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Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · 7h

A recent article in @publisherswkly.bsky.social featured local #indiebookstore Los Amigos Books—business has slowed because of ICE raids in #Chicago. You can support them and local K-8 schools by being a book fairy. 🧚 Click this link to donate. It’s a win-win! losamigosbooks.com/apps/giftreg...

Los Amigos Books

Books for kids in Spanish

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Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · 7h

If you haven’t checked out Tonika Lewis Johnson’s folded maps project, you MUST. So well-deserved

Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 7h

Englewood is celebrating its MacArthur "Genius" Fellow, Tonika Lewis Johnson. blockclubchi.co/4hGhZYY

Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · 3d

I’m grateful for this review from @booklife.bsky.social, and even though ORPHANLAND didn’t advance in the prize, I’m still very proud! #middlegradebooks #mglit booklife.com/project/orph...

Orphanland by Lauren Fischer | BookLife

Will buried secrets from a small town’s past help orphans of the opioid crisis build a brighter future? Willa Johnson moved to the Southern Ohio Children’s Home after her mom died of an overdose. The ...

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Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · 4d

Be a book fairy! ICE is decreasing foot traffic to small independent businesses in Chicago. Please help support them. #kidlit #independentbookstore losamigosbooks.com/apps/giftreg...

Los Amigos Books

Books for kids in Spanish

losamigosbooks.com

Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · 11d

app.thestorygraph.com/giveaways/22... There’s no such thing as too many giveaways, right? #middlegradefiction

laurenbfischer's giveaway for Orphanland on The StoryGraph

Will buried secrets from a small town's past help orphans of the opioid crisis build a brighte...

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Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · 20d

www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... #middlegradebooks

Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · 23d

cannonballread.com/2025/10/orph... I love an honest review! And Carl! 💛

Friend Carl might not have liked being a book prop, but I liked this book.

The story behind the book is better than the book, Orphanland by Lauren Fischer, and it is a good book. Or at least I think so, as it made a cozy memory to be connected to a book with a not so cozy th...

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Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · 26d

A powerful opinion piece by Beth Macy, author of Dopesick:
Why Can’t Working-Class Kids Make Their Way Out of Ohio? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Why Can’t Working-Class Kids Make Their Way Out of Ohio?

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Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · 27d

#louisvillebookfestival here I come! October 11 is only one week away. If you’re in or nearby Louisville, come check it out! It’s free! Hang out with book lovers all day. Every child who attends gets a free book to promote the festival’s mission of childhood literacy. 💜💜💜

Reposted by Lauren Bomberger Fischer

The Times of Northwest Indiana @nwitimes.com · Sep 8

The new novel “Orphanland” is a coming-of-age mystery set against the backdrop of the opioid crisis, ideal for teen readers, the unintended victims of this national epidemic.

Davich: At what age should children learn the dangers of opioids?

The new novel “Orphanland” is a coming-of-age mystery set against the backdrop of the opioid crisis, ideal for teen readers, the unintended victims of this national epidemic.

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Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · Sep 15

www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... It’s the last day to enter my Goodreads giveaway for my middle grade novel Orphanland. 💛 #mglit

Book giveaway for Orphanland by Lauren Fischer Aug 16-Sep 15, 2025

Enter to win one of 5 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Aug 16-Sep 15, 2025. I'm giving away five signed copies of my debut middle grade novel, ...

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Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · Sep 9

Are you on #netgalley? My MG novel #orphanland is, for anyone who likes coming-of-age mysteries set in the midst of the opioid crisis. Sounds like a downer, but it’s not! Nonbinary representation is in the mix too. PW says #middlegrade is still struggling. Blargh! Let’s turn this category around!

Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · Aug 19

Enter my Goodreads Giveaway for Orphanland—I’m giving away 5 copies! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · Jul 15

My first ARC review. *This* is why I decided to self-publish with the help of Mission Point Press and not let another novel live only on my laptop.

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Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Positive vibes from the universe! ✨💛 My debut novel ORPHANLAND was shortlisted for the Letter Review prize for unpublished novels.

letterreview.com/the-letter-r...

The Letter Review Prize Winners October – December 2024 - The Letter Review

It's always such an astonishing joy to publish the winning entries of The Letter Review Prize: We spend months with these works before we are able to experience the thrill of sharing them with our com...

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Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · Jun 22

Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · Jun 10

I have book swag! 💛 I ordered these bookmarks for ORPHANLAND, my upper middle grade coming-of-age mystery, and I am perhaps TOO excited? 😍

The front and back of bookmarks for a book titled ORPHANLAND, brown background with yellow text and an illustrated image of a house in a field with the black silhouettes of children running toward the house, along with two sentences giving a brief summary of the book and a QR code.

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Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · May 10

I live in the popest city.

Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · May 7

I live in the dopest city.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · May 7

Chicago is on to something.

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Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · May 8

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Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · May 7

I live in the dopest city.
@6figga-dilla.bsky.social

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · May 7

Chicago is on to something.

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Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · May 7

It’s true. 🩷

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School Library Journal @slj.com · Apr 26

On "Pearl's & Ruby's," Edi Campbell offers a simple tip sheet to join the call to protect the Institute of Museum and Library Services, including an interactive tool for learning the impact of IMLS in your congressional district.

A Few Basic Facts about IMLS

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Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · Apr 25

Canada sure does seem nice.

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School Library Journal @slj.com · Apr 25

How about some recent and forthcoming releases from Canadian middle grade authors? Canada seems nice, doesn't it? (TLT)

Take Five: Canadian Middle Grade

How about some recent and forthcoming releases from Canadian middle grade authors? Canada seems nice, doesn't it?

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Lauren Bomberger Fischer @laurenbfischer.bsky.social · Apr 25

Keep writing, keep creating, keep resisting 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

An image of a supportive text message from a friend with a heart in the corner

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