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Rebecca Stead


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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.
 

Awards: Mythopoeic (2019), Newbery (2010)  see all

Genres: Children's Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
October 2025

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The Experiment
 
Novels
   First Light (2007)
   When You Reach Me (2009)
   Liar & Spy (2012)
   Goodbye Stranger (2015)
   Bob (2018) (with Wendy Mass)
   The List of Things That Will Not Change (2020)
   The Lost Library (2023) (with Wendy Mass)
   The Experiment (2025)
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Collections
   Other Worlds (2013) (with others)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   A Day In the Life (2013) (with Shaun Tan)
   Plan B (2013)
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Books containing stories by Rebecca Stead
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Who Done It? (2013)
edited by
Jon Scieszka

Awards
2019 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature : Bob
2010 Newbery Medal : When You Reach Me

Award nominations
2024 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature (nominee) : The Lost Library
2014 Carnegie Medal (nominee) : Liar & Spy
2012 Agatha Award for Best Children/Young Adult Fiction (nominee) : Liar & Spy
2010 Andre Norton Award (nominee) : When You Reach Me


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

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