Well, while I was on vacation, the National Book Award longlist was announced. A longlist for each category, including Young People's Literature. The longlists were made of ten books. Yes. Ten. And here they all are, because we should be exposed to all of them, not just the eventual winner.
- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
- Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M. T. Anderson
- The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
- Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson
- This Side of Wild: Mutts, Mares, and Laughing Dinosaurs by Gary Paulsen
- Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
- X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz with Kekla Magoon
- Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin
- Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
- Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
As it turns out, yesterday the finalists were announced. The list of ten was cut down to five.
- The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjami
- Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
- Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin
- Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
- Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
2 comments:
I like the long list, but was a little disappointed by the short list for some reason. It's always interesting to see what they pick for the short list of the National Book Award, though.
Because I haven't read any of these books, I don't have any feeling about what made the second round one way or the other. Except that I think Nimona sounds interesting.
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