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    Here’s the longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.

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    September 10, 2024, 10:00am

    Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. The ten titles were selected from a pool of 333 books submitted for consideration by their publishers. This year’s judges for Young People’s Literature are Rose Brock, Huda Fahmy, Leah Johnson, Mike Jung, and Brein Lopez (Chair).

    The finalists will be announced on Tuesday, October 1, and the winners in all categories will be revealed at the National Book Awards Ceremony on November 20, 2024.

    Here’s the 2024 Young People’s Literature longlist:

    Olivia A. Cole, Ariel Crashes a Train
    Labyrinth Road / Penguin Random House

    Violet Duncan, Buffalo Dreamer
    Nancy Paulsen Books / Penguin Random House

    Margarita Engle, Wild Dreamers
    Atheneum Books for Young Readers / Simon & Schuster

    Josh Galarza, The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky
    Henry Holt and Company (BYR) / Macmillan Publishers

    Erin Entrada Kelly, The First State of Being
    Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins Publishers

    Randy Ribay, Everything We Never Had
    Kokila / Penguin Random House

    Shifa Saltagi Safadi, Kareem Between
    G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House

    Angela Shanté, The Unboxing of a Black Girl
    Page Street Publishing

    Ali Terese, Free Period
    Scholastic Press / Scholastic Inc.

    Alicia D. Williams, Mid-Air
    Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books / Simon & Schuster

    2024 National Book Awards longlists National Book Awards

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