Genre: Young Adult

Synopsis:

Running away from home hasn't solved Iphigenia Murphy's problems. In fact, it's only a matter of time before they'll catch up with her. Iffy is desperate to find her long-lost mother, and, so far, in spite of the need to forage for food and shelter and fend off an unending number of creeps, living in Queens' Forest Park has felt safer than living at home. But as the summer days get shorter, it all threatens to fall apart.

A novel that explores the sustaining love of friendship, the kindness of strangers, and the indelible bond of family, Iphigenia Murphy captures the gritty side of 1992 Queens, the most diverse borough in New York City. Just like Iffy, the friends she makes in the park--Angel, a stray dog with the most ridiculous tail; Corinne, a young trans woman who is escaping her own abusive situation; and Anthony, a former foster kid from upstate whose parents are addicts--each seek a place where they feel at home. Whether fate or coincidence has brought them together, within this community of misfits Iffy can finally be herself, but she still has to face the effects of abandonment and abuse--and the possibility that she may be pregnant. During what turns out to be a remarkable journey to find her mother, will Iffy ultimately discover herself?

Sara Hosey holds a PhD in American literature from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is an associate professor of English and women and gender studies at Nassau Community College. Her book, Home Is Where the Hurt Is: Media Depictions of Wives and Mothers (McFarland, 2019), looks at representations of the domestic in popular culture. Sara grew up in Queens and now lives in Sea Cliff, New York, with her partner and their children. She is working on a second novel.

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🏕 G I V E A W A Y 🏕 . . Happy Friday, beautiful bookish people! I have good friends that I can count with one hand. What are the qualities you search for in a good friend? I value loyalty and honesty. Today, I want to share a Iffy's story, a runaway kid who's trying to find her mother and who's safer in the streets than at her foster home. Her journey is heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time and it is a novel I highly recommend. #IphigeniaMurphy by @sarahoseyauthor will come out on March 10th! If you want to know more about the author and this novel, go to my site (link in bio) to read an interview with Sara and enter our tour giveaway. And because I loved this book so much and thanks to @blackstonepublishing we are giving away 1 extra copy on Instagram, too! Entries for the giveaway: ▪︎Follow @theffbc & @whatmakespatri ▪︎Follow the author @sarahoseyauthor ▪︎Follow @blackstonepublishing ▪︎Answer the QOTD and tag (@theffbc) to make it clear that you are entering the giveaway. Extra entries: ▪︎Tag a friend (each friend will be an extra entry). ▪︎Share the giveaway on your story (remember to tag @whatmakespatri & @theffbc). ▪︎Follow @michellesulk ▪︎Follow any other FFBC team member participating in the tour (let us know on below who did you follow): @l.m.durand @mybookishbliss @popthebutterfly @kaitplusbooks @love2dazzle @ya.its.lit @_.sleepydoe._ @_bookishaestha_ @gotgratitude5 @savingsinseconds . . #iphigeniamurphy #sarahosey #roaring20sdebut #blackstonepublishing #yafiction #booksofinstagram #bookworm #bookaddict #bookaholic #lovereading #bookphotography #yalovin #igreads #yabookstagram #ireadya #yalit #ireadya #yabooklover #yareads #bookstagram #bookworm #iheartyabooks #winterbooks #bookstabuddies📚 #flatlaystyle

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The Seventh Sun (The Age of the Seventh Sun #1)

by Lani Forbes
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Release Date: February 18th, 2020

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy

Synopsis:

The sun of the Chicome people has been destroyed six times. First by water, then by storm, fire, famine, sickness, and beasts. After each apocalypse, the creator goddess allowed one of her divine children to sacrifice themselves to save civilization. The gods paid their blood as the price for the lives of the people, and the people owed them blood in return.

Mayana is a noble descendant of the water goddess and can control water whenever her blood is spilled. She has always despised the brutal rituals of her people — especially sacrifices. She can’t even make it through a routine animal sacrifice without embarrassing her family. Prince Ahkin has always known he would be emperor, but he didn’t expect his father to die so suddenly. Now he must raise the sun in the sky each day and read the signs in the stars. But the stars now hint at impending chaos and the sun has begun setting earlier each evening. Ahkin fears he might not be strong enough to save his people from another apocalypse. And to add to his list of worries, he can’t truly become emperor until he selects a wife.

Mayana and six other noble daughters are sent to the palace to compete for Ahkin’s hand. She must prove she is a true daughter of water and face the others who have their own magical gifts from wielding the elements to the control of animals, plants and healing. And in a society centered on rigid rituals, Mayana must conceal her traitorous beliefs because if she doesn’t make Ahkin love her, she will become a ceremonial sacrifice to bless his marriage. But darker forces are at play and it won’t matter if Mayana loses if the world ends first…

Rich in imagination and romance, and based on the legends and history of the Aztec and Mayan people, The Seventh Sun brings to vivid life a world on the edge of apocalyptic disaster.

Lani Forbes is the daughter of a librarian and an ex-drug smuggling surfer, which explains her passionate love of the ocean and books. A California native whose parents live in Mexico, she now resides in the Pacific Northwest where she stubbornly wears flip flops no matter how cold it gets. She teaches middle school math and science and proudly calls herself a nerd and Gryffindor. She is also an award-winning member of Romance Writers of America and the Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

Malice

by Pintip Dunn
Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Release Date: February 4th 2020
Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction

Pintip Dunn is a New York Times bestselling author of young adult fiction. She graduated from Harvard University, magna cum laude, with an A.B., and received her J.D. at Yale Law School.

Her novel FORGET TOMORROW won the 2016 RWA RITA® for Best First Book, and SEIZE TODAY won the 2018 RITA for Best Young Adult Romance. Her books have been translated into four languages, and they have been nominated for the following awards: the Grand Prix del'Imaginaire; the Japanese Sakura Medal; the MASL Truman Award; the TomeSociety It list; and the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award.

Her other titles include REMEMBER YESTERDAY, THE DARKEST LIE, GIRL ON THE VERGE, STAR-CROSSED, and MALICE.

She lives with her husband and children in Maryland.