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Erin Entrada Kelly is an American author of Filipino descent, known for her middle-grade novels exploring identity, family, and belonging. She won the 2018 Newbery Medal for 'Hello, Universe' and has been recognized for her authentic representation of Filipino American experiences.
Known for: The First State Of Being
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The First State Of Being
Set in 1999, this coming-of-age novel follows Michael, a Filipino American teenager in Delaware, as he navigates friendship, identity, and the Y2K anxieties of the turn of the millennium. When a mysterious new boy named Ridge arrives, claiming to be from the future, Michael’s world expands in unexpected ways, blending realism with speculative elements about time, belonging, and possibility.
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Michael’s Beginnings: Isolation, Technology, and the Shadow of Y2K
Michael’s world at the beginning of the book is small, precise, and carefully contained. He’s an introverted teenager in Delaware, just months away from the year 2000, a time when technological optimism collides with apocalyptic dread. Computers aren’t just tools to him—they’re the bridges that migh...
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Family and Cultural Identity: Between Two Worlds
In writing about Michael’s Filipino American family, I wanted to explore the quiet intricacies that come with dual cultural existence. His home isn’t chaotic but layered with contrasts—Filipino food simmering in the kitchen while American sitcoms play in the living room, traditional wisdom spoken in...
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About Erin Entrada Kelly
Erin Entrada Kelly is an American author of Filipino descent, known for her middle-grade novels exploring identity, family, and belonging. She won the 2018 Newbery Medal for 'Hello, Universe' and has been recognized for her authentic representation of Filipino American experiences.
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Erin Entrada Kelly is an American author of Filipino descent, known for her middle-grade novels exploring identity, family, and belonging. She won the 2018 Newbery Medal for 'Hello, Universe' and has been recognized for her authentic representation of Filipino American experiences.
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