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Rebecca Stead

(b.1968)

Rebecca Stead has written three novels for children: When You Reach Me (A New York Times bestseller, and winner of the Newbery Medal and the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Fiction); Liar & Spy, a New York Times bestseller and NYT Book Review Notable Book for Children; and First Light, a Junior Library Guild Selection and a New York Public Library Best Book for Teens. Rebecca lives in New York City with her family.

Genres: Children's Fiction

Novels

   First Light (2007)
   When You Reach Me (2009)
   Liar & Spy (2012)
   Goodbye Stranger (2015)
   The List of Things That Will Not Change (2020)
   The Lost Library (2023) (with Wendy Mass)

Collections

Other Worlds (2013) (with Tom Angleberger, Ray Bradbury, Rick Riordan, Jon Scieszka, Neal Shusterman and Shaun Tan)

Novellas and Short Stories

A Day In the Life (2013) (with Shaun Tan)
Plan B (2013)

Omnibus editions

When You Reach Me / First Light (2010)
Newbery Medal Winners Three-Book Collection (2020) (with Christopher Paul Curtis and Clare Vanderpool)

Awards

	Andre Norton Award Best Book nominee (2010) : When You Reach Me
	Newbery Medal Best Novel winner (2010) : When You Reach Me
	Carnegie Medal Best Book nominee (2014) : Liar & Spy

Rebecca Stead recommends

Throwback (2023)
Maurene Goo
"Inventive, fun and fresh, Throwback explores the mysteries of destiny, identity, and more than one kind of love."

Zia Erases the World (2022)
Bree Barton
"A magical, inventive, optimistic story that never shies away from what it really feels like to be human."

Omar Rising (2022)
Aisha Saeed
"Irresistibly appealing and genuinely inspiring--a story that helps us to see the world more clearly, and to see ourselves as powerful enough to change it."

Operation Sisterhood (2022)
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
"A beautiful, rich, and deeply comforting story about family and the powerful choice to live with joy, Operation Sisterhood is a book to savor."

Frankie & Bug (2021)
Gayle Forman
"A beautiful and tender story about the discovery of a powerful friendship, starring two fantastic kids and one extraordinary family."

Pony (2021)
R J Palacio
"A magical story—Pony is pure delight."