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The parade of characters—each with their own string of tales told in classic O'Connor style—play across the page like Idalee's dream guitar. And if there's one thing young readers desperately need more of in our world, it's more connection, more love and a chance to dream. #kidlit #middlegrade

Book cover for DREAM by Barbara O'Connor depicts a soft-hued colored illustration of a young gild playing a guitar outside, with a dog resting its chin on her knee and gazing up at her.

ATTENTION: Everyone else can stop writing now. Barbara O'Connor has used all the best words and arranged them in perfect order.

Read DREAM to find out for yourself. Coming to a bookstore near you August 26th, but you can pre-order now and beat the crowd.

Write on. Read on.

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Elon Musk now has access to your Social Security number. The world’s richest man has gained access to the confidential personal information of every taxpayer in the United States.

Resistance starter pack.

As the orange menace said, "When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything." And AP-you handed him a victim and made her dependent on both of you. Rich people are the best at screwing you over. Literally.

I think another famous creep once said, "When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything."

Photo of the Puget Sound with a blue sky and blue bay touching on the edge of the shoreline. Quote from Heather Cox Richardson reads, "For those struggling with this holiday season, a reminder, if it helps, that Christmas marks a time when the light starts to come back." Photo by G Jewell

She always knows the right thing to say.

Wondering the same thing!

Hate didn't win the election. Apathy did. We need more Seoul.

Sadly, not just Fox.

Right on. Cancelled Prime more than a month ago and don't regret it one bit.

What’s worse?

(1) having your mother call you out as a dirt bag in an email published in the New York Times

(2) having a porn star you paid $130K in hush money pick little plastic mushrooms depicting you off a tray on the Jimmy Kimmel show

"So what you now see aren’t liberal tears over a lost election. It’s brutal grief over our losses of friends and family who no longer share our understanding of right and wrong and what it means to be a decent citizen."

Read more at: www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-e...

The world just got a little brighter.

COVER REVEAL!

My upcoming middle grade novel, DREAM...a companion novel to WISH.

Releases 8/26/25. Available for preorder now.

Thank you Macmillan Children's Publishing, Janine O'Malley, @agentemurph.bsky.social , Jennifer Bricking

Hooray!

They're bombarding us with craziness before he's even sworn in. Pace yourselves. It's going to be a long fight.

Mom mom, age 87, leaning over to touch noses with my dog Popeye.

Fox filled my mom's head with disturbing narratives, replacing her memories of reality with new story lines starring her good friend, "the Trumpster." She doesn't know my name anymore, but she knows his. I lost her and she lost me. And that is all I need to know about the power of state media.

My mom at age 87, standing on the shoreline on a cool sunny day, arms outstretched to embrace the Puget Sound waters.

My mom was showing signs of dementia. Her television kept "breaking." With each frantic call, I raced over to reset the remote and duct tape everything except the power button. I tried to leave it on Hallmark, but the evil channel always found its way back to number one position. Fox News.

It's ain't over till the cat lady sings.

👏👏👏👏👏 to the Onion for buying Info Wars with backing from Sandy Hook families and Everytown for Gun Safety. Here's to the power of satire!