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ALA Contenders 2025

Here are the titles that are appearing on Mock Award lists and are getting multiple star reviews. These titles are award hopefuls for the Caldecott, Newbery, Coretta Scott King, Printz, Sibert and best of 2024 lists.

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The yellow bus
by Long, Loren

(#2171LE4)

Hardcover
Roaring Brook Press, 2024

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I'm sorry you got mad
by Lukoff, Kyle

(#2600SF1)

Hardcover
Dial Books for Young Readers, 2024

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The Bletchley Riddle
by Sepetys, Ruta

(#2551HH7)

Paperback
Viking Books for Young, 2025

Available for pre-order This item is scheduled for release on October 28, 2025.

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The first state of being
by Kelly, Erin Entrada

(#2420LD6)

Hardcover
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024

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Ferris
by DiCamillo, Kate

(#2300ZG7)

FollettBound Glued
Candlewick Press, c2024 p2025

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And then, boom!
by Fipps, Lisa

(#2505RE3)

Hardcover
Nancy Paulsen Books, 2024

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Ursula upside down
by Tabor, Corey R

(#2828ZD7)

Hardcover
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024

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Being home
by Sorell, Traci

(#2909NDX)

Hardcover
Kokila, 2024

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Black star (Door of No Return)
by Alexander, Kwame

(#2615UE5)

Hardcover
Little, Brown and Company, 2024

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Home in a lunchbox
by Mo, Cherry

(#2512REX)

Hardcover
Penguin Workshop, 2024

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Break to you
by Shusterman, Neal

(#2657JEX)

Hardcover
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024

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The spaceman
by Cecil, Randy

(#2344VD0)

Hardcover
Candlewick Press, 2024


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Everything we never had
by Ribay, Randy

(#2506YE0)

Hardcover
Kokila, 2024

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Louder than hunger
by Schu, John

(#2301CG6)

FollettBound Glued
Candlewick Press, c2024 p2025

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Across So Many Seas
by Behar, Ruth

(#2753AGX)

Paperback
Nancy Paulsen Books, 2025

Available for pre-order This item is scheduled for release on May 20, 2025.

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Mid-air
by Williams, Alicia

(#2492GG5)

FollettBound Glued
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2024 p2025

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The last zookeeper
by Becker, Aaron

(#2345PD3)

Hardcover
Candlewick Press, 2024

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My daddy is a cowboy
by Seales, Stephanie

(#2833QD5)

Hardcover
Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2024

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Max in the house of spies (Operation Kinderspion, Book 1)
by Gidwitz, Adam

(#2672MG7)

FollettBound Glued
Dutton Children's Books, c2024 p2025

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Finding things
by Henkes, Kevin

(#2483ME3)

Hardcover
Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024

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Gut reaction
by Larson, Kirby

(#2853GC5)

Hardcover
Scholastic Press, 2024

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The girl who sang : a Holocaust memoir of hope and survival
by Nadel, Estelle

(#2414BE1)

FollettBound Glued
Roaring Brook Press, 2024

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Are you big?
by Willems, Mo

(#2215LE1)

Hardcover
UNSQ Kids, 2024


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The secret library
by Magoon, Kekla

(#2024UH1)

Paperback
Candlewick Press, c2024 p2025

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Olivetti
by Millington, Allie

(#2101EF3)

FollettBound Glued
Square Fish / Feiwel and Friends, c2024 p2025

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The color of a lie
by Johnson, Kim

(#2261EE2)

Hardcover
Random House, 2024

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