It’s live!! Cover Reveal: The Yearbook by Carol Masciola + Giveaway (US/Canada/Europe)

Hi, everyone!

Today we’re super excited to celebrate the cover reveal for THE YEARBOOK by Carol Masciola, releasing November 18, 2015 from Merit Press. Before we get to the cover, here’s a note from Carol:

I’m so delighted to show off the cover of my novel, The Yearbook, which I think conveys the mood of magic and uncertainty I’ve tried to create in the story. Lola Lundy, the protagonist, is a teenager who seems to find a portal to the past among stacks of antique library books. The designers, Christina Riddle of Edgewater Graphics, and Frank Rivera, with FW Media, used an authentic 1920s photograph of a young flapper, combined with pastel toned bookshelves, to evoke the hazy backdrop where Lola’s story unfolds—is it real, or hallucinatory? The mirror effect Frank chose for the title lettering suggests, to me, the dual worlds of past and present fading into each other, and perhaps, as well, the not-always-clear line between reality and fantasy, sanity and madness. I could not have dreamed of a better visual expression of the novel!

~ Carol Masciola (THE YEARBOOK, Merit Press)

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THE YEARBOOK

by Carol Masciola

Release date: November 18, 2015

Publisher: Merit Press

ISBN: 9781440588976

About the Book

Misfit teen Lola Lundy falls asleep in a storage room in her high school library and wakes up to find herself 80 years in the past. The Fall Frolic dance is going full blast in the gym, and there she makes an instant connection with the brainy and provocative Peter Hemmings, class of ’24. His face is familiar, and she realizes she’s seen his senior portrait in a ragged old yearbook in the storage room.

By the end of the dance, Lola begins to see a way out of her disastrous Twenty First Century life: She’ll make a new future for herself in the past. But major mental illness lies in Lola’s family background. Has she slipped through a crack in time, or into an elaborate, romantic hallucination based on the contents of an old yearbook?

To learn more about this book and see our review, go HERE.

About the Author

Carol Masciola was born and raised in Ohio, one of five sisters, and graduated from Oberlin College, where she studied humanities and piano. She worked for 12 years as a newspaper reporter in Southern California and won the PEN/West award for writing in journalism. She has lived in Guatemala, Colombia, Jordan, Turkey, England, Spain and now lives in Geneva, Switzerland. She is also an enthusiastic writer of screenplays. The Yearbook is her first published novel.

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Giveaway Details

Three winners will each receive an ARC of THE YEARBOOK.

Entering is simple, just fill out the entry form below. Winners will be announced on this site and in our monthly newsletter (sign up now!) within 30 days after the giveaway ends.

During each giveaway, we ask entrants a question pertaining to the book. Here is the question they’ll be answering in the comments below for extra entries:

What do you think about the cover and synopsis?

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21 thoughts on “It’s live!! Cover Reveal: The Yearbook by Carol Masciola + Giveaway (US/Canada/Europe)”

Kristy says:

July 29, 2015 at 5:07 am

This sounds so good! And original. Love the cover too.

Lucy Magat says:

July 30, 2015 at 2:33 am

This looks awesome! Looking forward to reading this. The cover is really eye catching. 🙂

Shannon Mizikoski says:

July 30, 2015 at 6:22 am

The cover is completely gorgeous- I love old-timey things, and this cover is just.. I really don’t have enough words. Plus, the synopsis sounds SO good, especially because I love historical anything, so getting a chance to go to the 1920s with the characters sounds amazing- plus the mystery part adds to the appeal!

Samantha S. says:

July 30, 2015 at 1:15 pm

I love stories with unreliable narrators and time travel scenarios! One of my favorite novels and movies is Somewhere in Time by Richard Matheson, which has a similar storyline only this is like the YA version of it! I can’t wait to read this! 🙂

Skylar L says:

July 30, 2015 at 7:15 pm

The cover is stunning!!!!

Joana Bento says:

August 3, 2015 at 7:00 pm

The cover is stunning, I love the 20th
The synopsis is very interesting!

Cindy says:

August 11, 2015 at 5:37 pm

I really like how the cover sets the mood for the book. The synopsis sounds really interesting!

rebecca says:

August 13, 2015 at 8:13 pm

this cover is loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:p:o:o:):D:(;):(:p:o:o:):)

Alice Wu says:

August 15, 2015 at 5:02 pm

Love the cover…and it looks like a great read

bn100 says:

August 18, 2015 at 7:53 pm

both interesting

Molly Laird says:

August 20, 2015 at 1:43 am

Sounds very interesting and I would love to read it.

Kara S says:

August 20, 2015 at 3:56 pm

I like that the author is ambitious enough to problematize the time travel plot with the complex issue of mental illness. Thanks for introducing me to this exciting new release! Cheers, Kara S

Roula says:

August 21, 2015 at 2:09 pm

My favorite band is Coldplay

Roula says:

August 21, 2015 at 3:42 pm

I love the cover gives you an indication that the book could probably have a time travel element to it. This will definitely go to my TBR list. Can’t wait for the rekease!

Jubilee H. Munozvilla says:

August 23, 2015 at 4:05 pm

This book seems awesome. Time travel? Check. 1920s? Check. Realization that she probably is going to live another life? Check! Perfect! Can’t wait to read it

asggh says:

August 23, 2015 at 10:02 pm

I really love the cover and the synopsis.

Audrey says:

August 24, 2015 at 7:19 pm

The cover is stunning and the story sounds so unique!

Tasleema begum says:

August 24, 2015 at 9:34 pm

This sounds so cool! A really unique and interesting twist. Intrigued to read about the writers exploration of mental illness too. Really looking forward to this one! ( cover is classy and lovely too!)