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Blog tour: Torn Away by Jennifer Brown + excerpt & review

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I said it yesterday and I'll say it again today: what a week for books! Today's tour is for Torn Away hosted by IFB Tours. We have an excerpt of our choosing and a review. Enjoy! Torn Away by Jennifer Brown YA contemporary  Hardcover/eBook, 288 pages Release date: May 6th 2014 Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers Buy: Amazon Born and raised in the Midwest, Jersey Cameron knows all about tornadoes. Or so she thinks. When her town is devastated by a twister, Jersey survives -- but loses her mother, her young sister, and her home. As she struggles to overcome her grief, she's sent to live with her only surviving relatives: first her biological father, then her estranged grandparents. In an unfamiliar place, Jersey faces a reality she's never considered before -- one in which her mother wasn't perfect, and neither were her grandparents, but they all loved her just the same. Together, they create a new definition of family. An