Hello everyone! We are so excited to announce the tour schedule for Isabel in Bloom by Mae Respicio.

April 8th
library_teacher – Promotional Post
booksandbreath – Review, Playlist
callistoscalling – Top 5 Reasons to Read Isabel in Bloom
hooked.on.books.and.cookies – Review, Favorite Quotes

April 9th
ychg_ – Promotional Post
avainbookland – Review, Favorite Quotes

April 10th
therearenobadbooks – Review
thepagelady – Promotional Post
thats.one.for.the.books – Review, Playlist

April 11th
get.outside.and.read – Promotional Post
debreadsalot – Review
alexandriavwilliams_ – Review, Favorite Quotes

April 12th
ninebookishlives – Promotional Post
thecleverreader – Top 5 Reasons to Read Isabel in Bloom
cocoawithbooks – Review
jlegplans – Journal Spread, Favorite Quotes

April 13th
pagesforpaige – Review
danicashelflove – Top 5 Reasons to Read Isabel in Bloom

April 14th
bookdemonio – Promotional Post
bookmarked.by.becky – Review
sogladtoreadyou – Review
meghenslittlelibrary – Review

Synopsis:

A Filipina-American girl discovers a connection between her two homes through a culinary garden in this middle grade novel that celebrates nourishment and growth—both in our lives and in nature.

Twelve-year-old Isabel is the new kid in her San Francisco middle school. It’s the first time in many years that she’ll be living with her mother again. Mama’s job in the US allowed Isabel and her grandparents to live more comfortably in the Philippines, but now Isabel doesn’t really know her own mother anymore.

Making new friends in a new city, a new country, is hard, but joining the gardening and cooking club at school means Isabel will begin to find her way, and maybe she too, will begin to bloom.

In this beautifully rendered novel-in-verse, Mae Respicio explores how growth can take many forms, offering both the challenges and joy of new beginnings.

Content Warning: Racism