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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷

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Andrea L. Mack @andreamack.bsky.social · 11mo ago

What a fun treasure hunt and mystery in The Last Chance Academy: A Study in Secrets by @debbimichiko.bsky.social! I really liked the friendship issues, how the kids worked them out and learned trust. A good classroom book! #MG #kidlit #edusky 📚👍🏻 #childrensbooks

Illustration of girl in school uniform with cat by her feet walking in front of building with windows showing other kids inside

Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · last yr.

Also snagged a few books I've been looking to get my hands on! 😁 @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social @pamvau.bsky.social @debbimichiko.bsky.social ❤️ Can't wait to dive in!!!

Middle grade novel, The Incorruptibles, by Lauren Magaziner, picture book Missy Wants a Mammoth by Pam Vaughn and illustrated by Ariel Landy, and Last Chance Academy: A Study in Secrets by Debbi Michiko Florence.

@jenniferhalbur.bsky.social · last yr.

This book will be in constant demand! The mystery, the adventure, the secret quest. I loved it!! Now I can’t wait for book 2. On to you @beth1campbell.bsky.social #bookposse @debbimichiko.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

Last Chance Academy book 2 title is THE MASTERMIND’S TRAP! Cover reveal coming soon! This book will be released on 3/17/26 so you have time to read book 1 - A Study in Secrets!

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

Not AI generated! Thrilled to see Last Chance Academy on NEIBA’s Escape into Summer Reading list! See the brochure at your New England indie bookstore or newsletter. 🫶

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy birthday to talented best-seller author, Very Asian Book Trip partner, and amazing friend @authorgracelin.bsky.social

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

Yay! So excited!

Bookelicious@bookelicious.bsky.social · last yr.

🎉📚 Bookelicious Presents: DEBBI MICHIKO FLORENCE! Award Winning Author! 📅 5-5-26 @ 1:30p ET ℹ️ Info & register: www.bookelicious.com/educators/bookelicious-presents-2025-26/ Includes: ⭐ Books for students ⭐ Interactive read/write/draw ⭐ Activity guide ⭐ FUN! @debbimichiko.bsky.social

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

I look forward to this every year and am so honored to be in community w these talented Asian American Voices @highlightsfound.bsky.social

Homi K@homikwrites.bsky.social · last yr.

My heart is full after an amazing weekend with this beautiful group of authors at the Asian Asian American Voices In-Community Retreat. I'm so grateful I was able to go it far exceeded anything I could have hoped for.@highlightsfound.bsky.social @debbimichiko.bsky.social @authorgracelin.bsky.social

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

While it's frustrating that we have to fight for the Freedom to Read, I'm honored to have participated in the first Freedom Read In with amazing authors! Thank you @aabbri.bsky.social @padmatv.bsky.social @jbradley.bsky.social for organizing, and everyone who is fighting the fight!

Rhode Island Authors Against Book Bans@aabbri.bsky.social · last yr.

Sharing some more photos from today’s Freedom Read-In with @debbimichiko.bsky.social & @padmatv.bsky.social in conversation #FreedomToRead #kidlit @authorsabb.bsky.social

Rhode Island Authors Against Book Bans @aabbri.bsky.social · last yr.

Tomorrow - May 9, 10-3 ET - join us to celebrate #ChildrensBookWeek25 & raise awareness of #FreedomToRead efforts around the country with a free, online read-a-thon. 10 a.m. - 12:45 EST : bit.ly/Read-In-am 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST : bit.ly/Read-In-pm

FREEDOM
READ-IN
MORNING 10:00AM-12:45PM ET
BIT.LY /READ-IN-AM
10:00: Padma Venkatraman & Jeanette Bradley
Introductions & Tribute to Floyd Cooper 10:15: Federico Erebia, Pedro & Daniel
10:30: Suma Subramaniam, Namaste Is A Greeting
10:45: Rajani LaRocca, Your One and Only Heart
11:00: Tara Dairman, The Girl from Earth's End 11:15: Debbi Michiko Florence, Jasmine Toguchi Flamingo Keeper
11:30: Sarah Brannen, Uncle Bobbys Wedding
11:45: Martha Freeman, The Trouble with Babies
12:00: Robin Stevenson, Pride Puppy & A Hug on the Wind
12:15: Lesa Cline-Ransome, One Big Open Sky
12:30: Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Love in the Library
AFTERNOON 1:00PM-3:00PM ET
BIT.LY / READ-IN-PM
1:00: Veera Hiranandani, The Night Diary
1:15: Samantha Clark, Arrow
1:30: Juana Martinez-Neal, Alma and How She Got Her Name
1:45: Alison Green Myers, A Bird Will Soar
2:00: Lisa Stringfellow, Kingdom of Dust
2:15: Dana Alison Levy, Not Another Banned Book
2:30: Carol Boston Weatherford, Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
2:45: Margarita Engle, Drum Dream Girl
IN SUPPORT OF FREEDOM TO READ EFFORTS ACROSS THE U.S.
MAY 9, 2025 - 10-3 ET

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

This Friday!

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷@debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

Please show your support for the Freedom to Read & join authors as we read from our challenged/banned books this Friday 5/9. Please register: bit.ly/Read-In-am bit.ly/Read-In-pm

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

Being in community w these amazing creators was the best! 🫶

Amitha Jagannath Knight@amitha.bsky.social · last yr.

Had a great time this past weekend at the Asian and Asian American Voices Retreat @highlightsfound.bsky.social #kidlit Thank you @authorgracelin.bsky.social and @debbimichiko.bsky.social for hosting!

Outside group photo of all the attendees at the Asian and Asian American Voices writing retreat. We are all holding up word rocks but they are not really visible from this distance. I'm in the back row, third from the left.

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

So fun!!! As is Grace’s new MG The Gate, The Girl, & The Dragon! Be sure to get your hands on a copy!

Grace Lin@authorgracelin.bsky.social · last yr.

Many thanks to my awesome in-convo partners @ellenoh.bsky.social and @debbimichiko.bsky.social as my book tour begins! It’s been so lovely meeting my readers! I hope to see you at my upcoming events 1/2

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

Please show your support for the Freedom to Read & join authors as we read from our challenged/banned books this Friday 5/9. Please register: bit.ly/Read-In-am bit.ly/Read-In-pm

Dana Alison Levy (she/her)@danaalisonlevy.bsky.social · last yr.

CALLING ALL #kidlit #edusky #schoolvisit #booksky #kidlitsky #skybrarian peeps! Please join this incredible lineup of authors in our first ever FREEDOM READ-IN on MAY 9! 📕Free 📙All day (10-3 EST) 📘Virtual 📗All ages Morning: crowdcast.io/c/z2e4i7i652g1 Afternoon: crowdcast.io/c/ky2m562xhkso

Support Freedom to Read Efforts Across the US
Freedom Read-In
20 Acclaimed Authors - 5 Hours
Free, Live, Online Event
May 9 2025 10-3 ET

Authors Against Book Bans

FREEDOM READ-IN
MORNING 10:00AM-12:45PM ET
10:00: Padma Venkatraman & Jeanette Bradley
Introductions & Tribute to Floyd Cooper 10:15: Federico Erebia, Pedro & Daniel
10:30: Suma Subramaniam, Namaste Is A Greeting
10:45: Rajani LaRocca, Your One and Only Heart
11:00: Tara Dairman, The Girl from Earth's End 11:15: Debbi Michiko Florence, Jasmine Toguchi Flamingo Keeper
11:30: Sarah Brannen, Uncle Bobby's Wedding
11:45: Martha Freeman, The Trouble with Babies
12:00: Robin Stevenson, Pride Puppy & A Hug on the Wind
12:15: Lesa Cline-Ransome, Before She Was Harriet
12:30: Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Love in the Library

FREE, LIVE, ONLINE EVENT
SUPPORT FREEDOM TO READ EFFORTS ACROSS THE U.S.
Authors Against Book Bans
MAY 9, 2025 - 10-3

FREEDOM READ-IN
AFTERNOON 1:00PM-3:00PM ET
1:00: Veera Hiranandani, The Night Diary
1:15: Samantha Clark, Arrow
1:30: Juana Martinez-Neal, Alma and How She Got Her Name
1:45: Alison Green Myers, A Bird Will Soar
2:00: Lisa Stringfellow, Kingdom of Dust
2:15: Dana Alison Levy, Not Another Banned Book
2:30: Carol Boston Weatherford, Unspeakable: The Tulsa
Race Massacre
2:45: Margarita Engle, Drum Dream Girl

FREE, LIVE, ONLINE EVENT
SUPPORT FREEDOM TO READ EFFORTS ACROSS THE U.S.
Authors Against Book Bans
MAY 9, 2025

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

Thrilled to reveal the cover for Monster Maker: The Strange Creatures of Mark Nagata w words by me & awesome art by Inko Ai Takita, a PB bio about a Japanese American @marknagata.bsky.social a kaiju artist turning his childhood passion into a dream come true. Coming 11/11! Preorder now!

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

Getting ready to send out my March newsletter. Just found out I can reveal Last Chance Academy 2 title in my April newsletter. Subscribers will find out before I announce on socials. Sign up at my website: debbimichikoflorence.com

Debbi Michiko Florence, Author for Kids and Teens

Debbi Michiko Florence is the author of Keep It Together, Keiko Carter (Scholastic/May 5, 2020) and the Jasmine Toguchi chapter book series.

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Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

Woohoo! I may have to turn my Winsome Bingham shelf into a bookcase! 🥰 @armyvet5.bsky.social

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm signing tomorrow in New Haven CT and Stratford CT tomorrow! Hope to see you there!

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

This family (& now my friends) have been amazing supporters of me and my books for many years and Willow has grown up from reading Jasmine to my middle grades. So grateful! (She also named Fred Just Fred in the second set of Jasmine books.)

Greg Andree@gregandree71.bsky.social · last yr.

Willow just got her copy of Last Chance Academy @debbimichiko.bsky.social , and as Debbi’s biggest fan (and busy teen), she has already blocked out reading time. Also, Bank Square Books in Mystic Connecticut is the best. 💜💜💜💜💜

Cover for Last Chance Academy by Debbi Michiko Florence

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

My heart is full! Thank you to @authorgracelin.bsky.social for being my in-conversation partner, and thank you everyone who came to help me celebrate the launch of Last Chance Academy!

Melissa Thom@msthombookitis.bsky.social · last yr.

What a FUN afternoon! I spent some time with @debbimichiko.bsky.social & @authorgracelin.bsky.social in Mystic at #BankSquareBooks celebrating #TheLastAcademy #booklaunch! Saw @armyvet5.bsky.social too:) #bookjoy #joyfulteacherlibrarian #ctcaslreads @ctcasl.bsky.social @nerdcampct.bsky.social

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

Loving the audiobook of Last Chance Academy: A Study in Secrets! Thank you, Mirai, for giving voices to my characters! 🫶

Ms. Yingling @msyingling.bsky.social · last yr.

@debbimichiko.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social A STUDY IN SECRETS pairs well with Anderson & Comport's #AstraKidsBooks HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT! msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-st...

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

Wooohoooo @katemessner.com 🤩

The Author Village@theauthorvillage.bsky.social · last yr.

Are you familiar with HISTORY SMASHERS, @katemessner.com’s wonderful nonfiction middle grade series? Well, book ten in the series, HISTORY SMASHERS: EARTH DAY AND THE ENVIRONMENT arrives today! We definitely recommend this thoroughly researched and highly engaging series. Happy book birthday!

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

💌🗝️ Thank you! I’m excited for readers to meet Meg Mizuno and friends!

Cindy Schwind@cindyschwind1.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy Book Birthday to Last Chance Academy by @debbimichiko.bsky.social 🎈🎁🎈🎁 @simonkids.bsky.social #bookposse

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

Thrilled to give my daughter a copy of Last Chance Academy while we are in Tokyo! One more week till launch! 💌🗝️😍

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

School visit in Tokyo!

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

The news is out! Thrilled to now be an Aevitas Creative Management author w my brilliant agent of soon-to-be-a-decade Tricia Lawrence who makes my writing career dreams come true! Congratulations all around!

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

Less than 3 weeks til Last Chance Academy: A Study in Secrets is here! I can't wait for readers to meet Meg Mizuno as she tries to win a secret treasure hunt at her new mysterious boarding school - and yes, she'll be navigating friendships (& there may be crushes involved)! Pre-order for goodies!

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷@debbimichiko.bsky.social · 2y ago

Last Chance Academy (1): A Study in Secrets preorder campaign: US & Canada preorders will receive swag & signed book plate. All preorders will be entered into a drawing to win a free 45-min virtual bookclub visit (& I'll read the first ch of book 2 to you)! Enter by 3/10 forms.gle/CV1BWzLfzyZV...

Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social · last yr.

Love seeing my book with friends' books! And love writing about friendship and first crushes! @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social

Ms. Yingling@msyingling.bsky.social · last yr.

More #MGLit books about navigating difficult friend and family relationships, please! @debbimichiko.bsky.social Mike Jung, Cliff Burke, and Debbie Rigaud all do this so well! #OOTD "Knit Especially for You" by Marion Walton, via thrift store.

Woman in fair isle sweater standing with four middle grade books.