Runner-up, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, 2025
The Maid and the Crocodile
Jordan Ifueko (opens in a new tab)
The ballot
- Sheine LendeDarcie Little BadgerLevine QueridoWinner
- Heavenly TyrantXiran Jay ZhaoTundra Books
- So Let Them BurnKamilah ColeLittle, Brown Books for Young Readers
- The Feast MakersH.A. ClarkeErewhon
- MoonstormYoon Ha LeeDelacorte Press