@cordeliajensen.bsky.social
MG/YA verse novelist, author of LILAC AND THE SWITCHBACK, EVERY SHINY THING, SKYSCRAPING, THE WAY THE LIGHT BENDS. Creative writing teacher, freelance editor and certified book coach.
So glad you enjoyed Lilac, Linda!!! 💜
27.10.2025 14:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Heads up #VerseNovel enthusiasts. I recently enjoyed reading and recommend #VerseNovels SPARK by @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social & LILAC AND THE SWITCHBACK by @cordeliajensen.bsky.social
27.10.2025 08:06 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
Behind every great cat character there’s a real cat?? Certainly true with Lilac and the Switchback! This is Lyle, the inspiration behind Lilac’s cat London. Want to read more about London? Interested in coming of age middle grade NIV? Check out Lilac and the Switchback!
24.10.2025 23:10 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Behind every great cat character there’s a real cat?? Certainly true with Lilac and the Switchback! This is Lyle, the inspiration behind Lilac’s cat London. Want to read more about London? Interested in coming of age middle grade NIV? Check out Lilac and the Switchback!
24.10.2025 23:10 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A middle grade book cover on a blue background. On the book cover, a blond child stands with her arms outstretched and back to the viewer, facing mountains in the distance. There is a black and white dog at her side, and the girl's shadow is in the shape of a bird.
Oh hey, it's another cover reveal! This middle grade novel in verse comes out on 5-26, with gorgeous cover design by Greg Stadnyk and art by Suzie Mason! (Don’t miss Kestrel’s shadow!) Available for pre-order now!
22.10.2025 17:15 — 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 0Thrilled for Aarzu All Around to be included in this brilliant round up of NIV! And I have so many to add to my TBR list and many I’ve ticked off😍
19.10.2025 06:06 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0Interested in reading the most recent YA/MG #versenovels ? Check out this comprehensive post!! #kidlit
17.10.2025 15:02 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Interested in reading the most recent YA/MG #versenovels ? Check out this comprehensive post!! #kidlit
17.10.2025 15:02 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A collage of twenty-one 2025 middle grade and young adult book covers. Books featured include This Is The Year, Glitch Girl!, Top Heavy, Lilac and The Switchback, The Girl In The Walls, Safe Harbor, The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez, Under The Neon Lights, The Leaving Room, Octopus moon, 13 Ways To Say Goodbye, Zarina Divided, Truth Is, Where The Heart Should Be, (S)kin, Everything is Poison, Radiant, The Burning Season, Island Creatures, The Siren and The Star and Please Pay Attention.
🌼 42 2025 Middle Grade and Young Adult Novels-In-Verse 🌼
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Some recent praise for Lilac and the Switchback!
17.10.2025 12:44 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Some recent praise for Lilac and the Switchback!
17.10.2025 12:44 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Wonderful to interview @cordeliajensen.bsky.social about her new book Lilac and the Switchback for Cynsations...Read more at this link: cynthialeitichsmith.com/2025/09/auth...
@cynleitichsmith.bsky.social @holidayhouse.bsky.social
#lilacandtheswitchback
15.10.2025 17:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
ICYMI, @mitumalhotra.bsky.social provided me with such a special opportunity on the Cynsations blog. Read her interview of me here: cynthialeitichsmith.com/2025/09/auth... #kidlit #versenovels
15.10.2025 17:49 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
ICYMI, @mitumalhotra.bsky.social provided me with such a special opportunity on the Cynsations blog. Read her interview of me here: cynthialeitichsmith.com/2025/09/auth... #kidlit #versenovels
15.10.2025 17:49 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
ICYMI, #LilacandtheSwitchback is a poetry.org 2025 Featured Fall Book for Young Readers!! #kidlit #middlegrade #poetry #versenovels
11.10.2025 13:28 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Grateful for this lovely review of Lilac and the Switchback in @thehornbook.bsky.social! Review is not final or published yet and will be excited to share all soon but here’s a glimpse! #kidlit #versenovels #middlegrade @holiday-house.bsky.social
12.10.2025 12:48 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Hope you'll join us at @magfest.org #magfest2026! @plaidcorelynn.bsky.social
13.10.2025 00:33 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
@sarahnfisk.bsky.social has a great podcast for people who want to see Kid Lit queries that have worked. There's a whole youtube playlist, too! youtu.be/nngGutSWBqU...
#KidLitChat
Grateful for this lovely review of Lilac and the Switchback in @thehornbook.bsky.social! Review is not final or published yet and will be excited to share all soon but here’s a glimpse! #kidlit #versenovels #middlegrade @holiday-house.bsky.social
12.10.2025 12:48 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
ICYMI, #LilacandtheSwitchback is a poetry.org 2025 Featured Fall Book for Young Readers!! #kidlit #middlegrade #poetry #versenovels
11.10.2025 13:28 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Cover of Lilac and the Switchback discussion guide image of back of girl, trees and switchback on mountain
Image of mountain and image of trees
Questions in discussion guide
Stained glass cookies and place to write a recipe
Calling all 4th-7th grade educators! I’m so pleased to share this Discussion Guide of Lilac and the Switchback. Here are 4/16 pages of this truly amazing guide. You can find the rest on my website: www.cordeliajensen.com/classes #kidlit #middlegrade #versenovels #discussionguides #teachersofbluesky
07.10.2025 23:09 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Cover of Lilac and the Switchback discussion guide image of back of girl, trees and switchback on mountain
Image of mountain and image of trees
Questions in discussion guide
Stained glass cookies and place to write a recipe
Calling all 4th-7th grade educators! I’m so pleased to share this Discussion Guide of Lilac and the Switchback. Here are 4/16 pages of this truly amazing guide. You can find the rest on my website: www.cordeliajensen.com/classes #kidlit #middlegrade #versenovels #discussionguides #teachersofbluesky
07.10.2025 23:09 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Amazing to see Lilac and the Switchback on this list from The Acedemy of American Poets: poets.org/2025-feature... #kidlit #versenovels #lilacandtheswitchback @holiday-house.bsky.social
06.10.2025 13:06 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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A compilation of ten October 2025 middle grade book covers in shades of green and blue. Books featured include White House Undercover, Busted, Goalkeeper, Robot Island, Winging It, Time Lions and The Chrono Loop, A Glimmer of Change, The Vanishing of Lake Peigneur and Nox Winters and The Stygian Serpent.
🌟 You won't want to miss these 92 middle grade books being published in October 2025! 🌟
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Fall events! Excited to participate in these!
24.09.2025 13:30 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Amazing to see Lilac and the Switchback on this list from The Acedemy of American Poets: poets.org/2025-feature... #kidlit #versenovels #lilacandtheswitchback @holiday-house.bsky.social
06.10.2025 13:06 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
@mitumalhotra.bsky.social Thank you for these wonderful questions! I am so thankful! Check out this interview with me on Cynsations: cynthialeitichsmith.com/2025/09/auth... #kidlit #versenovels #authorinterview #middlegrade
01.10.2025 22:15 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
@mitumalhotra.bsky.social Thank you for these wonderful questions! I am so thankful! Check out this interview with me on Cynsations: cynthialeitichsmith.com/2025/09/auth... #kidlit #versenovels #authorinterview #middlegrade
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