Scientists use wild orca's saddle patches to identify them! They are unique to each whale, just like our fingerprints.
#Preorder #WhaleFall today, wherever books are sold. 🔗 in bio!
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“Kurrah was the same with everyone: a wretched, grumpy old bird. But Whale loved him even if he ignored her. It made her feel almost normal.”
Read the rest of...Kurrah's??...story in #WHALEFALL on September 15.
#bookquote #amreading #middlegrade #2026debut #nancypaulsen #penguin #preordernow
"Unlike Red, who was happy just to be together, Pup needed to be constantly entertained."
Read the rest of Whale's story in #WHALEFALL on Sep15. #PREORDER NOW!
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Elysia Rourke
Elysia Rourke
Elysia Rourke
Looking for something to read this summer while you wait for #WhaleFall? Check out my fave literary magazines! All FOUR are free to read online.
(Pssst. #Preorder Whale Fall today! Out 09/15).
#literarymagazine #shortstory #poetry #art #freetoread #WritingCommunity #LitMag #amwriting #readingrec
#Preorder Whale Fall anywhere books are sold!
A killer whale, after being captured by humans, is forced to adapt to life in a marine park while clinging to the stories that make her the matriarch she was born to be.
#youngreaders #middlegradedebut #animalPOV #booksforkids #debut2026 #whalefall
Elysia Rourke
Elysia Rourke
Thank you to @shakirahwrites for reading & blurbing WHALE FALL! She's read it *twice* now and hasn't yelled at me for making her cry even once! <3
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This is the cleanest my desk ever gets!
What do you guys have on your desks?
#amwriting #2026debut #whalefall #preorder #amreading #middlegradewriter #childrensauthor #writingforkids #writingmiddlegrade #youngreaders
Whale Fall is available for a limited time on #NetGalley. Request (and then #preorder) today!
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Read the rest of Whale's story in #WHALEFALL
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Elysia Rourke
Pssst! News and updates over on Substack! 🔗 in Bio!
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