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Laura Simeon

@lrsimeon

Young Readers' Editor, @KirkusReviews ~ Rise: A Feminist Book Project cochair ~ @CSK_EMIERT Archives & History ~ @UWCAtlantic alum

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Joined July 2009
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Young readers' editor @lrsimeon recommends WANDER IN THE DARK by @brownboywriting on this week's Fully Booked podcast 🎧 ow.ly/ROXo50QuZKL @delacortepress
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Young readers' editor @lrsimeon recommends DUNGEONS AND DRAMA by Kristy Boyce on this week's Fully Booked 🎧 ow.ly/z3Gf50QvTko @delacortepress
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Young readers' editor @lrsimeon recommends BLESS THE BLOOD (⭐️) by Walela Nehanda on this week's Fully Booked podcast 🎧 ow.ly/U3ja50Qzp1v @Kokilabooks
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Young readers' editor @lrsimeon recommends NOT QUITE A GHOST by @anneursu on this week's Fully Booked podcast 🎧 ow.ly/58XX50Qoays @waldenpondpress
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Young readers' editor @lrsimeon recommends ALL THAT IT EVER MEANT (⭐️) by Blessing Musariri on the Fully Booked Holiday Gift Guide 🎁📚🎧 ow.ly/2yPx50Q6H2i @nyrbooks
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Young readers' editor @lrsimeon recommends THE BLACKWOODS (⭐️) by @brandycolbert on this week's Fully Booked podcast ◆ ow.ly/5O3p50PRj7H @balzerandbray
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La Bastarda, by Trifonia Melibea Obono, was the first book by an Equitorial Guinean woman tr. into English. Translated by Lawrence Schimel, La Bastarda was a 2019 #GLLITranslatedYABookPrize Honor title. An excerpt: glli-us.org/2019/02/21/glli-… #EquatoguineanYALit #IntlYALit 🧵
La Bastarda, by Trifonia Melibea Obono, translated by Lawrence Schimel.

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One of three Honor Titles chosen in 2019 was Wonderful Feels Like This, by Sara Lövestam, tr. by Laura A. Wideburg, & pub. by @Flatironbooks. It’s a tale of warmth and kindness, about identity & finding one’s voice. Our review: glli-us.org/2021/03/03/world… #Musicians #IntlYALit 🧵
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Young readers' editor @lrsimeon recommends FROM HERE (⭐️) by Luma Mufleh on this week's Fully Booked podcast 🎧 ow.ly/e7IX50PGyWs @PenguinTeen
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Our new magazine is HERE! 💃 An original illustration will be featured on every new cover of ‘Kirkus Reviews,’ beginning with this drawing of James McBride by Eric Scott Anderson 🙌 ow.ly/8CkP50PGRLN #kirkusreviewsmagazine #magazinemakeover #bookreviews
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It's #WorldKidLitMonth! We're celebrating five years of the @GlobalLitin Translated Young Adult Book Prize this year! Join us for our month-long celebration as we look back at our winners, honor titles, & shortlist titles. #GLLI #ActLocallyReadGlobally 🧵
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Presenting the 2023 Kirkus Prize finalists! 🏆 . Congratulations to these authors, illustrators, and translators on their outstanding books ⬇️ ow.ly/cphV50PFW4B #KirkusReviews #BookAwards #LiteraryAwards
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Watch this space, book lovers. Tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET we announce the 18 finalists for this year’s Kirkus Prizes in fiction, nonfiction, and young readers’ literature. The literary awards season has officially begun! #KirkusReviews #BookAwards #LiteraryAwards
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Young readers’ editor @lrsimeon recommends ACTUALLY SUPER by @AdiAlsaid on this week's Fully Booked podcast 🎧 ow.ly/Xi3e50PCZcl @KnopfBFYR
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Young readers’ editor @lrsimeon recommends SAVI AND THE MEMORY KEEPER by @bijal_v, illus. by Rajiv Eipe, on this week's 🚨Fully Booked Takeover🚨 🎧 ow.ly/QZgX50PAlYr @BlackstoneAudio
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Please come to our free panel at Seattle's @thenordicmuseum on Sept. 9: We'll be discussing what makes Nordic kid lit so special and how to promote it, sharing recent titles, and more! FYI @uw_translation! #ScandinavianLit #NordicLit #translation #translated #GlobalLit #WorldLit
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Panel: Bringing Nordic Children's Literature to an English Readership nordicmuseum.org/events/nord… #NordicKidLit #WorldKidLit #WorldKidLitMonth
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"This is a stirring, lived-in novel of struggles both personal and societal." Read the full starred review from Kirkus Reviews about “Crooked Plow” (Itamar Vieira Junior, tr. Johnny Lorenz, Verso Books): kirkusreviews.com/book-revie…
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Young readers' editor @lrsimeon recommends UNNECESSARY DRAMA (⭐️) by @NinaKenwood on this week's Fully Booked podcast 🎧 ow.ly/XjJM50PuetT @FierceReads
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Young readers' editor @lrsimeon recommends I'LL TELL YOU NO LIES by @amandamccrina on this week's Fully Booked podcast 🎧 ow.ly/MOp650PpTJ0 @FierceReads
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Know a teen headed back to school this month? @lrsimeon says these YA titles will help ease the way. ow.ly/kk9q50Pqufw @01FirstSecond @QuillTreeBooks @simonteen @SourcebooksFire @WednesdayBooks @BalzerandBray @FeiwelFriends @Candlewick @Flatironbooks #BackToSchool #YABooks

9 YA Books for Teens Headed Back to School | Kirkus Reviews

As summer vacation draws to a close, young people face the upcoming school year with anticipation and trepidation.

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