Title: QUINTESSENCE
Author: Jess Redman
Pub. Date: July 28, 2020
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Audiobook
Pages: 384
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Three months ago, twelve-year-old Alma moved to the town of Four Points. Her panic attacks started a week later, and they haven’t stopped—even though she told her parents that they did. Every day she feels less and less like herself.
Then Alma meets the ShopKeeper in the town’s junk shop, The Fifth Point. The ShopKeeper gives her a telescope and this message:
Find the Elements.
Grow the Light.
Save the Starling.
That night, Alma watches as a star—a star that looks like a child—falls from the sky and into her backyard. Alma knows what it’s like to be lost and afraid, to long for home, and with the help of some unlikely new friends from the Astronomy Club, she sets out on a quest that will take a little bit of astronomy, a little bit of alchemy, and her whole self.
QUINTESSENCE is a stunning story of friendship, self-discovery, interconnectedness, and the inexplicable elements that make you you.
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Jess Redman is a therapist and author of books for young readers with FSG/Macmillan. Her first book, THE MIRACULOUS, was a Bank Street Best Children’s Book of 2019, an Amazon Best Book of 2019, and was called “layered, engaging, and emotionally true” in a Kirkus starred review. Her second book, QUINTESSENCE, releases on July 28th. The book was featured in OwlCrate Jr.’s subscription box and was described as “a fanciful adventure with a rich emotional core and a fairy tale” by Publishers Weekly. Her third book, THE ADVENTURE IS NOW, is scheduled for publication in May 2021. Redman currently lives in Florida with her husband, two young children, an old cat named SoulPie, and a fish named Annie.
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Tour Schedule:
Week One:
| 7/27/2020 | Little Red Reads | Review |
| 7/27/2020 | BookHounds YA | Interview |
| 7/28/2020 | Nerdophiles | Review |
| 7/28/2020 | The Try Everything | Review |
| 7/29/2020 | Hurn Publications | Review |
| 7/29/2020 | Jotted by Jena | Excerpt |
| 7/30/2020 | Rajiv’s Reviews | Review |
| 7/30/2020 | onemused | Review |
| 7/31/2020 | Do You Dog-ear? | Review |
| 7/31/2020 | She Just Loves Books | Review |
Week Two:
| 8/3/2020 | PopTheButterfly | Review |
| 8/3/2020 | TheReadingCornerforAll | Review |
| 8/4/2020 | Here’s to Happy Endings | Review |
| 8/4/2020 | Twirling Book Princess | Excerpt |
| 8/5/2020 | Book-o-Craze | Review |
| 8/5/2020 | Wonder Struck | Review |
| 8/6/2020 | notinjersey | Review |
| 8/6/2020 | Two Chicks on Books | Interview |
| 8/7/2020 | Two Points of Interest | Review |
| 8/7/2020 | Kait Plus Books | Excerpt |
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