can love really heal all things? If Sam Carroll hadn't shown up, she might have been able to get to her mother in time. Instead, Allie Everly finds herself at a funeral, mourning the loss of her beloved mother. She is dealt another blow when, a few hours later, she is sent from Tennessee to Maine to become the daughter of Miss Beatrice Lovell, a prim woman with a faith Allie cannot accept. Poetry and letters written to her mother become the only things keeping Allie's heart from hardening completely. But then Sam arrives for the summer, and with him comes many confusing emotions, both toward him and the people around her. As World War II looms, Allie will be forced to decide whether hanging on to the past is worth losing her chance to be loved.