I
am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the CITY SPIES: CITY OF THE DEAD by James
Ponti Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar
Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to
enter the giveaway!
About
The Book:
Author: James Ponti
Pub. Date: February
7, 2023
Publisher: Aladdin
Formats: Hardcover,
ebook, audiobook
Pages: 400
Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/CITY-SPIES-CITY-OF-THE-DEAD
In this fourth installment in the New
York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the
young group of spies go codebreaking in Cairo in another international
adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs.
Smith’s Spy School for Girls.
Codename Kathmandu, better known as Kat, loves logic and order, has a favorite
eight-digit number, and can spot a pattern from a mile away. So when a series
of cyberattacks hits key locations in London while the spies are testing
security for the British Museum, it’s clear that Kat’s skill for finding reason
in what seems like randomness makes her the perfect candidate to lead the job.
And while the team follows the deciphered messages to Egypt and the ancient
City of the Dead to discover who is behind the attacks and why, Kat soon
realizes that there’s another layer to the mystery.
With more players, more clues, and involving higher levels of British
Intelligence than ever before, this mission is one of the most complex that the
group has faced to date. And it’s also going to bring about a change to the
City Spies…
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the rest of the CITY SPIES BOOKS now!
Book Trailer:
About James:
JAMES
PONTI (he/him/his)
is the New York Times bestselling author of three middle grade book
series: City Spies, about an unlikely squad of five kids from around the
world who form an elite MI6 Spy Team; the Edgar Award–winning Framed! series,
about a pair of tweens who solve mysteries in Washington, DC; and the Dead
City trilogy, about a secret society that polices the undead living beneath
Manhattan. His books have appeared on more than fifteen different state award
lists and he is the founder of a writers group known as the Renegades of Middle
Grade. James is also an Emmy– nominated television writer and producer who has
worked for many networks including Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, PBS, History,
and Spike TV, as well as NBC Sports. He lives with his family in Orlando,
Florida. Find out more at JamesPonti.com.
Website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Goodreads | Amazon
Giveaway Details:
1 lucky winner will receive a finished copy of CITY OF THE DEAD, US Only.
Tour Schedule:
Week One:
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1/23/2023 |
Excerpt/IG Post |
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1/23/2023 |
Excerpt |
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1/24/2023 |
Excerpt |
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1/24/2023 |
Excerpt/IG Post |
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1/25/2023 |
Excerpt |
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1/25/2023 |
Review/IG Post |
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1/26/2023 |
Excerpt/IG Post |
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1/26/2023 |
Review |
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1/27/2023 |
Review/IG Post |
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1/27/2023 |
IG Post |
Week Two:
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1/30/2023 |
Review |
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1/30/2023 |
Review/IG Post |
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1/31/2023 |
TikTok Review/IG Post |
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1/31/2023 |
Review/IG Post |
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2/1/2023 |
IG Review |
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2/1/2023 |
Review |
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2/2/2023 |
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2/2/2023 |
IG Review |
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2/3/2023 |
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2/3/2023 |
IG Review |
Monday, February 7, 2023 at 6:00pm CT
Virtual launch event hosted by Blue
Willow Bookshop (Houston, TX)
In conversation with Kelly Yang (author of NEW
FROM HERE and FINALLY SEEN)
Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at 7:00pm ET
In-person event hosted by Little Shop of Stories (Decatur, GA)
In conversation with Laurel Snyder (author
of ORPHAN ISLAND and CHARLIE & MOUSE)
Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 6:00pm ET
In-person event hosted by Malaprop’s (Asheville, NC)
In conversation with Alan Gratz (author of REFUGEE, GROUND
ZERO, and TWO DEGREES)
Friday, February 10, 2023 at 5:00pm ET
In-person event hosted by RJ Julia Booksellers (Madison, CT)
In conversation with Lauren Tarshis (author
of the I SURVIVED series)
Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 3:00pm ET
In-person event hosted by Books of Wonder (New York, NY)
In conversation with Sayantani DasGupta (author
of THE FIRE QUEEN series), Chris Grabenstein (author
of DOG SQUAD and THE SMARTEST KID IN THE UNIVERSE),
and Karina Yan Glaser (author of THE
VANDERBEEKERS series)
Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 2:00pm CT
In-person event at St. Louis
Public Library hosted by The Novel Neighbor (St. Louis, MO)
In conversation with George Jreije (author
of SHAD HADID AND THE ALCHEMISTS OF ALEXANDRIA)
Monday, February 13, 2023 at 7:00pm CT
In-person event hosted by Wild Rumpus
Books for Young Readers (Minneapolis, MN)
In conversation with Jacqueline West (author
of THE BOOKS OF ELSEWHERE and LONG LOST)
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 5:30pm ET
In-person event hosted by Quail
Ridge Books (Raleigh, NC)
In conversation with Kwame Mbalia (author of
the TRISTAN STRONG series)
Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 10:30am ET
In-person event hosted by Politics & Prose (Washington, D.C.)
Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 2:00pm ET
In-person event hosted by The
International Spy Museum (Washington, D.C.)
Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 2:00pm ET
In-person event hosted at Lake Highland Prep School hosted by Writer’s Block
Bookstore (Orlando, FL)
Why Should You Read This?
This book is the fourth installment in the series – City Spies. Don’t let that dissuade you from picking this book up, especially if you haven’t read the other books in the series. The novel can be picked up as a standalone and is an excellent read.
The writing is well-paced and colorful. Set in Egypt, the book takes you on a ride. I could almost imagine this becoming a ride or a tour. The author takes you places, and I couldn’t put the book down.
There are several characters, but it is easy to segregate them; this talks about the depth of character development. A fascinating middle-grade read for children that love spies and travel.