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Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing @mackidssl.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

With 1 starred review, DOUBLE CROSSED by @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social is out today! Download our Teacher's Guide of this WWII MG narrative nonfiction account of Operation Bodyguard, in which the Allied forces used spies to deceive the Nazis about their true plans for D-Day here: tinyurl.com/5f2d6w3n

Double Crossed: The WWII Spies Who Saved D-Day by Rebecca E.F. Barone

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Thrilled to say that MOUNTAIN OF FIRE is on its *fourth* state list! Huge thanks to librarians in Washington state for nominating this book to the Evergreen Teen Book Award!

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Two weeks until the launch of DOUBLE CROSSED, and I'm thrilled that @fuse8.bsky.social interviewed me for Fuse 8! She asked some of the most insightful questions - I had such a great time with this:

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

If you've been thinking of getting UNBREAKABLE as an ebook - now is the time! Ebook copies are on sale for $2.99 through 3/31! Get it at: bit.ly/4kWPoQD @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

DOUBLE CROSSED doesn't come out for another 2 months, but I'm thrilled to have had this opportunity to talk about it already! Thank you to Shelley Irwin at WVGU, Western Michigan Public Radio, for inviting me to be on her program! www.wgvunews.org/the-shelley-...

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Double Crossed: The WWII spies Who Saved D Day

Author/Native Michigander Rebecca Barone joins in to discuss her new book.

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The first rockets to put American satellites and astronauts into space were built from designs created for Hitler. This is the story of their invention. The history of the man who built them. And the US program that allowed Nazis to become Americans. This is a story you need to know. Spring 2027

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

FIVE years ago!! ...and now Book #4 is coming out in April, with #5 & #6 in 2027 🤯

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Write some words, get a jelly bean. Write some words, get a jelly bean. Write some words, get a jelly bean... One of those days where I'll do what I hav to do to get words on a page!

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Reader friends! I'm searching for some rather specific titles. What are others like Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Above The Trenches? Think graphic novel (fiction or non!), lots of planes, and fighting in WWI or WWII (or any war) Any and all reading levels Would LOVE to hear your suggestions!

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

I had such a wonderful time talking with Mary! Huge thanks to her for this interview!! ...and be sure to check out her book review page, too! She has such kind things to say about UNBREAKABLE 🤩 youtu.be/Vpyk8OmrL3E

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I'm thrilled to be participating in School Library Journal's Day of Dialog even tomorrow! I'll be on the panel "Focus On: WWII" 4:50-5:25 pm. It's a free, virtual event, and I'd love to see you there! Register at: www.slj.com/.../school-l....

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

I was having a very Monday-ish Monday until I hopped on here and found the most wonderful note!! Readers, it means so much to know that our work is appreciated and loved!

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

I am so, SO excited to finally share my *fiction* debut!! I can't wait to tell you more about Lily, Charlotte, Rose, and Rhys. Huge thanks to @michaelbourret.bsky.social!

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

How would I even begin to quantify the other forms of research for a book? Interviews? Museum visits?? If only there was a way to easily describe it... 😂 (I could count the books, add up pages, tally interview minutes, number visits and trips. Heavens, no. That would be way too convenient 😉 )

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

There is nothing - nothing, I tell you! - more frightening than a blank page! Anyone else sit down to turn an idea into an outline...a draft...an anything!... and spend the first bit just panicking?? Anyone? Just me? 😬🤦🏼‍♀️

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

#TLSkyChat A7: I'm an author, and author visits drop *way* off in the summer. Are you involved with any book clubs - even virtually! - that authors could visit? I see so much reading joy being generated when I visit with students. How can we authors help spark this joy over the summer?

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Things I did not have on my Bingo card: editing a book about WWII spies while quietly singing "Row, row, row your boat" to myself.

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

The L'Engle!! ...there aren't many time I'll get an XKCD comic before my husband does, but this will be one of them! (The one and only other time I can think of was back in the 2000's where the caption text had a joke about Renesmee 😂 )

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Just under the headlines: "Being a spy is like watching paint dry." 😂

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

If you're looking for a fun twist on the usual summer reading lists, try this! You and your readers can mark off a box by reading in a blanket fort (how fun!) or reading past your bedtime 🙋‍♀️ booksforkids.substack.com?utm_source=n... #tlsky #kidlit #summerreading

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Books for Kids | Julie, Books for Kids | Substack

Book recommendations you can trust for your 8-12 year-old readers. My goal is to help parents, teachers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, and more, find the next right book for the 8-12 year-old ...

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Brought to you by a holiday weekend.

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Coming April, 2026! Goodreads: tinyurl.com/4ym8wj9y Indiebound: tinyurl.com/yzees4jn Amzn: a.co/d/1NzpjEt A thrilling WWII middle-grade narrative nonfiction account of Operation Bodyguard, in which the Allied forces used spies and double agents to deceive the Nazis about their true plans for D-Day.

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I've been working on a non-writing project all year! This is very much a learn-as-I-go hobby, and I had a big day yesterday - finally staring to quit the quilt! Is it messy? Yes! Do I love it? Yes 😊

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

There's a cover-shaped surprise coming next week!! 👀

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Thank you so much!! I'm thrilled you loved this book! It's wild to think about what was going on in and around Mount St. Helens 44 years ago...

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Might be a personal best for Number of Books Open While Drafting 😂 Thought I was leveling up when I got an actual book-holder-opener (a technical term 😉), but apparently one wasn’t enough.

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Back from an absolutely incredible spring break!! Paris, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and Munich. So much walking 😂 I think after a week away, we're finally in shape for our European vacation!

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Such a fantastic start to March is Reading Month! I managed to sneak in a bit of (very cold!) sightseeing in NYC. Then, it was off to Long Island for visits with Plainview-Old Bethpage SD. I had a great time talking with the students, and they asked some truly insightful questions!

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Katie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Awesome visit with @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social ! We loved talking 🌋, #nonfiction, and research. MOUNTAIN OF FIRE is an amazing #5thgradebooks, super engaging and well-researched. 💕 #kidlit #WRAD #WorldReadAloudDay

Screenshot of author Rebecca Barone holding up MOUNTAIN OF FIRE, her latest book, about Mount St. Helens

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Writers - who can write with music on?? How do you do it?! Any recommendations for integrating music while I write? Signed, A writer tired of silence

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Thrilled that MOUNTAIN OF FIRE: THE ERUPTION AND SURVIVORS OF MOUNT ST. HELENS is a 2025 Texas Topaz selection!! Huge thanks to the Texas Library Association! Check out the entire list at txla.org/wp-content/u...

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

There are huge snowflakes gently falling out my office window while I drink tea...and research pictures of D-Day. I'm struggling with the awful contrast.

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

I'm working through copy edits, and I no longer feel any frustration that I get prepositions wrong in Duolingo. Apparently I'm not doing too well with them in my native language, either!

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Good morning! ☀️❄️ For all of my teacher librarian friends - did you see this? Looks like a great way to connect! (I might even have to lurk somewhere close by 😉)

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

#kidlitchat - Sam has put together some amazing conclusions from a HUGE amount of research he's done on what's published in the MG world. You definitely want to hear what he has to say!

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Oooo! This is a tough one! I think I'd have to say more opportunities to meet with other writers and book-ish friends. The past 12 months or so have been amazing, and I didn't realize how much getting together IRL means to me #kidlitchat

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Hi #kidlitchat! Glad to be here tonight! I write MG narrative nonfiction, and my latest book 👇 came out in May! rebeccaefbarone.com/books/mounta...

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

This is such valuable advice, which is made in @brianlarossa.com's original post, too: Read in a way that works for YOU! No need to criticize anyone else's choices, but read in a way that makes you want to read more

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Oh my goodness!!! What a huge, fantastic surprise to see @fuse8.bsky.social talking about MOUNTAIN OF FIRE!! Stunned and so happy to see my book on TV with these other amazing #MG #kidlit titles!

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I LOVE cranberry sauce! (It's my third favorite Thanksgiving dish - after mashed potatoes and stuffing) (and that's a ranking of food not including desserts, obviously 🙄) Today was my first time making it! Hope it turns out okay!! 🤞

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Ever have one of those days where words just aren't working?? Think I'm going to crawl into a hole and try talking maybe tomorrow 😜

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Love this question! #kidlitchat My husband, parents, and kids would top the list, but I also have to mention my editor. It's absolutely incredible to have someone look at your work, see what it needs, and help you get it to the best it can be. And to do that all with kindness and care is amazing!

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Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Hi #kidlitchat! I write MG narrative nonfiction, and my latest book 👇 came out this May! You can check it out at rebeccaefbarone.com/books/mounta... Excited to chat with you all tonight!

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Mountain of Fire : Escaping Mount St. Helens by Rebecca Barone

Coming Spring, 2024!

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

There is a metaphor here somewhere

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