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Introducing the Debut Class of 2025!

Let’s celebrate our debut middle grade and young adult authors with books releasing in 2025!

Random House Children’s Books Middle Grade Debut Class of 2025
Part 1

Get firsthand insights from our first-time middle grade authors and illustrators.

Middle Grade Debuts

Cover of The Big Book of Barf Ages 10 and up

The Big Book of Barf

Vicky Lorencen; illustrated by Remy Simard

Cover of Bea Mullins Takes a Shot Ages 8-12 years

Bea Mullins Takes a Shot

Emily Deibert

Cover of Cinderella and the Beast (or, Beauty and the Glass Slipper) Ages 8-12 years

Cinderella and the Beast (or, Beauty and the Glass Slipper)

Kim Bussing

Cover of On Guard! Ages 8-12 years

On Guard!

Cassidy Wasserman

Random House Children’s Books Young Adult Debut Class of 2025
Part 1

Discover new young adult novels and hear from the talented debut writers behind them.

Young Adult Debuts

Cover of Brewed with Love Ages 12 and up

Brewed with Love

Shelly Page

Cover of Cruel Is the Light Ages 12 and up

Cruel Is the Light

Sophie Clark

Cover of The Education of Kia Greer Ages 14 and up

The Education of Kia Greer

Alanna Bennett

Cover of Kill the Lax Bro Ages 12 and up

Kill the Lax Bro

Charlotte Balogh

Cover of The Last Bookstore on Earth Ages 12 and up

The Last Bookstore on Earth

Lily Braun-Arnold

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