Hi, YABCers!
Today we’re super excited to celebrate the cover reveal for
Sugaring Off (Gillian French),
releasing November 1st, 2022 from Algonquin Young Readers.
Before we get to the cover, here’s a note from Gillian French:
Hi readers! I’m thrilled to be able to share the stunning cover of Sugaring Off, which is so flawlessly matched to the pensive, eerie stillness of the story! Artist Elena Masci nailed Owl’s faraway stare and the entwining of the maple tree branches in her braid? Perfection.
Ready to see?
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Here it is!
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Sugaring Off
by Gillian French
Release date: November 1st, 2022
Publisher: Algonquin YR
About the Book
Left partially deaf by an early childhood tragedy which ended in her father’s incarceration, seventeen-year-old Owl is now a
tracker, an explorer, a wildlife enthusiast, and always her freest self while hiking the steep forested acres surrounding her aunt
and uncle’s maple sugar farm, now her home. Owl and her aunt and uncle never speak of the brutal attack that brought her to
them, the day Owl’s father threw her down the stairs. On the day she confronts a stranger trespassing among the maples,
Owl’s sheltered existence is blown wide open by Cody—the magnetic, dangerous young man hired to help with the sugaring
off. Experienced in ways that Owl is naïve, Cody seems to see her, the real her, in a way no one else does. Together, they
challenge each other, learn to question their preconceptions, and risk a romance their families are desperate to stop.
But when Owl learns that some part of Cody is compelled toward self-destruction, Owl must make a difficult decision about
their relationship at the same time she’s grappling with her father’s recent release from prison. And when a seemingly
motiveless local murder draws attention to Cody, Owl realizes that Cody is in far more serious trouble than anyone
knows—and it’s followed him to her mountain.
About The Author
Gillian French‘s debut, Grit, was an Indie Next List pick, a Junior Library Guild Selection, received starred reviews from
Kirkus Reviews and ALA Booklist, was an Edgar Award Finalist, a South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Finalist, and
received both a 2018 Lupine Award from the Maine Library Association and a 2018 Maine Literary Award from the Maine
Writers & Publishers Alliance. Her other novels include The Door to January (Bram Stoker Award Finalist), The Lies They
Tell (2019 International Thriller Award Finalist, an Amazon Bestselling New Release in both print and audio editions, 2019
Maine Literary Award Winner, 2018 Junior Library Guild Selection), and The Missing Season (2019 Junior Library Guild
Selection, starred review from Booklist). She lives in Maine with her husband and three young boys.
*Giveaway Details*
Three winners will receive a copy of Sugaring Off (Gillian French) ~ (US Only)
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What an absolutely gorgeous cover! This book sounds breathtaking and I can’t wait to read it!
The cover is so beautiful and this book’s setting alone makes me want to read it.
OMG this cover is so gorgeous!
The cover is beautiful. The story sounds dramatic and emotional.