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Newbery medal for best children's book is given to Erin Entrada Kelly's 'The First State of Being'

NEW YORK (AP) — Erin Entrada Kelly's “The First State of Being,” a coming-of-age story that blends time travel and the approaching millennium of the year 2000, has won the John Newbery Medal for the year's outstanding children's book.
Book Review: Maggie Su’s debut novel ‘Blob: A Love Story’ offers unique look at humanity

Book Review: Maggie Su’s debut novel ‘Blob: A Love Story’ offers unique look at humanity

With the rise of Artificial Intelligence and the uncertainty of the geopolitical moment, it seems appropriate to start 2025 with some surreal fiction.
Free speech organizations denounce Education Department's calling book bans a 'hoax'

Free speech organizations denounce Education Department's calling book bans a 'hoax'

NEW YORK (AP) — Organizations that track the removal of books from schools and libraries are denouncing a Department of Education announcement that called bans a “hoax” and dismissed 11 complaints that had been filed during the Biden administration.
Book Review: A private eye searches for his missing father while protecting a runaway wife

Book Review: A private eye searches for his missing father while protecting a runaway wife

Marigold Hart walked out on her billionaire husband, taking their 7-year-old daughter with her. She moved cross country to New York City and has been living under an assumed name.
Book Review: Hunted by the FBI and Russian Oligarch, a hedge fund manager flees into the wilderness

Book Review: Hunted by the FBI and Russian Oligarch, a hedge fund manager flees into the wilderness

Paul Brightman, a former hedge fund manager, has been keeping a low profile, changing his name to Grant Anderson and making a modest living as a boat builder in a small New Hampshire town. But Paul fears it’s only a matter of time before he’s found.
Book Review: Susan Barker returns with ‘Old Soul,’ a thrilling horror story that defies description

Book Review: Susan Barker returns with ‘Old Soul,’ a thrilling horror story that defies description

If you read enough, you sometimes come across a book that defies description. That’s a decent enough way to start a review of “Old Soul,” the new novel by Susan Barker.
Book Review: 'This Beautiful, Ridiculous City' captures New York in an emotional graphic memoir

Book Review: 'This Beautiful, Ridiculous City' captures New York in an emotional graphic memoir

Kay Sohini’s move from India to New York was an escape, rebirth and reunion all wrapped in one, leaving behind an abusive relationship and broken family to start anew in the melting-pot city that already felt like an old friend because it's where her
Percival Everett's 'James' awarded Carnegie Medal for fiction

Percival Everett's 'James' awarded Carnegie Medal for fiction

NEW YORK (AP) — For author Percival Everett, libraries have long been a source of knowledge and discovery and pleasure, even of the forbidden kind.
Percival Everett's 'James' awarded Carnegie Medal for fiction

Percival Everett's 'James' awarded Carnegie Medal for fiction

NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's latest honor comes from the country's public libraries.
'Yes, Queen!' Fans gather in Manhattan to cheer on author Rebecca Yarros

'Yes, Queen!' Fans gather in Manhattan to cheer on author Rebecca Yarros

NEW YORK (AP) — To celebrate an upcoming milestone, Alyssa Math could think of nothing more fitting than front-row tickets to “Onyx Storm” author Rebecca Yarros' appearance at The Town Hall in Manhattan.