I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the WELCOME TO DWEEB CLUB by Betsy
Uhrig Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!
About The Book:
Author: Betsy Uhrig
Pub. Date: September 28, 2021
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Pages: 272
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What if a school club changed your life forever?
Instead of the expected dark cafeteria, the computers show the club
members something else entirely: actual footage of themselves as high
school seniors, five years in the future! What on earth could be
happening? Is it some kind of time warp, or alternate reality? Or is it
just an un-funny prank? As they scramble to solve the mystery, they can’t
help but notice something else—none of them like what they see five years
from now. Is there any way to change the future—and their fates?
EXCERPT
This excerpt
comes near the end of the book, when the main character (Jason) and three other
club members attempt to create a diversion at the headquarters of a high-tech
company and end up on the run in one of the golf carts used to ferry employees
around the campus.
There were several things we could have done, none of them involving stealing a golf cart. But Vincent had already managed to shift the thing into drive, and it was starting to roll. Hoppy, Lara, and I scrambled aboard, and Lara actually told Vincent to “Floor it!”
I guess he
did floor it, because we all lurched backward under the tiny g-force for a
second. But “high speed” and “golf cart” are words you never see together for a
reason. We pulled away from the curb and then started to putter along the lane
at a leisurely-golf-outing pace.
The security
guards didn’t seem eager to chase the runaway cart on foot. They climbed into
the other one and started puttering along after us, yelling something we
couldn’t really hear but was probably along the lines of “Stop!” and “Come back
here!” The big one kept his original grim expression, but the small one was
getting red and shiny in the face.
Picture the
most ridiculous low-speed chase you can. Then add one inexperienced driver
(Vincent), one extremely critical passenger-seat occupant (Hoppy), two—let’s be
honest—sort-of-thrilled backseat passengers (Lara and Jason), two yelling
uniformed men, and multiple speed bumps. I don’t know how long it would have
gone on—both parties moving at top velocity (= slow), always about the same
distance apart—if Hoppy hadn’t told Vincent to “Hurry up!” and Vincent hadn’t
reached the golf course portion of our drive at the same time.
“I’m going
to off-road it,” Vincent announced, and he jerked the steering wheel and headed
out onto the impossibly smooth green grass of the golf course.
“They’re
going to follow us, you know,” said Hoppy. “They’re in a golf cart too, you
realize.”
“I think I
can lose them,” said Vincent.
And then he
got to say something in real life that most nerds only dream of. He said it in
the perfect tone, with the exact right amount of seriousness. I’m just glad I
was there to hear it.
“Evasive
maneuvers!” Vincent cried.
About Betsy Uhrig:
Betsy Uhrig was born and raised in Greater Boston, where she lives with
her family and way more books than you are picturing. She graduated from
Smith College with a degree in English and has worked in publishing ever
since. She writes books for children instead of doing things that aren’t
as fun. Betsy is the author of Double the Danger and Zero Zucchini and Welcome to Dweeb Club. Visit her at BetsyUhrig.com
for more information about her books and her cats.
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Giveaway Details:
3 winners will win a finished copy of WELCOME TO DWEEB CLUB, US Only.
Tour Schedule:
Week One:
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9/13/2021 |
Excerpt |
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9/14/2021 |
Review |
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9/15/2021 |
Guest Post |
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9/16/2021 |
Excerpt |
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9/17/2021 |
Review |
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9/18/2021 |
Review |
Week Two:
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9/19/2021 |
Review |
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9/20/2021 |
Review |
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9/21/2021 |
Review |
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9/22/2021 |
Review |
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9/23/2021 |
Review |
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9/24/2021 |
Review |
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9/25/2021 |
Review |
Week Three:
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9/26/2021 |
Review |
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9/27/2021 |
Review |
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9/28/2021 |
Interview |
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9/29/2021 |
Review |
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9/30/2021 |
Interview |
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10/1/2021 |
Review |
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10/2/2021 |
Review/IG Spotlight |
Week Four:
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10/3/2021 |
Guest Post |
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10/4/2021 |
Review |
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10/5/2021 |
Review |
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10/6/2021 |
Excerpt |
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10/7/2021 |
Review |
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10/8/2021 |
Review |
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