Kirkus includes ALL THE BLUES IN THE SKY by Renée Watson and WORDS WITH WINGS AND MAGIC THINGS by Matthew Burgess & Doug Salati on Best Middle Grade Poetry & Verse Novels of 2025 list

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Kirkus selects K-Fai Steele’s LONE WOLF GOES TO THE LIBRARY and Donna Barba Higuera & Juliana Perdomo’s THE UNLIKELY AVENTURAS OF RAMÓN AND EL CUCUY for Best Beginning Readers of 2025 list
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Chicago Public Library calls I KNOW HOW THIS ENDS by Holly Smale a Must-Read Romance Book on their Best of the Best Books of 2025 list