National Book Award Finalists.

As you've probably heard, they've been announced. 

The Young People's Literature finalists are:

Laurie Halse Anderson, Chains
Kathi Appelt, The Underneath
Judy Blundell, What I Saw and How I Lied
E. Lockhart, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Tim Tharp, The Spectacular Now

I've read a whopping one of the contenders.  (And I lurrrrrrrved it!)