Booklist selects Donna Barba Higuera’s XOLO, James Bird’s WOLF CLUB, and Amy Alznauer’s THE FIVE SIDES OF MARJORIE RICE for their Best Middle Fiction & Nonfiction Books for Youth 2025 list

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Written By Hillary Godwin

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Booklist selects FIREWORKS by Matthew Burgess and THE BI BOOK, illus. by Cynthia Alonso, for their Best Young Fiction Books for Youth 2025 list
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The NSTA-CBC includes Lola M. Schaefer’s IF YOU LIKE BUTTERFLIES and Anne Hunter’s THE BLUE JAYS THAT GREW A FOREST on 2026 Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 list