This week is the second and final week of the promotional blog tour for Susan Kim and Laurence Klavan's YA post-apocalyptic novel Wasteland, and I'm thrilled to share a few tidbits about hero Caleb as well as a short excerpt to tease and entice you. Be sure and check the bottom of the post for the full list of participating blogs as they each feature a fun guest post, interview, or excerpt that you won't want to miss!
MEET CALEB
Caleb is lean with a strong jaw and hazel eyes. When we first meet him, he is an expert at weaponry and obsessed with hunting down and killing variants, an outcast people he calls “mutants” and whom he blames for a tragedy in his past. As the story progresses—and as he gets to know the girl called Esther—he becomes more humanized, tender, and fair.
"[It] was as if he was aflame, burning with a righteous fever that would not be satisfied until each mutant was hunted down, one by one, and made to suffer. A bloodlust was upon him. He took off in pursuit and now felt the gladfire in his legs; the mutant, a fast runner with a good head start, glanced back and the shock on his face was obvious. Caleb was nearly upon him.”
* Caleb sounds rather badass. I'm a fan already! *
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WASTELAND
Welcome to the Wasteland. Where all the adults are long gone, and now no one lives past the age of nineteen. Susan Kim and Laurence Klavan’s post-apocalyptic debut is the first of a trilogy in which everyone is forced to live under the looming threat of rampant disease and brutal attacks by the Variants —- hermaphroditic outcasts that live on the outskirts of Prin. Esther thinks there’s more to life than toiling at harvesting, gleaning, and excavating, day after day under the relentless sun, just hoping to make it to the next day. But then Caleb, a mysterious stranger, arrives in town, and Esther begins to question who she can trust. As shady pasts unravel into the present and new romances develop, Caleb and Esther realize that they must team together to fight for their lives and for the freedom of Prin.
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BLOG TOUR
Tuesday, March 26th – The Irish Banana – author interview
Wednesday, March 27th – IB BookBlogging - character profile/excerpt
Thursday, March 28th – The Nocturnal Library – guest post
Friday March 29th – Candace’s BookBlog – author interview
Monday, April 1st – The Book Swarm – this or that list
Tuesday, April 2nd – Supernatural Snark – character profile/excerpt
Wednesday, April 3rd – Alison Can Read – author interview
Thursday, April 4th – Bewitched Bookworms – guest post
Friday, April 5th – Alice Marvels – guest post
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GIVEAWAY
Thanks to HarperTeen, three winners will each
receive a copy of WASTELAND. To enter, please just fill out the Rafflecopter form below. Please note this form is the same for each of the participating blogs, so if you've entered at one of their stops, the form will prevent you from entering again. Giveaway is open to US residents only, good luck everyone!
