Elly Swartz

Cue happy dance! A new book is coming and I’m bursting with excitement!

Get ready for the unexpected, my friends.

ALMOST TRUE is a contemporary middle grade novel w/ a twist. It's shorter & fast paced. And I can't wait to share it. 😊

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#AlmostTrue #newbook #kidlit

Thanks for sharing, friends. I am so excited for you to read, Almost True! And congrats to all with new deals!

Rights Report: Week of October 20, 2025 New deals for Lygia Day Peñaflor, Elizabeth Foscue, Becky Dean, and others.

Announcing new deals for @planetx.bsky.social @dashkaslater.bsky.social @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social + more

Hey, Massachusetts! Help tell our legislators they should pass An Act Regarding Free Expression to protect libraries, schools, and authors from book bans by sending them a postcard! Instructions on how to do this and where to get postcards here: www.massfreedomtoread.org/act @massaabb.bsky.social

What an honor!

Thank you @cybilsawards.bsky.social for including SAME PAGE in this important resource alongside these other wonderful reads.

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What an honor!

Thank you @cybilsawards.bsky.social for including SAME PAGE in this important resource alongside these other wonderful reads.

@randomhousekids.bsky.social
@rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social

Be the Change Workshop: Act to Support the Freedom to Read

I will be there with @danaalisonlevy.bsky.social @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social @massaabb.bsky.social to tell you about An Act Regarding Free Expression, currently under consideration in the MA legislature, and tools to contact your reps portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-0...

Can't wait to be part of this important and impactful conversation!

At next week's event you'll also hear from @danaalisonlevy.bsky.social @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social and Mass Freedom To Read (www.massfreedomtoread.org). If you've ever felt helpless about book bans due to living in a blue state, come to this event!

Much thanks! 🙂

Let's come together!

How can we support teachers & librarians?
How can we support readers?
How can we support each other?

In SAME PAGE, Bess discovers to fight a book ban at her school, she must 1st learn how to be an ally & a friend

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For those who need an #Uplift:

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Hand-curated by yours truly, updated daily via @blueskyfeedcreator.com. Criteria unapologetically subjective, tho esp:

bookish • quirky • word nerds • art that shows human process • vintage tech • obscure interest deep-dives • alt-text

Honored!
SAME PAGE was in the @nytimes.com

Recommended for Kids Starting Middle School www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/b...

Thank you, rockstar librarian Jennifer Hubert Swan.

Want to check out SAME PAGE? 😉
www.rhcbooks.com/books/727437...

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35 years of loving you
35 years of being loved by you

Love our beautiful family
Love being GG and Gta
Love you, James Swartz

Blessed. Grateful. Happy
Today
Tomorrow
Always
Xoxo

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Huge thanks!😊

Cue happy dance!
HIDDEN TRUTHS is in another printing!!

Honored. 🫶

This book took 22 years! Now, it's in another printing! 🙏 And up for 3 state awards. Thank you, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Missouri!! 💜💜💜

Dreams do come true!🥹

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Aw! I love this!! 🐟

Love this!!
Needed this!
Huge thanks @debbieohi.com

This!!!!

Today we and our coalition partners from #MassFreedomToRead are heading to the State House in Boston to testify in support of An Act Regarding Free Expression at 1 pm. Tune in virtually here: malegislature.gov/Events/Heari...

Today a crew from @massaabb.bsky.social will be in Boston at the Statehouse, in support of bills H.3594 and S.2328, both titled An Act Regarding Free Expression.

This is about the freedom to create, read, and share freely.

We cannot do everything, but must try to do SOMETHING.

Mass. Coalition Speaks Up for Right to Read As Massachusetts considers four new Freedom to Read bills, authors, illustrators, librarians, booksellers, publishers and educators of the newly launched Mass Freedom to Read Coalition will testify…

Thanks to @publisherswkly.bsky.social for highlighting #MassFreedomToRead! Members of our coalition will be at the State House in Boston on July 22 to deliver testimony supporting the freedom to read. Stay tuned!

Huge thanks, Carie! Means so much to me.

Thank you @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social! Loved this one from the start. Thankful my parents never limited my reading choices. Every child has the right to see themselves represented in what they are reading. Headed home to @candicegodfrey.bsky.social. @randomhousekids.bsky.social #BookPosse

I'm learning to be a better fisherman and to make better knots for boating : ) 😎

Happening today!
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I can't wait!!

Save the Date! Our IG live with @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social is Thursday, 6/26/25, 2 pm ET! Elly Swartz is an award-winning middle grade author. She meets with thousands of students each year to empower their own personal narrative.

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#ReadYourWorld #kidlit

So happy this book is out in the world. Huge congrats, my friend!

Karen B. McCoy - Debut Release Day! The Etiquette of Voles is out in the world! mailchi.mp/105302357065... Plus a Bookbub giveaway www.bookbub.com/books/the-et..., upcoming appearances, & archived interviews w/ @kaaauthor.bsky.social @choldenko.bsky.social @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social and others!