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Lorien Lawrence
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Middle grade author of the Fright Watch series and the forthcoming Many Hauntings of the Manning Family. 👻 Repped by Kathleen Rushall at ABLA.

ELA teacher. 🍎

Forever reading. 📚
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Lorien Lawrence @lorienlawrence.bsky.social · Nov 17
Hi new friends! 👋 My name is Lorien. I write scary books for kids, and I teach 7th grade ELA. I love all things spooky and sweet.

What are you all reading?? #books
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Excited to announce I have a middle grade thriller coming out in 2027! 🏒☠️
October 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Scary Books for Teens & Kids: Our September 2025 YA & MG Horror Guide

@jonezyboy.bsky.social brings you the latest Ya and Mg horror books you need to read.

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@kalynnbayron.bsky.social @paultremblay.bsky.social @lorienlawrence.bsky.social
Scary Books For Teens & Kids: Our September 2025 YA & MG Horror Guide - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
Scary Books for Teens & Kids: Our September 2025 YA & MG Horror Guide read our reviews of the latest and best Ya and Mg Horror Books.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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My Libristo.eu haul is here! Right in time for #Spooktober. 😍👻

@edenroyce.bsky.social @mikehartigan.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social @louiestowell.bsky.social @katieabey.bsky.social @colmthewriter.bsky.social @lorienlawrence.bsky.social #BookSky📚💙 #BookHaul
Two books, The Many Hauntings of the Manning Family and The Blood Texts Uncle Zeedie by Colm Field Two books, Loki A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos by Louie Stowell and Medusa Gorgons Bad Hair Day by Bethany Walker and Katie Abey Two books, Are You Afraid of the Dark The Tale of the Twisted Toymaker by Danielle Valentine and The Creepening of Dogwood House by Eden Royce Two books, Play Nice by Rachel Harrison and Super Unicorn Princess by Mike Hartigan
October 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Blank Check @lorienlawrence.bsky.social

Sink? Or Float? @dontate.bsky.social

Numbers Tell Stories Too @annettepimentel.bsky.social Pirita Tolvanen

Tough Fluff @marciecolleen.bsky.social Chad Thomas

Daughter of Snakes @benomeli.bsky.social
Rachel Stark at Disney has acquired North American rights to The Cash Grab, a multi-POV contemporary middle grade novel written by Janae Marks (l.), Lorien Lawrence (c.), and Adrianna Cuevas (r.), pitched as a contemporary Blank Check. When an armory truck crashes and the money flies out, three seventh graders jump at the chance to change their lives. Publication is set for spring 2027; Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Literary Agency represented Lawrence Alexandra McKenzie at Charlesbridge has acquired the board book Sink? Or Float? by Don Tate. Readers can follow along for a pool-day experiment as the narrator explores what happens when various objects are placed in water. Publication is planned for spring 2028 as part of Steamworks; Caryn Wiseman at Andrea Brown Literary Agency sold world rights. Catherine Laudone at S&S/Beach Lane Books has acquired world rights to Numbers Tell Stories Too by Annette Bay Pimentel (l.) and Pirita Tolvanen (c.), illustrated by Valerya Milovanova, a nonfiction picture book about how Florence Nightingale's passion for statistics and her creation of the Rose Diagram revolutionized hospitals. Publication is planned for spring 2028; Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Literary Agency represented the authors Jasmine Hodge at Random House Graphic has bought Tough Fluff #1: A Sheep to Count On and three sequels by Marcie Colleen (l.) (Kitten Ninja series), illustrated by Chad Thomas (Cat Ninja series), a black-and-white humorous graphic novel chapter book series about Ewenice, an ex-acrobat sheep with a mysterious past and a superhero alter ego called Steel Wool. Publication is set for summer 2027; Paige Terlip at Andrea Brown Literary Agency represented the author and illustrator for world rights. Charlotte Greenbaum at Abrams Fanfare has acquired world rights to author-illustrator Beno Meli's debut YA graphic novel Daughter of Snakes, in which a 17yo girl, born half-Gorgon, half-human, and living in modern-day Mexico, sets out to save
September 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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While the King quote on the front is amazing, the back ones also make me cry happy tears! Thanks @chuckwendig.bsky.social Daka Hermon @jacquelinewest.bsky.social @shakirahwrites.bsky.social @lorienlawrence.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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So much fun at the Spooktastic Bookfair yesterday!!!! Thanks to @alyssaalessi.bsky.social! What a great event! Loved seeing my MG horror fam @lorasenf.bsky.social @lorienlawrence.bsky.social @maryaverling.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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🎃 55 Scary (and Not-So-Scary) 2025 Middle Grade Books To Get Readers In The Halloween Spirit 🎃
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#BookSky #KidLit #MGLit
A compilation of twenty-one 2025 middle grade book covers organized by colour, beginning with green, transitioning into blue and purple, and finally ending with pink and red. Books featured include Scaring and Daring, Another, Open Wide, Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave, The House Next Door, The Many Hauntings of the Manning Family, Broken Dolls, The Better To Eat You With, The Mystery At The Haunted Dance Hall, Phantom Academy, The Girl In The Walls, The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay, The Labyrinth of Souls, Finder's Keepers, Welcome To The Ghost Show, Grin, I.R.L, Ride or Die, Gloam, Tales From Cabin 23: The Visitors and It's Watching.
September 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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I spy MANY HAUNTINGS 👻
msyingling.bsky.social Ms. Yingling @msyingling.bsky.social · Sep 8
Gillespie's GRIN is out, but GIVE ME SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT is available! So is NatGeoKids IT'S A NUMBERS GAME: HOCKEY and titles by @lorienlawrence.bsky.social Jennifer Killick @janetsfox.bsky.social Tiffany Parks and Deron Hicks #OOTD has navy polka dot skirt to match the polo!
September 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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New projects coming from @janaemarksbooks.bsky.social @lorienlawrence.bsky.social @adriannacuevas.bsky.social + more buff.ly/9sPHt6A
September 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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OH DEAR HOLY CHEEZUS…THE PUPPETS.

That. Was. Scary.
THE MANY HAUNTINGS OF THE MANNING FAMILY
Thanks, @lorienlawrence.bsky.social !
📚🩸
Middle grade horror can be scary! I love it!!!
August 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Now reading!!! THE MANY HAUNTINGS OF THE MANNING FAMILY by @lorienlawrence.bsky.social! I already love Gabby and Trent! Twins who are growing up and facing all the questions that come with that. Throw some ghosts in and i’m sure it will be fine.
I love middle grade horror!
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August 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Deliciously spooky! Love this one by @lorienlawrence.bsky.social and I can think of many Ss that will too! Gabby and Trent are twins following in their grandparents footsteps. Will they ever be able to just be themselves? Grab a copy to find out! #ABRAMSbooks #BookPosse
August 1, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Next up on the front porch by @lorienlawrence.bsky.social Paranormal investigators, failed exorcism, séance-gone-wrong? Sounds like my kind of book! #ABRAMSbooks #BookPosse
July 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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@lorienlawrence.bsky.social Damara Allen and Meg Eden Kuyatt had books face out looking fabulous!
The Skeleton Flute by Damara Allen The many hauntings of the manning family by Lorien Lawrence The girl in the wall by Meg Eden Kuyatt
July 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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#BookPosse book mail! Summer school has ended = more time to read! @lorienlawrence.bsky.social. #ABRAMSbooms
July 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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This Saturday!! NY friends, come hang out! ✨
April 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Spent the weekend with the Manning Twins from The Many Hauntings of Manning Family by @lorienlawrence.bsky.social
So much fun, fright and fast paced, kept me on hook!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

MG/YA horror will always be the way to my heart ❤️
#amreading #booksky #MG
Cover of the many hauntings of manning family
April 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Massive #HandsOff rallies across the country 🔥🔥🔥
April 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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👻Suspenseful and spooky! These twin sleuths are going to do their best to figure out this haunting! @careycopeland.bsky.social -you won’t want to put this one down! 🔦#bookposse @lorienlawrence.bsky.social @Abramsbooks
April 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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ALA is deeply concerned by reports that IMLS is sending notices to libraries claiming to cancel grants that are required by law. This harmful action will disrupt libraries' ability to serve their communities.
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries
Call Congress for our libraries. Show up for our libraries. American library association.
April 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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🌷📪📚Spring Beak and Book Mail! Yay!! Thank you for sharing with #bookposse!! @lorienlawrence.bsky.social @ABRAMSbooks.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Loved this book! Go preorder!!
allymalinenko.bsky.social Ally Ally Oxenfree @allymalinenko.bsky.social · Mar 30
@lorienlawrence.bsky.social gave me this incredible blurb for Broken Dolls 😭😭😭
March 31, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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It's a Booklist star for THE MANY HAUNTINGS OF THE MANNING FAMILY by @lorienlawrence.bsky.social

🌟 “An excellent discussion to have on the topic of boundaries with friends and, especially, family.” 🌟

Read the full review here
March 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Happy Belated #BookBirthday to @lorienlawrence.bsky.social Abrams THE MANY HAUNTINGS OF THE MANNING FAMILY!
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Many Hauntings of the Manning Family
Middle school books, middle grade books, books for tweens, middle school library, middle grade literature, #MGLit, librarian, kids
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March 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Going to be tracking this down for my library ASAP! Love Lorien's spooky Middle Grade stuff.
lorienlawrence.bsky.social Lorien Lawrence @lorienlawrence.bsky.social · Mar 18
My new book is out today! 👻🖤🥳
March 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM