ALA announces John Newbery Awards recipients

The American Library Association has announced the recipients of the 2025 John Newbery Medal and Honor Books. It honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

TitleAuthorPublisherAward
“The First State
of Being”
Erin Entrada KellyGreenwillow Books (HarperCollins)Newbery Medal
“Across So Many Seas”Ruth BeharNancy Paulsen Books (Penguin Random House)Newbery Honor
“Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All”Chanel MillerPhilomel
(Penguin Random House)
Newbery Honor
“One Big Open Sky”Lesa Cline-RansomeHoliday HouseNewbery Honor
“The Wrong Way Home”Kate O’ShaughnessyBorzoi Book
(Alfred A. Knopf)
Newbery Honor
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The First State of Being
  • Hardcover Book
  • Kelly, Erin Entrada (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 272 Pages – 03/05/2024 (Publication Date) – Greenwillow Books (Publisher)
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Across So Many Seas
  • Hardcover Book
  • Behar, Ruth (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 272 Pages – 02/06/2024 (Publication Date) – Nancy Paulsen Books (Publisher)
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Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All: (A Newbery Honor Book)
  • Hardcover Book
  • Miller, Chanel (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 160 Pages – 04/23/2024 (Publication Date) – Philomel Books (Publisher)
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One Big Open Sky
  • Hardcover Book
  • Cline-Ransome, Lesa (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 304 Pages – 03/05/2024 (Publication Date) – Holiday House (Publisher)
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The Wrong Way Home: (Newbery Honor Award Winner)
  • Hardcover Book
  • O’Shaughnessy, Kate (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 336 Pages – 04/02/2024 (Publication Date) – Knopf Books for Young Readers (Publisher)