Books by Erin Entrada Kelly

The First State of Being

by Erin Entrada Kelly

🏆 Winner of the 2025 Newbery Medal

The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly is a warm-hearted speculative novel set in 1999. It features a 12-year-old boy, his teenage babysitter, a time-traveller from the future, and complications to do with teleportation and growing up.

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Lalani of the Distant Sea

by Erin Entrada Kelly

In Lalani of the Distant Sea, 12 year old Lalani Sarita sets out on a perilous mission to save her village on the island of Sanlagita. Readers meet magical creatures of Philippine lore, such as the enormous birdwoman Bai-Vinca, soul-eating trees and Ditasa Ulod who is part woman part eel.

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We Dream of Space

by Erin Entrada Kelly & Erin Entrada Kelly and Celia Krampien (illustrators)

***2021 Newbery Honor Book**

Ages 8-12

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