The 2012 Locus finalists...

...have been announced.

The YA titles are:

• Planesrunner, by Ian McDonald
• Akata Witch, by Nnedi Okorafor
• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs
• The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherynne M. Valente
• Goliath, by Scott Westerfeld

As I've only read one of the five—Miss Peregrine, which was fun, if gimmicky—I've got some catching up to do.

(via Gwenda)