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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

This is Harley. He loves reading and sunny days. He recommends this book, and you can win a copy here: yabookscentral.com/author-chat-... #kidlit #giveaways #teachergiveaways

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Just one week til This sweet book is out. So excited to share with you. #kidlit #mglit

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Hey #kidlit: do you have your Goodnight Moon stamps yet?

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

New review for SPELLING IT OUT up at PW. Of all the books I’ve written, this one is my husband’s favorite. I think it’s because he is introspective and stays true to himself. It’s available May, 13.

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Just two weeks until my latest #mglit drops! But you can already get a #free #activityguide for this and my other books over at my @simonkids author page. www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Marg...

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

How cow! You can win a full set of my #MiddleGrade books from @teachingbooks.bsky.social. That’s five books! Submit an entry here: forum.teachingbooks.net/2025/04/cont... And good luck!!!!

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Thank you so much for reading! #bookposse is the best.

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

What inspires more #delight than a video of a dog? A video of a dog opening a box full of books. In this case, the box is full of my author copies of SPELLING IT OUT, which drops May 13, 2025. If you like, spelling, and nerds, and funny kids, full of heart, you’re gonna like this book.

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Happy news! Barnes & Noble premium and reward members can now receive up to 25% off of pre-orders. But act soon. This deal ends end of day on Friday 4/25.

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

#delight is going to your fav bookstore and seeing your new paperback face out.

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Less than a month to go before this puppy drops! I can hardly believe that it is almost May! So excited for you to meet Ben and Asha.

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Do you know what is not a #delight? Grading 8 million papers. But strawberry shortcake? Now that is a delight!

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Some places in Southern California have peacocks. My neighborhood does not, but guess what I saw walking? #Delight

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

So thrilled to have been interviewed by the amazing Ronna @ronnawriter.bsky.social

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Inspired by THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS by Ross Gay, I’m posting some of the delights I encounter in my daily life. Today, I’m delighted by the scent of orange blossoms. . #delight inspires #hope. What delights you today?

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Ronna Mandel @ronnawriter.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

One of my fave middle-grade authors is L.A. local, @finneganbegin.bsky.social Her new mg novel, Spelling it Out, will be published on May 13, but today I’m celebrating the paperback release of last year’s hit, Sunny Parker is Here to Stay. ✅ out our Q+A. wp.me/p3X25n-bcY #middlegradebooks #kidlit

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An Interview with Middle-Grade Author Margaret Finnegan

An interview with middle-grade novelist Margaret Finnegan about Sunny Parker is Here to Stay, her most recent novel, available in paperback.

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Happy news! My book SUNNY PARKER IS HERE TO STAY is now out in paperback. Learn all about my process and the book in this interview over at GOOD reads with Ronna. www.goodreadswithronna.com/2025/04/15/a...

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An Interview with Middle-Grade Author Margaret Finnegan

An interview with middle-grade novelist Margaret Finnegan about Sunny Parker is Here to Stay, her most recent novel, available in paperback.

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

You know LA real estate is out of control when the base of a tree is home. #walking #pasadenaca

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jenniferhalbur.bsky.social @jenniferhalbur.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

@hottsnewreads.bsky.social #bookposse this one is heading to you! You’ll love Ben and his goal to win the Nat’l Spelling Bee, but also feel for him as his Nan’s forgetfulness becomes an issue. So many students will relate! @finneganbegin.bsky.social #AthenuemBooks @simonkids.bsky.social

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Happy news indeed! My fifth book just got picked up as a JLG selection. That’s five for five. Happy reading!

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Happy to announce that SPELLING IT OUT is now a JLG selection.

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jenniferhalbur.bsky.social @jenniferhalbur.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Next up! I’ve loved everything by @finneganbegin.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social #bookposse. Can’t wait to read about Ben, the champion speller!

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Carie Hayworth @apensfan.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I think I will be using the word clodpoll from now on! Thank you @finneganbegin.bsky.social for sharing this gem with #BookPosse. So much more than spelling, it’s about finding yourself and your people. @jenniferhalbur.bsky.social on its way to you! #AntheneumBooks @simonandschuster.bsky.social

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Made these nifty personalized autograph stickers with Canva. Just sharing an idea with my #kidlit community. 😀

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Join me in supporting the American Library Association. Reading builds empathy and introduces us to worlds beyond our imagination. Our libraries belong to all of us. #readfreely #freedomofexpression #authorsagainstbookbans give.ala.org/campaign/653...

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Actually, you would not be dead if you were in my novel right now. I am too much of a softy to kill people off in my books. How about you?

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Can you read the writing in the concrete? It says I best I don’t love Jeannette. There’s a story there. What do you think it is?

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Are you a @netgalley.bsky.social reviewer? Do you love? #MiddleGradeFiction? Then go ahead and request. SPELLING IT OUT, my new book from @simonkids.bsky.social it comes out this May📕🥳.

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Kate Wong @katewongillo.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Happy almost Valentine's Day! I hope everyone has the day they voted for, I'll just be here painting flowers and screaming inside to deal with it!

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Phew! First review from the notoriously picky Kirkus is in!

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Hey #kidlit creators, I challenge you! Make a #valentine theme post for your book! Let’s see what you come up with.

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Okay @bluesky #kidlit, what #mgfiction are you loving these days. Nothing to heartbreaking or gut wrenching. I’m look for a delightful lark of a read. Suggestions?

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Alex Borbolla @alexborbolla.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

NOT LIKE OTHER GIRLS won the Morris! SHARK TEETH won a Schneider Honor! TIME AND TIME AGAIN won a Stonewall Honor! And I couldn’t be prouder of these books and all they represent 🩵

Books covers of Not Like Other Girls by Meredith Adamo, Shark Teeth by Sherri Winston, and Time and Time Again by Chatham Greenfield against a celebratory confetti background

On a personal note, I just want to say how much these wins mean to me. Yes, I am an insufferable overachiever, but this is so much bigger than that. NOT LIKE OTHER GIRLS is a book about reckoning with sexual assault. SHARK TEETH is about all-consuming anxiety surrounding problems that seem too big fix. TIME AND TIME AGAIN is about queer kids finding joy. In a time when women’s rights are being stripped away, when the world feels scary and full of hate, when marginalized groups are being unjustly targeted, THESE are the stories that matter most. The ones that show some hard truths, but also show a way through. That show peace can be found on the other side of struggle. That show everyone deserves to be happy and loved.

I am deeply honored to be even a small part of these stories, and I will continue to fight for them and the kids who need them most.

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Congratulations to all the #ALA book winners! So wonderful to see so many worthy books celebrated! Including THREE edited by own former editor, the amazing @alexborbolla.bsky.social at Bloomsbury. Alex! You are a superstar! I’m so happy for you, your team and your authors.

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BrianMcLachlan @brianmcl.com · 24/01/2025

Boosting! This is a killer team!

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Hi there. I’m wondering what other folks are doing about Meta. Are you taking a wait and see approach or are you leaving the platform now. If you’re a #kidlit creative, I especially love to hear what you’re thinking.

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Do what great #middlegrade books are you reading these days, folks. I just finished NOT NOTHING by Gayle Forman. Really excellent! A beautiful story of how we are more than our worst mistakes.

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Today’s Walt. A wee distraction from it all. #dogs

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Today’s Walt. It will help you relax.

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Happy to share my fifth book with Atheneum Books for Young Readers coming this May! #kidlit #middlegrade #middlegradelit #childrensbooks

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #20books #kidlit #mglit #mgbookchat #nonfiction Day 5. (No one said the days need to be consecutive)

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

The bad news is that I have a cold. The good news is that it is not Covid, and the semester is almost, almost, almost, almost, almost over. Soon, I will be able to milk this for all it’s worth.

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Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Just playing around with Canva and BlueSky. Seems to limit the number of images I can upload at once and to crop video. Anyone else have that experience, or am I missing something?

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