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nerdcampct.bsky.social @nerdcampct.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Can’t wait to see @melissadassori.bsky.social at #nErDcampCT happening Saturday, March 7th in Norwalk! @ctcasl.bsky.social @aaslala.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social #bookjoy #nerdcamp @msthombookitis.bsky.social @jluss.bsky.social Register by 2/24 at nerdcampct.org! #TLsky 🍎📚#Edusky

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Mehsi-Hime @mehsi.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Today I am part of the magical #TopplingStackTours #BlogTour for Greta Ever After @melissadassori.bsky.social! I am shining a spotlight on the book, come check it out~ #BookBloggers #Blogging #ChildrensBooks #Dolls #FairyTales #BookPromo #BookSky📚💙 twirlingbookprincess.com/2025/10/blog...

Blog Tour Banner for Greta Ever After by Melissa Dassori featuring the cover on the left of the banner and on the banner a zoomed-in part of the cover featuring a cuckoo clock and a little doll peeking out of the top part

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tiredteachernj.bsky.social @tiredteachernj.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Awesome mglit book and my first of the new schoolyear #gretaeverafter @melissadassori.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social thank you for sharing with #bookallies

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Middle Grade Coast-to-Coast @mgcoast2coast.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Happy Book Birthday to MG Coast-to-Coast author @melissadassori.bsky.social! Her second book, GRETA EVER AFTER, is out today!! #kidlit #mglit

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The Unter Agency @unteragency.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Happy book birthday to @melissadassori.bsky.social and GRETA EVER AFTER! This coming-of-age story explores the blurred line between fact and fiction as Greta realizes the key to being a great reporter—and a great friend—is striving for truth, not perfection.

Book cover (GRETA EVER AFTER) on dark blue background.

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LBYR School & Library @lbschool.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

We're so excited for @melissadassori.bsky.social's GRETA EVER AFTER to be out in the world tomorrow! This one's for the aspiring young journalists who wish their lives were a little more magic, or anyone who loves a "relatable coming-of-age story interwoven with dark fairy-tale elements" (Kirkus).

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Melissa Roske @melissaroske.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Don't miss my interview with MG author @melissadassori.bsky.social on today's @themixed-upfiles.bsky.social blog! Melissa's latest #middlegrade novel, GRETA EVER AFTER releases tomorrow, August 19, from @littlebrownyr.bsky.social. #kidlit fromthemixedupfiles.com/interview-wi...

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 16/08/2025

To book creators, bloggers, publishers, educators, others who talk about books: I've compiled a list of tips for talking abt books on Bluesky: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bo... Thanks to all who contributed via my Community Poll thread (link in resource)! #KidLit #BookSky #EduSky

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Promoting Your Book On Bluesky - Debbie Ridpath Ohi - Obsidian Publish

Promoting Books On Bluesky: Tips and Best Practices BookPromotion_Header-v2_flat800.jpg This resource page is for those on Bluesky who promote books, whether their own books or books by others. While…

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

How did I manage to use “kind of” 3 times on one page? #amdrafting

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Hope you’ll check out my interview with LBYR Associate Art Director Jenny Kimura about illustrated middle grade novels. @lbschool.bsky.social @unteragency.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Calling teachers, librarians, booksellers, reviewers & book club facilitators! I've got 2 ARCs of GRETA EVER AFTER for anyone who’d consider it for kids you work with or a review. Comment for a chance to win. Ends Sun, U.S./Can only. #BookAllies #KidLitExchange #LitReviewCrew #BookExcursion

Copy of Greta Ever After - cover has girl sitting on base of cuckoo clock - in front of sunflowers.

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I have two paper ARCs of my next middle grade, GRETA EVER AFTER, a JLG Gold Standard pick. Would #BookAllies or #LitReviewCrew like a copy? DM me if so and I’ll send one your way.

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LBYR School & Library @lbschool.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

@melissadassori.bsky.social's GRETA EVER AFTER comes out in just a few weeks! Get to know this delightful, magical middle grade in @teachingbooks.bsky.social's Meet-the-Author recording: school.teachingbooks.net/book_reading...

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YAbookscentral @yabookscentral.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

#Mglit #bookreview THE BLOSSOMING SUMMER is at YABC! yabookscentral.com/middle-grade... #summer #Anishinaabe #WorldWarII #Passingaswhite #family #identity #familysecret #heartfelt

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Entertained myself in the car today listening to this good discussion of the gap in books for 12-15 year olds. #youngteenlit

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Before my new book is out next month, check out my first, JR Silver Writes Her World. Buy a copy, tell me via my website where you got it and what address to use (US only, while supplies last), and I’ll send a bookmark and bookplate. #teachers, happy to send multiples to a school. #giveaway #mglit

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

My kind of weekend read: He Read (at Least) 3,599 Books in His Lifetime. Now Anyone Can See His List. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/b...

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He Read (at Least) 3,599 Books in His Lifetime. Now Anyone Can See His List.

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The Unter Agency @unteragency.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Congrats to @melissadassori.bsky.social on a fabulous @slj.com review! "A fun fairy-tale mash-up with dark undertones, the story will resonate with many tweens navigating school and friend woes."

Book cover (GRETA EVER AFTER) on off-white background with "School Library Journal" and "A fun fairy-tale mash-up with dark undertones, the story will resonate with many tweens navigating school and friend woes."

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

If this angle catches your kids’ eye, check out my next #middlegrade book, GRETA EVER AFTER, which has its own storyline of journalistic misdeeds! #teachers Superman’s Other Secret Weakness? Journalism Ethics. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/a... @lbschool.bsky.social @unteragency.bsky.social

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Superman’s Other Secret Weakness? Journalism Ethics.

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

A lovely blurb from the wonderful Kate Albus for GRETA EVER AFTER, coming 8.19. This is a great week to support your favorite bookstore and preorder a copy. #teachers and #librarians, reach out for visits next year. @lbschool.bsky.social

“Fairy tale magic is expertly sprinkled over the real-world magic (and mayhem) of middle school.” Blurb from Kate Albus, author of A Place to Hang the Mood and Nothing Else But Miracles.

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Have a movie fan looking for a book? Check out GRETA EVER AFTER (8.19.25). Preorders are so helpful to authors! Links in my bio if you are inclined to add to your collection, or ask your library to order a copy. #middlegrade #mglit #booksky

Movie posters from Harriet the Spy, Into the Woods and Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret—if your reader likes those, check out my next novel, Greta Ever After (cover shows girl sitting on base of cuckoo clock).

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Thrilled to receive a wonderful review from @ala-booklist.bsky.social for GRETA EVER AFTER! #teachers and #librarians, hope you will check it out for your middle grade readers. #middlegrade #mglit

Image of girl sitting on cuckoo clock from cover of Greta Ever After with quote from Booklist review that reads “Perfect for readers curious about the tribulations of middle school but who appreciate a dash of magic.”

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Driving to the transfer station just now in a spot where there aren’t normally speed traps but 2 oncoming cars flashed their lights. Kept an eye out for a hidden car only to discover that the warning was, instead, for a turtle crossing the road.

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

So great to see GRETA EVER AFTER among all these great books.

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

For #mglit readers, don’t forget about the backlist. This book is a total gem.

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Reminder to go enter this #middlegrade #giveaway for GRETA EVER over on Goodreads.

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The Unter Agency @unteragency.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

@melissadassori.bsky.social's GRETA EVER AFTER has been named a #JuniorLibraryGuild selection. Congratulations, Melissa! #MiddleGrade #MG #fantasy

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

For Nerdy Book Club, I wrote a Top Ten list of Middle Grade Novels with a Hint of Magic. #MGLit #MiddleGrade nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/category/top...

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Thrilled to report that GRETA EVER AFTER is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, coming August 19.

Cover of Greta (girl on base of cuckoo clock) against pink star-filled background with round, gold JLG sticker.

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Middle Grade Coast-to-Coast @mgcoast2coast.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Author @melissadassori.bsky.social shares two of her favorite #MGLit books by Jewish authors featuring Jewish characters to celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month! HONEY and ME by Meira Drazin WHERE YOU'VE GOT TO BE by Caroline Gertler #jewishamericanheritagemonth #kidlit #EduSky #TLsky

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Worth signing up to be notified when the library gets a book you want to read. Thrilled to see the New York Public Library now has copies of @barbaradee.bsky.social’s latest and can’t wait to read.

Screenshot showing took out Tear This Down on Libby.

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Lisa Stringfellow @engagereaders.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Join me and others in protecting the #FreedomtoRead. Free reading event! Friday, May 9 from 10 AM to 3 PM ET Listen and take action in your community to protect kids' access to books. Register: Morning: crowdcast.io/c/z2e4i7i652g1 Afternoon: crowdcast.io/c/ky2m562xhkso @authorsabb.bsky.social

I'm reading The Parker Inheritance at 2:00 PM ET on May 9th
Lisa Stringfellow, Author and Educator
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
Free, Live, Online Event
Support Freedom to Read efforts across the US.
Authors Against Book Bans
May 9, 2025
10 AM -3 PM ET

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Still a thrill to arrive at a library and see my book randomly face-out on the shelves.

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Michael Leali @michaelleali.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

400+ signatures and counting! Authors, illustrators, librarians, booksellers, lit agents, industry professionals—will you add your name?

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Pre-order GRETA EVER AFTER between today and 4/26 from an independent bookstore and I’ll send you a bookmark while supplies last! Send me your name, U.S. mailing address, and the name of the store where you bought your copy via my website. #indiebookstoreday

Photo of author - white woman in ‘40s with brown hair holding ARC of Greta Ever After in front of shelves at Bedford Books. Slide says “Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day” and that will send bookmark if buy a copy of Greta from an indie between April 19 and 26.

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Bakka Phoenix Books @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Canadian Independent Bookstore Day is on April 26th! We’re very fortunate in this country to have absolutely amazing indies and if you’re looking for some local Canadian businesses to show some love, we’ve got suggestions! We can't name every shop, but here are some we'd love to give a shout-out to.

A graphic that reads "Canadian Independent Bookstore Day" "April 26, 2025" and has an illustration of someone riding a yellow bike. The bike has a cat on the front, and a basket with flowers and books at the back.

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I loved watching these April reenactmens as a kid in MA.

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shawnpeterswrites.bsky.social @shawnpeterswrites.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

#Teachers & #Librarians, I'm offering a free "First Chapter Free-Day" on Friday, April 25th at 12:30 PM EST as part of @mgcoast2coast.bsky.social 's commitment to bring author visits to schools. So if you wanna hear some of THE UNFORGETTABLE LOGAN FOSTER... sign up at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I haven’t woken up in the dark wanting to write in months, but today it’s finally happened. Heading offline and off to write, and feeling relieved. Wish me luck.

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Looking for inspiring middle grade novels to celebrate Earth Day? Here are four great books I recommend. #teachers #mglit #librarians

Slide with mountains, trees, and covers of four books - Manatee’s Best Friend, Force of Nature, The Adventure is Now, and Olive Blackwood Takes Action!

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Harvard Book Store @harvardbookstore.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

We are joining 20 other Boston area indie book stores in celebrating Indie Bookstore Day on Sat. 4/26 with the Metro Boston Indie Bookstore Crawl! Visit as many of the stores as you can for the chance to win prizes on 4/26! Learn more & see participating stores here: buff.ly/edFAx7I

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

For NetGalley users out there looking for your next middle grade story, you can now request an advance copy of GRETA EVER AFTER. Please do! #educators #librarians #MGLit #advancereadercopies

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Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

New Hampshire is moving forward with new state laws that will make banning books easier. The bill already passed in the NH House and is now moving to the NH Senate. NH residents: you can speak out against this (see AABB post 👇) newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/04/01/r...

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Republicans advance bills to create book removal process in public schools • New Hampshire Bulletin

If a New Hampshire parent wants to remove a book from their school district for being too obscene, the process depends on their district.

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Another review from @lbschool.bsky.social Faculty Lounge for GRETA EVER AFTER. I hid the spoiler, but Joella is a fan of the BABY-SITTERS CLUB and was drawn to GRETA’s cover. #TLSky #LibSky #MGLit

Slide with cover of Greta Ever and quote from 10-year-old reviewer Joella who says “My favorite part was …because a mystery was solved.”

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