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Ruta Sepetys
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Author of Historical Fiction Seeker of Lost Stories โ€ข Explorer of Shadows Past ๐Ÿ“˜ Between Shades of Gray ๐Ÿ“˜ Salt to the Sea ๐Ÿ“˜ The Fountains of Silence ๐Ÿ“˜ I Must Betray You ๐Ÿ“˜ The Bletchley Riddle ๐Ÿ“˜ You: The Story
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Congratulations to all!! ๐Ÿ’•
Check out our PW Best Books 2025 for your next favorite read! buff.ly/segXqqf
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6 Middle Grade Historical Fiction Books by Indigenous Authors | Book Riot buff.ly/gvUBJB5
Thank you!! โค๏ธ
The Salt to the Sea ebook is only $2.99 this week! ๐Ÿ˜
Yay!! And happy belated birthday. Hope it was wonderful!
Thank you, Pennsylvania! โค๏ธ
We loved discussing history and mystery with you.
Thank you, Melissa! โค๏ธ
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Brooklyn Book Festival on Saturday. We had a great time!
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Itโ€™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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โ€œIt has always been my dream to write a book that combines so much of what I love: history, art, poetry, animals, and food!โ€ Karina Yan Glaser in conversation with her editor Anne Hoppe about working together on Yan Glaserโ€™s new middle grade novel, โ€˜The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luliโ€™ buff.ly/BqJ1q6J
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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
Thank you for reading The Bletchley Riddle, Ruth! What a wonderful spot to relax and read. ๐Ÿ˜
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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

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The ๐™„ ๐™ˆ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™”๐™ค๐™ช eBook is only $1.99 today! ๐Ÿ˜
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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! ๐Ÿฉท
Heartfelt thanks to readers, teachers, librarians, and booksellers for sharing the history! ๐Ÿ™
I'll check! ๐Ÿ˜
Fall Event Schedule ๐ŸŒŸ
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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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!
The Bletchley Riddle ebook is only $1.99 today! ๐Ÿ˜
๐—จ๐—ž ๐—˜๐——๐—จ๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฆ! Join us for a free virtual event on June 30th with Seven Stories to discuss our historical mystery ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—–๐—›๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐——๐——๐—Ÿ๐—˜. Free for schools and home-educators. Registration Required: tinyurl.com/3kbn59bm
Thank you so much for attending the event!
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Readers & Writers in ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ก๐——!
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/...
Readers & Writers in ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ก๐——!
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/...