Hi, lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Kimberley
B. Jones and her new book, “Our Friendship Matters”! For other stops on her Goddess Fish
Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this
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Be sure to make it to the
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by! Wishing you lots of luck in this
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Our Friendship Matters
by Kimberley B. Jones
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GENRE: Young Adult
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BLURB:
Leah
and Sasha are 17-year-old friends who had been close to one another since
elementary school, but as the summer approaches they find their friendship tested
in ways they never anticipated.
Following
graduation, Sasha’s privileged life and perception of the world around her is
suddenly altered when an old childhood friend persuades her to join in a
campaign against an injustice after his best friend is killed by a cop.
But
joining the protest has unforeseen consequences for Sasha, distancing her from
Leah, who becomes jealous of Sasha’s new friends and finds herself on the
opposing side, protesting alongside her group of new white friends.
As
the tension mounts between the two bitterly opposed factions, a tragedy strikes
and threatens to make Sasha and Leah enemies. Can they find a way to resolve
their differences, putting them to the side and learn to accept each other’s
viewpoints? Or is their long friendship finished for good?
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EXCERPT TWO:
Going
home wasn’t an option, and Ricardo had been making this so easy for me. I
missed his friendship so much. We laughed and talked about things I liked to
talk about, and so much more. Yes, we flirted, but we didn’t overstep any
boundaries. Leo and I were no more, so technically I wasn’t cheating on anyone.
“I
apologize for running out of the meeting the other day, but it was too much
information for me to process. I went on a scavenger hunt on the Internet to
find out more of what happened to Mitchell.”
“This
really has your attention.”
“Yeah,
at Chester the kids are different. Either the kids have cars or we aren’t
allowed to walk home for safety reasons. But literally almost everyone has
their own car.”
“Why
did you stop coming over to play when we were kids?”
I
hesitated; when me and Leah became friends, I made her my focus.
“I
guess things changed for me, but I do miss our friendship. We grew apart
because of the different schools we attended.”
I
missed out on so much throughout the years. I threw our friendship away, but
fate brought us together again.
“I
should be headed home because it’s almost time for dinner, so I’ll see you
later.”
“Why
don’t you take my number, just in case you want to call me some time,” he said.
“Sure.”
I
walked home, dragging my legs from Ricardo’s house. I couldn’t get my mind off
of him.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Kimberley is a professional early
childhood educator. She was born in the small town of Saint George, South
Carolina, on September 12, 1982. Graduated from Woodland High School in 2000,
Benedict College in 2004 with B.S., Child & Family Development, and from
Ashford University in 2013 with a Masters in Early Childhood Education.
After
receiving her education and being a military spouse, she held several jobs as a
preschool teacher and a preschool director, but she wanted to her education to
use by writing children’s books. She wrote her first book in college for her
children’s literature course. She has self-published several children books on
Amazon.
Currently,
she is branching off into writing fiction YA, NA, and A novels on issues in
society. She loves writing and would not change it for nothing in this world
She is now published by Rhetoric Askew. Kimberley is the author of Our
Friendship Matters.
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
Kimberley will be awarding a $10 Amazon or B/N
GC to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.
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Kimberly ~ Good morning! Welcome to FAB! It is so great to have you here! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! :)
ReplyDeleteI’m honored. Thank you for hosting Our Friendship Matters!
DeleteThanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteThis story sounds really interesting.
ReplyDeleteThanks, it's an easy read novel hoping to bring more people together in unity.
Deletethis sounds really good
ReplyDeleteThanks, Marisela! I hope it's enjoyable.
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