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Welcome to the strangest holiday season ever. Santa Claus in an N95 mask. Socially distanced Christmas ornaments. Even the lumps of coal the naughty kids get have to be disinfected. Okay, enough of that—I could go on and on, but I can already hear you groaning. “It is what it is” is one of the dumbest expressions around, but it applies. (By the way, am I the only one who notices that “This is the way,” is basically Mandalorian for “It is what it is?”)

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Check it out—the Arc of a Scythe boxed set made it into NYT’s Teen Holiday Gift Guide! (Personally, I’m pretty tempted by that LEGO kit…)

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Absolutely exquisite fan art by @nanfe1789 depicting Rowan of the Arc of Scythe trilogy. Check out the details in the scythe—wow!

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Edison’s Alley, book 2 in the Accelerati trilogy, is now available as an audiobook, read by the great Greg Tremblay! Find it wherever such fine narrative audio products are sold.

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The 2020 National Book Award longlists have been announced! I’m honored to be a judge on this year’s panel for Young People’s Literature. You can find the full list of nominees for the category here: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-2020-national-book-awards-longlist-young-peoples-literature

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Dive back into the award-winning Skinjacker Trilogy—Everlost, Everwild, and Everfound—on September 15th! (Trailer by Jarrod Shusterman and Sofía Lapuente.)

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Nuff said.

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Have you bought stamps recently? It’s an easy way to support the USPS at a critical time! Here’s one of my personal favorite sets available right now.

Thief of Souls, book number two in the Star Shards Trilogy, is now available as an audiobook! Produced by Tantor Audio and read by the great Joe Hempel. Find it on Audible, Libro.fm, or wherever you download audiobooks!

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Adorable, with a scoop of a technological dread.