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 2025 New from Newbery Medalist Rebecca Stead Middle grade fiction

THE EXPERIMENT
Rebecca Stead
(Feiwel & Friends, October 2025) Agent: Faye Bender)

Newbery Medalist Rebecca Stead questions whether

extraterrestrial beings live among us in this heartfelt, tense
novel about a boy who wonders where he's from and where
he belongs.

Nathan’s life on Earth appears to be typical – he goes to school,

does his homework, and hangs out with his best friend, Victor.
But Nathan and his parents are from another planet, and now
their time on Earth may be ending.

As Nathan discovers the truth about his family and himself, he

starts to grow…a tail. Yes, an actual tail that moves and seems to
think on its own. What kind of experiment is this? And what is
happening to the other kids in his strange, online cohort who
are not growing tails, but are mysteriously disappearing?
Rebecca Stead is the New York Times bestselling author
of When You Reach Me, Liar & Spy, First Light, Goodbye Nathan wants to help his people, but first he has to figure out
Stranger, Bob, and, most recently, The List of Things That Will who they are, and determine what will become of him, his family,
Not Change. Her books have been awarded the Newbery and his friends if the experiment fails. And what if it succeeds?
Medal, the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Fiction In what world does Nathan truly belong? THE EXPERIMENT
and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. explores the big questions of belonging, family, exploration and
what it means to really choose your own place in the world…or
galaxy.
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2025 NEW from Sibert Award-winner Nicholas Day Middle-grade non-fiction

A WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER

A Volcano Erupts, A Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out

Nicholas Day, Illustrated by Yas Inamura

Agent for TEXT: Brenda Bowen
Agent for ART: The Bright Agency
(Random House Studio, Sept 2025)

The Mona Lisa Vanishes author Nicholas Day now turns his hand to the
eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia in 1815, an event that changed
the world economy, and that marks the dawn of modern climate science.

When Mount Tambora, a volcano on the edge of the Indonesian archipelago,

erupted in April, 1815, it was the largest explosion in recorded history.
In the months and years that followed, the ashy fallout from Tambora
spread through the atmosphere. It shadowed the land beneath, killing harvests
on the other side of the world. It turned farmers into beggars and their
children into orphans. It changed the economic fortunes of countries
throughout the world.
The event also brought creativity and invention, and colorful characters
people the book – including Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein), Benjamin
Franklin (American inventor), Ignaz Venetz (Swiss early climate scientist), Karl
Drais (inventor of an early bicycle), John Constable (British artist).
Before Tambora, the only language scientists had to explain the climate was
Cover not final Biblical. Only God could act on such a scale. In the years after Tambora, the
notion that natural events, or even humans, could change the climate—a
formerly ludicrous, impossible idea—took hold.

NICHOLAS DAY is the 2024 winner of the Sibert Award for non-fiction. His first book
for middle-graders was The Mona Lisa Vanishes. (See more praise for that title on p. 11.)

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 2025 Debut! YA fiction

LEAVE IT ON THE TRACK

Margot Fisher
(Dutton, October 2025) Agent: Faye Bender

From Reese’s Book Club LitUp Fellow Margot Fisher,

a moving debut about healing, self-acceptance, and queer
first love set on a roller derby team

Morgan “Moose” Shaker barely survived the fire that killed her
fathers in their beloved roller rink in small-town Utah. Now she
must move to Portland to live with her much older half-sister,
Eden. Eden’s doing her best, but she's hardly ready to be a parent
to a sixteen-year-old she hasn't seen in years. Plus barely-out-of-
the-closet Moose worries that she's not ready for super-affirming,
rainbow-flags-everywhere Portland.

Fortunately, Moose finds an outlet for her emotions and a

surprising group of friends in roller derby. Her diverse and well-
Margot Fisher lives in Portland, Oregon, where she has
skated as a member of the Rose City Rollers derby league drawn teammates help her grieve her dads and confront her am-
for five years. Earlier this year, she was selected as a fellow I-queer-enough imposter syndrome. And of course she falls in
for Reese’s Book Club’s LitUp program for this love with a girl on her team.
manuscript, where she was mentored by NYT bsetselling
author Laurie Frankel. Heartfelt, funny, and romantic, Leave It on Track will make you
want to lace up your skates, pull on your pads, and hit the rink.
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 Young Adult
2024 INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

THE BAD ONES

Melissa Albert

Agent: Faye Bender

Flatiron (February 2024)

Goddess, goddess, count to five

In the morning, who’s alive?

In the course of a single winter’s night, four people vanish without a trace across a
small town.

Nora’s estranged best friend, Becca, is one of the lost. As Nora tries to untangle the
truth of Becca’s disappearance, she discovers a darkness in her town’s past, as well as
a string of coded messages Becca left for her to unravel. These clues lead Nora to a
piece of local lore: a legendary goddess of forgotten origins who played a role in
Nora and Becca’s own childhood games. . . .

An arresting, crossover horror fantasy threaded with dark magic, THE BAD
ONES is a poison-pen love letter to semi-toxic best friendship, the occult power of
childhood play and artistic creation, and the razor-thin line between make-believe
and belief.
Sold to:
Urano (Spain and Latin America) Melissa Albert is the author of the New York Times bestselling Hazel Wood series
Penguin UK (UK) and her work has been translated into more than twenty languages. Her most recent
Rizzoli (Italy) novel was Our Crooked Hearts, Amazon’s #1 YA Book of 2022. She's from Illinois
and lives in Brooklyn with her husband and son.

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2024 PRAISE FOR INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER….

THE BAD ONES

Melissa Albert
“The supernatural creep factor is extreme...” ―BOOKLIST, starred review

“Unholy, vengeful, and utterly captivating…” ―Ryan La Sala, author

of THE HONEYS
“THE BAD ONES is a tense, lyrical, and haunting must-read.” ―Kiersten
White, author of MISTER MAGIC

“A black-veined, spectral howl of a novel.” ―Ava Reid, author of A STUDY

IN DROWNING

“Melissa Albert is a master of the uncanny.” ―Erin A. Craig, author

of HOUSE OF ROOTS AND RUIN “Unsettling and unputdownable.”
―Kendare Blake, author of THREE DARK CROWNS
“Albert's prose is juicy and sharp, and will haunt you in all the best ways.”
―Jamison Shea, author of I FEED HER TO THE BEAST AND THE
BEAST IS ME

“An addictively terrifying, beautifully vicious book.” ―Courtney Summers, author

Sold to: of SADIE
Urano (Spain and Latin America)
Penguin UK (UK) “A deliciously dark and twisted labyrinth of a book from the master of YA
Rizzoli (Italy) horror.” ―Heather Fawcett, author of EMILY WILDE'S
Rocco (Brazil) ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES

“Beguiling prose and a simmering sense of dread." ―Kate Alice Marshall,

author of WHAT LIES IN THE WOODS
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 Young Adult
2024
THERE IS A DOOR
IN THIS DARKNESS
Kristin Cashore
Agent: Faye Bender
(Dutton June 2024)
A magic-tinged contemporary YA about grief and hope from the
acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of the Graceling
Realm novels.

Wilhelmina Hart is part of the infamous class of 2020. Her high school
years began with the election of Donald Trump and they ended with
COVID. Now Wilhelmina, like so many of her peers, is in limbo, having
deferred college because of the pandemic. Compounding the national
trauma of 2016 to 2020, Wilhelmina has wrestled with the illness and
death of one of her three beloved aunts shortly after the 2016 election.
This is a loss she felt so keenly that she’s spent the last years deep in her
personal depression, only obscured by the seemingly endless waves of
national trauma. Now on the cusp on the most consequential election in
living memory, Wilhelmina may have found a door in her darkness and
perhaps the courage to pass through it, if she can decipher the bizarre
messages that keep appearing in her life.
“How do we get through hard and confusing times? There’s a Door in This
Darkness shows us the way with charm, heart, and a sprinkle of magic.
This story of family, friendship, and love is told with some very timely
essentials: kindness, compassion, and empathy.” —Deb Caletti,
National Book Award Finalist and Michael L. Printz Honoree

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 Young Adult
2024
THIRSTY
Jas Hammond
Agent: Faye Bender
Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan (May 2024)
A new novel by the award-winning author of We Deserve
Monuments, winner the 2023 Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for
New Talent

It’s the summer before college and eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner and her
girlfriend, Ella, have one goal: join the mysterious and exclusive Serena Society.
The sorority promises status and life-long connections to a network of
powerful, trailblazing women of color. Ella’s acceptance is a sure thing—she’s
the daughter of a Serena alum. Blake, however, has a lot more to prove.
As a former loner from a working-class background, Blake lacks Ella’s pedigree
and confidence. Luckily, she finds courage at the bottom of a liquor bottle.
When she drinks, she’s bold, funny, and unstoppable—and the Serenas love it.
But as pledging intensifies, so does Blake’s drinking, until it’s seeping into every
corner of her life. Ella assures Blake that she’s fine; partying hard is what it takes
Jas Hammonds was raised in many cities and to make the cut...
between the pages of many books. They have
received support for their writing from Baldwin for But success has never felt so much like drowning. With her future hanging in the
the Arts, the Highlights Foundation and more. They balance and her past dragging her down, Blake must decide how far she’s willing
are also a recipient of the MacDowell James Baldwin to go to achieve her glittering dreams of success—and how much of herself
Fellowship and their debut novel, We Deserve she’s willing to lose in the process.
Monuments, won the 2023 Coretta Scott King John
Steptoe Award for New Talent, among other
accolades.

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2024 PRAISE FOR….

THIRSTY
Jas Hammonds
"A story of love, longing and belonging, a must read." —Ebony LaDelle,
author of Love Radio
"Breathtaking and courageous, Thirsty will change lives. I was dazzled and
devastated by every page, and ultimately left profoundly moved.” —Jen St.
Jude, author of If Tomorrow Doesn't Come
"Thirsty is the first lungful of air when you’re drowning. An astonishing,
compassionate, and deeply complicated novel about addiction, friendship, and
loyalty that will leave your heart singing. Don’t miss this!" —Mark Oshiro,
New York Times bestselling author of Into the Light
“Thirsty is an undeniable force. A knockout with nuance. This stunningly
crafted story tugs at the reader with breathless pace and sharp insights that
ultimately delivers the hope of recovery.” —Cory McCarthy, bestselling
author of the Stonewall Honor-winner Man o’ War
"A revelation. This book will save lives, I have no doubt." —Mariama J.
Lockington, Stonewall Honor Award Author of In the Key of Us and
Forever is Now
“A transformative novel that readers will cling to long after the final page.”—
Julian Winters, award-winning author of Right Where I Left You
“A sensitively wrought and gorgeously written exploration of a young woman's
hard-won journey back to herself.” —Courtney Summers, New York
Times bestselling author of Sadie and I’m the Girl

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2024
BETTER MUST COME
Desmond Hall

Agent: Faye Bender

Caitlyn Dlouhy/Atheneum Books, March 2024)

Barely Missing Everything meets American Street in this fiercely

evocative, action-packed young adult thriller that looks at the darker side
of light-filled Jamaica and how a tragedy and missing drug money
helplessly entangles the lives of two teens who want to change their fate.

Deja is a “barrel girl”—one of the Jamaican kids who get barrels full of
clothes, food, and treats shipped to them from parents who have moved to the
US or Canada to make more money. Gabriel is caught up in a gang and
desperate for a way out. When he meets Deja at a party, he starts looking for a
way into her life and wonders if they could be a part of each other’s futures.

Then, one day while out fishing, Deja spies a go-fast boat stalled out by some
rocks, smeared with blood. Inside, a badly wounded man thrusts a knapsack at
her, begging her to deliver it to his original destination, and to not say a word.
She binds his wounds, determines to send for help, and make good on her
promise…not realizing that the bag is stuffed with $500,000 American. Not
Desmond Hall was born in Jamaica, West Indies, realizing that the posse Gabriel is in will stop at nothing to get their hands on
and moved to Jamaica, Queens. He has worked as this bag—or that Gabriel’s and her lives will intersect in ways neither ever
a high school biology and English teacher in East imagined, as they both are forced to make split second choices to keep the
New York, Brooklyn; counseled teenage ex-cons ones they love most alive.
after their release from Rikers Island; and served
as Spike Lee’s creative director at Spike DDB. He’s “Hall is a hurricane of a writer.” –NYT bestselling author Jason
the author of Your Corner Dark and Better Must Come. Reynolds
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2023 WINNER: SIBERT MEDAL FOR BEST NON-FICTION CHILDREN’S 2023 Middle-grade non-fiction

THE MONA LISA VANISHES

A Legendary Painter, A Shocking Heist, and the Birth of
a Global Celebrity
Nicholas Day, Illustrated by Brett Helquist
Agent for text: Brenda Bowen
Agent for art: Steven Malk, Writers House
(Random House Studio, Sept 2023)
The Mona Lisa Vanishes introduced Nicholas Day, an electrifying new voice in
middle-grade non-fiction. Illustrated by Brett Helquist, whose iconic covers for A
Series of Unfortunate Events are internationally renowned.

This propulsive work of narrative non-fiction for middle-graders tells the twisting, turning,
near-incredible story of how the Mona Lisa was stolen, how the robbery made the portrait
the most famous artwork in the world—and how the painting never should have existed at
all. This is middle-grade nonfiction written at the pace of a thriller, shot through with stories
of crime and celebrity, genius and beauty.

The Mona Lisa Vanishes in Paris, 1911 and Renaissance Italy. It traces a relentless,
wrongheaded investigation through the front pages and back streets of Paris, knocking at
the door of the most famous artist of the modern era, and ultimately ending up in a packed
courtroom in Rome. Simultaneously, it follows Leonardo da Vinci through his dazzling,
weird, unlikely life. History here isn’t something that had to happen—history, like life, is one
improbable event after another.
Sold to:
Laffont (France), Mondadori (Italy), NICHOLAS DAY’s work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The
Shogakukan (Japan), Prooni Books (Korea), Washington Post, among other publications. His new book is The Sun Disappears (Random
Rocco (Portuguese/Brazil), XXXXX House Studio, fall 2025), about the explosion of Mount Tambora in 1815. He lives in
Western Massachusetts.

BRETT HELQUIST is repped by Steven Malk at Writers House.

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2023 PRAISE FOR….

THE MONA LISA VANISHES

A Legendary Painter, A Shocking Heist, and the Birth of
a Global Celebrity
Nicholas Day, Illustrated by Brett Helquist

WINNER: 2024 Sibert Medal

WINNER: 2024 Boston-Globe Horn-Book Award
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY:
Amazon • Publishers Weekly • School Library Journal
• Booklist • Kirkus Reviews • NPR • The New York
Public Library • The Chicago Public Library • The
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
New York Times “A veritable rogues’ gallery of suspects star in this witty
thriller about the theft of the painting from the Louvre in 1911."

STARRED PW: “A captivating work of narrative nonfiction; altogether,

it’s a wildly entertaining, thoroughly contextualized look at art, history,
and fame.”

STARRED Kirkus: “Day tells his tale with considerable verve... Readers
will love the brouhaha and will be tempted to take closer looks at the art
too. A multistranded yarn skillfully laid out in broad, light brush strokes
with some cogent themes mixed in.”

STARRED Booklist: “The narratives in both time periods are enhanced

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for irony, and his skillful storytelling. A completely engaging book.”
2023 INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER / AMAZON’S #1 MIDDLE GRADE 2023

THE LOST LIBRARY

Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
Agent: Faye Bender
Feiwel & Friends August 2023
When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears
overnight in the small town of Martinville, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two
weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to
change.

Evan and his best friend Rafe quickly discover a link between one of the old
books and a long-ago event that none of the grown-ups want to talk about. The
two boys start asking questions whose answers will transform not only their
own futures, but the town itself.

Told in turn by a ghost librarian named Al, an aging (but beautiful) cat named
Mortimer, and Evan himself, The Lost Library is a timeless story from award-
winning authors Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass. It’s about owning your truth,
choosing the life you want, and the power of a good book (and, of course, the
librarian who gave it to you).
Rebecca Stead is the New York Times bestselling author of When You Reach Me,
Sold to: Dolphin Media (Simplified Chinese); Mann, Ivanov Liar & Spy, First Light, Goodbye Stranger, Bob, and, most recently, The List of Things
and Ferber (Russia); Nha Nam (Vietnam); Arena Verlag That Will Not Change. Her books have been awarded the Newbery Medal, the
(Germany); Dobrovsky (Czech Republic); Delight Press Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Fiction and the Guardian Children’s
(Taiwan); Alma Littera (Lithuania); Gramedia (Indonesia); Fiction Prize. Rebecca lives in New York City, where she is always on the
Vulkan (Serbia); Vydavnytstvo Staroho (Ukraine); Grada
lookout for her next story idea.
Slovakia (Slovenia); Grupul Editorial (Romania); BKZ
Yayincilik (Turkey); De Agostini (Italian); Eliean (France),
Wendy Mass is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-nine novels for
Metaixmio (Greece), Kaisei-sha (Japan)
young people (which have been translated into 26 languages and nominated for
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2024 THIS BOOK WILL TRAVEL TO JUPITER

IN PRAISE OF MYSTERY
By Ada Limón, US Poet Laureate
Illustrated by Peter Sís
Agent for ART: Brenda Bowen (excluding Spanish North American, controlled by Norton)
Agent for TEXT: W. W. Norton
(Norton Books for Young Readers, October 2024)
From U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón and Caldecott Honoree Peter
Sís: a transcendent picture book featuring the poem that will travel
into space aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper .

As part of her tenure as U.S. poet laureate, Ada Limón has written “In
Praise of Mystery,” which will be engraved on the Europa Clipper
spacecraft that launches to Jupiter and its moons in October 2024.
Published here as Limón’s debut picture book, this luminous poem is
illustrated by celebrated and internationally renowned artist Peter Sís.
32 pages
In Praise of Mystery celebrates humankind’s endless curiosity, asks us what
9 in x 9 in
it means to explore beyond our known world, and shows how the
Full-color throughout
unknown can reflect us back to ourselves.

Ada Limón is the 24th U.S. poet laureate. She has won the National Book Critics
Circle Award for Poetry and been a finalist for the National Book Award. She has
recently received both a Guggenheim and a MacArthur Fellowship. She lives in
Lexington, Kentucky.

Peter Sís has received the Robert F. Sibert Medal, three Caldecott Honors, and a
Sydney Taylor Honor. He was the first children’s book creator to receive a
MacArthur Fellowship, and won the 2012 Hans Christian Andersen Award. He
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2024 PRAISE FOR…

IN PRAISE OF MYSTERY
By Ada Limón, US Poet Laureate
Illustrated by Peter Sís
STARRED “The book, while fairly brief, reveals something new upon each
reading: a testament to the wonder and mystery that Limón writes about so
movingly. This would be a lovely and innovative addition to a classroom lesson
on space exploration… This ode to beauty and the still-to-be-explored corners
of the universe will find an audience among elementary school students and
educators.”
― School Library Journal (starred review)

STARRED “In U.S. Poet Laureate Limón’s debut picture book, soaring images
and lyrics invite contemplation of life’s wonders―on Earth and perhaps,
tantalizingly, elsewhere... A luminous call to think about what is and to envision
what might be.”
― Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
32 pages
9 in x 9 in
STARRED “Delicately and expansively wrought.”
Full-color throughout
― Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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2024

TOMORROW’S LILY
By Chris Raschka
Agent: Brenda Bowen
(Greenwillow Books, Spring 2024)

“Brave to its core, this is a book unafraid to ask for whom

will you bloom during your one wild and precious life.” --
Kirkus Reviews (starred)
A daylily blooms for just one day, opening when the sun comes up and
closing when it sets. In Chris Raschka’s extraordinary garden, seven
daylilies bloom for others during the course of a sun-drenched week—for
example, Monday’s lily blooms for the baby, and Saturday’s lily blooms for
friends. The lovely and lyrical text underscores the value of living in the
moment, caring for those around you, and being mindful of nature.
Raschka introduces young readers to the concept of time—the days of
the week, the span of a life—as well as to more spiritual and emotional
concepts such as friendship, empathy, generosity, caring for others, and
love. With a soothing text and stunning illustrations, this gentle,
32 pages innovative, and educational picture book is an excellent choice for story-
10” x 10” time sharing as well as gift giving.
Full-color throughout

Chris Raschka is the creator of many distinguished and award-winning

books for children. He has received two Caldecott Medals—one for The
Hello, Goodbye Window, written by Norton Juster, and one for his own A Ball
for Daisy. He also received a Caldecott Honor for Yo! Yes? Chris Raschka was
the US nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2012 and 2016
and has been awarded a New York Times Best Illustrated Book citation seven
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2023
AS NIGHT FALLS
Creatures that Go Wild after Dark
By Donna Jo Napoli
Art by Felicita Sala
Agent for TEXT: Brenda Bowen
Agent for ART: Random House Children’s Books
(Random House Studio, Fall 2023)

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF 2023

This science-themed picture book is for the littlest nature aficionado. Bursting with
vibrant illustrations, it offers an inviting look into the secret world of how nature
goes BERSERK at night!

From microscopic organisms to giant cats, it’s surprising who you’ll find awake in the
middle of the night! Dinoflagellates guzzle floating bacteria, bumblebee bats loop and
swoop, racer snakes slither, weasels sneak and circle, and spot-bellied eagle owls leap and
sweep. One by one, the animals of the food chain find their next scrumptious treat.
40 pages
10” x 11” For children whose curiosity abounds, and restless sleepers greedy for one more story or
Full-color throughout one more goodnight kiss, this distinctive picture book with a science focus gives a peek at
the animals that come alive at night.

DONNA JO NAPOLI is both a linguist and a writer of children’s and young

adult fiction. Some of her work includes Treasury of Greek Mythology, Stones in Water,
Treasury of Norse Mythology, and Daughter of Venice. She has five children and eight
grandchildren. She dreams of moving to the woods and becoming a naturalist. She
loves to garden, bake bread, dance, and make pottery.
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2023
WE ARE STARLINGS
Inside the Mesmerizing Magic of a
Murmuration
Written by Robert Furrow & Donna Jo Napoli
Art by Marc Martin
Agent for TEXT: Brenda Bowen
Agent for ART: Random House Children’s Books
(Random House Studio, May 2023)
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF 2024

A stunning picture book for young nature lovers about starlings and the fascinating
phenomenon of murmuration. Illustrated by the award-winning artist Marc Martin,
this book about the natural world vividly explores how such an enigma is even
possible.

Sweeping, diving, twisting, turning. To look up at a murmuration of starlings is an

experience like no other. Hundreds, thousands, and sometimes millions of starlings fly
together as one flock. The group ripples, whirls, and waves as each bird stays close to its
neighbors in a harmonious synchronicity of movement.

The story is told from the point of view of the flock, which gives the reader an inside look
at what is happening, and the breathtaking illustrations perfectly capture the ebb and flow
of a murmuration. Young readers will witness and fully appreciate the extraordinary
40 pages communication and collaboration abilities of these birds and may be able to apply these
8.5” x 11.5” lessons to their own lives.
Full-color throughout DONNA JO NAPOLI is both a linguist and a writer of children’s and young
adult fiction. Some of her work includes Treasury of Greek Mythology, Stones in Water,
Treasury of Norse Mythology, and Daughter of Venice.. ROBERT FURROW is
assistant professor of teaching in wildlife, fish, and conservation biology at
THE BOOK GROUP | FRANKFURT 2024 the University of California at Davis.
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