I am so excited that the paperback for WIDER THAN THE SKY by
Katherine Rothschild is available now and that I get to share the news!
If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book, be sure to check out
all the details below.
This blitz also includes an awesome giveaway courtesy of Katherine & Rockstar Book Tours. So if you’d like a chance to win, check out the giveaway info
below.
About The Book:
Title: WIDER THAN THE SKY
Author: Katherine Rothschild
Paperback Pub. Date: December 7, 2021
Publisher: Soho Teen
Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Audiobook
Pages: 288
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In the wake of sudden tragedy, twin sisters uncover a secret that rips
open their world. Katherine Rothschild explores the pain and power of
forgiveness in a stunning debut novel that will shatter your heart and
piece it back together, one truth at a time.
Sixteen-year-old Sabine Braxton doesn’t have much in common with her
identical twin, Blythe. When their father dies from an unexpected illness,
each copes with the loss in her own way—Sabine by “poeting” (an
uncontrollable quirk of bursting into poetry at inappropriate moments) and
Blythe by obsessing over getting into MIT, their father’s alma mater.
Neither can offer each other much support . . . at least not until their
emotionally detached mother moves them into a ramshackle Bay Area mansion
owned by a stranger named Charlie.
Soon, the sisters unite in a mission to figure out who Charlie is and why
he seems to know everything about them. They quickly make a life-changing
discovery: their father died of an HIV- related infection, Charlie was his
lover, and their mother knows the whole story. The revelation unravels
Sabine’s world, while practical Blythe seems to take everything in stride.
Once again at odds with her sister, Sabine chooses to learn all she can
about the father she never knew. Ultimately, she must decide if she can
embrace his last wish for their family legacy—along with forgiveness.
Praise for Wider than the Sky
“Sabine’s struggle to reconcile her memory of her father with the man he
really was—and to make room in her life for his hopes as well as her
own—cuts to the heart of what it means to love someone
unconditionally. Wider than the Sky skillfully weaves
multiple character arcs together to examine the ideas of home, hope, and
family in surprising new ways.”—Misa Sugiura, It's Not Like It's a Secret
"Lyrical and lovely, Wider than the Sky is one of those
rare books that has everything—masterful storytelling, a great love story,
important themes, razor-sharp wit, and memorable characters. It's a gorgeous
debut that will capture your heart."—Corina Vacco, Delacorte Prize–winning author of My Chemical Mountain
“I haven’t stopped thinking about these sisters since I first read Wider than the Sky. Sabine and Blythe will leap off the page and live in your memories like
old friends. There is so much heart and humor in Katherine’s writing; even
as her characters grapple with serious concerns and issues, she captures how
life can slice us open and yet give us the ability to laugh and love and
hope through the deepest pain and loss.”—Jennifer Chambliss Bertman, New York Times bestselling
author of Book Scavenger
“Rothschild’s story showcases how secrets impede a person’s ability to see
the world clearly and that self-acceptance and honesty are the keys to a
happy ending.”—School Library Journal
“Change comes suddenly to the lives of 16-year-old Sabine and her identical
twin sister, Blythe, when their father dies unexpectedly, prompting their
mother and a strange man named Charlie to move the girls to the small town
of Thornewood . . . Rothschild’s first novel is accomplished and nicely
plot-rich with some interesting quirks, chief among them being Sabine’s
deep-rooted love for Emily Dickinson’s poetry and her compulsive need to
recite it.”—Booklist
“Kath Rothschild’s Wider than the Sky is pitch perfect!
Young adult readers will fall in love with her wonderfully quirky narrator
Sabine and her swoony romance with Kai. Combine that with family secrets and
a mysterious stranger and you have the ingredients for a compelling read. I
cannot wait to put it in the hands of my young customers!”—Kathleen Caldwell, A Great Good Place for Books (Oakland, CA)
Check out an excerpt of the book from Google Play Books Here!
About Katherine Rothschild:
Katherine Rothschild is a Lecturer in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric
at Stanford University, a former ballet and Arabic dance instructor, and
an obsessive Twitter food truck-follower. Her first-person essays have
been published on KQED/NPR, in The San Francisco Chronicle, and other Bay
Area and California publications. She holds an MFA in Fiction Writing, a
PhD in Composition and Applied Linguistics, has received artist’s grants
from Vermont Studio Center and Kindlings West, and is a longtime member of
the SCBWI. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family. Her
debut novel is Wider Than the Sky from Soho Teen. Find
her on Twitter @Kath_Rothschild.
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Giveaway Details:
3 winners will win a hardcover copy of WIDER THAN THE SKY, US Only.
3 winners will win a paperback copy of WIDER THAN THE SKY, US Only.
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