The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Crackle Book Tour

 


I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE IMPOSSIBLE DESTINY OF CUTIE GRACKLE by Shawn K. Stout Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle
By Shawn K. Stout

⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 stars

Middle Grade Fantasy 

Publisher - Peacetime

336 pages

May 10th 2022



Synopsis - Do you believe in impossible things? Cutie Grackle does. She has to. Otherwise, she’ll neverbe more than a lonely 10 year old in a cursed family.
Cutie Grackle is used to being different—she lives alone on a mountain with her feeble-minded
uncle, and when she’s not sucking pebbles to trick her stomach into feeling full, she’s chatting
with a weathered garden gnome for company. But having a flock of ravens follow you is more
than just different. Cutie worries the birds are connected to the curse Uncle Horace tends to
mutter about. And she’s right.
The ravens present her with a fortune from a cookie, and when she touches it she’s pulled into
a vision from her family’s past. It involves the curse and her long-lost mother. The birds offer up
a series of objects, each imbued with memories that eventually reveal Cutie must do what her
mother could not: break the curse.
Part outdoor survival adventure, part fantastical quest, Shawn K. Stout’s The Impossible Destiny
of Cutie Grackle is a journey of hope, heart, and a willingness to believe in the impossible.


My Review - This was a heavy middle grade read following a young character that's on her own for the  most part. She has to find ways to get her own food - her mom disappeared when she was a baby and her uncle hasn't been in his right mind since. That's when the ravens show up and she begins to learn about the curse. I really liked the friend she makes in this book - a boy named Galen who has a disability. I also loved the magic, the symbolism of the birds and the way the curse was slowly unravelled. 




About Shawn K. Stout:
Shawn K. Stout is the author of several books for young readers, including A Tiny Piece of
Sky (Philomel/PRH), which was a Bank Street Best Book. Shawn holds an MFA in Writing for
Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in Maryland with her
family. Visit her at www.shawnkstout.com









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Tour schedule 
Week Two:
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7/11/2022 travelersguidetobooks IG Review
7/12/2022 Write. Read. Live.Excerpt/IG Post
7/12/2022 @enjoyingbooksagain Review/IG Post
7/13/2022 pluvioreads Review/IG Post
7/13/2022 @pickagoodbook Review/IG Post
7/14/2022 Locks, Hooks and Books Review/IG Post
7/14/2022 One More Exclamation Review/IG Post
7/15/2022 Nerdophiles Review
7/15/2022 celiamcmahonreads on
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