Rockstar Tours: LOLO WEAVER SWIMS UPSTREAM (Polly Farquhar), Excerpt & Giveaway! ~US ONLY

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the LOLO WEAVER SWIMS UPSTREAM by Polly Farquhar Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

About The Book:

Title: LOLO WEAVER SWIMS UPSTREAM

Author: Polly Farquhar

Pub. Date: April 25, 2023

Publisher: Holiday House

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Pages: 240

Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/LOLO-WEAVER-SWIMS-UPSTREAM

“Not since Ramona Quimby has a
character marched right out of a book with so much bravado, humor, and
heart.”–Barbara O’Connor, New York Times bestselling author of Wish

A headstrong girl’s quest to steal back her family’s dog goes awry in this
humorous and compassionate novel.

Lolo is stuck in summer school with a teacher who is out to get her while her
family is still reeling from her grandfather’s death. Even his dog is mourning,
howling outside all night and every night. Finally, lovable old Hank is sent to
a farm across the lake that takes foster dogs.

And it’s all Lolo’s fault.

Lolo knows she has to get Hank back. In a tippy canoe, Lolo crosses the
almost-dried-out lake to steal her dog back. But she runs into Noah, a student
in her summer school class and Hank’s new owner—and he loves Hank as much as
she does.

As Lolo’s plan unravels and her uneasy alliance with Noah grows into a
friendship, the question of what’s best for Hank becomes muddier. Can Lolo
manage to do the right thing—for once?

Itch author Polly Farquhar returns to Ohio with a tale of a
big-hearted girl searching for answers to tough questions in all the wrong
places. Fans of Gary Schmidt will love Farquhar’s blend of honesty, humor, and
heart.

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Excerpt:

Lolo Weaver Swims Upstream

By Polly Farquhar

Excerpt for Rockstar Book Tours

Excerpt from Lolo Weaver Swims Upstream / Text copyright © 2023 by Polly Farquhar. Reproduced with permission from Holiday House Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.

My name is Lolo Weaver. It’s a nickname. Lolo. The summer school teacher would only call me Willow, which is my official name and the one that gets printed up on the class lists, but when she was going around the room and my friend Eddie, whose given name is Eduardo, said, “Call me Eddie,” she made a note in her grade book and always called him Eddie, even when she scolded him. When she got to me, the very last kid on the list, she called out, “Willow Weaver,” and I said, “It’s Lolo,” and she said, “What kind of name is that?”

Every kid looked at me. Most of the kids were ones I’d known my whole life, and a few were from another school in the district, across the lake. The kids I’d known my whole life didn’t know Lolo was a strange name. I didn’t, either.

The teacher said, “That’s like calling you Low-Low with a W.” She lowered her voice when she said it. Low-Low. “It’s a name with low expectations.”

The teacher’s name was Mrs. Cryer, and I thought maybe her name was exactly right since she’d make all her students cry because she was so mean. Not tough, but mean, because there’s a difference. But I wasn’t brave or stupid enough to say that, though I always wished I had. I might as well have, because I was going to get into other kinds of trouble that summer, anyway.

Because it was summer, the building was mostly empty and mostly quiet, but it still smelled like a school—like glue and pizza, and canned peas and dirty feet. The only difference was the hot summer sunshine that shone in, even when the blinds were closed, and how a person can’t just sit inside a classroom without knowing that everyone else was on summer vacation. We were all there because we were the only ones who hadn’t passed the state test.

At least the lake was closed, and at least that wasn’t my fault.

About Polly Farquhar:

Polly Farquhar is the author of Itch. She earned her MFA in Creative
Writing from Ohio State University, and her short stories for grown-ups have
been published in literary magazines. She is also the recipient of multiple
Individual Artist Grants from the Ohio Arts Council. She resides with her
husband and daughters in the Columbus, Ohio area. Originally from upstate New
York, her favorite place to canoe is the Adirondacks.

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Giveaway Details:

1 winner will receive a finished copy of  LOLO WEAVER SWIMS UPSTREAM, US Only.

Ends June 13^th, midnight EST.

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