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#Giveaway Excerpt ELEANOR, ALICE, AND THE ROOSEVELT GHOSTS by Dianne K. Salerni @diannesalerni @HolidayHouseBks @RockstarBkTours Ends 10.12

September 27, 2020 By Mary

 

ELEANOR, ALICE, AND THE ROOSEVELT GHOSTS 

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the ELEANOR, ALICE, AND THE ROOSEVELT GHOSTS  by Dianne K. Salerni Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 
About the Book:
Title: ELEANOR, ALICE, AND THE ROOSEVELT GHOSTS
Authors: Dianne K. Salerni
Pub. Date: September 1, 2020
Publisher: Holiday House
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook
Pages: 240

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

 

Murderous ghosts and buried family secrets threaten young Eleanor and Alice Roosevelt in this thrilling middle-grade novel that puts a supernatural spin on alternate history.

It’s 1898 in New York City and ghosts exist among humans.

When an unusual spirit takes up residence at the Roosevelt house, thirteen-year-old Eleanor and fourteen-year-old Alice are suspicious. The cousins don’t get along, but they know something is not right. This ghost is more than a pesky nuisance. The authorities claim he’s safe to be around, even as his mischievous behavior grows stranger and more menacing. It’s almost like he wants to scare the Roosevelts out of their home – and no one seems to care!

Meanwhile, Eleanor and Alice discover a dangerous ghost in the house where Alice was born and her mother died. Is someone else haunting the family? Introverted Eleanor and unruly Alice develop an unlikely friendship as they explore the family’s dark, complicated history. It’s up to them to destroy both ghosts and come to terms with their family’s losses.

Told from alternating perspectives, thrills and chills abound in Dianne K. Salerni’s imaginative novel about a legendary family and the ghosts that haunt their secrets.

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

“A spooky, fast-paced, and inventive tale. Salerni expertly blends fact and fiction, providing a glimpse of Eleanor and Alice Roosevelt’s childhood that is so compelling, you almost wish the ghost parts were true.”—Erin Bowman, Edgar Award–nominated author of Contagion and The Girl and the Witch’s Garden

 

“This mix of history and fantasy creates a nifty setting for a middle-grade mystery” —Kirkus Reviews

 

EXCERPT

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About Dianne:

Dianne K. Salerni is a former elementary school teacher living in Chester County, Pennsylvania with her husband and two daughters.

Dianne’s first novel, We Hear the Dead (Sourcebooks 2010), recounts the true story of Maggie Fox, a teenaged girl credited with the invention of the séance in 1848. A short film based on We Hear the Dead and titled The Spirit Game premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

Her second novel, The Caged Graves (Clarion/HMH 2013), is inspired by a real historical mystery in the mountains of Pennsylvania and was named a Junior Library Guild Selection, a finalist in the Tome Society IT List, and a Best YA Historical Novel for 2013 by BookPage.

The Eighth Day, a middle grade fantasy about a secret day of the week, is the first in a series by HarperCollins, which also includes The Inquisitor’s Mark (Book 2) and The Morrigan’s Curse (Book 3). The Eighth Day has been featured on state reading lists in Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Maine, Minnesota, and Indiana.

Dianne’s sixth novel, Eleanor, Alice, & the Roosevelt Ghosts, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, releases from Holiday House on September 1, 2020.

Photo taken at the grave of Sarah Ann Boone in Catawissa, Pennsylvania

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Giveaway Details:

3 winners will receive a finished copy of ELEANOR, ALICE, AND THE ROOSEVELT GHOSTS, US Only.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

9/28/2020 What A Nerd Girl Says Excerpt
9/28/2020 Bookhounds YA Excerpt
9/28/2020 Log Cabin Library Excerpt
9/29/2020 Lifestyle of Me Review
9/29/2020 Kait Plus Books Excerpt
9/30/2020 Nerdophiles Review
9/30/2020 Oh Hey! Books Excerpt
9/30/2020 Miss Elizabeth Review
10/1/2020 Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers Excerpt
10/1/2020 Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers Instagram Stop
10/2/2020 Girl Who Likes To Read Review
10/2/2020 onemused Instagram Stop
10/2/2020 Pine Enshrined Reviews Review

 

Week Two:

10/5/2020 Bri’s Book Nook Review
10/5/2020 Twirling Book Princess Review
10/6/2020 popthebutterfly Review
10/6/2020 popthebutterfly Instagram Stop
10/7/2020 lenissahhreads Review
10/7/2020 History from a Woman’s Perspective Review
10/8/2020 Do You Dog-ear? Review
10/8/2020 Do You Dog-ear? Instagram Stop
10/8/2020 Two Points of Interest Review
10/9/2020 Nays Pink Bookshelf Review
10/9/2020 Nays Pink Bookshelf Instagram Stop
10/9/2020 Eli to the nth Review

 

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Comments

  1. Nancy says

    September 27, 2020 at 9:13 pm

    This book sounds like an interesting read that is perfect for the season!

  2. Danielle Hammelef says

    September 28, 2020 at 8:57 am

    This book sounds so much fun to read, especially this season.

  3. Jana Leah says

    October 11, 2020 at 9:29 am

    This story will be fun to read with my niece.

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