Free Pizza by G.C. McRae ~ Review and Giveaway

Posted: May 15, 2019 in giveaways, middle grade, reviews
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Free Pizza
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by G.C. McRae
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Category: Middle-Grade Fiction, 360 pages
Genre: Humorous Fiction
Publisher: MacDonald Warne Media
Release date: May 1, 2019
Tour dates: May 1 to 17, 2019
Content Rating: PG (No sex or drugs, just mild expletives such as “hell” and “damn”.)
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My Review
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This book took me back to when I was a youngster. Brought up a lot of fun memories and reminded of how the highs were high and the lows were low. All that excitement and angst.
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The story revolves around twelve year old Brian and events leading up to when he receives a birthday card for a free pizza. It’s also about how he deals with his older parents who, after adopting him, later had two young boys of their own. He questions his connection with all of them and turns to his best friend for companionship, which lands him in a few pickles.
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There’s plenty to make you chuckle and the book also has some depth to it. I was quickly caught up in it and had a really good time.
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The only real glitch was the use of cuss words. I didn’t expect that in a middle grade book. Sure, our kids swear when they can get away with it. Just a word of caution to those that are sensitive about this in their kids reading material.
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I’m glad I read Free Pizza and would be interested in other books by this author. The writing was strong, the characters were genuine and the scenes were very visual for me. Plus, I laughed out loud on more than one occasion.
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Synopsis
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Brian McSpadden is always hungry. Does he have a disease? Worms? Does it have something to do with his being adopted? He spends his days at his crazy friend Danny’s house, hoping for snacks, but nothing seems to fill the void.​Then Brian receives a mysterious birthday card that says, Free Pizza. He soon discovers the card has nothing to do with food and everything to do with the big questions in his life: where did I come from, why did my mother give me up and is there anyone out there who will like me the way I am?To read reviews, please visit G.C. McRae’s page on iRead Book Tours.
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Meet the Author:
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​G.C. McRae is the bestselling author of two young adult novels, three illustrated children’s books and a collection of original fairy tales. His writing is fall-down funny, even when the theme is darker than a coal miner’s cough. McRae reads to anybody at any time, in person or online, for free, which probably explains why he meets so many people and sells so many books.

In his latest work, Free Pizza, McRae spins the highly emotional themes from his decidedly unfunny childhood into a brilliantly comic yarn. After being given up for adoption by his teenage mom back when single girls were forced to hide unplanned pregnancies, his adoptive parents didn’t exactly keep him under the stairs but, well, let’s just say, there were spiders.

A lot has changed since then. McRae’s own children have now grown and he runs a small farm with his wife, who is herself an award-winning writer.

Connect with the Author: Website ~ Facebook ~ Twitter ~ LibraryThing

 

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Ends May 25, 2019
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Comments
  1. Sassy Brit, Author Assistant says:
    May 15, 2019 at 7:11 am

    Oh I first I thought you were giving away free pizza! What a fun book! Great also to see an author using LibraryThing- will check them out over there!

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    • fuonlyknew says:
      May 15, 2019 at 12:26 pm

      I’d take some free pizza! LOL I am getting ready to add my books on Library Thing. My old account got messed up so I recently started a new one. Now to add all of my books again. Yikes!

      Reply
  2. Tammy says:
    May 15, 2019 at 1:19 pm

    Not sure I want to revisit those middle grade years, lol! But this sounds like it’s a pretty well rounded story😁

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  3. texasinak says:
    May 15, 2019 at 2:44 pm

    This sounds like a fun book to read!

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  4. sherry fundin (@sherryfundin) says:
    May 15, 2019 at 3:47 pm

    MMMM pizza!!!!!!

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  5. Beware Of The Reader says:
    May 15, 2019 at 7:14 pm

    Hahaha yes I also thought you were giving free pizza LOL

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  6. diannekc says:
    May 15, 2019 at 10:48 pm

    Sounds like a great book for the young readers in the family. Attention grabbing title.

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  7. alisbooks says:
    May 15, 2019 at 10:59 pm

    Looks like a fun read at first, but after reading the synopsis it sounds like it might touch on some heavy stuff that some kids have to deal with.

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  8. The Candid Cover says:
    May 15, 2019 at 11:39 pm

    I love the title! Perfect for a MG novel. It sounds like it is a fantastic read. 😉

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