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Blog Tour: Night Witches by Kathryn Lasky

NIGHT WITCHES
Author: Kathryn Lasky
Pub. Date: March 28, 2017
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Pages: 224
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook
Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads
Synopsis: From bestselling and award-winning author Kathryn Lasky comes an explosive adventure following the teen girl fighter pilots who took on Hitler's army . . . and won.

      Fifteen-year-old Valya knows what it feels like to fly. She's a pilot who's always felt more at home soaring through the sky than down on earth. But since the Germans surrounded Stalingrad, Valya's been forced to stay on the ground and watch her city crumble.

      When her mother is killed during the siege, Valya is left with one burning desire: to join up with her older sister, a member of the famous and feared Night Witches -- a brigade of young female pilots.

      Using all her wits, Valya manages to get past the German blockade and find the Night Witches' base . . . and that's when the REAL danger starts. The women have been assigned a critical mission. If they succeed, they'll inflict serious damage on the Nazis. If they fail, they'll face death . . . or even worse horrors.

      Historical fiction master Lasky sheds light on the war's unsung heroes -- daredevil girls who took to the skies to fight for their country -- in an action-packed thrill ride that'll leave you electrified and breathless.


About Kathryn:



     Kathryn Lasky is the American author of many critically acclaimed books, including several Dear America books, several Royal Diaries books, 1984 Newbery Honor winning Sugaring Time, The Night Journey, and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series.

      She was born June 24, 1944, and grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is married to Christopher Knight, with whom she lives in Massachusetts.

      Book 15, The War of the Ember, is currently the last book in the Ga'Hoole series. The Rise of a Legend is the 16th book but is a prequel to the series. Lasky has also written Guide Book To The Great Tree and Lost Tales Of Ga'Hoole which are companion books.



Giveaway Details:



 3 winners will receive a finished copy of NIGHT WITCHES, US Only.

Tour Schedule:


Week One:
3/20/2017- The Best Books Ever - Excerpt
3/21/2017- My Thoughts Literally- Review
3/22/2017- Wandering Bark Books- Guest Post
3/23/2017- La La in the Library- Review
3/24/2017- YA Books Central- Interview

 Week Two:
3/27/2017- Quartzfeather- Review
3/28/2017- BookHounds YA- Guest Post
3/29/2017- Under the Book Cover- Spotlight
3/30/2017- Bibliobibuli YA- Interview
3/31/2017- History from a Woman's Perspective- Spotlight



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