Wednesday, November 16, 2022

VBT: Call Me Obie by Ateret Haselkorn


Congratulations to tour winner Brian E. and to host winner Fabulous and Brunette.
Thank you for your interest in hosting this tour, but all stops have been filled.

Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual Book Tour for Call Me Obie by Ateret Haselkorn, a YA Science Fiction book available November 22 from Between the Lines Publishing/Liminal Press. The tour will run December 12 - December 16, and Ateret Haselkorn is available for guest posts and interviews. A PDF copy of the book is available for review in conjunction with a guest post or interview.

Ateret Haselkorn will be awarding a $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour, and a $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn host.
Fifteen-year-old Obie hates the word “artificial.” It has to be the Most Misunderstood Word of the Year 2100. The media puts it in front of anything. They started with artificial intelligence and now it goes with housing, law enforcement, and in Obie’s case, her heart.

Just because Obie’s vital organ was 3D-printed doesn’t mean that she’s fake. She’s simply misunderstood, especially by Humanists. They think that artificial organ recipients like her are an abomination, and that’s why Obie can’t let anyone know the truth about her heart.

But when Humanists injure her best friend Mateo, Obie needs to step up. She decides to get him a 3D-printed replacement spleen in secret. In order to succeed, she becomes a black-market criminal, a high-tech healer, and an authority on love (or maybe not the last one so much). But what else can she do when organs are sold by Jonas, a blue-eyed genius who can’t stand the system any more than her?

Call Me Obie explores the future of discrimination and the timeless power of empathy and forgiveness, with a few comedic mishaps along the way. It is the tale of one young woman’s coming-of-age in a future where nearly anything is medically possible and society must ask: When technology can modify humans, who gets to decide how?


December 12: Travel the Ages
December 13: Sandra's Book Club
December 14: All the Ups and Downs
December 14: Fabulous and Brunette
December 15: Literary Gold
December 15: Books in the Hall
December 16: Hope. Dreams. Life... Love
December 16: Westveil Publishing