The First State of Being
by Erin Entrada Kelly · 2024
Literary Fiction · ranked #255 in category
Winner · The Newbery Medal, 2025
In the summer of 1999, twelve-year-old Michael, anxious about Y2K and obsessed with survival preparation, encounters a boy who has time-travelled from the future — and the encounter changes how Michael understands time, fear and what actually matters. Kelly's Newbery Medal-winning novel is about anxiety, friendship and the strange comfort of knowing the future doesn't end the way you fear.
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