Ms. B (Christie)

I'm *giving away* 3 free, signed books for the holidays! To enter the drawing, just like or repost this so I see you. Let me know in the comments which of the two titles you're aiming for. Much love to you all. —JF

Giveaway!!! Win a copy of SNOW IS..., the perfect book to read while curled up on a winter day, with or without snow outside. To enter, RT by 12/12, US only. Tag a friend and your friend is entered too! If you are an educator/librarian, let me know for an extra entry.

@StorinoDana Me too.

@CynthiaSchwind @AlysonGerber @jamiesumner_ @Jarrett_Lerner @MrSchuReads @choldenko @AuthorLisaFipps @sjsubity @Barbaradee2 @SandyWhiting7 @DianaUrban @JamesPonti @_natalielloyd @gayleforman @antontreuer That is quite the collection!

🎉🎉Friday Night Raffle🎉 🎉11/15/24-7pm eastern🎉 @AlysonGerber @jamiesumner_ @Jarrett_Lerner @MrSchuReads @choldenko @AuthorLisaFipps @sjsubity @Barbaradee2 @SandyWhiting7 @DianaUrban @JamesPonti @_natalielloyd @gayleforman @antontreuer Melanie Sumrow Jessica Vitalis #BookPosse

@tracybwrites @NetGalley ooooooo yay!!! Heading over to request it now

THEIR JUST DESSERTS is on @NetGalley! We'd love if you'd read and review our upcoming middle grade mystery 📚🍪🖊️

@dsantat Love this!

Vienna. I did a little surprise something today to cheer my wife and I up. I went back to an old place from my memoir and relived a moment from 35 years ago ❤️#AFirstTimeForEverything

🚨 Cover Reveal! 🚨 Wish I Was a Baller, my ‘90s graphic memoir, is coming August 2025 with @Scholastic/@GraphixBooks! High school, first love & friendship with Shaq! 🏀 Preorder now!

@lindsayncurrie Happy birthday! 🎉

Today is my birthday, and while I'm not in the habit of asking for gifts, if anyone feels like putting a smile on this 48 (!!) year old author's face, you *could* pre-order my next book, It's Watching, out in JUST 3 MONTHS!

I need one final push to defeat Marjorie Taylor Greene. She doesn't want people in Georgia to know that she's about to lose. Our tweets are being throttled, so if you see this tweet, please: 🔵 RT 🔵 FOLLOW 🔵 COMMENT 🔵 DONATE (Link in bio) Help us get to 200,000 followers.

The ACA protects folks with pre-existing conditions from being denied coverage, allows young people to stay on a parent's plan until they’re 26, and expands Medicaid. But Donald Trump still wants to end it – and he only has “concepts of a plan” for how he’d replace it.  We can’t let that happen. Vote for @KamalaHarris and @Tim_Walz to not only protect your health care, but to make it more affordable for everyone.

@drseanmullen 😬👎🏼😭 I have no words. Only emojis.

𝙔𝒆𝙨𝒕𝙚𝒓𝙙𝒂𝙮 𝙡𝒆𝙛𝒕 𝒎𝙚 𝙨𝒉𝙖𝒌𝙚𝒏 𝒐𝙣 𝙨𝒐 𝒎𝙖𝒏𝙮 𝙡𝒆𝙫𝒆𝙡𝒔, 𝙖𝒏𝙙 𝙄’𝙢 𝙨𝒕𝙞𝒍𝙡 𝙥𝒓𝙤𝒄𝙚𝒔𝙨𝒊𝙣𝒈 𝒘𝙝𝒂𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝒊𝙩𝒏𝙚𝒔𝙨𝒆𝙙. 𝑶𝙗𝒔𝙚𝒓𝙫𝒊𝙣𝒈 𝒎𝙮 𝙙𝒂𝙪𝒈𝙝𝒕𝙚𝒓’𝒔 𝒕𝙚𝒏𝙣𝒊𝙨 𝙩𝒐𝙪𝒓𝙣𝒂𝙢𝒆𝙣𝒕 𝒕𝙪𝒓𝙣𝒆𝙙 𝙞𝒏𝙩𝒐 𝒂𝙣 𝙪𝒏𝙚𝒙𝙥𝒆𝙘𝒕𝙚𝒅 𝒔𝙩𝒖𝙙𝒚 𝒐𝙣 𝙮𝒐𝙪𝒕𝙝 𝙝𝒆𝙖𝒍𝙩𝒉, 𝙖𝒏𝙙 𝙬𝒉𝙖𝒕 𝑰 𝒇𝙤𝒖𝙣𝒅 𝒘𝙖𝒔 𝒖𝙣𝒔𝙚𝒕𝙩𝒍𝙞𝒏𝙜. Here’s the reality: 𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝟒 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐍𝐨𝐧-𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩. That’s not an exaggeration—I counted. And it gets worse. My daughter's opponent arrived late, visibly unwell, and admitted to vomiting twice before the match. Throughout their game, she dry heaved repeatedly and even appeared to throw up into a bag on the court. Shockingly, there’s no @usta rule addressing this, but in @ibjjf, vomiting is an instant disqualification—it’s a primal “I’m tapping out” signal from the body. The first round was outside. The second and third? Indoors. My wife, daughter and I wore respirators, bracing ourselves for judgmental looks. And they came. When she pointed out kids staring at her, I turned around just in time to see one of those kids cough directly into her dad’s face. The most haunting part? The parents. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭. Apathy in the midst of a germ storm. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬? 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 ‘𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐭’ 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬' 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?

I am reading Out of My Dreams.

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@MrsCHeidrich I see some I want to read there too! Especially Sarah Morgan’s newest one.

#Currentlyreading #FallReads #LitReviewCrew #AMreading I've slowed down a bit do to the book fair tiredness and lots of draining school days this month, but still getting a few in there.

@Jess5th Thank you for sharing this work. But… Oof! The feelings I feel while reading it in anticipation of it all. Nervous. 😬

Whether you're on the Newbery, the Printz, the Sibert, a state committee like the Bluestem (IL), reading for the Cybils or the Heavy Medal Award Committee, or whatever you're on, join me December 7-8 from 10 am to 10 am Central Time (US) for the first #CommitteeReadathon!

What are you doing in my swamp? One of our favorite traditions at the Illinois Governor’s Mansion is passing out candy to the trick-or-treaters. Thanks for coming out early to celebrate Halloween with MK and I!

@muellerspace What book made you that mad!? Now I'm very curious lol

I'm so mad at the book I just finished that I can't even focus on the next book. This #readathon is off the rails folks!

@heymrsbond Awesome!