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Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Really liked @adriannacuevas.bsky.social THE NO-BRAINER'S GUIDE TO DECOMPOSITION. With pun fully intended, you will never be able to get Frani's brain spider Aranita out of your head - along with the rest of her. An extremely fun zombie novel, aimed mostly at kids, but enjoyed a ton by this adult!

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Amanda Fletcher ✨ON SUBMISSION✨ @mandyfletcher.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Just finished this delightful novel, What Fell from the Sky by @adriannacuevas.bsky.social! Fascinating history about a military exercise in the 1950s, and of course fun speculation about a lost little alien and her family. Highly recommend! #kidlit #writingcommunity #bookreview

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

From May/June #HBMag Special Issue: Perception and Reality "#HBRealityReimagined: Zombies and Ghosts and Aliens, Oh My!" by @adriannacuevas.bsky.social: "I take places and events familiar to me and expand them to fantastical levels in my mind." www.hbook.com/story/realit...

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Reality Reimagined: Zombies and Ghosts and Aliens, Oh My!

From the May/June 2025 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Perception and Reality.

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Excited to announce I’m teaching a class for Highlights Foundation on writing mystery, horror, and adventure for middle grade readers! Register here: www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/thr... #kidlit #mglit #writingcommunity

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

THE NO-BRAINER’S GUIDE TO DECOMPOSITION by @adriannacuevas.bsky.social (Harper/ @harperkids.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/newsle... #SummerReading #HBFamilyReading #FamilyReading #kidlit #MiddleSchool

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

April reads! I traveled every weekend in April for book promo so that means lots of audiobooks. #readingroundup #aprilreads

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Michael Leali @michaelleali.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I don’t understand why HarperCollins refused to join other major publishers and sign the letter to Congress in support of IMLS. So, I wrote a letter to HarperCollins. Libraries and librarians need our support. Authors and industry professionals, please sign this letter using this form. 👇 🙏 📚

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Happy 2nd birthday to the Edgar award-winning The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto! I spent this anniversary doing school visits and telling kids about Rafa, the Great Slushee Machine Heist, and the man in the green sweater. Check out the paperback now and the Spanish edition 9/30! #kidlit #mglit

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

MARCH READS! Mostly audiobooks and graphic novels bc I’m on deadline rewriting an entire book in a month and hating everything about the experience. Favs: Villa, Amulet, How It All Ends, Deviant, Where The Body Was, The Memory Ward #readingwrapup #marchreads

Smoke and mirrors, the most beautiful girl in Cuba, huda F wants to know, thirteens, when you reach me, Winston Chu and the whimsies, drama, srta quinces, flush, rizos, almost sunset, three days in June, the villa, the country of the blind, amulet, how it all ends

Deviant, one came home, where the body was, the cull, usual family mayhem, j v k, on thin ice, they bloom at night, the memory Ward, speak up Santiago, La guardaespaldas, polter-ghost problem
12 audiobooks, 5 dnfs not included in graphic, 9 graphic novels, 3 libros en español

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Si quieres leer la edición en español de Rancho Espanto, está disponible en NetGalley! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... #kidlit #mglit

Screenshot of NetGalley website featuring the cover of the Spanish edition of The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto (Los Fantasmas de Rancho Espanto)

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Library holds! (Which took me two trips to the library to get bc I forgot my wallet 🤦🏽‍♀️)

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Mary Averling @maryaverling.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Today's library haul features two of my fellow MG Stoker Award nominees, @adriannacuevas.bsky.social and @edenroyce.bsky.social 🥰 Hype!!!

copy of THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE and THE NO-BRAINER'S GUIDE TO DECOMPOSITION

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I’m struggling through edits of my latest manuscript so when I still get fan mail about my debut… it makes my day. #kidlit #mglit

Kid drawing of characters from The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

I really liked your book. I want to be an author too. So I would like you to give me some tips if you can. Your book was so intriguing and very nicely written. Just there is two things I would like to give feedback on. One, every single chapter was a cliffhanger. Two it would have been nice if the dad came back at the end as a surprise for Nestor.

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Jacqueline West @jacquelinewest.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I'm late to the party with this (as usual), but the finalists for the Stoker's middle grade category are one gorgeous group. Especially thrilled for my Spooky Middle Grade friends @adriannacuevas.bsky.social and @maryaverling.bsky.social. 🖤🖤

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I absolutely love how the audiobook for What Fell From the Sky came together and am thankful that Audiofile magazine loved it too! Giordan Diaz does an incredible job as Pineda. Happy listening and reading! #auidiobook #mglit #kidlit

Audiofile magazine review of What Fell From the Sky: Giordan Diaz gives a winning performance as Pineda, communicating his humor and kindness and switching between English and Spanish. As Pineda and his friends try to reunite Luisa with her parents, the mix of voices for other characters who chime in during the story’s climax reinforce the message of the power of community. Warm, funny, and timely.

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

February Reads! March reads will be way less since I got an edit letter yesterday. One of my fav reads this month was the unpublished journal of a man who walked the Camino and shared with me by his daughter, a librarian who sponsored me for a school visit. Happy reading! #readingwrapup

List of books- Taco Tuesday, Dust & Grim, Max in the House of Spies, We are Not Strangers, Beetle and the Hollowbones, Dreamover, Stars in their Eyes, Chickenpox, The Girl Who Sang, Blood City Rollers, Love at Full Tilt, Dear Dad, Stories of the Islands, The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, Garlic and the Witch, Damsel

List of books- Too Bright to See, Coco, A Haunted Girl, Letters From Cuba, American Murderer, Chloe Vega and the Agents of Magic, Navigating with You, Sorceline, IRL, That’s Not My Name, Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay, Plain Jane and the Mermaid, Kaya and the ocean, The Flicker, Primera Caida, Across So Many Seas

Book covers-Frida y el misterio del anillo del Pavo real y yo, The Last Dragon on Mars, Mike Burger’s Camino de Santiago Journal.
Reading Stats- 8 audiobooks, 8 DNFs (not included in the graphic), 14 graphic novels, 3 libros en español

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Get ready for an amazing journey with The Flicker by H.E. Edgmon! This post-apocalyptic journey will appeal to all young readers. #kidlit #mglit www.instagram.com/share/_w5HAn...

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Coming soon: new projects from @adriannacuevas.bsky.social, Joshua Bennett, J.A. Morgenstein + more

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

So… y’all ready for some more chaos? Get ready to meet Jordi as he fights to protect Texas cryptids living in his town. I’m grateful to Trisha de Guzman and Stefanie Sanchez Von Borstel for being with me every step of the way. Thank you to everyone for supporting me and my books! #kidlit #mglit

Book announcement reading “Trisha de Guzman at FSG has bought world rights to Pura Belpré Honoree and Edgar Award winner Adrianna Cuevas's next middle grade novel, tentatively titled Cryptid Keepers, first in a two-book deal about a Cuban American boy who learns that his mother's boring job as a wildlife biologist is actually a cover for protecting creatures of legend like Hogzilla, and must work with her to uncover a new threat who arrives in their Texan town. Publication is slated for fall 2026; Stefanie Sanchez Von Borstel at Full Circle Literary brokered the deal.”

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Grateful for this review of What Fell From the Sky from Publisher’s Weekly! #kidlit #mglit #bookreview

Publisher’s Weekly review of What Fell From The Sky reading: Cuevas clearly juxtaposes real-life happenings with the protagonist’s science fiction adventures, paralleling the marginalization of past and present Latinx American citizens with Luisa’s plight as a visitor from outer space… delivers a timely message about the importance of standing against discrimination.

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Love seeing The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto represent New Mexico for The Week Junior magazine’s Read Across America book selections! #readacrossamerica #kidlit #mglit

A page from the Week Junior children’s magazine. A map of the United States with a middle grade children’s book representing each state. The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto by Adrianna Cuevas represents New Mexico.

Descriptions of representative books for Montana (15 Secrets to Survival), Ohio (Oyher Words for Home), Nebraska (One Big Open Sky), New York (The Tapper Twins), and Oklahoma (Salt Magic). The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto by Adrianna Cuevas represents New Mexico and the description reads “A Florida boy works during the summer at a New Mexico ranch where mysteries abound.”

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I got to see my book at the library for the first time today! Thank you, Buda Public Library!

A copy of What Fell From the Sky by Adrianna Cuevas sitting face out on a library bookshelf

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MissNikkiIn5th @missnikkiin5th.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Read Across America is coming up. In keeping w/tradition, I want to point out that #Seuss is no longer associated with the campaign and hasn’t been since 2017. Instead, we should celebrate reading by using a variety of books by a range of authors. www.slj.com/story/nea-fo... #EduSky #iteachenglish

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NEA Focuses Read Across America on Diversity Not Dr. Seuss

With more emphasis being placed on diverse children's books and scholars pointing to racist illustrations and characters in Dr. Seuss' work, the national reading celebration is moving away from the Se...

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Excited to announce The No Brainer’s Guide to Decomposition is on the final ballot for the Stoker award from the Horror Writers Association! And I’m happy to see amigas Mary Averling and Eden Royce on the ballot as well because their books are amazing and you should read them. #kidlit #mglit #horror

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Hit the road with this week’s rec, Next Stop by Debbie Fong! This is a wonderful and moving graphic novel that I guarantee you will love. #kidlit #graphicnovel www.instagram.com/share/_8kO1s...

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Library holds! How much reading can I get done before I get my edit letter next week?? #library #amreading

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Jennifer Chambliss Bertman @jennbertman.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Exciting #bookmail today! THREE DAYS IN JUNE by Anne Tyler and WHAT FELL FROM THE SKY by @adriannacuevas.bsky.social. Now my dilemma is which to read first??? #booksky

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

And then there were nine! Thank you to everyone who’s supported me and my stories since Nestor came out in 2020. Here’s to more stories about Cuban kiddos going on adventures and learning to be brave. Sigue pa’lante, mi gente. #kidlit #mglit

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Samantha M Clark @samanthamclark.com · 14/02/2025

Valentine's Day #booklove for THE NO-BRAINER'S GUIDE TO DECOMPOSITION by @adriannacuevas.bsky.social. So creative, hilarious and heartwarming. #mg #kidlit

Book cover for The NO-BRAINER'S guide to DECOMPOSITION by Adrianna Cuevas with a middle grade age girl and boy fighting zombies in front of a big moon and spiderwebs around the title.

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

This week’s recommendation is a book I’m slightly familiar with… What Fell From the Sky! I hope you enjoy this story of unexpected friendship. Happy Friday! www.instagram.com/share/_9wFPB... #kidlit #mglit

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Lori Tecler @loritecler.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

WHAT FELL FROM THE SKY by @adriannacuevas.bsky.social infuses supernatural into historical fiction w/a message of embracing & celebrating differences, delivered w/history & heart. Pineda & friends standing up for what's right & rallying others to do the same is thought-provoking & timely. #mglit 📚👍🏻

Cover of WHAT FELL FROM THE SKY by Adrianna Cuevas.

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

It’s here! I’m excited for everyone to read Pineda and Luisa’s adventure. When I wrote WFFTS, I never imagined its message of embracing identity and finding community in the face of oppression would be so relevant. I hope this story will give comfort as much as it entertains. bit.ly/3VDmutK #kidlit

Cover of What Fell From the Sky with an SLJ review reading “Historical realism blends with thrilling sci-fi to deliver a story that is as entertaining as it is thought-provoking.”

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Peter Lopez @peterlopez.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Latine authors need your support now more than ever—consider picking up “What Fell From the Sky” by @adriannacuevas.bsky.social, it comes out tomorrow and the themes are more timely than ever. Get it for the kids in your life who could use some hope and for yourself 📖

Cover of What Fell from The Sky by Adrianna Cuevas, featuring a young boy and an alien girl running underneath a comet, seemingly running away from something across grassy land.

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

What Fell From the Sky was reviewed in The New York Times! Online now and in print in the Sunday Times Book Review. I’m grateful for the love Pineda and Luisa are getting before pub day. Many thanks to Chantal Gersch and Molly Ellis at Macmillan for championing my book! #kidlit #mglit #bookreview

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Perfect February read- As You Wish by Nashae Jones! My only wish is for more books by Nashae! #kidlit #mglit www.instagram.com/share/reel/B...

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

How I think I look when teaching/ How I actually look

Madam Mim from The Sword in the Stone. She’s the young, attractive version of herself. She has long, flowy purple hair, a purple top, and red skirt. She looks like she’s dancing.

Madam Mim from The Sword in the Stone. She has a pig snout and warts. She’s yanking her hair in clumps on each side of her face, probably saying Boo.

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Booklist had some nice things to say about What Fell From the Sky! I can’t wait for everyone to read Pineda and Luisa’s adventure next Tuesday. bit.ly/3VDmutK #kidlit #mglit #bookreview

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Library holds! Which should I read first? (I’m gonna need half a year to read Shadow Country) #books #library

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