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Andrea L. Mack @andreamack.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

What a fun treasure hunt and mystery in The Last Chance Academy: A Study in Secrets by @debbimichiko.bsky.social! I really liked the friendship issues, how the kids worked them out and learned trust. A good classroom book! #MG #kidlit #edusky 📚👍🏻 #childrensbooks

Illustration of girl in school uniform with cat by her feet walking in front of building with windows showing other kids inside

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Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Also snagged a few books I've been looking to get my hands on! 😁 @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social @pamvau.bsky.social @debbimichiko.bsky.social ❤️ Can't wait to dive in!!!

Middle grade novel, The Incorruptibles, by Lauren Magaziner, picture book Missy Wants a Mammoth by Pam Vaughn and illustrated by Ariel Landy, and Last Chance Academy: A Study in Secrets by Debbi Michiko Florence.

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jenniferhalbur.bsky.social @jenniferhalbur.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

This book will be in constant demand! The mystery, the adventure, the secret quest. I loved it!! Now I can’t wait for book 2. On to you @beth1campbell.bsky.social #bookposse @debbimichiko.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Last Chance Academy book 2 title is THE MASTERMIND’S TRAP! Cover reveal coming soon! This book will be released on 3/17/26 so you have time to read book 1 - A Study in Secrets!

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Not AI generated! Thrilled to see Last Chance Academy on NEIBA’s Escape into Summer Reading list! See the brochure at your New England indie bookstore or newsletter. 🫶

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Happy birthday to talented best-seller author, Very Asian Book Trip partner, and amazing friend @authorgracelin.bsky.social

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I look forward to this every year and am so honored to be in community w these talented Asian American Voices @highlightsfound.bsky.social

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

While it's frustrating that we have to fight for the Freedom to Read, I'm honored to have participated in the first Freedom Read In with amazing authors! Thank you @aabbri.bsky.social @padmatv.bsky.social @jbradley.bsky.social for organizing, and everyone who is fighting the fight!

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Rhode Island Authors Against Book Bans @aabbri.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Tomorrow - May 9, 10-3 ET - join us to celebrate #ChildrensBookWeek25 & raise awareness of #FreedomToRead efforts around the country with a free, online read-a-thon. 10 a.m. - 12:45 EST : bit.ly/Read-In-am 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST : bit.ly/Read-In-pm

FREEDOM
READ-IN
MORNING 10:00AM-12:45PM ET
BIT.LY /READ-IN-AM
10:00: Padma Venkatraman & Jeanette Bradley
Introductions & Tribute to Floyd Cooper 10:15: Federico Erebia, Pedro & Daniel
10:30: Suma Subramaniam, Namaste Is A Greeting
10:45: Rajani LaRocca, Your One and Only Heart
11:00: Tara Dairman, The Girl from Earth's End 11:15: Debbi Michiko Florence, Jasmine Toguchi Flamingo Keeper
11:30: Sarah Brannen, Uncle Bobbys Wedding
11:45: Martha Freeman, The Trouble with Babies
12:00: Robin Stevenson, Pride Puppy & A Hug on the Wind
12:15: Lesa Cline-Ransome, One Big Open Sky
12:30: Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Love in the Library
AFTERNOON 1:00PM-3:00PM ET
BIT.LY / READ-IN-PM
1:00: Veera Hiranandani, The Night Diary
1:15: Samantha Clark, Arrow
1:30: Juana Martinez-Neal, Alma and How She Got Her Name
1:45: Alison Green Myers, A Bird Will Soar
2:00: Lisa Stringfellow, Kingdom of Dust
2:15: Dana Alison Levy, Not Another Banned Book
2:30: Carol Boston Weatherford, Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
2:45: Margarita Engle, Drum Dream Girl
IN SUPPORT OF FREEDOM TO READ EFFORTS ACROSS THE U.S.
MAY 9, 2025 - 10-3 ET

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Being in community w these amazing creators was the best! 🫶

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

So fun!!! As is Grace’s new MG The Gate, The Girl, & The Dragon! Be sure to get your hands on a copy!

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Please show your support for the Freedom to Read & join authors as we read from our challenged/banned books this Friday 5/9. Please register: bit.ly/Read-In-am bit.ly/Read-In-pm

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Dana Alison Levy (she/her) @danaalisonlevy.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

CALLING ALL #kidlit #edusky #schoolvisit #booksky #kidlitsky #skybrarian peeps! Please join this incredible lineup of authors in our first ever FREEDOM READ-IN on MAY 9! 📕Free 📙All day (10-3 EST) 📘Virtual 📗All ages Morning: crowdcast.io/c/z2e4i7i652g1 Afternoon: crowdcast.io/c/ky2m562xhkso

Support Freedom to Read Efforts Across the US
Freedom Read-In
20 Acclaimed Authors - 5 Hours
Free, Live, Online Event
May 9 2025 10-3 ET

Authors Against Book Bans

FREEDOM READ-IN
MORNING 10:00AM-12:45PM ET
10:00: Padma Venkatraman & Jeanette Bradley
Introductions & Tribute to Floyd Cooper 10:15: Federico Erebia, Pedro & Daniel
10:30: Suma Subramaniam, Namaste Is A Greeting
10:45: Rajani LaRocca, Your One and Only Heart
11:00: Tara Dairman, The Girl from Earth's End 11:15: Debbi Michiko Florence, Jasmine Toguchi Flamingo Keeper
11:30: Sarah Brannen, Uncle Bobby's Wedding
11:45: Martha Freeman, The Trouble with Babies
12:00: Robin Stevenson, Pride Puppy & A Hug on the Wind
12:15: Lesa Cline-Ransome, Before She Was Harriet
12:30: Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Love in the Library

FREE, LIVE, ONLINE EVENT
SUPPORT FREEDOM TO READ EFFORTS ACROSS THE U.S.
Authors Against Book Bans
MAY 9, 2025 - 10-3

FREEDOM READ-IN
AFTERNOON 1:00PM-3:00PM ET
1:00: Veera Hiranandani, The Night Diary
1:15: Samantha Clark, Arrow
1:30: Juana Martinez-Neal, Alma and How She Got Her Name
1:45: Alison Green Myers, A Bird Will Soar
2:00: Lisa Stringfellow, Kingdom of Dust
2:15: Dana Alison Levy, Not Another Banned Book
2:30: Carol Boston Weatherford, Unspeakable: The Tulsa
Race Massacre
2:45: Margarita Engle, Drum Dream Girl

FREE, LIVE, ONLINE EVENT
SUPPORT FREEDOM TO READ EFFORTS ACROSS THE U.S.
Authors Against Book Bans
MAY 9, 2025

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Thrilled to reveal the cover for Monster Maker: The Strange Creatures of Mark Nagata w words by me & awesome art by Inko Ai Takita, a PB bio about a Japanese American @marknagata.bsky.social a kaiju artist turning his childhood passion into a dream come true. Coming 11/11! Preorder now!

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Getting ready to send out my March newsletter. Just found out I can reveal Last Chance Academy 2 title in my April newsletter. Subscribers will find out before I announce on socials. Sign up at my website: debbimichikoflorence.com

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Debbi Michiko Florence, Author for Kids and Teens

Debbi Michiko Florence is the author of Keep It Together, Keiko Carter (Scholastic/May 5, 2020) and the Jasmine Toguchi chapter book series.

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Woohoo! I may have to turn my Winsome Bingham shelf into a bookcase! 🥰 @armyvet5.bsky.social

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I'm signing tomorrow in New Haven CT and Stratford CT tomorrow! Hope to see you there!

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

This family (& now my friends) have been amazing supporters of me and my books for many years and Willow has grown up from reading Jasmine to my middle grades. So grateful! (She also named Fred Just Fred in the second set of Jasmine books.)

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

My heart is full! Thank you to @authorgracelin.bsky.social for being my in-conversation partner, and thank you everyone who came to help me celebrate the launch of Last Chance Academy!

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Loving the audiobook of Last Chance Academy: A Study in Secrets! Thank you, Mirai, for giving voices to my characters! 🫶

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Ms. Yingling @msyingling.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

@debbimichiko.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social A STUDY IN SECRETS pairs well with Anderson & Comport's #AstraKidsBooks HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT! msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-st...

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

💌🗝️ Thank you! I’m excited for readers to meet Meg Mizuno and friends!

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Thrilled to give my daughter a copy of Last Chance Academy while we are in Tokyo! One more week till launch! 💌🗝️😍

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

The news is out! Thrilled to now be an Aevitas Creative Management author w my brilliant agent of soon-to-be-a-decade Tricia Lawrence who makes my writing career dreams come true! Congratulations all around!

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Less than 3 weeks til Last Chance Academy: A Study in Secrets is here! I can't wait for readers to meet Meg Mizuno as she tries to win a secret treasure hunt at her new mysterious boarding school - and yes, she'll be navigating friendships (& there may be crushes involved)! Pre-order for goodies!

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Love seeing my book with friends' books! And love writing about friendship and first crushes! @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

A World Worth Saving @kylelukoff.bsky.social is a must read! Full of empathy, honesty, humor, & heart. I loved it! One of many fave quotes: “The very act of being yourself strikes a spiritual blow.”

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Happy Valentine's Day to libraries and librarians everywhere! @authorsabb.bsky.social

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Happiness is… (I’m a big fan of @alitereseauthor.bsky.social so this is particularly meaningful!)

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

This is the kind of book you just want to keep reading & not put down! (Gah I’m on deadline so I am using it as daily rewards.) A WORLD WORTH SAVING @kylelukoff.bsky.social

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Flashbacks to when I was a keeper intern at the Sacramento Zoo. 😁

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Had a blast chatting w @jamesponti.bsky.social about his newest CITY SPIES book, LONDON CALLING (which may be my fave of the series so far)!

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

This book! You need to read it - for the story, for the writing, for the characters. Truly amazing (& yes I cried). SCATTERGOOD by @hmbouwman.bsky.social

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Fall in love on Valentine’s Day! My middle grade first crush books:

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I love meeting readers! Happy WRAD! 💖

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

What fun to find out a friend and I are reading each other’s books at the same time! @hmbouwman.bsky.social

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

A book I am greatly anticipating is FISH FRY FRIDAY by @armyvet5.bsky.social w art by CG Esperanza, the same duo that brought us the uplifting & joyful SOUL FOOD SUNDAY. Preorder now! 🎣🧡

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Getting ready to send out my monthly-ish newsletter w updates and news. Last month I gave away a $20 gift card to bookshop.org. Stay tuned for more giveaways! Sign up for my mailing list: debbimichikoflorence.com

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Debbi Michiko Florence, Author for Kids and Teens

Debbi Michiko Florence is the author of Keep It Together, Keiko Carter (Scholastic/May 5, 2020) and the Jasmine Toguchi chapter book series.

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

THE TABLE by @armyvet5.bsky.social & Wiley Blevins w art by Jason Griffin is about sharing and love. And check out this whole shelf of books by Winsome Bingham at Bank Square Books! #readfreely @authorsabb.bsky.social

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Hey while megaretailers profiting one of the richest men in world are out here doing this shit www.advocate.com/news/amazon-... maybe it's a fun time to switch to @librofm.bsky.social for audiobooks. Select the indie bookstore you'd like to support, listen away. Comp prices to aforementioned jerks

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Amazon removes 'equity for Black people' and 'LGBTQ+ rights' from company policies

Amazon has quietly removed protections for Black and LGBTQ+ workers from its company policies.

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Excited to be in conversation w @jamesponti.bsky.social on 2/8 at Barrington Books in RI to chat about book 6 in his CITY SPIES series: London Calling! Hope to see you there!

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Happiness is a good friend’s book release! So excited to read SCATTERGOOD @hmbouwman.bsky.social 💛!

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Kidlit For Los Angeles @kidlitforla.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

The Kidlit for Los Angeles auction is NOW OPEN! We have more than 340 INCREDIBLE items from top authors, illustrators, editors, agents and publishing professionals. You don’t want to miss out! Go bid here: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles Auction runs Jan 20th - Jan 26th. #kidlit

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Christie Megill @christiemegill.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Check out the robust list of children's book offerings in this auction organized by Kidlit for Los Angeles, raising funds for wildfire relief efforts in LA! www.32auctions.com/organization... Art by Sydney Hanson

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