Announcing the Jewell Parker Rhodes Fellowship; Four Questions with Annette Bay Pimentel and Faith Pray; Sarah Beth Durst on Why You Should Open Magical Doors + more in the latest Childrenโs Bookshelf! buff.ly/cBtjbCF
Ruta Sepetys
@rutasepetys.bsky.social
Author of Historical Fiction Seeker of Lost Stories โข Explorer of Shadows Past ๐ Between Shades of Gray ๐ Salt to the Sea ๐ The Fountains of Silence ๐ I Must Betray You ๐ The Bletchley Riddle ๐ You: The Story
Spanish Edition! โค๏ธ El Enigma de Bletchley, translated by รlvaro Abella Villar and published by Maeva Red. So grateful to see this beautiful edition in the Spanish language. Thank you, Maeva!
My new novel, A FORTUNE OF SAND, is coming this summer! Set in 1920s Detroit, it's a tale of glamour and ambition in the auto industryโand the secrets buried beneath.
THE BLETCHLEY RIDDLE - Holiday Ebook Deal Today! ๐๐
The ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ eBook is only $1.99 this week! ๐
Thank you, readers & codebreakers, for putting THE BLETCHLEY RIDDLE back on the NYT bestseller list!
๐ฆ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ! ๐ This season, I'm partnering with @parnassusbooks.bsky.social to offer signed and personalized editions of any my books. Visit parnassusbooks.net/ruta
Thank you @people.com for the exclusive reveal of my new novel, ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐จ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐! Detroit 1927โhow far will a family dynasty go to keep their secrets? Details: tinyurl.com/3uvydh5j
The Salt to the Sea ebook is only $2.99 this week! ๐
Thank you, Pennsylvania! โค๏ธ We loved discussing history and mystery with you.
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
2025 NBA Longlist for Young People's Literature Announced
The National Book Foundation has revealed the 2025 National Book Award longlist for Young Peopleโs Literature. The five finalists will be named on October 7, and the winner will be announced duringโฆ
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Itโs a new school year at IndigenousReadsRising.com! Check out these terrific titles (and more!) along with educator resources. #KidLit #BookSky
โIt has always been my dream to write a book that combines so much of what I love: history, art, poetry, animals, and food!โ Karina Yan Glaser in conversation with her editor Anne Hoppe about working together on Yan Glaserโs new middle grade novel, โThe Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luliโ 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 ๐ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ช eBook is only $1.99 today! ๐
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! ๐ฉท
Heartfelt thanks to readers, teachers, librarians, and booksellers for sharing the history! ๐
Fall Event Schedule ๐ 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! ๐
๐จ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ! Join us for a free virtual event on June 30th with Seven Stories to discuss our historical mystery ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐. Free for schools and home-educators. Registration Required: tinyurl.com/3kbn59bm
Readers & Writers in ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ก๐! 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 ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ก๐! 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/...
๐ 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 ! ๐ฅณ
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!โจโจ Find out more hereโฌ๏ธ history.org.uk/secondary/ca...
National Ambassadors for Young People's Literature Respond to the Removal of the Librarian of Congress buff.ly/WfKD1DD
