Rebecca Stead is author of When You Reach Me, Liar & Spy, First Light, Goodbye Stranger, Bob, The List of Things that Will Not Change, and The Lost Library. Her books have been awarded the Newbery Medal, the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Fiction and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. Rebecca lives in New York.
‘Ms. Stead has a gift for mixing middle-school emotional realities with science fiction… Many twists await in this fast-moving and optimistic story by one of today’s most inventive writers.’ * Wall Street Journal * ‘A grounded but at times thrilling story…fun, light alien fare.’ * Booklist * ‘A fast-paced sci-fi adventure wrapped in a coming-of-age mystery...handled with warmth, humour, and a genuine emotional core.' * Karys McEwen, author of All the Little Tricky Things * ‘I devoured this… a wonderful new coming-of-age story, with an alien twist.’ * Forest Hill College Library * ‘An exciting and moving coming of age novel, sometimes scary and creepy, often funny, at all times engrossing…’ * Story Links * ‘The Lost Library was probably one of the best books I’ve ever read…It was amazing and I didn’t want it to end.’ * Audrey, Year 5, Shelftalkers *