Erin Soderberg Downing
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Erin Soderberg Downing
@erindowning.bsky.social
Author of many fun books about finding your voice, finding your people, finding yourself.
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Just finished reading @erindowning.bsky.social’s newest MG book, What Happened Then. Wow! What a ride! This is Erin’s first mystery and she really nailed it! Looking for a good read that keeps you turning the pages, check it out in September.
July 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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2025 Middle Grade That I Could NOT PUT DOWN
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2025 Middle Grade That I Could NOT PUT DOWN
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July 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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I wanted to read b/c of my connection to ALS. I loved the whole story. Fractured family, mystery, adventure, loneliness, healing - this will be a huge hit with readers. Thanks @erindowning.bsky.social , @scholastic.bsky.social for sharing with #bookposse. Heading to @beth1campbell.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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My turn! I’m looking forward to spending my morning with Avery at Crooked Lake - I have heard great things about this story!! Many thanks to @erindowning.bsky.social and @scholastic.bsky.social for sharing with #bookposse!
June 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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@destinylawyer you will LOVE this book! Told by Avery, Jax and “Then”, this book is about finding your place, family secrets, tough relationships and the love that binds it all together!! Buying a copy for my classroom!! Thank you @erindowning.bsky.social @scholastic #BookPosse
June 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Added a little something to my forearm today. I’m obsessed.
June 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Yesterday was my last in-person school visit of the year! They did so much amazing prep to get excited about our time together. Check out these classroom doors at Becker Intermediate!
May 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
NEW SERIES COVER REVEAL!! I am so excited to share these ADORABLE covers for the first books in my next younger middle-grade series, which launches in January 2026 (cover art by: Johanna Tarkela). More info: www.erinsoderberg.com/just-like-ho...
May 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Getting ready to start this read tonight! I've heard amazing things. Thanks to #erinsoderbergdowning and Scholastic
for sharing with #bookposse!
May 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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INTO THE RAPIDS launches into the world today! I'm so excited for you to leap into the rapids of life with Addy!

I can't wait to meet readers tomorrow at Anderson’s in IL (tickets required), on 5/15 at Schuler Books in MI, & on 5/23 at the Flying Pig in VT. I hope to see some of you along the way!
May 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Wow!!! A whopper of a family story! Fantastic setting, estranged family, hidden diary entries & cousins Avery & Jax trying to figure out what happened! Thank you @erindowning.bsky.social for sharing this with #bookposse
I LOVED it-but more importantly, kids will love it!! 💚💚
May 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
How does Dan Gemeinhart do it, book after book after book?? This is another absolute page-turning high-stakes adventure that is bursting with incredible characters! Once again, he had me crying on one page, then howling with laughter the next. This one would make such a fun class read-aloud!
May 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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I finished wiping my 😭 after finishing this 📕 . @erindowning.bsky.social @scholastic.bsky.social Spending a summer with estranged family members sounds awful, until it isn’t Jax and Avery search for answers to what happened that last summer. @cindyschwind1.bsky.social #bookposse you are next!
April 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
JUST KEEP WALKING is on Minnesota’s State award list for next year!!!! The Maud Hart Lovelace committee picked some amazing books for next year - and now you have some ideas of what to buy for independent bookstore day (+ here’s a link to more of my faves: bookshop.org/lists/some-o...)!
April 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
SCATTERGOOD is absolutely marvelous - set in rural Iowa during WWII, in and around the real Scattergood hostel for refugees. Peggy is a magnificent and REAL character, and this story was just perfect - warm, sad, funny, excellent setting. Historical fiction at its very best. @hmbouwman.bsky.social
April 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
BOOK RECOMMENDATION! A spare novel in verse that packs a big punch, story- and character-wise. An intriguing premise, about a girl who’s destined to be a 4th generation fire-spotter, having grown up - living with and learning from her Mom and Grandma - at the top of a fire tower deep in the woods.
April 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
BOOK RECOMMENDATION! A beautifully-written, edge-of-your-seat verse novel about a town trying to rebuild and move forward after devastating fires destroy everything - absolutely essential for helping kids understand wildfires and our human impact on the natural world. @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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This just arrived and there is already a long list of #bookposse readers! We love @erindowning.bsky.social @scholastic.bsky.social !
April 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Hiking makes me sooooo happy! Really joyful spending a few days in Colorado!
April 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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So excited for my #bookmail!! “What Happened Then” by @erindowning.bsky.social will be at the top of a very large spring break #TBR list! 🎉🎉👏🏻💓🌺
#TLSkyChat #scholastic #bookposse #joyfulreading
April 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Happy School Library Month! (Day 9)

"School librarians are more essential now than ever." — @erindowning.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2024/11/what...
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Happy Monday! I'm excited to welcome back Erin Soderberg Downing to Watch. Connect. Read.!  She stopped by to finish my sentences. We discus...
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April 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
A balloon arch, state-specific food trucks researched and created by 3rd and 4th graders, and a cheering red-carpet welcome made today’s school visit extra special!!
April 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Apparently WHAT HAPPENED THEN is now available on Netgalley!!! Physical ARCs are heading out from my publisher very soon, but in the meantime, it’s there to request!! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
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April 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
My husband decided it was time for our teenagers to get up. He took a page from Walter Peach’s book (in The Great Peach Experiment). 😂🎺
March 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Got to check out a super cool bookstore last night - Book Vault in Oskaloosa, IA! And we had a really strong turnout for my event - school events before a night book party always mean kids will show up wanting to know more - and I love seeing them a second time!!
March 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM