Matt De La Pena

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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 2007
  • Latest Book:
    May 2024
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Full Series List in Order

The Living

1 - The Living (Nov-2013)
2 - The Hunted (May-2015)

Multi-Author Series List

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4 - Superman: Dawnbreaker (Mar-2019)

Infinity Ring

4 - Curse of the Ancients (Jun-2013)
8 - Eternity (Aug-2014)

Book List in Order: 18 titles

  • Ball Don't Lie

    Newbery Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Matt de la Pena's Ball Don't Lie "is a must-read." [The Bulletin]   Sticky is a beat-around-the-head foster kid with nowhere to call home but the street, and an outer shell so tou...

  • Mexican WhiteBoy

    DANNY'S TALL AND skinny. Even though he's not built, his arms are long enough to give his pitch a power so fierce any college scout would sign him on the spot. A 95 mph fastball, but the boy's not even on a team. Every time he gets up on the mound he...

  • We Were Here

    The story of one boy and his journey to find himself. When it happened, Miguel was sent to Juvi. The judge gave him a year in a group home -- said he had to write in a journal so some counselor could try to figure out how he thinks. The judge had ...

  • I Will Save You

    Kidd is spending his summer at the beach. He'd do anything to get away from his group home and the dark memories there of his past. He's working as a caretaker at the campsite, and he'd be blind if he didn't notice Olivia. Blond hair, blue eyes, ...

  • Guys Read: Believing in Brooklyn

    Benny's friend Ray come up with his craziest invention idea yet: a machine that grants wishes. But when Benny realizes he has some wishes that need granting, he starts to wonder if it might just work. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by...

  • Curse of the Ancients

    Infinity Ring - 4

    Fix the past. Save the future. What is the secret history connecting the SQ to the Ancient Mayans?...

  • The Living

    The Living - 1

    Shy took the summer job to make some money. In a few months on a luxury cruise liner, he'll rake in the tips and be able to help his mom and sister out with the bills. And how bad can it be? Bikinis, free food, maybe even a girl or two -- every cruis...

  • Eternity

    Infinity Ring - 8

    Dak, Sera, and Riq have fixed the Great Breaks in history . . . but the SQ isn't beaten yet, and the biggest, boldest Infinity Ring adventure of all time has just begun!...

  • Angels in the Snow

    in My True Love Gave to Me

    If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you're going to fall in love with My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories b...



  • Last Stop on Market Street

    Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don't own a car like his friend Colby. Why doesn’t he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty pa...

  • The Hunted

    The Living - 2

    When the Big One hit, Shy was at sea in style. The Paradise Cruise luxury liner he worked on was a hulking specimen of the best money could buy. And now it's at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, along with almost all of its passengers. Shy wasn'...

  • Miguel and the Grand Harmony

    This jacketed picture book pairs Newbery Winner Matt de la Pena and Pixar artist Ana Ramirez with the highly anticipated Pixar Studios film, Coco. Featuring a beautiful original story based on the characters of the film, as well as vibrant stylized a...

  • Love

    From Newbery Medal-winning author Matt de la Pena and bestselling illustrator Loren Long comes a story about the strongest bond there is and the diverse and powerful ways it connects us all. "In the beginning there is light and two wide-eyed fi...

  • Carmela Full of Wishes

    In their first collaboration since the Newbery Medal- and Caldecott Honor-winning Last Stop on Market Street, Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson deliver a poignant and timely new picture book that's sure to be an instant classic. When Carmela...

  • Superman: Dawnbreaker

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    When the dawn breaks, a hero rises. His power is beyond imagining. Clark Kent has always been faster, stronger--better--than everyone around him. But he wasn't raised to show off, and drawing attention to himself could be dangerous. Plus, it's ...

  • Milo Imagines the World

    The team behind the Newbery Medal winner and Caldecott Honor book Last Stop on Market Street and the award-winning New York Times bestseller Carmela Full of Wishes once again delivers a poignant and timely picture book that's sure to become an instan...

  • Patchwork

    From a Newbery Medal-winning author and a New York Times bestselling illustrator comes a deeply moving ode to the complexity and uniqueness of every child.In profound, uplifting verse and sumptuous artwork, beloved creators Matt de la Peña and Corin...

  • The Perfect Place

    From the Newbery Medal-winning author of Last Stop on Market Street comes this moving picture book about the perils of perfectionism.Lucas goes to the perfect school in the perfect neighborhood. But life at home is not so perfect. His dad’s ol...

Award-Winning Books by Matt De La Pena

Last Stop on Market Street
2016 Newbery Medal -- Children's
The Living
2014 Cybils -- Speculative Fiction/YA


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Matt De La Pena has published 18 books.

The next book by Matt De La Pena, The Perfect Place, will be published in May 2024.

The first book by Matt De La Pena, Ball Don't Lie, was published in March 2007.

Yes. Matt De La Pena has 1 series.
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