Thanks to everyone who came out to the Brooklyn Book Festival on Saturday. We had a great time!

2025 NBA Longlist for Young People's Literature Announced buff.ly/hLdCE9i

It’s a new school year at IndigenousReadsRising.com! Check out these terrific titles (and more!) along with educator resources. #KidLit #BookSky

“It has always been my dream to write a book that combines so much of what I love: history, art, poetry, animals, and food!” Karina Yan Glaser in conversation with her editor Anne Hoppe about working together on Yan Glaser’s new middle grade novel, ‘The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli’ buff.ly/BqJ1q6J

For the first time in a VERY long time, I took myself off for a little bike ride and a read on the river bank. Superb book for my year 5/6 class and a wonderful way to relax. @rutasepetys.bsky.social

Today on the blog: A list of graphic memoirs and novels of Soviet trauma, written by women with personal or familial connections to the former USSR. Y Nayberg, Lena Wolf, @rutasepetys.bsky.social, @verabrosgol.bsky.social, J Aleskeyeva, A Ulinich, H Moisseinen puncturedlines.com/2025/08/05/g...

The 𝙄 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙮 𝙔𝙤𝙪 eBook is only $1.99 today! 😍

Wow, so much wonderful art! Now open for public viewing: SCBWI Summer 2025 Portfolio Showcase - www.scbwi.org/submissions/... #scbwisummer25 #KidLit #SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social Pls show your support for *human* artists by boosting? It's a challenging time for illustrators to find work. Thank you! 🩷

Heartfelt thanks to readers, teachers, librarians, and booksellers for sharing the history! 🙏

Fall Event Schedule 🌟 Several weeks of bookstore events, conferences, school visits, and over a dozen events with Steve Sheinkin for The Bletchley Riddle! Schedule: rutasepetys.com/events/

A wonderful evening celebrating @rutasepetys.bsky.social and Steve Sheinkin's The Bletchley Riddle which was Highly Commended in the 11-13 years category of the Young Quills Award 2025!

The Bletchley Riddle ebook is only $1.99 today! 😍

𝗨𝗞 𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦! Join us for a free virtual event on June 30th with Seven Stories to discuss our historical mystery 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗬 𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘. Free for schools and home-educators. Registration Required: tinyurl.com/3kbn59bm

Readers & Writers in 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗! Join me Thursday, June 12th, for a free event at the Weston Library in Oxford where I will discuss the power of historical fiction. Register: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/jun25/...

Readers & Writers in 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗! Join me Thursday, June 12th, for a free event at the Weston Library in Oxford where I will discuss the power of historical fiction. Register: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/jun25/...

📚 We are thrilled to be shortlisted for The Week Junior Book Awards! View the shortlists by visiting theweekjuniorbookawards.co.uk. Congrats to artist, Jim Tierney, and our UK publisher @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social ! 🥳

We're delighted to announce that The Bletchley Riddle by @rutasepetys.bsky.social and Steve Sheinkin has been shortlisted for the @histassoc.bsky.social's Young Quills award 2025!✨✨ Find out more here⬇️ history.org.uk/secondary/ca...

National Ambassadors for Young People's Literature Respond to the Removal of the Librarian of Congress buff.ly/WfKD1DD

Authors Against Book Bans is seeking subject matter experts/veterans of the Academic Publishing, Comics, and Self-Publishing worlds to help engage more folks in those areas! Join here. @authorsabb.bsky.social docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🥳 Happy to announce my debut historical novel for adults! It was such a thrill to unearth a bit of hidden history in my birthplace of Detroit. Coming summer of 2026!

Meet the 21 nominees for the 2025 Mass Teen Choice Book Award! This is the only award in the Bay State that invites students in grades 7-12 to vote for their favorite recently published books.

Contact your representatives and let them know public libraries are essential ☎️ A recent Executive Order calls for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the nation’s only federal agency for U.S. libraries. ⤵️

Laurie Halse Anderson spoke with PW about her new novel, ‘Rebellion 1776,’ her fascination with disease and history, and what draws her to continue writing about the founding years of this country

𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 & 𝗠𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥! 🤩 Steve Sheinkin and I will be touring schools in Sept/Oct for the paperback release of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲. Fun for readers, mathletes, and codebreakers! Interested schools > ask your local bookstore to put in a request via Penguin Young Readers!

Chicago, Denver, Boise, and Harrisburg friends - I'm headed your way on book tour this week! Click & keep reading for links to the public events (thread). Some require registration, so please check details & I hope I'll get to see you soon! ❤️

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 and 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗬 ebooks are only $𝟭.𝟵𝟵 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬! 😍📚

Thanks to Lipscomb University and President McQueen for inviting me to be part of the Presidential Signature Series and give this year's Landiss Lecture!

Wall Street Journal's children's reviewer Meghan Cox Gurdon names her 20 Best Children’s Books of the Past 20 Years

The Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Inc. (BCALA) and School Library Journal have revealed the winners of the 2025 Children & Youth Literary Awards, which celebrate the diversity of the Black experience.

𝗡𝗔𝗦𝗛𝗩𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘! 🤠 I'm honored to be part of the Presidential Signature Series at Lipscomb University. Join me Tues. Feb. 25th at the George Shinn Center. Reception at 5 pm. Lecture at 6 pm followed by a book signing. Register: tinyurl.com/mw6jnuze

Today NCTE and the @libraryofcongress.bsky.social announced two new instructional tools bringing primary sources to classrooms across the U.S. Read the press release and access the resources: ncte.org/blog/2025/02...

TODAY! 😍 The ebook of THE BLETCHLEY RIDDLE is only $2.99!

TEXAS! 🤩 I'll be at @nttbfest.bsky.social Fri. Feb. 28 for Educator Day and Sat. March 1st for the public day. I'll be taking part in several panels with many fantastic writers like Alan Gratz, Karina Yan Glaser, Libba Bray, Linda Sue Park, and others! Info: www.northtexasteenbookfestival.com

Translators are hidden heroes! 🏆 Thrilled to sponsor a translation scholarship for #SCBWINY25. Congratulations, Hongyu Jasmine Zhu!

Our 6th graders are reading “The Bletchley Riddle”, so I’m back in the classroom Monday/Tuesday to build soda can Enigma machines and teach about the fundamental counting principle and Alan Turing. Excited! cc: @rutasepetys.bsky.social #iteachmath #onceagain

Another incredible banner for our #dogearedbookawards2024, created by 7th grade volunteers. The Bletchley Riddle by @rutasepetys.bsky.social and @stevesheinkin

January, 2025 marks the 80 year anniversary of the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, the single largest maritime disaster in history. Grateful to the readers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, book clubs, and publishers worldwide who have helped me bring this history out of the dark!

A great piece on foreshadowing by Tiffany Yates Martin.

Hidden history, indeed! www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m...

Congratulations to @amandagorman.bsky.social and Loveis Wise! 🎉 GIRLS ON THE RISE is an instant New York Times bestseller. A HUGE THANK YOU to all the educators and librarians that shared this empowering and affirming read aloud with your young readers! 💙

Thanks for the wonderful feedback on the audio edition of The Bletchley Riddle! 🎧 So grateful to actors/narrators Louis Hill & Georgina Jane - who bring the characters, story, and history to life in such a fabulous way. 🎧 #thebletchleyriddle

Woo-hoo! Thank you @slj.com for this fantastic STARRED review. @brianlies.bsky.social and I are thrilled. #edusky #kidlit @steamteambooks.bsky.social l @ssedlib.bsky.social

Nominate Your 2024 Favorites for the 14th Annual Nerdies Awards: nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/01/05/n...

The holidays went TOO FAST; I only got through 2 books. "The Bletchley Riddle" is the first MG novel I've read in years. I miss reading MG/YA and this book epitomizes why - fast read, fun characters, clever plot, and fascinating history. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #BookSky @rutasepetys.bsky.social

This story offers more than meeting the people who worked at Bletchley Park. It is really about relationships, trust, and following your gut. It is nothing less than what you would expect from two powerhouse historical fiction. @rutasepetys.bsky.social @vikingbooks.bsky.social 2/8

The ebook of I Must Betray You is only $1.99 today. 🎁 Share underrepresented history!

Final event of 2024! 🎉 Thank you readers in Kokomo, Indiana and thanks to Kokomo-Howard County Public Library for providing a great finish to a very busy year of events. Very inspiring to meet so many teachers and students enjoying my novels!

Looking for a fun adventure for your readers? @rutasepetys.bsky.social and Steve Sheinkin have combined forces to bring young readers a fun, page-turning, WWII adventure filled with cyphers and codes, and inspired by true events! Find out more about about THE BLETCHLEY RIDDLE!

Readers in MAINE! 😍 Thank you for selecting I MUST BETRAY YOU as the 2023/2024 winner of the Northstar YA Book Award! ⭐ You are honoring Romanian history and those who experienced it. I will cherish the award & tote! 🙏 #NorthStarYAAward #IMustBetrayYou #rutasepetys #historicalfiction