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Lorien Lawrence

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Middle grade author of the Fright Watch series and the forthcoming Many Hauntings of the Manning Family. 👻 Repped by Kathleen Rushall at ABLA. ELA teacher. 🍎 Forever reading. 📚

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Aww thank you!!

12.10.2025 00:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Excited to announce I have a middle grade thriller coming out in 2027! 🏒☠️

12.10.2025 00:15 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you so much for recommending MANY HAUNTINGS! 🖤

12.10.2025 00:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Scary Books For Teens & Kids: Our September 2025 YA & MG Horror Guide - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website Scary Books for Teens & Kids: Our September 2025 YA & MG Horror Guide read our reviews of the latest and best Ya and Mg Horror Books.

Scary Books for Teens & Kids: Our September 2025 YA & MG Horror Guide

@jonezyboy.bsky.social brings you the latest Ya and Mg horror books you need to read.

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09.10.2025 08:30 — 👍 28    🔁 15    💬 3    📌 2
Two books, The Many Hauntings of the Manning Family and The Blood Texts Uncle Zeedie by Colm Field

Two books, The Many Hauntings of the Manning Family and The Blood Texts Uncle Zeedie by Colm Field

Two books, Loki A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos by Louie Stowell and Medusa Gorgons Bad Hair Day by Bethany Walker and Katie Abey

Two books, Loki A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos by Louie Stowell and Medusa Gorgons Bad Hair Day by Bethany Walker and Katie Abey

Two books, Are You Afraid of the Dark The Tale of the Twisted Toymaker by Danielle Valentine and The Creepening of Dogwood House by Eden Royce

Two books, Are You Afraid of the Dark The Tale of the Twisted Toymaker by Danielle Valentine and The Creepening of Dogwood House by Eden Royce

Two books, Play Nice by Rachel Harrison and Super Unicorn Princess by Mike Hartigan

Two books, Play Nice by Rachel Harrison and Super Unicorn Princess by Mike Hartigan

My Libristo.eu haul is here! Right in time for #Spooktober. 😍👻

@edenroyce.bsky.social @mikehartigan.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social @louiestowell.bsky.social @katieabey.bsky.social @colmthewriter.bsky.social @lorienlawrence.bsky.social #BookSky📚💙 #BookHaul

02.10.2025 18:44 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 0

Thank you so much for reading Many Hauntings! 🖤

02.10.2025 22:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Rachel Stark at Disney has acquired North American rights to The Cash Grab, a multi-POV contemporary middle grade novel written by Janae Marks (l.), Lorien Lawrence (c.), and Adrianna Cuevas (r.), pitched as a contemporary Blank Check. When an armory truck crashes and the money flies out, three seventh graders jump at the chance to change their lives. Publication is set for spring 2027; Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Literary Agency represented Lawrence Alexandra McKenzie at Charlesbridge has acquired the board book Sink? Or Float? by Don Tate. Readers can follow along for a pool-day experiment as the narrator explores what happens when various objects are placed in water. Publication is planned for spring 2028 as part of Steamworks; Caryn Wiseman at Andrea Brown Literary Agency sold world rights. Catherine Laudone at S&S/Beach Lane Books has acquired world rights to Numbers Tell Stories Too by Annette Bay Pimentel (l.) and Pirita Tolvanen (c.), illustrated by Valerya Milovanova, a nonfiction picture book about how Florence Nightingale's passion for statistics and her creation of the Rose Diagram revolutionized hospitals. Publication is planned for spring 2028; Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Literary Agency represented the authors Jasmine Hodge at Random House Graphic has bought Tough Fluff #1: A Sheep to Count On and three sequels by Marcie Colleen (l.) (Kitten Ninja series), illustrated by Chad Thomas (Cat Ninja series), a black-and-white humorous graphic novel chapter book series about Ewenice, an ex-acrobat sheep with a mysterious past and a superhero alter ego called Steel Wool. Publication is set for summer 2027; Paige Terlip at Andrea Brown Literary Agency represented the author and illustrator for world rights. Charlotte Greenbaum at Abrams Fanfare has acquired world rights to author-illustrator Beno Meli's debut YA graphic novel Daughter of Snakes, in which a 17yo girl, born half-Gorgon, half-human, and living in modern-day Mexico, sets out to save

Rachel Stark at Disney has acquired North American rights to The Cash Grab, a multi-POV contemporary middle grade novel written by Janae Marks (l.), Lorien Lawrence (c.), and Adrianna Cuevas (r.), pitched as a contemporary Blank Check. When an armory truck crashes and the money flies out, three seventh graders jump at the chance to change their lives. Publication is set for spring 2027; Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Literary Agency represented Lawrence Alexandra McKenzie at Charlesbridge has acquired the board book Sink? Or Float? by Don Tate. Readers can follow along for a pool-day experiment as the narrator explores what happens when various objects are placed in water. Publication is planned for spring 2028 as part of Steamworks; Caryn Wiseman at Andrea Brown Literary Agency sold world rights. Catherine Laudone at S&S/Beach Lane Books has acquired world rights to Numbers Tell Stories Too by Annette Bay Pimentel (l.) and Pirita Tolvanen (c.), illustrated by Valerya Milovanova, a nonfiction picture book about how Florence Nightingale's passion for statistics and her creation of the Rose Diagram revolutionized hospitals. Publication is planned for spring 2028; Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Literary Agency represented the authors Jasmine Hodge at Random House Graphic has bought Tough Fluff #1: A Sheep to Count On and three sequels by Marcie Colleen (l.) (Kitten Ninja series), illustrated by Chad Thomas (Cat Ninja series), a black-and-white humorous graphic novel chapter book series about Ewenice, an ex-acrobat sheep with a mysterious past and a superhero alter ego called Steel Wool. Publication is set for summer 2027; Paige Terlip at Andrea Brown Literary Agency represented the author and illustrator for world rights. Charlotte Greenbaum at Abrams Fanfare has acquired world rights to author-illustrator Beno Meli's debut YA graphic novel Daughter of Snakes, in which a 17yo girl, born half-Gorgon, half-human, and living in modern-day Mexico, sets out to save

Blank Check @lorienlawrence.bsky.social

Sink? Or Float? @dontate.bsky.social

Numbers Tell Stories Too @annettepimentel.bsky.social Pirita Tolvanen

Tough Fluff @marciecolleen.bsky.social Chad Thomas

Daughter of Snakes @benomeli.bsky.social

28.09.2025 20:12 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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While the King quote on the front is amazing, the back ones also make me cry happy tears! Thanks @chuckwendig.bsky.social Daka Hermon @jacquelinewest.bsky.social @shakirahwrites.bsky.social @lorienlawrence.bsky.social

26.09.2025 13:43 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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So much fun at the Spooktastic Bookfair yesterday!!!! Thanks to @alyssaalessi.bsky.social! What a great event! Loved seeing my MG horror fam @lorasenf.bsky.social @lorienlawrence.bsky.social @maryaverling.bsky.social

14.09.2025 14:33 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0
A compilation of twenty-one 2025 middle grade book covers organized by colour, beginning with green, transitioning into blue and purple, and finally ending with pink and red. Books featured include Scaring and Daring, Another, Open Wide, Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave, The House Next Door, The Many Hauntings of the Manning Family, Broken Dolls, The Better To Eat You With, The Mystery At The Haunted Dance Hall, Phantom Academy, The Girl In The Walls, The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay, The Labyrinth of Souls, Finder's Keepers, Welcome To The Ghost Show, Grin, I.R.L, Ride or Die, Gloam, Tales From Cabin 23: The Visitors and It's Watching.

A compilation of twenty-one 2025 middle grade book covers organized by colour, beginning with green, transitioning into blue and purple, and finally ending with pink and red. Books featured include Scaring and Daring, Another, Open Wide, Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave, The House Next Door, The Many Hauntings of the Manning Family, Broken Dolls, The Better To Eat You With, The Mystery At The Haunted Dance Hall, Phantom Academy, The Girl In The Walls, The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay, The Labyrinth of Souls, Finder's Keepers, Welcome To The Ghost Show, Grin, I.R.L, Ride or Die, Gloam, Tales From Cabin 23: The Visitors and It's Watching.

🎃 55 Scary (and Not-So-Scary) 2025 Middle Grade Books To Get Readers In The Halloween Spirit 🎃
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10.09.2025 16:27 — 👍 36    🔁 23    💬 5    📌 3

I spy MANY HAUNTINGS 👻

10.09.2025 00:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New projects coming from @janaemarksbooks.bsky.social @lorienlawrence.bsky.social @adriannacuevas.bsky.social + more buff.ly/9sPHt6A

04.09.2025 23:15 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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13.08.2025 19:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yay thank you!!

13.08.2025 19:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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OH DEAR HOLY CHEEZUS…THE PUPPETS.

That. Was. Scary.
THE MANY HAUNTINGS OF THE MANNING FAMILY
Thanks, @lorienlawrence.bsky.social !
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Middle grade horror can be scary! I love it!!!

13.08.2025 12:44 — 👍 18    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks, Ally!

13.08.2025 19:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you so much!

10.08.2025 15:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you so much!

10.08.2025 15:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you so much!!

10.08.2025 15:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Now reading!!! THE MANY HAUNTINGS OF THE MANNING FAMILY by @lorienlawrence.bsky.social! I already love Gabby and Trent! Twins who are growing up and facing all the questions that come with that. Throw some ghosts in and i’m sure it will be fine.
I love middle grade horror!
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10.08.2025 00:58 — 👍 12    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0

So glad you liked it!!

06.08.2025 00:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Deliciously spooky! Love this one by @lorienlawrence.bsky.social and I can think of many Ss that will too! Gabby and Trent are twins following in their grandparents footsteps. Will they ever be able to just be themselves? Grab a copy to find out! #ABRAMSbooks #BookPosse

01.08.2025 01:35 — 👍 6    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks for including MANY HAUNTINGS! 💚👻

29.07.2025 00:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Next up on the front porch by @lorienlawrence.bsky.social Paranormal investigators, failed exorcism, séance-gone-wrong? Sounds like my kind of book! #ABRAMSbooks #BookPosse

26.07.2025 14:04 — 👍 6    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you so much for reading!! 💚💚💚

29.07.2025 00:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Skeleton Flute by Damara Allen

The Skeleton Flute by Damara Allen

The many hauntings of the manning family by Lorien Lawrence

The many hauntings of the manning family by Lorien Lawrence

The girl in the wall by Meg Eden Kuyatt

The girl in the wall by Meg Eden Kuyatt

@lorienlawrence.bsky.social Damara Allen and Meg Eden Kuyatt had books face out looking fabulous!

06.07.2025 00:14 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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#BookPosse book mail! Summer school has ended = more time to read! @lorienlawrence.bsky.social. #ABRAMSbooms

01.07.2025 14:41 — 👍 10    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0

Yay! I hope you like it!

02.07.2025 23:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This Saturday!! NY friends, come hang out! ✨

21.04.2025 21:01 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Cover of the many hauntings of manning family

Cover of the many hauntings of manning family

Spent the weekend with the Manning Twins from The Many Hauntings of Manning Family by @lorienlawrence.bsky.social
So much fun, fright and fast paced, kept me on hook!
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MG/YA horror will always be the way to my heart ❤️
#amreading #booksky #MG

21.04.2025 18:51 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

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