Books by Erin Entrada Kelly
The First State of Being
by Erin Entrada Kelly
🏆 2025 Newbery Medal
Warm-hearted speculative fiction set in 1999, featuring 12-year-old Michael, his teenage babysitter Gibby, a time-travelling boy from the future, and complications to do with teleportation and growing up.
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.
We Dream of Space
by Erin Entrada Kelly & Erin Entrada Kelly and Celia Krampien (illustrators)
***2021 Newbery Honor Book**
Ages 8-12