Rebecca E.F. Barone
@rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social
MG/YA author
📖 Race To the Bottom of the Earth: Surviving Antarctica
📖 Unbreakable: The Spies Who Cracked the Nazis' Secret Code
📖 Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens
📖 Double Crossed - 4.28.2026
rebeccaefbarone.com
📖 Race To the Bottom of the Earth: Surviving Antarctica
📖 Unbreakable: The Spies Who Cracked the Nazis' Secret Code
📖 Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens
📖 Double Crossed - 4.28.2026
rebeccaefbarone.com
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I am so, SO excited to finally share my *fiction* debut!!
I can't wait to tell you more about Lily, Charlotte, Rose, and Rhys.
Huge thanks to @michaelbourret.bsky.social!
I can't wait to tell you more about Lily, Charlotte, Rose, and Rhys.
Huge thanks to @michaelbourret.bsky.social!
Reader friends! I'm searching for some rather specific titles.
What are others like Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Above The Trenches?
Think graphic novel (fiction or non!), lots of planes, and fighting in WWI or WWII (or any war)
Any and all reading levels
Would LOVE to hear your suggestions!
What are others like Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Above The Trenches?
Think graphic novel (fiction or non!), lots of planes, and fighting in WWI or WWII (or any war)
Any and all reading levels
Would LOVE to hear your suggestions!
a little girl in a yellow sweater is sitting at a table with a pink tray of food
ALT: a little girl in a yellow sweater is sitting at a table with a pink tray of food
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October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Reader friends! I'm searching for some rather specific titles.
What are others like Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Above The Trenches?
Think graphic novel (fiction or non!), lots of planes, and fighting in WWI or WWII (or any war)
Any and all reading levels
Would LOVE to hear your suggestions!
What are others like Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Above The Trenches?
Think graphic novel (fiction or non!), lots of planes, and fighting in WWI or WWII (or any war)
Any and all reading levels
Would LOVE to hear your suggestions!
I had such a wonderful time talking with Mary! Huge thanks to her for this interview!!
...and be sure to check out her book review page, too! She has such kind things to say about UNBREAKABLE 🤩 youtu.be/Vpyk8OmrL3E
...and be sure to check out her book review page, too! She has such kind things to say about UNBREAKABLE 🤩 youtu.be/Vpyk8OmrL3E
Today's featured interview is with author Rebecca E. F. Barone! We're talking about her new book Double Crossed and how she approaches writing nonfiction for young people. Give it a listen!
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#booksky #authorinterview #wwiihistory
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#booksky #authorinterview #wwiihistory
Author Interview: Rebecca E. F. Barone
YouTube video by @MaryLanniReads
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October 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I had such a wonderful time talking with Mary! Huge thanks to her for this interview!!
...and be sure to check out her book review page, too! She has such kind things to say about UNBREAKABLE 🤩 youtu.be/Vpyk8OmrL3E
...and be sure to check out her book review page, too! She has such kind things to say about UNBREAKABLE 🤩 youtu.be/Vpyk8OmrL3E
I'm thrilled to be participating in School Library Journal's Day of Dialog even tomorrow!
I'll be on the panel "Focus On: WWII" 4:50-5:25 pm.
It's a free, virtual event, and I'd love to see you there!
Register at: www.slj.com/.../school-l....
I'll be on the panel "Focus On: WWII" 4:50-5:25 pm.
It's a free, virtual event, and I'd love to see you there!
Register at: www.slj.com/.../school-l....
October 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I'm thrilled to be participating in School Library Journal's Day of Dialog even tomorrow!
I'll be on the panel "Focus On: WWII" 4:50-5:25 pm.
It's a free, virtual event, and I'd love to see you there!
Register at: www.slj.com/.../school-l....
I'll be on the panel "Focus On: WWII" 4:50-5:25 pm.
It's a free, virtual event, and I'd love to see you there!
Register at: www.slj.com/.../school-l....
I was having a very Monday-ish Monday until I hopped on here and found the most wonderful note!!
Readers, it means so much to know that our work is appreciated and loved!
Readers, it means so much to know that our work is appreciated and loved!
@rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social After the Dewey Decimal system lesson, a girl who renewed MOUNTAIN OF FIRE wanted to know where your other books were! You have a big fan!
September 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I was having a very Monday-ish Monday until I hopped on here and found the most wonderful note!!
Readers, it means so much to know that our work is appreciated and loved!
Readers, it means so much to know that our work is appreciated and loved!
Reposted by Rebecca E.F. Barone
New book deals on the way from @sudiptabq.bsky.social @anneappert.bsky.social @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social + more buff.ly/JPLQ8ig
August 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
New book deals on the way from @sudiptabq.bsky.social @anneappert.bsky.social @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social + more buff.ly/JPLQ8ig
I am so, SO excited to finally share my *fiction* debut!!
I can't wait to tell you more about Lily, Charlotte, Rose, and Rhys.
Huge thanks to @michaelbourret.bsky.social!
I can't wait to tell you more about Lily, Charlotte, Rose, and Rhys.
Huge thanks to @michaelbourret.bsky.social!
August 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I am so, SO excited to finally share my *fiction* debut!!
I can't wait to tell you more about Lily, Charlotte, Rose, and Rhys.
Huge thanks to @michaelbourret.bsky.social!
I can't wait to tell you more about Lily, Charlotte, Rose, and Rhys.
Huge thanks to @michaelbourret.bsky.social!
How would I even begin to quantify the other forms of research for a book? Interviews? Museum visits?? If only there was a way to easily describe it... 😂
(I could count the books, add up pages, tally interview minutes, number visits and trips. Heavens, no. That would be way too convenient 😉 )
(I could count the books, add up pages, tally interview minutes, number visits and trips. Heavens, no. That would be way too convenient 😉 )
July 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
How would I even begin to quantify the other forms of research for a book? Interviews? Museum visits?? If only there was a way to easily describe it... 😂
(I could count the books, add up pages, tally interview minutes, number visits and trips. Heavens, no. That would be way too convenient 😉 )
(I could count the books, add up pages, tally interview minutes, number visits and trips. Heavens, no. That would be way too convenient 😉 )
There is nothing - nothing, I tell you! - more frightening than a blank page!
Anyone else sit down to turn an idea into an outline...a draft...an anything!... and spend the first bit just panicking?? Anyone? Just me? 😬🤦🏼♀️
Anyone else sit down to turn an idea into an outline...a draft...an anything!... and spend the first bit just panicking?? Anyone? Just me? 😬🤦🏼♀️
July 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
There is nothing - nothing, I tell you! - more frightening than a blank page!
Anyone else sit down to turn an idea into an outline...a draft...an anything!... and spend the first bit just panicking?? Anyone? Just me? 😬🤦🏼♀️
Anyone else sit down to turn an idea into an outline...a draft...an anything!... and spend the first bit just panicking?? Anyone? Just me? 😬🤦🏼♀️
DOUBLE CROSSED is up on NetGalley!
So excited for this book to have its first readers!! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
So excited for this book to have its first readers!! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Double Crossed
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June 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
DOUBLE CROSSED is up on NetGalley!
So excited for this book to have its first readers!! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
So excited for this book to have its first readers!! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
#TLSkyChat A7: I'm an author, and author visits drop *way* off in the summer. Are you involved with any book clubs - even virtually! - that authors could visit? I see so much reading joy being generated when I visit with students. How can we authors help spark this joy over the summer?
June 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
#TLSkyChat A7: I'm an author, and author visits drop *way* off in the summer. Are you involved with any book clubs - even virtually! - that authors could visit? I see so much reading joy being generated when I visit with students. How can we authors help spark this joy over the summer?
Things I did not have on my Bingo card: editing a book about WWII spies while quietly singing "Row, row, row your boat" to myself.
June 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Things I did not have on my Bingo card: editing a book about WWII spies while quietly singing "Row, row, row your boat" to myself.
The L'Engle!!
...there aren't many time I'll get an XKCD comic before my husband does, but this will be one of them! (The one and only other time I can think of was back in the 2000's where the caption text had a joke about Renesmee 😂 )
...there aren't many time I'll get an XKCD comic before my husband does, but this will be one of them! (The one and only other time I can think of was back in the 2000's where the caption text had a joke about Renesmee 😂 )
![Comic. Bridge Types: Plank, Rope, Truss, Trestle, Arch, Suspended Arch, Draw, Suspension, Filler [bridge over hole filled in with rocks], Budget Overrun [bridge suspended by cables and extras], Jump [two ends of bridge are disconnected ramps; person crossing in the air on a skateboard], Halfhearted [bridge slopes down into hole], Waterbed [squiggly bridge above water as people crossing shake], L’engle [the hole the bridge is covering is warped so opposite sides of the bridge meet at one point underneath], Fun [bridge loops like a roller coaster; person skateboarding up the loop], Repurposed Elevator [horizontal elevator].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifgdaqlqxgbldzsugrxxzjn3mibm4hi3pzk6ac4rhvkjr3lq7y2pu@jpeg)
June 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The L'Engle!!
...there aren't many time I'll get an XKCD comic before my husband does, but this will be one of them! (The one and only other time I can think of was back in the 2000's where the caption text had a joke about Renesmee 😂 )
...there aren't many time I'll get an XKCD comic before my husband does, but this will be one of them! (The one and only other time I can think of was back in the 2000's where the caption text had a joke about Renesmee 😂 )
Just under the headlines: "Being a spy is like watching paint dry." 😂
A former spy tells us what Tom Cruise gets right and wrong in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise.
We Watched ‘Mission: Impossible’ With a Former Spy
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Just under the headlines: "Being a spy is like watching paint dry." 😂
If you're looking for a fun twist on the usual summer reading lists, try this!
You and your readers can mark off a box by reading in a blanket fort (how fun!) or reading past your bedtime 🙋♀️
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#tlsky #kidlit #summerreading
You and your readers can mark off a box by reading in a blanket fort (how fun!) or reading past your bedtime 🙋♀️
booksforkids.substack.com?utm_source=n...
#tlsky #kidlit #summerreading
Books for Kids | Julie, Books for Kids | Substack
Book recommendations you can trust for your 8-12 year-old readers. My goal is to help parents, teachers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, and more, find the next right book for the 8-12 year-old ...
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May 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
If you're looking for a fun twist on the usual summer reading lists, try this!
You and your readers can mark off a box by reading in a blanket fort (how fun!) or reading past your bedtime 🙋♀️
booksforkids.substack.com?utm_source=n...
#tlsky #kidlit #summerreading
You and your readers can mark off a box by reading in a blanket fort (how fun!) or reading past your bedtime 🙋♀️
booksforkids.substack.com?utm_source=n...
#tlsky #kidlit #summerreading
Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday.
Brought to you by a holiday weekend.
Brought to you by a holiday weekend.
May 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday. Today is not Tuesday.
Brought to you by a holiday weekend.
Brought to you by a holiday weekend.
Coming April, 2026!
Goodreads: tinyurl.com/4ym8wj9y
Indiebound: tinyurl.com/yzees4jn
Amzn: a.co/d/1NzpjEt
A thrilling WWII middle-grade narrative nonfiction account of Operation Bodyguard, in which the Allied forces used spies and double agents to deceive the Nazis about their true plans for D-Day.
Goodreads: tinyurl.com/4ym8wj9y
Indiebound: tinyurl.com/yzees4jn
Amzn: a.co/d/1NzpjEt
A thrilling WWII middle-grade narrative nonfiction account of Operation Bodyguard, in which the Allied forces used spies and double agents to deceive the Nazis about their true plans for D-Day.
May 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Coming April, 2026!
Goodreads: tinyurl.com/4ym8wj9y
Indiebound: tinyurl.com/yzees4jn
Amzn: a.co/d/1NzpjEt
A thrilling WWII middle-grade narrative nonfiction account of Operation Bodyguard, in which the Allied forces used spies and double agents to deceive the Nazis about their true plans for D-Day.
Goodreads: tinyurl.com/4ym8wj9y
Indiebound: tinyurl.com/yzees4jn
Amzn: a.co/d/1NzpjEt
A thrilling WWII middle-grade narrative nonfiction account of Operation Bodyguard, in which the Allied forces used spies and double agents to deceive the Nazis about their true plans for D-Day.
I've been working on a non-writing project all year!
This is very much a learn-as-I-go hobby, and I had a big day yesterday - finally staring to quit the quilt!
Is it messy? Yes! Do I love it? Yes 😊
This is very much a learn-as-I-go hobby, and I had a big day yesterday - finally staring to quit the quilt!
Is it messy? Yes! Do I love it? Yes 😊
May 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I've been working on a non-writing project all year!
This is very much a learn-as-I-go hobby, and I had a big day yesterday - finally staring to quit the quilt!
Is it messy? Yes! Do I love it? Yes 😊
This is very much a learn-as-I-go hobby, and I had a big day yesterday - finally staring to quit the quilt!
Is it messy? Yes! Do I love it? Yes 😊
There's a cover-shaped surprise coming next week!! 👀
May 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
There's a cover-shaped surprise coming next week!! 👀
Thank you so much!! I'm thrilled you loved this book!
It's wild to think about what was going on in and around Mount St. Helens 44 years ago...
It's wild to think about what was going on in and around Mount St. Helens 44 years ago...
want to give a shout out to @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social and her amazing book. If you haven't read it, you should definitely check it out.
May 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Thank you so much!! I'm thrilled you loved this book!
It's wild to think about what was going on in and around Mount St. Helens 44 years ago...
It's wild to think about what was going on in and around Mount St. Helens 44 years ago...
Might be a personal best for Number of Books Open While Drafting 😂
Thought I was leveling up when I got an actual book-holder-opener (a technical term 😉), but apparently one wasn’t enough.
Thought I was leveling up when I got an actual book-holder-opener (a technical term 😉), but apparently one wasn’t enough.
May 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Might be a personal best for Number of Books Open While Drafting 😂
Thought I was leveling up when I got an actual book-holder-opener (a technical term 😉), but apparently one wasn’t enough.
Thought I was leveling up when I got an actual book-holder-opener (a technical term 😉), but apparently one wasn’t enough.
Back from an absolutely incredible spring break!! Paris, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and Munich. So much walking 😂 I think after a week away, we're finally in shape for our European vacation!
March 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Back from an absolutely incredible spring break!! Paris, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and Munich. So much walking 😂 I think after a week away, we're finally in shape for our European vacation!
Such a fantastic start to March is Reading Month!
I managed to sneak in a bit of (very cold!) sightseeing in NYC.
Then, it was off to Long Island for visits with Plainview-Old Bethpage SD. I had a great time talking with the students, and they asked some truly insightful questions!
I managed to sneak in a bit of (very cold!) sightseeing in NYC.
Then, it was off to Long Island for visits with Plainview-Old Bethpage SD. I had a great time talking with the students, and they asked some truly insightful questions!
March 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Such a fantastic start to March is Reading Month!
I managed to sneak in a bit of (very cold!) sightseeing in NYC.
Then, it was off to Long Island for visits with Plainview-Old Bethpage SD. I had a great time talking with the students, and they asked some truly insightful questions!
I managed to sneak in a bit of (very cold!) sightseeing in NYC.
Then, it was off to Long Island for visits with Plainview-Old Bethpage SD. I had a great time talking with the students, and they asked some truly insightful questions!
I doubt this is how I look when I'm reading, and it's definitely not how I feel on the inside 😆👇👇
February 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I doubt this is how I look when I'm reading, and it's definitely not how I feel on the inside 😆👇👇
Reposted by Rebecca E.F. Barone
Awesome visit with @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social ! We loved talking 🌋, #nonfiction, and research.
MOUNTAIN OF FIRE is an amazing #5thgradebooks, super engaging and well-researched. 💕
#kidlit #WRAD #WorldReadAloudDay
MOUNTAIN OF FIRE is an amazing #5thgradebooks, super engaging and well-researched. 💕
#kidlit #WRAD #WorldReadAloudDay
February 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Awesome visit with @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social ! We loved talking 🌋, #nonfiction, and research.
MOUNTAIN OF FIRE is an amazing #5thgradebooks, super engaging and well-researched. 💕
#kidlit #WRAD #WorldReadAloudDay
MOUNTAIN OF FIRE is an amazing #5thgradebooks, super engaging and well-researched. 💕
#kidlit #WRAD #WorldReadAloudDay
Writers - who can write with music on??
How do you do it?! Any recommendations for integrating music while I write?
Signed,
A writer tired of silence
How do you do it?! Any recommendations for integrating music while I write?
Signed,
A writer tired of silence
January 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Writers - who can write with music on??
How do you do it?! Any recommendations for integrating music while I write?
Signed,
A writer tired of silence
How do you do it?! Any recommendations for integrating music while I write?
Signed,
A writer tired of silence