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The Rumor Game

THE RUMOR GAME by Dhonielle Clayton & Sona Charaipotra is a great read. I’m so excited to be on the Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the GIVEAWAY! 

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About the Book

Title: THE RUMOR GAME

Author: Dhonielle Clayton & Sona Charaipotra

Pub. Date: March 1, 2022

Publisher: Disney-Hyperion

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook

Pages: 480

Find it: GoodreadsAmazon, Kindle, AudibleB&NiBooks(audiobook), KoboTBD, Bookshop.org

All it takes is one spark to start a blaze.

At Foxham Prep, a posh private school for the children of DC’s elite, a single rumor has the power to ruin a life.

Nobody knows that better than Bryn. She used to have it all—the perfect boyfriend, a bright future in politics, and even popularity, thanks to her best friend, cheer captain Cora. Then one mistake sparked a scandal that burned it all to the ground.

Now it’s the start of a new school year and the spotlight has shifted: It’s geeky Georgie, newly hot after a summer makeover, whose name is on everyone’s lips. When a rumor ignites, Georgie rockets up the school’s social hierarchy, pitting her and Cora against each other. It grants her Foxham stardom . . . but it also makes her a target.

As the rumors grow and morph, blazing like wildfire through the school’s social media, all three girls’ lives begin to unravel. But one person close to the drama has the power to stop the gossip in its tracks. The question is—do they even want to?

From Dhonielle Clayton and Sona Charaipotra, authors of the Tiny Pretty Things duology (now a Netflix series), comes the edge-of-your-seat social thriller everyone will be talking about. 

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Reviews for The Rumor Game

“A juicy, elegant, absolutely flawless thriller with a twist. It’s the diverse Gossip Girl we’ve been waiting for!”―Tiffany D. Jackson, New York Times best-selling author of Grown and White Smoke

I’m at the end and can’t wait to read the twist that exposes the truth. I think I know who the culprit is, but like the rest of the book, you don’t know anything until you read it (and even then you don’t know if it’s the truth). This may seem frustrating but I assure you it is not – it simply keeps you turning the pages to find out what happens next. The Rumor Game has been a fun read – good for anyone looking for teenage drama, complex characters, and reading that never gets boring.

The Rumor Game author Dhonielle Clayton

About Dhonielle Clayton

Dhonielle Clayton is the New York Times best-selling author of the Belles series, The Mirror: Shattered Midnight, and the coauthor of Blackout and the Tiny Pretty Things duology, now a Netflix original series.She hails from the Washington, DC, suburbs on the Maryland side. She taught secondary school forseveral years, and is a former elementary and middle school librarian. She is COO of the non-profit WeNeed Diverse Books, and president of Cake Creative, an IP story kitchen dedicated to diverserepresentation. She’s an avid traveler, and always on the hunt for magic and mischief. Up next: The Marvellers, her middle grade fantasy debut. You can find her on social media @brownbookworm.

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The Rumor Game author Sona Charaipotra

About Sona Charaipotra

Sona Charaipotra is the author of Symptoms of a Heartbreak and How Maya Got Fierce, and coauthor of the Tiny Pretty Things duology, now a Netflix original series. She earned her master’s in screenwriting from NYU and an MFA in creative writing from the New School. A working journalist, Sona has held editorial roles at People, TeenPeople, ABCNews.com, MSN, and most recently, the Barnes & Noble Teen Blog (RIP), and contributed to publications from the New York Times to TeenVogue. She is a former We Need Diverse Books board member, and co-founder of CAKE Literary, a boutique book packager focused on high-concept diverse titles. Find her on the web talking about books, Bollywood movies, and chai. 

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Enter The Rumor Game Giveaway

3 winners will receive a finished copy of THE RUMOR GAME, US Only.

Enter here!

Tour Schedule

Week One:

3/1/2022For the Love of KidLit
3/2/2022The Reading Devil
3/3/2022Rajiv’s Reviews
3/4/2022BookHounds YA 
3/5/2022Lifestyle of Me

Week Two:

3/6/2022The book review crew
3/7/2022Kait Plus Books
3/8/2022@coffeesipsandreads
3/9/2022Excuse Me, I’m Reading
3/10/2022Eye-Rolling Demigod’s Book Blog
3/11/2022YA Book Nerd
3/12/2022onemoreexclamation

Week Three:

3/13/2022@capturedfiction
3/14/2022Fyrekatz Blog
3/15/2022Cindy’s Love of Books
3/16/2022Karen Dee’s Book Reviews 
3/17/2022Confessions of a YA Reader 
3/18/2022Fire and Ice
3/19/2022Lady Hawkeye

My debut children’s book, Peter the Turtle Can’t Poop, is available on Amazon. Learn about Peter’s story and download his free coloring pages here.

Thank you for checking out my blog! Kim