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Carie Hayworth @apensfan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Middle grade students will definitely be able to relate to this one by @lauriemorrison.bsky.social! The multi-format epistolary aspect of the novel will keep readers engaged. ❤️ Headed to @jenguyorjowett.bsky.social next! #AbramsBooks #BookPosse

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Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoy!

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Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Thanks so much for reading! Hope you enjoy!!

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Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Thank you for reading and sharing ELLA!

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Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Woo hoo! Enter for a chance to win a copy of WHERE ELLA WENT!

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Cordelia Jensen @cordeliajensen.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Philly! Please join me in conversation with @lauriemorrison.bsky.social at Children’s Book World at 7pm 8/19 to celebrate the release of Lilac and the Switchback. Pls consider pre-ordering from CBW for signed copies plus swag! @holiday-house.bsky.social #versenovels #middlegrade

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Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Thank you so much for recommending KEEPING PACE!

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Women Forward ❌ 👑 @womenforward.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Tell the Senate today, before it’s too late, to REJECT Vought’s nomination to lead #OMB.

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Women Forward ❌ 👑 @womenforward.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Demand your two Senators and your Representative speak out against Musk’s unlawful takeover of our government. When you are done with that, call the White House. We know #Trump hates bad press and this admin is capable of folding in the face of enormous public backlash.

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Women Forward ❌ 👑 @womenforward.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

#ElonMusk is an unelected oligarch with no legal authority to access our government’s most sensitive data, payment and communication systems, yet he now has the untethered ability to use these systems however he pleases.

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Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Grateful for Heather Cox Richardson’s thorough and expert summaries, as terrifying as they are to read lately. It’s hard to know what to know what to focus on w/ so much awful chaos but I will definitely call my reps today about the what the “DOGE” has done. Please read this if you haven’t already.

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Again. Call your reps. This should scare all of us. SOURCE: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

The image is a screenshot of a New York Times article dated Jan. 30, 2025, at 2:43 p.m. ET, with reporting by Adam Goldman on the FBI. The article mentions changes underway at the FBI Academy at Quantico and includes a photograph showing a worker painting over a wall of words related to FBI values.

In the photograph, a man wearing a beige shirt and dark pants is seen painting over a section of a wall that previously displayed words like "INTEGRITY" (in yellow), "FAIRNESS," "LEADERSHIP," "RESPECT," and "DIVERSITY." The paint is covering up part of the wall, including the large letter "V" from what seems to be a larger word.

A blue tarp is laid on the floor, and a paint bucket is nearby. The area appears to be inside a government building, with an "EXIT" sign on the ceiling and a room directory sign mounted on the left side of the wall.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Btw Authors Against Book Bans ( @authorsabb.bsky.social ) might seem kid lit driven bc so many challenges are happening in schools, but I think every author should consider joining. Book bans are bad for everyone. www.authorsagainstbookbans.com

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Authors Against Book Bans

Our Mission Statement We are Authors Against Book Bans. We, a coalition of writers, illustrators, anthology editors and contributors, and other book creators, stand united against the deeply unconstit...

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Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Book bans are not a hoax. I’m committed to continuing to fight for the freedom to read (and write!) and am so grateful for independent bookstores and for the beautiful diversity of books that are available for kids and teens today.

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Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Stopped by Head House Books to celebrate the right to #readfreely with @authorsabb.bsky.social & picked up a copy of @chadgalucas.bsky.social’s YOU OWE ME ONE, UNIVERSE. I loved THANKS A LOT, UNIVERSE, which is warm, funny, & a perfect antidote to toxic masculinity & I can’t wait to read the sequel.

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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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Tina M. Ellsworth @drtinaellsworth.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Seems like the perfect time to remind you that we are accepting proposals for our annual NCSS conference in DC. Share widely! “Because democracy depends on it.” www.socialstudies.org #ncss25 #socialstudies

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Here are 22 books about the civil rights movement – and the continued fight for civil rights – to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy as a legendary civil rights leader! Perfect for today or any day of the year 📚

A peach colored graphic with a sidebar on the left-hand side showing an illustration of hands reaching up towards the sky. The hands are in all different shades of brown. On the right-hand side is a title that says, “22 Books about Civil Rights,” followed by an illustration of books lined up on a shelf.

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Not everyone can run or sit on a board. Good thing there are literally dozens of other proactive means of defending libraries and schools! Here are but 56: bookriot.com/56-small-tas...

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56 Small Tasks to Be Proactive Against Book Censorship in 2025 and Beyond: Book Censorship News, January 3, 2025

Choose one task each week of 2025 for a year full of anti-book censorship activism and advocacy.

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Ms. Yingling @msyingling.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Completely unorganized and unscientific list of my favorite reads of 2024! @choldenko.bsky.social HANK HOOPERMAN, Philbrick's WILD WAVE, Hashimoto's OFF THE MAP, @deborahhopkinson.bsky.social THEY SAVED THE STALLIONS, Lakritz's THIGNS THAT SHIMMER, @jewellparkerrhodes.bsky.social WILL'S RACE TO HOME

Book covers with confetti behind them and text reading "Favorite reads 2024".

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Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Thank you! I’m so honored that you included KEEPING PACE!!

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Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

So honored to see KEEPING PACE on this awesome list! Thanks, @imaginationsoup.bsky.social!

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

“Positive social change results mostly from connecting more deeply to the people around you than rising above them, from coordinated rather than solo action… Our largest problems won’t be solved by heroes. They’ll be solved, if they are, by movements, coalitions, civil society.”

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Rebecca Solnit: When the Hero is the Problem

For an embodiment of the word singlehanded you might turn to the heroine of the recent movie Woman at War. It’s about an Icelandic eco-saboteur who blows up rural power lines and hides in scenic sp…

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Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

KEEPING PACE is one of School Library Journal’s best middle grade books of 2024! They call it “a knockout upper middle grade novel!” I am SO honored and grateful to be on this list and in this *incredible* company. Thank you, SLJ! #kidlit www.slj.com/story/best-m...

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Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Oh my goodness! Thank you, Melissa! That means so much to me coming from you (and thank goodness for dark mode)!

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Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Here’s where I’ll be at the NCTE Annual Convention later this week! You can catch one of my panels on Saturday or Sunday or come by the ABRAMS booth Sunday morning, when I’ll be signing copies of KEEPING PACE! Let me know if you’ll be there, too! I’d love to connect.

Laurie’s ncte schedule includes two panels on Saturday afternoon, a signing at 8:00 Sunday morning, and then a third panel Sunday

Traditions and hope panel! 4:15 Saturday

Conflict and connection in upper mg panel! 10:30 on Sunday

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AshesIntoFlame @ashesintoflame.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Ex-librarian here—I'd say encouraging your followers to put in requests for books with marginalized authors/MCs and check out those books both in person and online would be best. To get books and keep them on shelves in times of scrutiny like this, there has to be a quantifiable demand for them.

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Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Yes!! I loved CRUSHING IT and totally agree it would pair beautifully with KEEPING PACE!

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Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

One thing that brought me joy: watching yesterday’s NWSL semifinal with my 6-y-o son, who then wanted to play soccer w/ me & alternate between being Trinity Rodman scoring goals & Aubrey Kingsbury blocking them. LOVE that women’s sports are on TV so much more & he can look up to these athletes!

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Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

P.S. For my thoughts on why we need more developmentally relevant (hat tip to @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social) upper MG romance and why I wrote KEEPING PACE, you can check out the essay I wrote for Teen Librarian Toolbox. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2024/08/09/w...

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Why We Need More “Developmentally Relevant” Upper MG Romance by Laurie Morrison

Author Laurie Morrison writes about the need for developmentally relevant romance in middle grade and her latest book, KEEPING THE PACE

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Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Any other middle grade people on the lookout for upper middle grade books with romance? Just finished this one by @jodimeadows.bsky.social, which is so much fun!I’m excited to add it to my 6th grade library.

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Jennifer Chambliss Bertman @jennbertman.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Hi #kidlit peeps! This starter pack is for educators, librarians, authors/illustrators, and MG enthusiasts in the FB group For the Love of Middle Grade. If you're in that group and not in this pack, comment and I'll add you. And if you're not in that group and love MG, join us! go.bsky.app/3KWmQJs

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Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Thank you! And thanks to Debbie and Paul, too! So many great resources! (And now that it finally occurred to me to update the app I can actually see the starter packs—oops!)

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Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Thank you so much for adding me and for explaining!

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Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Hi! I’m still figuring out how all this works and what a starter pack is ☺️. But I love the FB group and I’d love to be added too! Thank you!

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 03/09/2024

Pinnable post for the KidLit Mega Feed. Admins: @boringstorybook.com @charlenedraws.bsky.social @debbieohi.com. Volunteer Moderator list, more info,check if you can post to feed, read this page. Please: 📌Save/pin the feed if you enjoy it 🔁Repost to help spread the word bsky.app/profile/debb...

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