2025 Locus Award Winners

The winners of the 2025 Locus Awards have been announced. They are the best in science fiction and fantasy and each category has ten finalists that were announced in May. Here is the winner and finalists for the Best Young Adult Novel:

YOUNG ADULT NOVEL WINNER

Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee

FINALISTS

Blood Justice by Terry J. Benton-Walker

Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White

Fall of the Iron Gods by Olivia Chadha

The Feast Makers by H. A. Clarke

The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko

Rest in Peaches by Alex Brown

Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger

Sleep Like Death by Kalynn Bayron

A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal

Don’t Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson – Book Review

Don’t Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson, illustrated by Dan Santat (9780593616673)

At first the book is a basic primer on mammals, reptiles and birds. But when it turns to the subject of fish, it all becomes much more personal! A wide variety of fish are shown, but also called rebels and outlaws! You can’t see what they are up to underwater, plus they break all natural laws. What is happening in their “schools” anyway? So many questions and so much concerning behavior. By the end of this book, you may be questioning your pet fish too.

Completely silly, full of misinformation mixed with facts, this book is a glorious giggle to add to any story time. Appropriate for ages 4-6.

Reviewed from library copy.