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Lakita Wilson
@lakitawilson.bsky.social
MG + YA Author of SPARKLE (Oct ‘23) LAST CHANCE DANCE 📚 BE REAL,MACY WEAVER 📚 WHAT IS BLACK LIVES MATTER? 📚
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spring ya bookmail― 2025 YA books! 🌼🧺📕
- pretty girl county, nightblood prince, immortal consequences, treachery of swans, forgery of fate
pbk: six crimson cranes, last bloodcarver
♡ thanks to the publishers! 💌🌟 #booksky #yabooks #diversebooksky @lakitawilson.bsky.social @kodansha.us
May 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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★ Lakita Wilson “highlights topics of financial inequity, privilege, and community” in her YA novel PRETTY GIRL COUNTY, “a powerful tale of first love and second-chance friendship” buff.ly/SUVdjyr
April 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
💕PRETTY GIRL COUNTY💕, coming
July 1, 2025. Reya lives in the rich part of Prince George’s County. Sommer doesn’t. Reya and Sommer used to be BFFs— before Reya’s family came into money and ghosted. Now they’re both at a crossroads w/ love, school, and chasing dreams and need each other again…
November 14, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Are you in the DC area? Come hang out with me at Busboys & Poets on October 24th as I celebrate the launch of my newest middle grade novel, SPARKLE ❤️ Register for your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.com/e/sparkle-a-...
October 13, 2023 at 12:32 PM
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Fresh out of the oven, the cover of THE COOKIE CRUMBLES, by @alechiadow.bsky.social and me!

Thank you to designer Andrea Vandergrift, cover artist Diobelle Cerna, and the whole Quill Tree Books team
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#kidlit #mgbooks #book
October 12, 2023 at 3:04 AM
It never fails. If I have an epic writing day, the next day: tumbleweeds
September 26, 2023 at 3:09 PM
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Can we do Naptime November instead of NaNo? A month where we prioritize rest, nesting, and creature comforts in the form of soft things, soups and teas
September 26, 2023 at 3:32 AM
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The Good Place is still the most perfectest show ever made.
September 22, 2023 at 1:18 AM
This is my daughters last year of college. And I don’t understand the post-college stage of parenting. Like, what do I do? What do I say? Im nervous lol
September 23, 2023 at 1:23 PM
This weighted throw blanket is so heavy, it’s literally pinning me to my couch and forcing me to get work done. A win is a win? Lol
September 23, 2023 at 12:45 PM
I guess my upcoming middle grade novel is an appropriate first post? *tap *tap…Is this mic on? 🤓
September 23, 2023 at 4:35 AM