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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Announcing the Jewell Parker Rhodes Fellowship; Four Questions with Annette Bay Pimentel and Faith Pray; Sarah Beth Durst on Why You Should Open Magical Doors + more in the latest Children’s Bookshelf! buff.ly/cBtjbCF

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Spanish Edition! ❤️ El Enigma de Bletchley, translated by Álvaro Abella Villar and published by Maeva Red. So grateful to see this beautiful edition in the Spanish language. Thank you, Maeva!

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

My new novel, A FORTUNE OF SAND, is coming this summer! Set in 1920s Detroit, it's a tale of glamour and ambition in the auto industry—and the secrets buried beneath.

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

THE BLETCHLEY RIDDLE - Holiday Ebook Deal Today! 🎁😍

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

The 𝗜 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗬 𝗬𝗢𝗨 eBook is only $1.99 this week! 🎁

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Thank you, readers & codebreakers, for putting THE BLETCHLEY RIDDLE back on the NYT bestseller list!

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗚𝗜𝗙𝗧𝗦! 🎁 This season, I'm partnering with @parnassusbooks.bsky.social to offer signed and personalized editions of any my books. Visit parnassusbooks.net/ruta

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Thank you @people.com for the exclusive reveal of my new novel, 𝗔 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗗! Detroit 1927—how far will a family dynasty go to keep their secrets? Details: tinyurl.com/3uvydh5j

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

6 Middle Grade Historical Fiction Books by Indigenous Authors | Book Riot buff.ly/gvUBJB5

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

The Salt to the Sea ebook is only $2.99 this week! 😍

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Thank you, Pennsylvania! ❤️ We loved discussing history and mystery with you.

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Brooklyn Book Festival on Saturday. We had a great time!

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Cynthia Leitich Smith (Native Books for Young Readers & More) @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

It’s a new school year at IndigenousReadsRising.com! Check out these terrific titles (and more!) along with educator resources. #KidLit #BookSky

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

“It has always been my dream to write a book that combines so much of what I love: history, art, poetry, animals, and food!” Karina Yan Glaser in conversation with her editor Anne Hoppe about working together on Yan Glaser’s new middle grade novel, ‘The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli’ buff.ly/BqJ1q6J

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Ruth Parker @ruthparker.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

For the first time in a VERY long time, I took myself off for a little bike ride and a read on the river bank. Superb book for my year 5/6 class and a wonderful way to relax. @rutasepetys.bsky.social

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Punctured Lines @puncturedlines.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Today on the blog: A list of graphic memoirs and novels of Soviet trauma, written by women with personal or familial connections to the former USSR. Y Nayberg, Lena Wolf, @rutasepetys.bsky.social, @verabrosgol.bsky.social, J Aleskeyeva, A Ulinich, H Moisseinen puncturedlines.com/2025/08/05/g...

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

The 𝙄 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙮 𝙔𝙤𝙪 eBook is only $1.99 today! 😍

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 01/08/2025

Wow, so much wonderful art! Now open for public viewing: SCBWI Summer 2025 Portfolio Showcase - www.scbwi.org/submissions/... #scbwisummer25 #KidLit #SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social Pls show your support for *human* artists by boosting? It's a challenging time for illustrators to find work. Thank you! 🩷

Promotional image for the SCBWI Summer Virtual Conference 2025, taking place online from July 31 to August 3. The text highlights the Portfolio Showcase, which is open to the public, and includes a registration link at scbwi.org. The illustration by Liz Brizzi shows diverse children engaged in creative activities with famous landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and Golden Gate Bridge in the background.

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Heartfelt thanks to readers, teachers, librarians, and booksellers for sharing the history! 🙏

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Fall Event Schedule 🌟 Several weeks of bookstore events, conferences, school visits, and over a dozen events with Steve Sheinkin for The Bletchley Riddle! Schedule: rutasepetys.com/events/

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Rock the Boat @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

A wonderful evening celebrating @rutasepetys.bsky.social and Steve Sheinkin's The Bletchley Riddle which was Highly Commended in the 11-13 years category of the Young Quills Award 2025!

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

The Bletchley Riddle ebook is only $1.99 today! 😍

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

𝗨𝗞 𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦! Join us for a free virtual event on June 30th with Seven Stories to discuss our historical mystery 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗬 𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘. Free for schools and home-educators. Registration Required: tinyurl.com/3kbn59bm

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Readers & Writers in 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗! Join me Thursday, June 12th, for a free event at the Weston Library in Oxford where I will discuss the power of historical fiction. Register: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/jun25/...

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

📚 We are thrilled to be shortlisted for The Week Junior Book Awards! View the shortlists by visiting theweekjuniorbookawards.co.uk. Congrats to artist, Jim Tierney, and our UK publisher @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social ! 🥳

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Rock the Boat @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

We're delighted to announce that The Bletchley Riddle by @rutasepetys.bsky.social and Steve Sheinkin has been shortlisted for the @histassoc.bsky.social's Young Quills award 2025!✨✨ Find out more here⬇️ history.org.uk/secondary/ca...

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

National Ambassadors for Young People's Literature Respond to the Removal of the Librarian of Congress buff.ly/WfKD1DD

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Molly Ringle @writermollyringle.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Authors Against Book Bans is seeking subject matter experts/veterans of the Academic Publishing, Comics, and Self-Publishing worlds to help engage more folks in those areas! Join here. @authorsabb.bsky.social docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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AABB Special Expertise Request

Because our expertise is centered strongly in the traditional publishing world, AABB is seeking subject matter experts/veterans of the Academic Publishing, Comics, and Self-Publishing worlds. We're lo...

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

🥳 Happy to announce my debut historical novel for adults! It was such a thrill to unearth a bit of hidden history in my birthplace of Detroit. Coming summer of 2026!

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Mass Teen Choice Book Award @mateenbookaward.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Meet the 21 nominees for the 2025 Mass Teen Choice Book Award! This is the only award in the Bay State that invites students in grades 7-12 to vote for their favorite recently published books.

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 18/03/2025

Contact your representatives and let them know public libraries are essential ☎️ A recent Executive Order calls for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the nation’s only federal agency for U.S. libraries. ⤵️

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Show Up For Our Libraries - Tell Your Story

Please share a story about how libraries have a positive impact in YOUR community. This might be a story about you or your family, or about other library users who have benefitted from the library&...

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Laurie Halse Anderson spoke with PW about her new novel, ‘Rebellion 1776,’ her fascination with disease and history, and what draws her to continue writing about the founding years of this country

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Q & A with Laurie Halse Anderson

We spoke with Laurie Halse Anderson, recipient of the 2023 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, about her new middle grade novel, 'Rebellion 1776,' which explores the chaotic time of the start of the…

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 & 𝗠𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥! 🤩 Steve Sheinkin and I will be touring schools in Sept/Oct for the paperback release of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲. Fun for readers, mathletes, and codebreakers! Interested schools > ask your local bookstore to put in a request via Penguin Young Readers!

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 09/03/2025

Chicago, Denver, Boise, and Harrisburg friends - I'm headed your way on book tour this week! Click & keep reading for links to the public events (thread). Some require registration, so please check details & I hope I'll get to see you soon! ❤️

Green background with a photo of Kate Messner and book cover for HISTORY SMASHERS EARTH DAY AND THE ENVIRONMENT with book tour schedule:

Meet Middle Grade Author
Kate Messner

"Fun, fast history for kids who want the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth. Absolutely smashing!"
-CANDACE FLEMING, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR

HISTORY
SMASHERS
EARTH DAY
AND THE
ENVIRONMENT

THERE'S
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TO THIS STORY.

Tuesday, March Il
6:30 pm CDT
Clenville Public Library
In association with The Book Stall
Glenview, IL

Wednesday, March 12
5:00 pm CDT
Anderson's Downers Crove
Downers Grove, IL

Friday, March 14
6:00 pm MDT
The Bookies Bookstore
Denver, CO

Saturday, March 15
1:30 pm MDT
Boise Public Library
In association with Rediscovered Books,
Boise, ID

Monday, March 17
6:00 pm EDT
Penn State Harrisburg

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 and 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗬 ebooks are only $𝟭.𝟵𝟵 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬! 😍📚

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Thanks to Lipscomb University and President McQueen for inviting me to be part of the Presidential Signature Series and give this year's Landiss Lecture!

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School Library Journal @slj.com · 19/02/2025

The Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Inc. (BCALA) and School Library Journal have revealed the winners of the 2025 Children & Youth Literary Awards, which celebrate the diversity of the Black experience.

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BCALA, SLJ Announce 2025 Winners of the Children & Youth Literary Awards

The Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Inc. and School Library Journal announce the 2025 Children & Youth Literary Awards, which celebrate the diversity of the Black experience.

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

𝗡𝗔𝗦𝗛𝗩𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘! 🤠 I'm honored to be part of the Presidential Signature Series at Lipscomb University. Join me Tues. Feb. 25th at the George Shinn Center. Reception at 5 pm. Lecture at 6 pm followed by a book signing. Register: tinyurl.com/mw6jnuze

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

TODAY! 😍 The ebook of THE BLETCHLEY RIDDLE is only $2.99!

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

TEXAS! 🤩 I'll be at @nttbfest.bsky.social Fri. Feb. 28 for Educator Day and Sat. March 1st for the public day. I'll be taking part in several panels with many fantastic writers like Alan Gratz, Karina Yan Glaser, Libba Bray, Linda Sue Park, and others! Info: www.northtexasteenbookfestival.com

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Translators are hidden heroes! 🏆 Thrilled to sponsor a translation scholarship for #SCBWINY25. Congratulations, Hongyu Jasmine Zhu!

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Joel Bezaire @joelbezaire.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Our 6th graders are reading “The Bletchley Riddle”, so I’m back in the classroom Monday/Tuesday to build soda can Enigma machines and teach about the fundamental counting principle and Alan Turing. Excited! cc: @rutasepetys.bsky.social #iteachmath #onceagain

Tons of scotch tape, scissors, Enigma settings printed on paper and an example build of a soda can enigma machine using a Sprite can.

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Jennifer Guyor Jowett @jenguyorjowett.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Another incredible banner for our #dogearedbookawards2024, created by 7th grade volunteers. The Bletchley Riddle by @rutasepetys.bsky.social and @stevesheinkin

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

January, 2025 marks the 80 year anniversary of the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, the single largest maritime disaster in history. Grateful to the readers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, book clubs, and publishers worldwide who have helped me bring this history out of the dark!

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Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

A great piece on foreshadowing by Tiffany Yates Martin.

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