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BookBreak @bookbreak4schools.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Happy book birthday to: 📚 Izzy vs. Cheerleading by Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social We can’t wait to read it! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!

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Pat Zietlow Miller (she/her) @patzmiller.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

When I shared @taradairman.bsky.social putting ONE CAN BE in a Colorado @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social I forgot that @jennbertman.bsky.social also put the book in a LFL at Colorado’s WOW! Children's Museum for double the fun. #onecanbe #50states #colorado #megakidlit #booksky

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Tara Dairman @taradairman.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Hey, that's my YA debut--WE ARE THE DEVILS--getting a mention in the @publisherswkly.bsky.social Rights Roundup! 😈

The Latest in Children's and YA Deals: New projects this week include The Gods Will Sing Our Song by Autumn Krause, a YA historical fantasy pitched as Divine Rivals meets Lovely War, about two Japanese American teenagers in a WWII incarceration camp, who collide with ancient magic and confront heart-wrenching injustices; Tara Dairman’s We Are the Devils, a darkly humorous YA novel about five cheerleaders who resolve to bully a new teammate off the squad—until that teammate's violent agenda starts to transform their lens on femininity, perfection, and themselves; and Livia Blackburne’s middle grade fiction debut, Echoes Across the Water, set in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War, in which two girls, one in Mao’s China and one in Kuomintang-ruled Taiwan, find their lives intertwined through dreams as they navigate a secret that may heal their families or tear them apart.

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Tara Dairman @taradairman.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Two new books coming from me in 2027 and 2028! My YA debut, and my next middle grade.

publishers weekly book deal announcement: Lynne Missen at Tundra Books has acquired world rights, in a preempt, to two novels by Tara Dairman. We Are the Devils is a darkly humorous YA about five cheerleaders who resolve to bully an ugly, messy new teammate off the squad—until that teammate's own violent agenda starts to transform their lens on femininity, perfection, and themselves. It's All Kosher in North Dakota is a contemporary middle grade novel that follows "Jewish-ish" Danny Fishbein-O'Donnell from Brooklyn to rural North Dakota, where his family has inherited an old restaurant—complete with family history and mysteries, and tough questions about what being Jewish means to him. The first book will publish in fall 2027; Ammi-Joan Paquette at Aevitas Creative Management did the deal.

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Samantha M Clark @samanthamclark.com · 14/11/2025

New books!!! Including new books from @taradairman.bsky.social !! Going on my to read list already.

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Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Two new novels from @taradairman.bsky.social! The holidays have come early for me this year! 🥳

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Sondra Eby @sondrae.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

So thrilled to be a mentor in the SCBWI Michelle Begley Mentorship Program for writers and artists this year. If you're in the Rocky Mts, apply! I've been a mentee a few times, last year with the fabulous @taradairman.bsky.social. Highly recommend! #rmcscbwi #writersky #booksky #artistsky #kidlit

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Tara Dairman @taradairman.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Banning books is as unAmerican as you can get. Thank you to everyone who takes action and pushes back. If you're a book creator (traditionally or independently published), please join @authorsabb.bsky.social. #bannedbooksweek

banned books week image: The word "censorship" written in all caps in black seven times, with a red paint strikethrough through every word. at the bottom it says "is so 1984."

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Emily Krempholtz 📚 @writersofrohan.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

This year for Banned Books Week, I teamed up w @taradairman.bsky.social & Kellye Crocker, my co-leaders of the Colorado chapter of AABB, to showcase some of what we've been up to in Colorado this year, as well as why everyone should be thinking about banned books and some next steps for our state.

Celebrate and protect your right to read, an excerpt from an op Ed in Westword magazine about banned books week

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Tara Dairman @taradairman.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

That's me, talking about turning ideas into books, relying on my critique partners, and GO, BABY, GO's path to publication at @boonewrites.bsky.social's blog! Thanks for having me, Mary :)

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Tara Dairman @taradairman.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

My 2nd picture book, GO, BABY, GO! hits shelves today! A great read-aloud for ages 3-7, or new-baby gift for runners. If you see it out in the wild, I’d love a pic 😊 Biggest thanks to wonderful illustrator @modoodles.bsky.social and lovely publisher Peachtree for bringing this book to life.

Cover for the picture book Go, Baby, Go! by Tara Dairman and Olivia Amoah. Shows a mom jogging, pushing an exuberant young child in a jogging stroller.

spread from the picture book Go, Baby, Go! showing a rainbow and a mom jogging pushing a jogging stroller with an excited kiddo inside. text reads: Rainbow arcs across the sky. Final stretch now. Fly, Baby, fly!

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Myra Faye Turner @myrafayeturner.blacksky.app · 16/07/2025

I was running my mouth offline and missed the #kidlitchat, so I'm late to the party. Without a doubt the two #kidlit books I would be excited to see get the movie treatment are Boy 2.0 by ‪@traceybaptiste.bsky.social‬ and The Girl from Earth's End by @taradairman.bsky.social‬

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Tara Dairman @taradairman.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Colorado friends, please mark your calendars: I have THREE book events in the next month to celebrate the publication of @modoodles.bsky.social's & my new picture book, GO, BABY, GO! - a mom-and-kiddo jogging-stroller adventure set in our beloved Rocky mountains. I'd love to see you there!

Fort Collins book events for...Go, Baby, Go!
Launch party - treats, trivia, & fun! Sunday, July 27, 1pm, Old Town LIbrary
Outdoor local author reading & crafts Wednesday, July 30, 3:30-5:3opm (I read at 5pm), The Gardens on Spring Creek
Storytime! Sunday, August 3, 1pm, Barnes & Noble on College Ave.

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Tara Dairman @taradairman.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Been arting! (Self-portrait in graphite pencil, pastel, and prismacolor pencil)

A self-portrait drawing, mostly in black and white graphite pencil, but with a rainbow colored scarf detail added in pastel and prismacolor pencil. Subject has short hair and glasses and is wearing an open fleece jacket over the rainbow scarf.

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Tara Dairman @taradairman.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Happy happy book birthday, @annbraden.bsky.social and INTO THE RAPIDS! This book is wonderful!

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Rhode Island Authors Against Book Bans @aabbri.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Today is the day! Join us 10-3 ET for readings by acclaimed kidlit authors honoring the legacy of Floyd Cooper, celebrating the power of #kidlit to connect & hopefully inspiring all of us to take action to protect the #FreedomToRead. Take 1 minute today: action.everylibrary.org/freedomtoread

FREEDOM
READ-IN
MORNING 10:00AM-12:45PM ET
BIT.LY /READ-IN-AM
10:00: Padma Venkatraman & Jeanette Bradley
Introductions & Tribute to Floyd Cooper 10:15: Federico Erebia, Pedro & Daniel
10:30: Suma Subramaniam, Namaste Is A Greeting
10:45: Rajani LaRocca, Your One and Only Heart
11:00: Tara Dairman, The Girl from Earth's End 11:15: Debbi Michiko Florence, Jasmine Toguchi Flamingo Keeper
11:30: Sarah Brannen, Uncle Bobbys Wedding
11:45: Martha Freeman, The Trouble with Babies
12:00: Robin Stevenson, Pride Puppy & A Hug on the Wind
12:15: Lesa Cline-Ransome, One Big Open Sky
12:30: Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Love in the Library
AFTERNOON 1:00PM-3:00PM ET
BIT.LY / READ-IN-PM
1:00: Veera Hiranandani, The Night Diary
1:15: Samantha Clark, Arrow
1:30: Juana Martinez-Neal, Alma and How She Got Her Name
1:45: Alison Green Myers, A Bird Will Soar
2:00: Lisa Stringfellow, Kingdom of Dust
2:15: Dana Alison Levy, Not Another Banned Book
2:30: Carol Boston Weatherford, Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
2:45: Margarita Engle, Drum Dream Girl
IN SUPPORT OF FREEDOM TO READ EFFORTS ACROSS THE U.S.
MAY 9, 2025 - 10-3 ET

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Rhode Island Authors Against Book Bans @aabbri.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Calling all #Teachers #Educators #Readers #Writers to tune in for the FREEDOM READ-IN! Support #FreedomToRead by streaming for FREE on 9 May (Friday of #ChildrensBookWeek) #kidlit PLEASE REGISTER IN ADVANCE! Morning 10-12:45 : crowdcast.io/c/z2e4i7i652g1 Afternoon 1-3 : crowdcast.io/c/ky2m562xhkso

FREEDOM READ-IN
MORNING 10:00AM-12:45PM ET
10:00: Padma Venkatraman & Jeanette Bradley
Introductions & Tribute to Floyd Cooper 10:15: Federico Erebia, Pedro & Daniel
10:30: Suma Subramaniam, Namaste Is A Greeting
10:45: Rajani LaRocca, Your One and Only Heart
11:00: Tara Dairman, The Girl from Earth's End 11:15: Debbi Michiko Florence, Jasmine Toguchi Flamingo Keeper
11:30: Sarah Brannen, Uncle Bobby's Wedding
11:45: Martha Freeman, The Trouble with Babies
12:00: Robin Stevenson, Pride Puppy & A Hug on the Wind
12:15: Lesa Cline-Ransome, Before She Was Harriet
12:30: Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Love in the Library
FREE, LIVE, ONLINE EVENT
SUPPORT FREEDOM TO READ EFFORTS ACROSS THE U.S.

MAY 9, 2025 - 10-3 ET

FREEDOM
READ-IN
AFTERNOON 1:00PM-3:00PM ET
1:00: Veera Hiranandani, The Night Diary
1:15: Samantha Clark, Arrow
1:30: Juana Martinez-Neal, Alma and How She Got Her Name
1:45: Alison Green Myers, A Bird Will Soar
2:00: Lisa Stringfellow, Kingdom of Dust
2:15: Dana Alison Levy, Not Another Banned Book
2:30: Carol Boston Weatherford, Unspeakable: The Tulsa
Race Massacre
2:45: Margarita Engle, Drum Dream Girl
FREE, LIVE, ONLINE EVENT
SUPPORT FREEDOM TO READ EFFORTS ACROSS THE U.S.

MAY 9, 2025 - 10-3 ET

SUPPORT FREEDOM TO READ EFFORTS ACROSS THE U.S.
FREEDOM
READ-IN
20 ACCLAIMED AUTHORS - 5 HOURS
FREE, LIVE, ONLINE EVENT

MAY 9, 2025 - 10-3 ET

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/04/2025

Here’s the bill. It’s currently been passed by both the House & the Senate, and it’s just waiting for the governor’s signature to make it a law.

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Colorado SB063 | 2025 | Regular Session

Draft Listing (2025-04-16) Library Resource Decision Standards for Public Schools [Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass]

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/04/2025

Colorado authors: Authors Against Book Bans in Colorado are appearing before the Colorado legislature and getting action on bills to protect Coloradans from book bans. SB 63 is moving through the legislature. If you’re not a member, please consider joining!

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Tara Dairman @taradairman.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Shame Jubilee. This blew my mind! @courtneymilan.com is so freaking smart.

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Ann Braden (she/her) @annbraden.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

INTO THE RAPIDS comes out in about a month & I'm excited to share this review! With my brilliant editor @nancyrosep.bsky.social by my side, I set out to write a story short enough to be accessible to lots of readers, while still telling a deep, meaningful story. Glad Booklist thinks we nailed it!

“Braden successfully explores the inner determination and strength of her characters, accomplishing in under 200 pages what many longer books fail to achieve. Each sentence holds a nuggest of wisdom that will touch the reader.

But don’t blink, or you’ll miss details that will take you through the rapids to a satisfying conclusion.” -- Booklist

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Emily Krempholtz 📚 @writersofrohan.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Authors, if you haven't already joined Authors Against Book Bans, consider this your official call to action! It's open to any author or illustrator whose name is on a book. Check out www.authorsagainstbookbans.com to sign up, and if you have any specific questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

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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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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Harper Collins did not sign. So weird how being owned by Rupert Murdoch means they can't even advocate for their own survival. Libraries are a HUGE part of all publishers' bottom lines. If you can't speak out bc it's right, speak out bc otherwise this destroys your bottom line ffs

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Tara Dairman @taradairman.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Excited to share that @modoodles.bsky.social & I have a picture book coming out this summer, GO, BABY, GO (an epic parent-kiddo jogging-stroller adventure), and that it already has a rave review from Kirkus! Please consider preordering from your local indie bookstore &/or requesting at your library.

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Tara Dairman @taradairman.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Cool? Reading a book your friend wrote. Even cooler? Listening to an audiobook your friend NARRATED of her book!! Those 5 starred reviews don't lie, EVERYTHING IS POISON is fantastic, and @joymccullough.bsky.social reads the heck out of it. Got my copy from @libro.fm to support indie bookstores.

Screenshot of the audiobook cover for EVERYTHING IS POISON by Joy McCullough, read by the author

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Ann Braden (she/her) @annbraden.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

INTO THE RAPIDS comes out in 3 months! "A moving & inspiring story about living with & through the traumas of our lives and about finding strength and hope in relationships and community" - Chrissy B, librarian If you pre-order you'll get these VERY necessary stickers & entry to win a Q&A visit!

Pre-ordering Perks for INTO THE RAPIDS:
Stickers that say: "In the fierce rapids of life, I've got your back"
and a chance to win a Q&A virtual visit

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Jennifer Chambliss Bertman @jennbertman.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

This year I have a personal goal to do more writing play. To that end, I've been creating weekly writing prompts and responding to them on Substack. Here is my sixth #writingpromptwednesday. Would love for you to join me! #edusky #kidlit open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

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Writing Prompt Wednesday #6

Pick your own path

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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Has your name ever appeared in the credits of a book, or is it likely to in the near future? Then you should join @authorsabb.bsky.social! Full transcript and jpg of this zine formatted for print available here: www.patreon.com/posts/i-want... #authorsagainstbookbans

cover of a zine titled Do you make books? Yes? I want YOU to join Authors Against Book Bans! By Maia Kobabe

WHAT IS AUTHORS AGAINST BOOK BANS?

A coalition of writers, illustrators, editors & other book creators, standing united against the unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We support the availability of diverse voices in our libraries, in our schools, & in our culture. We pledge to band together against the oppression of literature, to speak when our voices are silenced, to go where our bodies are needed, & to fight to ensure this freedom.

Our concern is not only for the books, but for the children, families, educators, librarians, & communities who suffer when the freedom to read is challenged and taken away.

WHAT CAN AUTHORS AGAINST BOOK BANS OFFER YOU?

- Regional groups working on legislation to protect authors & the freedom to read state-by-state

- Online trainings on digital security, public speaking, & how to counter book challenges in your community

-Affinity groups for BIPOC authors, queer authors, authors with disabilities, indie, nonfiction, romance writers & more

-Support if your book is challenged or your school visit is canceled!

-A very active discord community

Maia: I’ve been facing intense challenges to my book since 2021. Knowing that I am not alone in the fight against censorship is what keeps my spirits up!

Watching the folks in AABB share information, co-write legislation, show up to library & school board meetings, & speak up to publishers about the need to protect diverse books & minority authors has been amazing!

This is a weird & scary time to be an author, but you are not alone! Join thousands of us fighting for the freedom to read, the freedom to write, the freedom to teach, the freedom to learn, & the freedom to share our stories!

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Both Maryland and Minnesota passed anti-book ban bills last year. This legislative session, both states have proposed bills that would permit book banning in schools. Here's what they are and the way these legislators are undermining the freedom to read: bookriot.com/new-legislat...

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New Legislative Tactics to Undermine Anti-Book Ban Bills: Book Censorship News, February 7, 2025

New legislative proposals in Maryland and Minnesota aim to undermine the Anti-Book Ban Bills passed in those states just last year.

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Emily Krempholtz 📚 @writersofrohan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Colorado friends - A bill to protect school libraries and librarians from book bans (SB25-063) is coming up in front of the Colorado State Senate Education Committee on February 10. It needs to get approved by this committee to have a chance at becoming law. THE BILL NEEDS YOUR HELP. (1/4)

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Tara Dairman @taradairman.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Just bought a copy of @underwoodwriter.bsky.social's OGILVY after reading it years ago from the library and loving it. Such a perfect book about dressing how you want and playing how you like. Facing book bans now. Maybe you need your own copy, too? deborahunderwood.substack.com/p/of-book-ba...

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Of Book Bans and Bunnies

Hello, friends.

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Tara Dairman @taradairman.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

If you're a published author or illustrator (indie or trad, short stories & anthologies also count!), PLEASE join me as a member of Authors Against Book Bans. I'm the Colorado state co-leade, and we've already got stuff cooking to support a new bill protecting school libraries from book-banning.

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Jennifer Chambliss Bertman @jennbertman.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Congrats to @erinentrada.bsky.social who just won the Newbery Medal for The First State of Being! And if that wasn’t cool enough, she just joined the ranks of Kate DiCamillo, Katherine Paterson, E.L. Konigsburg, and Elizabeth George Speare with two gold medals and one honor. #kidlit

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KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Really looking forward to this event on Saturday with evangriffith.bsky.social and adriannacuevas.bsky.social at birdhousebooksatx.bsky.social. Love love love that students will be guiding our discussion on banned books! 👊🏼

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Hey while megaretailers profiting one of the richest men in world are out here doing this shit www.advocate.com/news/amazon-... maybe it's a fun time to switch to @librofm.bsky.social for audiobooks. Select the indie bookstore you'd like to support, listen away. Comp prices to aforementioned jerks

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Amazon removes 'equity for Black people' and 'LGBTQ+ rights' from company policies

Amazon has quietly removed protections for Black and LGBTQ+ workers from its company policies.

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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Now and then, I'm asked to review a book for the Times. Never before have I been sent a book that is so perfect for me! Iowa City? Check! Jews? Check! Poetry? Check! In fact, I once interviewed for a job at the Scattergood Friends School! Synchronicity, you say? Coincidence? Magic, say I!

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Book Review: ‘Scattergood,’ by H.M. Bouwman (Gift Article)

In H.M. Bouwman’s wise and heartbreaking “Scattergood,” the shadow of the Holocaust reaches a farm girl trying to help her ailing friend.

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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Happy paperback birthday to the Edgar award-winning The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto! The paperback includes discussion questions and the first three chapters of What Fell From the Sky. Get your copy here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125... #kidlit #mglit #middlegrade

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Tara Dairman @taradairman.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Yes, please! I'm the new Colorado co-leader along with @writersofrohan.bsky.social, and we'd love to see our state's membership grow.

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Penguin School & Library @penguinschoollib.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Happy #BookBirthday to EVERYTHING IS POISON by Joy McCullough! This historical YA novel in prose and verse tells the story of a deadly secret hiding in plain sight and of the women who risk everything to provide care for those with nowhere else to turn.

EVERYTHING IS POISON by Joy McCullough Book Cover and Image

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Tara Dairman @taradairman.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I'm so excited for this one. Happy book birthday, @joymccullough.bsky.social!

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Lisa Yee . . . is confused about social media @lisayee.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

What? Huh? Today?! YES!!! It’s THE MISFITS #2 - A COPYCAT CONUNDRUM’s book birthday! Woo hoo and OOF!!! @dansantat.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social #misfits #bookbirthday #kidlit #celebrate #cake #books #reading #oof

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Elaine/E.B. Vickers @elainebvickers.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Using my 1st ever post here to say that HEARTFELT—my 9th book—is out in the world today, and I am feeling so grateful! 🎨 Samantha Cotterill 📖 @simonkids.bsky.social

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