Isla Lassiter
@islalassiter.bsky.social
MG/YA writer • Love trees, ghosts & all things haunted • octopus & jellyfish enthusiast • soccer (NWSL/USWNT) 🏳️🌈
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Michelle Agyemang is honored with the Young Player of the Tournament award as her dad proudly looks on. Anyone have a tissue?🥹
📷: footballontnt / X
📷: footballontnt / X
July 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Michelle Agyemang is honored with the Young Player of the Tournament award as her dad proudly looks on. Anyone have a tissue?🥹
📷: footballontnt / X
📷: footballontnt / X
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Thank you to Scotland 🏴 for showing up and taking a stand this weekend. We loved the signs, so many of them made us laugh. This weekend showed that the resistance is growing and that we have friends everywhere! Scotland the Brave!
July 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Thank you to Scotland 🏴 for showing up and taking a stand this weekend. We loved the signs, so many of them made us laugh. This weekend showed that the resistance is growing and that we have friends everywhere! Scotland the Brave!
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🌟 Pop! Goes The Reader's 42 Most-Anticipated Middle Grade Books: July-September 2025 🌟
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June 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🌟 Pop! Goes The Reader's 42 Most-Anticipated Middle Grade Books: July-September 2025 🌟
popgoesthereader.com/42-most-anti... #BookSky #MGLit #KidLit
popgoesthereader.com/42-most-anti... #BookSky #MGLit #KidLit
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Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Middle Grade: July-December 2025
Goat Magic by Kate Wheeler (August 19th) Destinies collide when a village goat herder meets the palace princess in Goat Magic! Trill, a spirited goat herder with a unique ability to communicate with her flock, yearns for a life beyond…
Goat Magic by Kate Wheeler (August 19th) Destinies collide when a village goat herder meets the palace princess in Goat Magic! Trill, a spirited goat herder with a unique ability to communicate with her flock, yearns for a life beyond…
Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Middle Grade: July-December 2025
Goat Magic by Kate Wheeler (August 19th) Destinies collide when a village goat herder meets the palace princess in Goat Magic! Trill, a spirited goat herder with a unique ability to communicate with her flock, yearns for a life beyond mountain pastures. Her “goat magic” feels common compared to the sorcery taught in the city’s prestigious magic schools, which are off-limits to her.
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June 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Middle Grade: July-December 2025
Goat Magic by Kate Wheeler (August 19th) Destinies collide when a village goat herder meets the palace princess in Goat Magic! Trill, a spirited goat herder with a unique ability to communicate with her flock, yearns for a life beyond…
Goat Magic by Kate Wheeler (August 19th) Destinies collide when a village goat herder meets the palace princess in Goat Magic! Trill, a spirited goat herder with a unique ability to communicate with her flock, yearns for a life beyond…
Life is a whirlwind of chaos right now, but I managed to finish a revision & I’m celebrating the win! Now back to packing….
May 12, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Life is a whirlwind of chaos right now, but I managed to finish a revision & I’m celebrating the win! Now back to packing….
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My queer dark academia, All That Consumes Us, is on sale for $1.99 wherever you buy your ebooks.
I’d rec it for you if you like gothic lit, sapphic romance, found family, and ghosts! 👻
I’d rec it for you if you like gothic lit, sapphic romance, found family, and ghosts! 👻
April 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
My queer dark academia, All That Consumes Us, is on sale for $1.99 wherever you buy your ebooks.
I’d rec it for you if you like gothic lit, sapphic romance, found family, and ghosts! 👻
I’d rec it for you if you like gothic lit, sapphic romance, found family, and ghosts! 👻
Libraries nestled in the trees are my favorite 🥰
April 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Libraries nestled in the trees are my favorite 🥰
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New Releases: February 2025 🌈📚https://lgbtqreads.com/2025/02/04/new-releases-february-2025/
New Releases: February 2025
This post is sponsored by Dana Hawkins and So Not My Type! Click on the graphic for more info! Scrappy determination clashes with polished privilege. Let the games begin. *** A World Worth Saving b…
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February 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New Releases: February 2025 🌈📚https://lgbtqreads.com/2025/02/04/new-releases-february-2025/
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It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
January 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
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We are so delighted to be able to celebrate with our authors this week! Congratulations to @janetsfox.bsky.social for her Edgar nomination and to @maryaverling.bsky.social, @adriannacuevas.bsky.social @mrfournet.bsky.social, Rochelle Hassan & @lorasenf.bsky.social (YA) for their Stoker noms! 🥳
January 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We are so delighted to be able to celebrate with our authors this week! Congratulations to @janetsfox.bsky.social for her Edgar nomination and to @maryaverling.bsky.social, @adriannacuevas.bsky.social @mrfournet.bsky.social, Rochelle Hassan & @lorasenf.bsky.social (YA) for their Stoker noms! 🥳
Over here in my little corner of the PNW where I will continue to write little queer stories and be loud about being queer.
January 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Over here in my little corner of the PNW where I will continue to write little queer stories and be loud about being queer.
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We're going to make it through this 🩷💙
Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.
Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.
January 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We're going to make it through this 🩷💙
Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.
Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.
17K words into this draft & I don’t hate it… It’s for some R&Rs, and hopefully I didn’t tear apart too much. 🤞🏽
January 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
17K words into this draft & I don’t hate it… It’s for some R&Rs, and hopefully I didn’t tear apart too much. 🤞🏽
Always feel like I live in a Hallmark movie when I walk around the harbor, especially during the holidays!
December 21, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Always feel like I live in a Hallmark movie when I walk around the harbor, especially during the holidays!
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1. A teacher in Ohio who has worked at the same public school for 34 years was suspended without pay and threatened with termination for offering four books in her classroom library that contained LGBTQ characters.
She's fighting back.
She's fighting back.
Ohio teacher suspended for including four books with LGBTQ characters in her classroom library
Karen Cahall has been a teacher in the New Richmond School District in Ohio for 34 years.
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December 12, 2024 at 1:51 PM
1. A teacher in Ohio who has worked at the same public school for 34 years was suspended without pay and threatened with termination for offering four books in her classroom library that contained LGBTQ characters.
She's fighting back.
She's fighting back.
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I had no idea Kirkus reviewed What Fell From the Sky… but yay they liked it! They truly got the heart of the story, something that will be even more critical in the coming years- the importance of finding your voice and standing up for those around you. #kidlit
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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December 3, 2024 at 1:08 PM
I had no idea Kirkus reviewed What Fell From the Sky… but yay they liked it! They truly got the heart of the story, something that will be even more critical in the coming years- the importance of finding your voice and standing up for those around you. #kidlit
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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Help support indie bookshops AND get your holiday shopping done early! Whether you buy one of my books or someone else's, I encourage you to shop local.
My #indiebookstores feed:
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Looking for authentic #KidLit recommendations (no self-promo)?
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My #indiebookstores feed:
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Looking for authentic #KidLit recommendations (no self-promo)?
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a cartoon of a woman hugging a book standing in front of a store that says support indie bookshops
Alt: Illustration of a woman hugging a book, standing in front of an independent bookstore.
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December 2, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Help support indie bookshops AND get your holiday shopping done early! Whether you buy one of my books or someone else's, I encourage you to shop local.
My #indiebookstores feed:
bsky.app/profile/debb...
Looking for authentic #KidLit recommendations (no self-promo)?
bsky.app/profile/debb...
My #indiebookstores feed:
bsky.app/profile/debb...
Looking for authentic #KidLit recommendations (no self-promo)?
bsky.app/profile/debb...
One of my favorite walks to help brainstorm a story is through this is old-growth forest near my house. Everything feels possible out there. 🌲
November 25, 2024 at 1:18 AM
One of my favorite walks to help brainstorm a story is through this is old-growth forest near my house. Everything feels possible out there. 🌲
Research for current WIP has me hiking to old train tunnels where the darkness is so complete human eyes will not adjust. The whole place is believed to be haunted & looking into the tunnel I was certain something looked back. 👀
November 13, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Research for current WIP has me hiking to old train tunnels where the darkness is so complete human eyes will not adjust. The whole place is believed to be haunted & looking into the tunnel I was certain something looked back. 👀
Forever looking to nature and the sky to remember there is still beauty in this world, especially now when everything feels so cruel and fragile. It was a starry starry night in my backyard last night.
November 14, 2023 at 7:48 PM
Forever looking to nature and the sky to remember there is still beauty in this world, especially now when everything feels so cruel and fragile. It was a starry starry night in my backyard last night.
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Highly recommend It Found Us by @lindsayncurrie.bsky.social. A spooky middle grade ghost story, complete with a graveyard setting and a very creepy ghost, but also a well developed and tense mystery, all driven by the actions of a group of relatable characters. #middlegrade 📚👍
October 28, 2023 at 11:03 AM
Highly recommend It Found Us by @lindsayncurrie.bsky.social. A spooky middle grade ghost story, complete with a graveyard setting and a very creepy ghost, but also a well developed and tense mystery, all driven by the actions of a group of relatable characters. #middlegrade 📚👍
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Psssssst
Sometimes MG is creepy and thoughtful and full of feels for grownup readers too
You should read these prime examples👇👇👇👇
Sometimes MG is creepy and thoughtful and full of feels for grownup readers too
You should read these prime examples👇👇👇👇
It’s spooky season and I have some books you might like 🎃
October 29, 2023 at 3:04 PM
Psssssst
Sometimes MG is creepy and thoughtful and full of feels for grownup readers too
You should read these prime examples👇👇👇👇
Sometimes MG is creepy and thoughtful and full of feels for grownup readers too
You should read these prime examples👇👇👇👇