We are absolutely thrilled that COPE FIELD is a 2026 Printz Honor Book! Huge congratulations to author @tlsimpson.bsky.social and thanks to @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social! ❤️
26.01.2026 20:28 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0We are absolutely thrilled that COPE FIELD is a 2026 Printz Honor Book! Huge congratulations to author @tlsimpson.bsky.social and thanks to @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social! ❤️
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Book Riot write-up on today's ALA Youth Media Awards, including my book COPE FIELD!
26.01.2026 19:16 — 👍 3 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0My sophomore novel COPE FIELD was named a Printz Honor Book today. I'm overwhelmed with gratitude to far too many people to name here. I want to say that never in my wildest dreams would I have believed this could happen, but I have always dreamed big. And you should, too.
26.01.2026 17:20 — 👍 11 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 1Amazing and awesome. So honored to be selected.
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We are honored that STRONG LIKE YOU by @tlsimpson.bsky.social is the 2026 Teen All Iowa Read! Thanks to the State Library of Iowa for selecting Simpson's thrilling YA debut. 🧡 statelibraryofiowa.gov/news/2025-10...
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Banned Books Week October 5–11, 2025 As book banning efforts persist in the United States, North Star Editions continues to support librarians and teachers who face pressure as a result of book bans. We are also thinking of readers and authors whose freedoms to read and write about marginalized people and experiences, including their own, are threatened by censorship. North Star Editions is committed to publishing books that increase representation, provide fresh perspectives, and celebrate a diversity of experiences. We believe all young readers deserve to access those books freely in their schools and libraries.
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We believe all young readers deserve to access books freely in their schools and libraries.
We are marking Banned Books Week 2025 with a 50% off discount at northstareditions.com when you use the code BOOKS4ALL. ❤️📚️
Thanks to @publisherswkly.bsky.social for publishing this conversation between authors @josueehernandez.bsky.social and Hailey Alcaraz about Latine stories, passing, and how their life experience has informed their writing. 📚❤️
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“For every student, there’s the broad universal themes, and then there’s the way it can also exist in a very relatable, one-on-one way to my Latino students”: Josuee Hernández in conversation with Hailey Alcaraz on bringing diverse stories to the forefront buff.ly/AiqhXP6
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“Gripping, unsettling, and absolutely necessary, WHAT WE DID TO EACH OTHER shows how easy it is to lose ourselves in the gravitational pull of whiteness.” —Mason Stokes, author of ALL THE TRUTH I CAN STAND
“Gripping, unsettling, and absolutely necessary, WHAT WE DID TO EACH OTHER shows how easy it is to lose ourselves in the gravitational pull of whiteness.” —Mason Stokes (ALL THE TRUTH I CAN STAND)
WHAT WE DID TO EACH OTHER by Josuee Hernández releases Sept 30!
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Goodreads giveaway! What We Did to Each Other ends at 12am on September 30
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You have a chance to win a copy of WHAT WE DID TO EACH OTHER by Josuee Hernández! Head over to Goodreads for the details 🌟
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“Hernández boldly dives into the realities of racial privilege and exposes dark truths of adolescent drug use. Each twist is unexpected until the shocking conclusion. Truly unlike any book I’ve read!” —Catherine Arguelles, author of FLIP TURNS and FIRST TO FIND
“Hernández boldly dives into the realities of racial privilege and exposes dark truths of adolescent drug use....Truly unlike any book I’ve read!” — @arguellescath.bsky.social, FLIP TURNS
WHAT WE DID TO EACH OTHER by @josueehernandez.bsky.social — out 9/30!
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“COPE FIELD will punch you in the gut, break your heart, and somehow put it back together again. T. L. Simpson writes an unflinching story about one teen boy’s reckoning with his anger issues and the insidious truth hidden behind his father’s perfect public image. It deserves to be an instant classic.” —Trish Lundy, author of The One That Got Away with Murder
“COPE FIELD will punch you in the gut, break your heart, and somehow put it back together again....It deserves to be an instant classic.” —@trishlundy.bsky.social, author of THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY WITH MURDER
COPE FIELD by @tlsimpson.bsky.social is out now! ⚾
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Book Birthday Ebook Sale Mighty Millie Novak $2.99 for a limited time!
MIGHTY MILLIE NOVAK by @elizabethwriter.bsky.social turns a year old this week! 🎉 To celebrate, the ebook is only $2.99 for a limited time. Find it wherever you buy ebooks!
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A box containing hardcover copies of WHAT WE DID TO EACH OTHER by Josuee Hernández.
WHAT WE DID TO EACH OTHER by Josuee Hernández releases September 30! Look how great final copies turned out 🤩
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"First-time novelist Holden touches on themes of identity, self-confidence, queerness, and belonging set against an unusual urban subculture of roller derby. Readers don't need to be familiar with the growing sport to find themselves cheering on this book's relatable hero, but the story just might lead them to give it a try." —Children's Literature
"First-time novelist Holden touches on themes of identity, self-confidence, queerness, and belonging set against an unusual urban subculture of roller derby...." —Children's Literature
MIGHTY MILLIE NOVAK by @elizabethwriter.bsky.social is available now! 💓
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Disability Pride Month Spotlight Finding Balance by Kati Gardner
“Gardner, an amputee and cancer survivor, realistically tackles such tough issues as the massive costs of health care, the fear of relapse, and pressure to appear nondisabled.” —Kirkus Reviews Jase doesn’t remember having acute lymphocytic leukemia when he was three years old. Mari has never been able to hide her cancer survivorship. Jase wants to move on, to never reveal his past. Mari wants to be looked at like a girl, a person, and not only known for her disability. But how do you move on from cancer when the world won’t let you?
💙 Disability Pride Month Spotlight! 💙
🌟 FINDING BALANCE by Kati Gardner
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“With a voice that grabs hold of you and doesn’t let go until its gut-wrenching final page, Simpson weaves a heartbreaking tale of the complicated nature of love, loss, and family. A beautiful, important novel.” —MK Pagano, author of GIRLS WHO BURN
“With a voice that grabs hold of you and doesn’t let go until its gut-wrenching final page, Simpson weaves a heartbreaking tale.... A beautiful, important novel.” —MK Pagano, author of GIRLS WHO BURN
COPE FIELD by T. L. Simpson is available now! ❤️
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Disability Pride Month Spotlight A Dragonbird in the Fern by Laura Rueckert
★ “A powerful story of love, vengeance, and learning to trust yourself, this is a must purchase.” —School Library Journal, starred review When an assassin kills Princess Jiara's older sister Scilla, Jiara takes her sister’s place as the bride to the king of a faraway country—hoping she can catch the killer before her sister’s vengeful ghost murders their family—making Jiara the killer's next target.
💙 Disability Pride Month Spotlight! 💙
🌟 A DRAGONBIRD IN THE FERN by Laura Rueckert
This immersive fantasy novel features a protagonist with dyslexia.
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“Reading WHAT WE DID TO EACH OTHER is like watching a nightmare play out in slow motion. Hernández wields the insecurity and desperation of his protagonists like the destructive weapons they are, all the way until the inevitably horrific conclusion.” —Logan-Ashley Kisner, author of OLD WOUNDS
"...Hernández wields the insecurity and desperation of his protagonists like the destructive weapons they are, all the way until the inevitably horrific conclusion.” —Logan-Ashley Kisner, OLD WOUNDS
WHAT WE DID TO EACH OTHER by Josuee Hernández is out Sept 30!
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Disability Pride Month Spotlight Goth Girl, Queen of the Universe by Lindsay S. Zrull
“a beautiful blend of all things cosplay and mental health awareness...” —Booklist Gothic fashionista Jess is on a mission to reunite with her estranged biological mother—but is she willing to risk her new friends, cosplay championship, and even her future to do so?
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🌟 GOTH GIRL, QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE by Lindsay S. Zrull
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“You’ll fall hard for Mighty Millie Novak on her journey from rookie member of the Prairie Skate Juniors team, feeling like a loner fraud, to living up to her Mighty name, as she’s forced to find the courage to learn who she really is, what she wants, and how to stand up for her dreams, against the fast, fun backdrop of roller derby drama with a wonderful cast of colorful characters, and the sweetest sapphic love story! MIGHTY MILLIE NOVAK is a dazzling debut!” —Keely Parrack, author of 10 HOURS TO GO
“...MIGHTY MILLIE NOVAK is a dazzling debut!” —Keely Parrack, author of 10 HOURS TO GO
MIGHTY MILLIE NOVAK by @elizabethwriter.bsky.social is out now! 🛼
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Disability Pride Month Spotlight Brave Enough by Kati Gardner
★ “Covers challenging physical and emotional terrain in compelling detail with compassionate insight and strong storytelling skills.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review The lives of Cason Martin and Davis Channing intersect in a powerful way. Both are struggling to survive life-threatening diseases. Neither feels in control of their lives. Can they be brave enough to beat the odds?
💙 Disability Pride Month Spotlight! 💙
🌟 BRAVE ENOUGH by Kati Gardner
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The cover of A Dragonbird in the Fern with the words "Ebook sale, just $2.99 for a limited time only" on a blue starburst background. The following tropes are spread around the cover: dyslexic princess, arranged marriage with no common language, treacherous translations, forbidden love, empowering female friendships, bloodthirsty ghost.
Surprise! The ebook of my YA fantasy/murder mystery A DRAGONBIRD IN THE FERN is on sale for only $2.99 in the US, and it's reduced in other locations as well. It's only 2,69 € in Germany!
I'm not sure how long this price will last, so get while it lasts! #booksky @fluxbooks.bsky.social
“COPE FIELD is a home run. A gripping modern classic, full of so much heart and grit and punk rock tenacity, each word refuses to leave you dry-eyed. T. L. Simpson simply doesn’t miss.” —Freya Finch, author of RISE
“COPE FIELD is a home run. A gripping modern classic, full of so much heart and grit and punk rock tenacity, each word refuses to leave you dry-eyed. T. L. Simpson simply doesn’t miss.” — @freyafinch.bsky.social (RISE)
Out now! @tlsimpson.bsky.social ⚾️❤️
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“Heartwarming and charming—readers will be taken in by Maisie’s list to change her life and enjoy the ride as she learns that life, college, and even creativity cannot be defined or reinvented by a list. It’s a testament to starting over, not by force but by choice, and the emotional roller coaster that comes with that decision. Throughout her highs and lows, readers will cheer as Maisie finds just exactly who she is and, more importantly, who she wants to be.” —Gretchen Schreiber, author of Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal
“Heartwarming and charming—readers will be taken in by Maisie’s list to change her life and enjoy the ride...” —
@gretchschreiber.bsky.social , ELLIE HAYCOCK IS TOTALLY NORMAL
THE COMPLEX ART OF BEING MAISIE CLARK by @sabkleckner.bsky.social —out now! 💞
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Cope Field by T. L. Simpson “Simpson has a knack for delivering entertaining reads that take on important issues teens and young adults grapple with. COPE FIELD is a gripping and timely read.” —Jeff Wooten, author of KILL CALL
“Simpson has a knack for delivering entertaining reads that take on important issues teens and young adults grapple with. COPE FIELD is a gripping and timely read.” —Jeff Wooten, author of KILL CALL
COPE FIELD by @tlsimpson.bsky.social is available now!
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Pride Month Spotlight Fragile Remedy by Maria Ingrande Mora
“A boy-loves-boy dystopian fantasy for anyone needing a heartbreaking thrill.” —Kirkus Reviews Sixteen-year-old Nate has spent most of his life hiding in The Withers—the destitute, quarantined slum across the river from the cosmopolitan Gathos City—dodging slave catchers and corrupt peacekeepers, avoiding chem fiends, and scavenging tech to sell at the market. But when his body begins rapidly degenerating, he must choose between working for a shadowy terrorist organization that has the means to keep him alive, or staying—and dying—with the boy he loves.
🌈 Pride Month Spotlight! 🏳️⚧️
FRAGILE REMEDY by Maria Ingrande Mora is a "boy-loves boy dysopian fantasy for anyone needing a heartbreaking thrill" (Kirkus Reviews).
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