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Melissa De La Cruz Is Going On Tour! See The Dates

by Emma Oulton

The upcoming novel Something in Between by Melissa de la Cruz is very exciting — because it's the first book in Seventeen magazine's brand new imprint! So if you can catch de la Cruz on the Something in Between book tour, you're in for a real treat. Get ready, we've got the dates right here!

Melissa de la Cruz's book tour kicks off on October 4 in California — and she's going to be joined by Kami Garcia, who co-wrote Beautiful Creatures , and Lauren Oliver, author of the Delirium series at the first event. The launch event will be held at a Barnes & Noble in Huntington Beach — and with all three of these exciting authors in attendance promoting their brand new books (Garcia is promoting The Lovely Reckless and Oliver is promoting Replica ), I bet it's going to be a full house.

De la Cruz has already written a number of books, including the bestselling The Beauchamp Family series, later adapted for television as The Witches of East End . But this latest novel sounds like the most exciting yet. Something in Between tells the story of Jasmine de los Santos — a high school student who has always been pretty, popular, hard-working, and basically perfect. But just as she's about to receive the full college scholarship she always deserved, her Filipino immigrant parents reveal that their visas are long-expired, meaning the whole family is at risk of being deported. When Jasmine's college dreams fly out the window, she finally rebels — breaking all the rules she stuck to as a teenager. And then she meets the handsome Royce...

Something in Between will be released on Oct. 4, so make sure to get your hands on it then — and if you're lucky enough to live in one of the states de la Cruz is visiting, you need to go along (and you might just get to meet Kami Garcia and Lauren Oliver too!). De la Cruz is doing a pretty impressive amount of traveling — and here are all the dates you need to know:

Huntington Beach: Tuesday, October 4

Joint Launch Event with Kami Garcia (The Lovely Reckless) and Lauren Oliver (Replica)

Barnes & Noble in Huntington Beach, CA

Redwood City: Wednesday, October 5

Kepler's Books, Redwood Shores Branch Library in Redwood City, CA

Decatur: Thursday, October 6

Little Shop of Stories in Decatur, GA

Princeton: Friday, October 7

Barnes & Noble in Princeton, NJ with Kami Garcia and Lauren Oliver

Cincinnati: Saturday, October 8

Joseph Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati, OH with Kami Garcia and Katie McGarry

Salt Lake City: Wednesday, October 12

King's English in Salt Lake City, UT

Naperville: Thursday, October 13

Anderson's in Naperville, IL

Tempe: Tuesday, October 18

Changing Hands in Tempe, AZ

Austin: Saturday, November 5

Texas Book Festival in Austin, TX

Charleston: Friday, November 11 — Sunday, November 13

YALLfest in Charleston, SC

Which date will you be attending? Let Melissa de la Cruz know on Twitter!