Blog Tour: The Girl Next Door | Selene Castrovilla | Teaser | AVM Foundation | Giveaway

Welcome to our stop on THE GIRL NEXT DOOR blog tour. The book was written by Selene Castrovilla. The tour is hosted by A Book and A Latte PR.

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The Girl Next Door
Author: Selene Castrovilla
Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Realistic Ficition
Released: May 24th 2013
Review Source: Blog Tour

Two teens are forced to make some very grown-up decisions when one of them is diagnosed with terminal cancer, twisting them into an unpredictable nightmare. Best friends since toddlerhood, Samantha and Jesse grapple with the realization that they are actually in love. What now? Beautifully written while handling a very heavy topic, Castrovilla addresses the universal question: In a world where the worst can strike at any time, how can we ever feel safe?

The Girl Next Door Teaser:

     I cracked my eyes open. The sun shined in through his window, right on his shelves of trophies and awards on the wall facing us. A beautiful Saturday morning. Jesse should have been buttoning his blue and yellow pinstriped uniform, pushing his cap with the navy “M” on it over his curly black hair, lacing his cleats, grabbing his bat and heading into the park. Instead, the uniform and cap hung at the back of his closet, the cleats were tossed who knew where, the bat leaned in the far corner, and Jess lay in bed, some days barely able to walk.
     He probably won’t make it to eighteen. He’ll never even get to vote.
     I didn’t know whether I should open my eyes fully or not. He might get embarrassed. Or maybe he wanted me to wake up.
     I decided to do it.

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ABOUT SELENE CASTROVILLA

Selene Castrovilla is an award-winning teen and children’s author who believes that through all trends,

humanity remains at the core of literature. She is the author of Saved By the Music and The Girl Next Door, teen novels originally published by WestSide Books and now available digitally through ASD Publishing. Her third children’s book with Calkins Creek Books, Revolutionary Friends, was released in April. She is also a contributing author to UncommonYA. Selene holds an MFA in creative writing from New School University and a BA in English from New York University. She lives on Long Island with her two sons. Visit her website www.SeleneCastrovilla.com for book excerpts and more information!

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SELENE CASTROVILLA TEAMS UP WITH THE AVM FOUNDATION 

Selene is pleased to team with the Anthony V. Mannino Foundation helping young adults in their fight against cancer. She will donate $1 for each book ordered during THE GIRL NEXT DOOR's Blog Tour!

Selene will send a free autographed copy of THE GIRL NEXT DOOR to anyone who donates $25 or more to the foundation (click here to donate!). For your purchase to count and/or to show proof of donation, just send a screenshot or receipt of your order or donation, along with your shipping address if necessary, through "Drop me a line" in the "Latest News" section of her website, selenecastrovilla.com.

The AVM Foundation Mission:
The Mission of The Anthony V. Mannino Foundation is to financially assist young adults in the age group of 18-26 while they are undergoing their cancer treatment. We also want to help development support programs to aid this unique age group, with their special needs, as they battle cancer.

We found that Anthony's age group of 18 plus, doesn't have the emotional or financial support that other age groups do. We are also aware of the unique situations that this age group faces and want to help those adolescents and their families.

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TOUR SCHEDULE

September 9th Katie's Books (Interview & Review) A Book and a Latte (Excerpt)	September 16th Writer's Alley (Interview) Oops! I Read A Book Again (Review)
September 10th Books Over Boys (Feature) Happy Book Lovers (Review)	September 17th The Storyteller's Scroll (Guest Post) Dana's YA Bookpile (Review)
September 11th Dear Teen Me (Feature) Read For Your Future (Review)	September 18th YA Reads (Interview) My Library in the Making (Review)
September 12th Books, Authors, Blogs (Guest Post ) Musings From An Addicted Reader (Review)	September 19th Once Upon a Twilight (Review) Total Teen Fiction (Review)
September 13th Books and Needlepoint (Review) alwaysjoart (Review)	September 20th The Unconventional Librarian (Guest Post) Mythical Books (Review)

GIVEAWAY: Grand prize is a Kindle Fire + THE GIRL NEXT DOOR ebook (US only), and 10 second prize winners will receive an ebook copy of THE GIRL NEXT DOOR (International).

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