Book blitz: Let's Get Lost by Adi Alsaid with a guest post (Why Airports are Great for Writers) + giveaway
Let's Get Lost
by Adi
Alsaid
Release Date: 07/29/14
Harlequin Teen
Summary :
Five strangers.
Countless adventures. One epic way to get lost.
Four teens across the country have only one thing in common: a girl named LEILA. She crashes into their lives in her absurdly red car at the moment they need someone the most.
There's HUDSON, a small-town mechanic who is willing to throw away his dreams for true love. And BREE, a runaway who seizes every Tuesday—and a few stolen goods along the way. ELLIOT believes in happy endings…until his own life goes off-script. And SONIA worries that when she lost her boyfriend, she also lost the ability to love.
Hudson, Bree, Elliot and Sonia find a friend in Leila. And when Leila leaves them, their lives are forever changed. But it is during Leila's own 4,268-mile journey that she discovers the most important truth— sometimes, what you need most is right where you started. And maybe the only way to find what you're looking for is to get lost along the way.
Four teens across the country have only one thing in common: a girl named LEILA. She crashes into their lives in her absurdly red car at the moment they need someone the most.
There's HUDSON, a small-town mechanic who is willing to throw away his dreams for true love. And BREE, a runaway who seizes every Tuesday—and a few stolen goods along the way. ELLIOT believes in happy endings…until his own life goes off-script. And SONIA worries that when she lost her boyfriend, she also lost the ability to love.
Hudson, Bree, Elliot and Sonia find a friend in Leila. And when Leila leaves them, their lives are forever changed. But it is during Leila's own 4,268-mile journey that she discovers the most important truth— sometimes, what you need most is right where you started. And maybe the only way to find what you're looking for is to get lost along the way.
Early Praise:
“Reminiscent of John Green’s Paper
Towns and road trip novels that feature a teen paving the way to
adulthood, Alsaid’s debut is a gem among contemporary YA novels.” – School
Library Journal
“Five love stories, beautifully woven
together by a special girl in search of adventure, hope, and full
appreciation of life’s simple pleasures. A do-not-miss. ” – Justine Magazine
“Moving and poignant.” - Glitter Magazine
“An entertaining and romantic road-trip
debut.” – Kirkus
"Leila's quest to find the Northern
Lights takes readers on a captivating cross-country journey, where four
strangers' adventures collide into one riveting tale of finding yourself." ―YABooksCentral.com
“This will likely be a popular summer hit, especially for older teen about to embark on their own journeys of self-discovery.” –Booklist
“This will likely be a popular summer hit, especially for older teen about to embark on their own journeys of self-discovery.” –Booklist
Guest post:
Why Airports are Great for Writers
One of my ultimate go-tos for inspiration
is people-watching, and there’s no greater place than an airport to people
watch. The sheer mass and diversity of people, the potential for imagined
stories. I could sit at an airport and watch for hours even if I didn’t have a
flight. I have done that, actually. When I lived in Vegas, sometimes I’d
go to the airport baggage claim with a friend and some coffee and we’d try to
guess where everyone was coming from, try to decipher airport codes we weren’t
familiar with.
Airports offer the freedom to observe. You
have a few hours before your flight boards to do nothing but see all sorts of
people gathered together, to imagine whatever you want about them, even if you
are wildly wrong. Grab some coffee and sit at your gate, take a seat at the overpriced
bar or at a restaurant that faces out at the terminal, put a book in front of
you in case traffic slows down, a notebook next to that, keep an ear perked for
eavesdropping some conversation. Watch the material come to you.
And if you’re the type of writer that gets
inspiration from other people’s lives, stealing away their details for later
creative use (aren’t we all that kind of writer?), just start talking to
someone. Even with the walking-on-eggshells feeling that airports sometimes
have these days, where your bags must be with you at all times and suspicious
behavior might be defined as not getting any cream cheese with your bagel,
people are still extremely open to each other at airports. The fact that
everyone is just passing through opens people up to conversation, I’ve found.
Seatmates in particular, but at bookstores and restaurants and anywhere else
you might find yourself sitting next to someone at an airport. If they find you
annoying and don’t want to talk, they’ll let you know by answering only in
grunts and continuing to read their magazine. But sometimes they’ll unload
their stories on you, like the flight attendant for Air Force Two whom I met
and had traveled the world (something like 87 countries?). Or the poor diplomat
from Ecuador whose flight from New York to Mexico to Ecuador turned into a
five-stop 24-hour+ nightmare.
Attractive people you’ll never see again,
groups of teens dreaming of adventures, escapes, reunions, dreading the leaving
of them. So many little scenes from daily life, on display for a much larger
audience. Mothers trying to place a fast food order for a family of six, a
couple already reminiscing about their trip, siblings ignoring each other with
headphones. Businessmen on phone calls, working on their computers with a cup
of coffee in hand, unwinding at the corner seat of the bar.
Where there are people there are stories,
simply put.
***GIVEAWAY***
1 signed hard cover copy of Let’s Get Lost
1 Let’s Get Lost luggage tag
1 Harlequin TEEN notebook
1 Let’s Get Lost sachel
1 Harlequin TEEN tote bag
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About the Author
Adi Alsaid was born and raised in Mexico City, then studied at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. While in class, he mostly read fiction and continuously failed to fill out crossword puzzles, so it's no surprise that after graduating, he did not go into business world but rather packed up his apartment into his car and escaped to the California coastline to become a writer. He's now back in his hometown, where he writes, coaches high school and elementary basketball, and has perfected the art of making every dish he eats or cooks as spicy as possible. In addition to Mexico, he's lived in Tel Aviv, Las Vegas, and Monterey, California. A tingly feeling in his feet tells him more places will eventually be added to the list. Let's Get Lost is his YA debut.
Let's Get Lost Website!
Adi Alsaid was born and raised in Mexico City, then studied at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. While in class, he mostly read fiction and continuously failed to fill out crossword puzzles, so it's no surprise that after graduating, he did not go into business world but rather packed up his apartment into his car and escaped to the California coastline to become a writer. He's now back in his hometown, where he writes, coaches high school and elementary basketball, and has perfected the art of making every dish he eats or cooks as spicy as possible. In addition to Mexico, he's lived in Tel Aviv, Las Vegas, and Monterey, California. A tingly feeling in his feet tells him more places will eventually be added to the list. Let's Get Lost is his YA debut.
Let's Get Lost Website!
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