Today I’m hosting the starter day party for the Nate Rocks The World and Nate Rocks The Boat tour. Both these books are hilarious adventures for MG students, and appeal both to boys and girls. I’m halfway through reading the first, and I’m loving it so far!
Here’s the tour schedule.
July 2nd: Starter Day Party
@ I Heart Reading
July 4th: Author Interview
and Excerpt Nate Rocks The World
@ The Reading Pile
July 5th: Book Excerpt Nate Rocks The Boat
@ The Reading Pile
July 7th: Book Excerpt
and Giveaway Nate Rocks The World
@ Book Spark
July 9th: Book Excerpt
and Giveaway Nate Rocks The Boat
@ A Dream Within A Dream
July 11th: Book Excerpt Nate Rocks The World
@ Heather Cim’s Blog
July 12th: Book Excerpt Nate Rocks The Boat
@ Heather Cim’s Blog
July 15th: Review Nate Rocks The World
and Giveaway Nate Rocks The World
@ I Heart Reading
July 16th: Review Nate Rocks The Boat
@ I Heart Reading
July 17th: Review Nate Rocks The World
@ Mama Knows Books
July 20th: Review Nate Rocks The Boat
@ Mama Knows Books
July 21st: Author Interview
@ Majanka’s Blog
July 26th: Review Nate Rocks The World
@ The Pretty Good Gatsby
July 27th: Book Excerpt Nate Rocks The Boat
@ The Pretty Good Gatsby
July 28th: Review Nate Rocks The World
@ Sweet Southern Home
July 30th: Review Nate Rocks The Boat
@ Sweet Southern Home
August 1st: Review Nate Rocks The World
@ Book Him Danno
August 2nd: Review Nate Rocks The Boat
@ Book Him Danno
Book Summaries
Title: Nate Rocks The World
Author: Karen Pokras Toz
Genre: Middle Grade
Ten-year-old Nathan Rockledge cannot catch a break. After all, life as a fourth-grader can be hazardous what with science projects to deal with and recess football games to avoid. Everyone, including his best friend Tommy, seems to have bad luck when hanging around Nathan. Throw in an older sister who is a royal pain, a dad who is stuck in the past, and a mom who keeps trying to poison him with her awful cooking, and poor Nathan’s life as a fourth grader appears to be completely doomed.
Armed only with his sketchpad, his imagination, and his wits, Nathan Rockledge navigates the perils of the fourth grade in style, to emerge heroic, as Nate Rocks, proving that even a ten-year-old can accomplish great things.
Title: Nate Rocks The Boat
Author: Karen Pokras Toz
Genre: Middle Grade
With fourth grade finally winding down, 10-year-old Nathan Rockledge is looking forward to a fun and relaxing summer at home with his friends. That is, until his mom decides he has to go to overnight camp with his annoying older sister. When his best friend Tommy decides to tag along, Nathan thinks maybe his summer won’t actually be so bad. After all, he does get to be away from his mom’s awful cooking for an entire six weeks.
Amongst Color War competitions, a flaky counselor, and a bully named “No-Neck,” Nathan turns to his trusty sketchpad, transforming himself into Nate Rocks: 10-year-old extraordinaire. His speedboat ready for action, Nate saves the day time and again from the perils of floods, snakes, ghosts, and even the most wanted criminals.
Join Nathan, Tommy, Abby, and a whole new cast of characters as Nate Rocks once again proves nothing can hold him back in this second book of the Nate Rocks series.
Author Bio
Karen Pokras Toz is a writer, wife, and mom. Karen grew up in Orange, Connecticut and currently lives outside of Philadelphia with her husband and three children. In June 2011, Karen published her first middle grade children’s novel for 7-12 year olds called Nate Rocks the World, followed in 2012 by the second book in the Nate Rocks series, Nate Rocks the Boat. Karen is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI).
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Thank you so much for kicking off the Nate Rocks tour!