Once Upon a Book Club is a unique, interactive online community that offers a monthly subscription service where readers will receive a monthly box in the mail containing a newly released book to read for the month, along with 3-5 individually wrapped gifts.
Here’s a hint for the June Once Upon a Book Club Adult Box….
We are so pleased to share our June Adult hint – Adventures in Antarctica!.
A curmudgeonly but charming old woman, her estranged grandson, and a colony of penguins proves it’s never too late to be the person you want to be in this rich, heartwarming story.
Eighty-five years old and estranged from her family, our main character wants to find a worthwhile cause to leave her fortune to. When she sees a documentary about penguins being studied in Antarctica, she tells the scientists she’s coming to visit—and won’t take no for an answer. Shortly after arriving, she convinces the reluctant team to rescue an orphaned baby penguin. He becomes part of life at the base, and her closed heart starts to open.
When her grandson comes to Antarctica to make one last attempt to get to know his grandmother, together, they all learn what family, love, and connection are all about.
A gloriously quirky and life-affirming story of hope, adoption, conservation, climate change, and opening your heart after unspeakable sorrow. To find the words to convey how much emotion and feeling this novel will give you, dear reader, is next to impossible.
A gem that will stay with you LONG after you’ve finished this novel, this delightful and charming read is the perfect way to kick off a summer filled with those you hold dearest.
Perfect for fans of “A Man Called Ove”, this heartwarming novel is one we cannot wait to bring to life for our readers through some flawlessly designed gifts! So pack your mittens as we take you on an unforgettable adventure through Antarctica with a plight of penguins!.
Here’s a hint for the June Once Upon a Book Club Young Adult Box…..
Our June Young Adult hint is HERE!.
During the American Revolution, General George Washington employed a ring of spies in and around New York City, the headquarters for the British war effort in North America. These spies identified themselves in their letters by code numbers. One was known as “355,” which stood for “lady.” To date, her true identity remains unknown.
A girl was to know little about the war between England and its thirteen colonies, for war is not to be discussed by women. Yet when a terrible shipwreck off the coast of her home in Grand Bahama Island presents the opportunity to escape her brutal stepfather and flee into a life of high society, she takes it.
Assuming the identity of a girl who drowned, she is rescued by a British merchant ship and sails with the crew to New York. For the next three years, she lives a lie, swept up in a courtship with a dashing British lieutenant, and living the life her late mother had always dreamed of for her. But after witnessing the darker side of the war, she realizes that her position gives her power. Soon she finds herself eavesdropping on British officers and risking everything to pass information on to George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring as Agent 355. .
She believes in the fight for American liberty – but what will it cost her?.
Inspired by the true “355” and rich in historical detail and intrigue, this is the story of an unlikely New York society girl turned an even unlikelier spy. Filled with friendship, risk, and a bit of romance during the Revolutionary War, this a tale containing abundances of adventure and anticipation.
Paired with a series of our most beautiful gifts, this is a simply unputdownable novel we cannot wait to bring to life!.
What You Get: Once Upon a Book Club subscribers will receive one newly released, adult or young adult fiction book geared to ages 14+. Genre varies by box. Boxes also include 3 to 5 individually wrapped gifts labeled with page numbers, not meant to be opened until reaching that particular page. Each item is pulled straight from the story and placed into the hands of readers, bringing the book to life.
-AYOB