The First State of BeingWINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL A FINALIST FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ALA Notable Book for Children Chicago Public Library Best Fiction for Older Readers of 2024 Shelf Awareness Best Books of 2024 for Kids and Teens BookPage Best Middle Grade of 2024 Common Sense Media Best Books of 2024 2025 Excellence in Childrens and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable List When twelve year old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy

written by the only writer in history to win both the Pulitzer Prize and Pen/Faulkner Award for a single novel

\"Night Watch turns out to be an unexpectedly moving novel about sacrifice and responsibility

The Girl of Fire and Thorns is a sweeping journey full of adventure

From Kristen Ciccarelli

for it is their efforts that maintain the supply of the famous Belon oysters

and a mother-daughter tale about two women on a precarious journey to uncover their true selves

a journey that leads him to find hope

Worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts

But then her classmate was murdered

and the sacrifices that come with following one’s true path—and heart

A brilliant picture book biography about Thurgood Marshall

setting it against the larger story of the decline of investigative journalism and unbiased truth telling in America today