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Betsy Uhrig @betsyuhrig.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hey, #Teachers, #Librarians, #SchoolLibrarians, #BookPosse, ARC sharing groups: The Boy from Elsewhere ARCs are here! 🪶Young teen romantasy 🪶Short and sweet 🪶But also snarky and sarcastic because it's me Let me know if you want an ARC by reposting / acting excited! @simonkids.bsky.social

Box of advance reading copies for The Boy from Elsewhere by Betsy Uhrig. Cover features a boy and a girl amid a mysterious swirl of feathers. Back cover header reads "Even an ordinary girl can be brushed by a feather of magic."

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My forkful of stuck-together fruit at lunch today looked just like a chicken’s face. That is all.

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Exciting package on the porch from Sourcebooks! Must be author copies of HEIST AT THE MUSEUM! 😍🔥

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Trailer for my new true crime book for kids ages 8-12 (sound on for narration)! Teachers and librarians, feel free to contact me for a print or digital ARC!

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

COVER REVEAL!! My new true crime series for kids steals onto shelves on Oct 6! Pre-orders available NOW everywhere books are sold.

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Christiana Doucette @doucette515.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Visiting the local Indie bookstore. Look! Friends! @ryanjamesblack.bsky.social @subity.bsky.social I loved that they had Valor Wings front facing. And I might have left Nimble Nottingham front facing, too. 😄

The Dark Times of Nimble Nottingham

The London Blitz meets Shadow Monsters

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Sunrise on a foggy morning

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Had a blast meeting young readers and new and old author friends at Books by the Banks in Cincinnati!

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Authorcade @authorcade.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Excellent virtual school visit with a creative writing class in Ohio where @sylvialiu.bsky.social, Kate Albus, and @subity.bsky.social shared writing wisdom and their choices for writing craft books. Which of these have you read??

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

WOW! 🤯Sold out of books! Was not expecting such a great turnout and enthusiasm at the Buckeye Book Festival for Valor Wings and The Last Shadow Warrior, but I'm grateful! 🙏

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Soooo excited to announce my next book for kids due out next Fall! Any junior True Crime enthusiasts out there?? Or if you like I Survived, be sure to check this out!

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Authorcade @authorcade.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Who's ready for an opportunity so good it's 👻scary? 👻 #teachersky and #librarians! What: FREE virtual class visit with 3 middle grade authors!! How: Follow & repost to enter When: Ends Wed 10/8 Where: US/CAN 🎃Good luck!🎃

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Authorcade @authorcade.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

15 BOOK GIVEAWAY for teacher & librarian friends! Celebrate back-to-school with Middle Grade Authorcade! You could win 15 books for your library, including 2 out this month! Enter here: app.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display... by subscribing to our newsletter. Boost for extra entries! US only. Ends 8/24

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

LOVE seeing VALOR WINGS on the list of Surrey Schools Top 10 Books of the Year!! 🤩🙏

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Authorcade @authorcade.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

We're sooo excited to see Authorcade's own @victorpineiro.bsky.social with his new book: THE ISLAND OF FORGOTTEN GODS on Amazon's Best Books of August in time for its launch TODAY!!

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Authorcade @authorcade.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Something BIG is coming from Middle Grade Authorcade! Be on the lookout for a GIGANTIC giveaway coming Sunday 8/17! Want to get ahead of the game? Head on over to our website and subscribe to our newsletter here: www.authorcade.com/signup

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Authorcade @authorcade.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Grab your pre-order discount on upcoming titles from Authorcade! With everything from fantasy and adventure to sports and contemporary, there's something for everyone on the bus! @victorpineiro.bsky.social @alyssacolman.bsky.social @chadgalucas.bsky.social @sylvialiu.bsky.social

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Authorcade @authorcade.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

It's a ⭐️review for @victorpineiro.bsky.social's upcoming MG novel! "A vibrant blend of contemporary coming of age with mythological adventure. Nico’s unforgettable summer is deeply rooted in love for family, storytelling, and the history of a place that is both magical and real."

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Authorcade @authorcade.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

We had a blast chatting with students from Hunter's Creek Middle School in Orlando! Lots of great questions, conversation, and of course--book recs! ⏰ TIME VILLIANS by Victor Piñeiro 🏠 NOTHING ELSE BUT MIRACLES by Kate Albus 💖 GLITTER GETS EVERYWHERE by Yvette Clark

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Dubious author achievement unlocked: Signing a body part for the first time! A fifth grade boy at a local book fair already had an author's name scrawled across his forehead and asked me to sign his neck. Turns out, not that easy to sign on skin with a Sharpie!

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Authorcade @authorcade.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

🐰Spring into action for our last GIVEAWAY of the school year! 🐰 #teachersky and #librarians! What: FREE virtual class visit with 3 middle grade authors!! How: Follow & repost to enter When: Ends Mon 4/7 Where: US/CAN Good luck!

Image shows two stacks of books by Middle Grade Authorcade authors, with the text, Author Visit! With 3 of these authors! Reading Rocks!

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Jessica Vitalis @jessicavitalis.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

April is National Poetry Month! If you're looking for a book that's "intensely readable" (School Library Journal) be sure to check out Unsinkable Cayenne!

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Here's the visual I use to describe the creative process to students. Your initial spark of excitement is going to wane and maybe even flame out entirely. But the magic happens when your "won't quit" kicks in and you finish that amazing thing you started.

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Authorcade @authorcade.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Dear Teachers, Librarians, & Parents! Check out our new series, First Chapter Fridays! Up this week: THE VANISHED ONES, a new fantasy for 10-14 yo's by award-winning author Chad Lucas / @chadgalucas.bsky.social Hear the story in the author’s own voice! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFY6...

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Adrian Neibauer @mrneibauer.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I can’t wait to read @subity.bsky.social’s book, VALOR WINGS, with my fifth-graders. It’s going to be a fantastic read aloud! #TeacherSky #KidLit

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Kids are always asking me what my writing process looks like. So I decided to apply my data skills to explain it in a visual:

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Sylvia Liu @sylvialiu.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

✨That wonderful feeling seeing all my @mgauthorcade.bsky.social friends in a huge pile! ✨ Our group of 15 MG authors debuted together in 2021, and look how far we've come. Thanks Kate Albus for the photo. (Follow MG Authorcade for virtual school visit giveaways)

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Going through some of my old college stuff, I pulled this out of the box. Son: Oh is that a dictionary? I think I’ve heard of those. What do you do with them?

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Authorcade @authorcade.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

📢📢GIVEAWAY!!📢📢 Who: For #teachers & #librarians! What: FREE virtual class visit w/ 3 middle grade authors!! How: Follow & repost to enter When: Ends Mon 3/10 ⏰ Where: US/CAN Why: Because you're amazing! 🍀Good luck!

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Hey Middle Grade book fans! Check out my year-end wrap-up of the MG market, hot off the presses! All the data you didn't know you wanted to know. 🤓 www.samsubity.com/mg-landscape...

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Middle Grade Book Landscape 2024 | Sam Subity

A first look at the middle grade books published so far in 2024 with stats on publisher share, genre popularity, point of view, and gender.

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Me to son after school visit: Why do kids always laugh when I say I'm from Ohio? Son: Because Ohio means something else now. Me: Um...what? Son: Just wait till they realize your last name sounds like "skibidi."

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Next Monday! Join us for the live release of my latest data on the middle grade book market along with a Q&A for all your burning questions about what's happening with middle grade books.

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Happy birthday, J.R.R. Tolkien (1.3.1892 - 9.2.1973) #tolkien

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Honored to see Valor Wings among Books for Kids' "Six Best Books I Read in 2024"! booksforkids.substack.com

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Anyone remember when we didn't have the internet to resolve arguments for us? My brothers and I argued every year about what happened "Up on the housetop" -- reindeer paws or pause? Now we're too old to remember who said what, so we all claim we were in the "paws" camp. 😆🎅

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

My kids' go-to first Christmas movie every year is Noelle. Seems like no one I talk to has heard of it, but if you liked Elf, then this is definitely one to give a try. 🎅 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuir...

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Noelle Trailer #1 (2019) | Movieclips Trailers

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

As a data analyst, I appreciate fun ways to represent data. Like this graphic from CNN that illustrates the most common ways your holiday decor might send you to the hospital. Turns out: cuts from glass ornaments is highest on the list. You're much less likely to have your tree fall on you. 🎄

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Melissa Dassori @melissadassori.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

My next novel, GRETA EVER AFTER, opens during Greta's family vacation in Esslingen, Germany, where she discovers a cuckoo clock that just might be magic. 😊 Someone near and dear to me visited Esslingen recently and got to take an ARC with him. (For those on Edelweiss, eARCs are available!)

Slide with cover of the novel Greta Ever After and three photos of the book in Esslingen, Germany, in front of pastel colored medieval buildings.

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Alyssa Colman @alyssacolman.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I’m excited to share that ARCs for my new novel, WHERE ONLY STORMS GROW, are now available to request on NetGalley and Edelweiss! Yay! It’s I SURVIVED meets THE WAR THAT SAVED MY LIFE set during the 1930’s American Dust Bowl. I hope readers enjoy it!

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Lori Tecler @loritecler.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

There’s nothing better than finding a cozy spot to sit & read a book! This #DonorsChoose project will give our media center comfy new ottomans for our readers to enjoy while they’re reading throughout the day. Donations doubled w/code HOME! Any support/RP appreciated. #clearthelist bit.ly/3XUFPYJ

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Seating for School Success, a project from Ms. Tecler

Help me give my students a foam ottoman set, so they are able to focus on learning and soar to success. Our school's media center is a hub of activity and learning. Students visit to browse for...

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Chad Lucas @chadgalucas.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Surprise book mail today. Literally a surprise because this is the first of *two* releases I have in January so I wasn’t sure what would be in the box. Paperback edition of Let The Monster Out is in stores January 7 and available for preorder now! #mglit

Copies of Let The Monster Out, a middle grade novel by Chad Lucas, are shown in a cardboard box. The cover image shows four boys facing off against various nightmares depicted in broken glass.

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

For our self-care event at work today, they brought in picture books for us to read while we sipped hot cocoa and it was awesome.

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Boosting this great giveaway! 🏀

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I'd also really love this super cool Lego typewriter for the office where I do my writing. But sadly it's sold out. #kidlitchat

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Hey #kidlitchat! If you're interested in a bookish state of the union for middle grade books, sign up for my free webinar next month when I do a wrap up on 2024 and trends over the last decade. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-middle...

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The Middle Grade Book Publishing Landscape

We'll take a deep dive into areas of middle grade book publishing that the industry doesn’t share.

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I see a lot of people going for the writing retreat. I've heard that Highlights is a fantastic retreat location for writers. Anyone been there or to any others they'd recommend? #kidlitchat

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Teachers and Librarians!! Don't miss this chance for a FREE author visit from 3 middle grade authors!! 🤩

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

This Giving Tuesday, I'm thanking educators for your awesome support for VALOR WINGS with free copies! To get YOUR free copy: ✅ 1. Be a teacher or librarian of students grades 4-7 (US only) 🏫 2. Provide your school address in this form: forms.gle/znpZBacXMDx1... ♻️3. Repost to help spread the word!

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