Del Toro Moon (Blog Tour + Giveaway)
Thanks to Rockstar Book Tours for allowing me to read an advance copy of Del Toro Moon, by Darby Karchut. I was interested in reading this book because its characters are Spanish-speaking Latinos. If you have a basic understanding of Spanish, you'll have fun reading this novel, which is peppered with Spanish words and phrases throughout. It's a middle grade novel that takes you on an adventure with monsters and talking animals, while making you think about family and identity. Middle grade novels such as this one are perfect for young readers grappling with issues of self-confidence, leadership, and self-doubt.
Read on for a chance to win a copy of your own!
About the Book
Title: DEL TORO MOON
Author: Darby Karchut
Pub. Date: October 2, 2018
Publisher: Owl Hollow Press
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 224
“Ride hard, swing hard, and take out as many of those creepy critters as you can.”
Twelve year old Matt Del Toro is the greenest greenhorn in his family’s centuries-old business: riding down and destroying wolf-like monsters, known as skinners. Now, with those creatures multiplying, both in number and ferocity, Matt must saddle up and match his father’s skills at monster whacking. Odds of doing that? Yeah, about a trillion to one. Because Matt’s father is the legendary Javier Del Toro—hunter, scholar, and a true caballero: a gentleman of the horse.
Luckily, Matt has twelve hundred pounds of backup in his best friend—El Cid, an Andalusian war stallion with the ability of human speech, more fighting savvy than a medieval knight, and a heart as big and steadfast as the Rocky Mountains.
Serious horse power.
Those skinners don’t stand a chance.
About Darby:
Darby Karchut is an award-winning author, dreamer, and compulsive dawn greeter. A proud native of New Mexico, she now lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, where she runs in blizzards and bikes in lightning storms.
When not dodging death by Colorado, Darby is busy wrangling words.
Her books include the best selling middle grade series, THE ADVENTURE OF FINN MacCULLEN. Coolest thing ever: her YA debut novel, GRIFFIN RISING, has been optioned for film.
Giveaway Details:
1 Winner will receive a signed finished copy of DEL TORO MOON, US Only.
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Tour Schedule:
Week One:
9/24/2018- BookHounds YA-
9/25/2018- Oh Hey! Books.-
9/26/2018- Random Bookish Banter-
9/27/2018- Patriotic Bookaholic-
9/28/2018- Rhythmicbooktrovert-
Week Two:
10/1/2018- Eli to the nth-
10/2/2018- Beagles and Books-
10/3/2018- Daily Waffle-
10/4/2018- LA Bookworm-
10/5/2018- Two Chicks on Books-