⭐ #Fiction #HBReviewoftheWeek REASONS TO HATE ME by @metallowrites.bsky.social ( @candlewickpress.bsky.social ): "Sympathetic readers will find many reasons to love this book..." www.hbook.com/story/review...
Graphic with text Young Adult Books with Autistic Characters by Autistic Authors. Published September 2025. Displays the book covers for: - Reasons to Hate Me by Susan Metallo - Walking the Knife’s Edge by Elise Carlson - Hollow by Taylor Grothe - Unending by Ivelisse Housman
Young Adult Books with Autistic Characters written by Autistic authors. Published September 2025.
Check Your Connection: Character in YA literature, a guest post by Susan Metallo
teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/09/05/c... @tltkaren.bsky.social @metallowrites.bsky.social
Thing that will never get old: googling "Susan Metallo book" and getting a bunch of Superman comics in return. #supervillain #alterego
@jodimeadows.bsky.social and I had a conversation for PW about tween and teen girls, social groups and gossip. Check it out!: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... #booksky #yabooks #kidlitmegafeed
This book is so good! And Stan is awesome. Check him out, librarian friends!
Thank you, Sara!
I have such wonderful news to share. Over the weekend, Reasons to Hate Me received its first trade review...and it's a STAR from Publishers Weekly! 🤯🥹😭I'm so honored by this reviewer's kind words. See the whole review here: www.publishersweekly.com/9781536240351
Today's Supreme Court decision, though couched in the language of freedom and inclusivity, is a tragic failure for both the right to read and the rights of LGBTQIA+ people. Authors Against Book Bans stands firmly and fiercely against the decision and its rationale. To allow parents to "object" to the presence of positive books about the lives and rights of LGBTQIA+ people is to allow them to "object" to the existence of LGBTQIA+ students, parents, educators, and others in the wider community. You cannot “opt out” of reality, no matter what today’s majority opinion states. These books belong on shelves and these stories belong in classrooms and curricula.
Our statement in response to the Supreme Court ruling in Mahmoud v Taylor. Image thread with alt text. 1/4
So exciting to be in PW again! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
I'm so glad! I'm also still figuring myself out in .y late 30s, in so many ways. I think it's why I'm drawn to writing (and reading) YA: there's no pretense that the characters know themselves perfectly. In my experience, identity is a life-long discovery process.
Hi Jen, yes! I'd love you to include it. Thank you! She's exploring her sexuality in the book and doesn't quite know what label fits her by the end, but she's thinking along the ace spectrum. Based on my own experience :)
"People assume gay men are weak and bad at sports, but here was Rob proving them wrong. I wondered what my life would have been like if I had seen someone like Rob when I was in school." Representation in Kidlit matters! www.scbwi.org/stepping-up-... #kidlitmegafeed @authorsabb.bsky.social
Oregon! You're getting closer to protecting the right to read! Contact your House Reps & urge them to vote for SB 1098! olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/C...
The Texas Legislature is working through the holiday weekend. Those driving book bans and censorship in our state are activating their supporters to pressure lawmakers to move Senate Bill 13 (school library bill) and House Bill 3225 (public library bill) forward.
Danielle shares why she is one of the #MillionsMissing who are showing up in DC, online, and around the world this Monday- May 12th to send out a #DisabilitySOS.
Join us: www.meactions.org/millionsmiss...
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#longCovid #pwME #MECFS #ProtectMedicaid
Beside the cover of REASONS TO HATE ME, text reads: A Summer/Fall 2025 Kids Indies Introduce Pick! "Unflinchingly honest, uproarious, and sometimes gut-wrenching." --Lauren Pronger, Chapterhouse Books, Amarillo, TX.
I'm so excited to share that REASONS TO HATE ME was selected by the American Booksellers Association for Indies Introduce! I'm so honored and I can't stop happy-dancing!
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Texas Friends, call your reps & tell them to vote NO on book banning bill HB3225. The gov't doesn't decide what my kids are allowed to read. Other parents don't either. I do. *THAT'S* what "parental rights" means. #kidlitmegafeed franklinstrong.substack.com/p/screaming-...
‘Kennedy told reporters that there were "many, many good ways to treat measles and doctors need to know that and to know those methods.’
One problem; there is no treatment for measles. Signed, a doctor who’s been forced to deal with measles because of this stupid fraud.
From The Onion: Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society
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#kidlitmegafeed if you're disabled join Disabled Kidlit Writers on fb for a supportive community in these shitty times
Disabled people are 28% of the US population. We will not go away just because you don't want us here or shut up because you don't want to hear us. And only the weakest bullies kick the disabled kids.
The items on your list make it clear that you view the lives of disabled people as not worthwhile. Can't play baseball? Tragedy. Need support with self care tasks? Tragedy. Can't pay taxes [*and aren't a millionaire who clearly deserves tax cuts]? Tragedy. Well, F U Robert F. [2/3]
Dear Robert F-ing Kennedy. My family is not a tragedy. Being who we are is not suffering. My kids play sports. I write poems for a living. I am married. We all use toilets. And yes, to the first and presumably most important item on your list, I pay taxes. But let's be real: 🧵 [1/3]
More student action against book bans! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Page 1 Books Albuquerque webpage displays Reasons to Hate Me by Susan Metallo
Imagine browsing your favorite indie bookstore's website and all of a sudden there's a book with your name on the cover 😍 @page1books.bsky.social
The cover of Reasons to Hate Me shows a yellow cake with pink icing smashed against a teal background. Text around the cover reads: neurodivergent nerd girls; drama kid drama; power of the post; disability justice; ace love; BFF implosion; slut-shamer takedown
It's COVER REVEAL TIME!!
I love this design and I'm SO excited to see this book out in the world. 🙂 Preorder links are here: susanmetallo.com/books
It's also up on Goodreads, so you can add to your "want to read" shelf! www.goodreads.com/.../22213316...
Ahhh I love it so much!!!!!!!
Yes, yes, yes!! It is NOT librarians and teachers vs. parents rights!! It parents like me vs. the political extremists who don't want my kids to have access to books. Parents overwhelmingly support the freedom to read!
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
“Books don’t make kids become anybody else. Books make kids think.”
Amen, Judy Blume! 👆👆👆
