National Book Award 2018: Young People's Literature Longlist
Of the ten, I’ve only read The Poet X and Blood Water Paint so far, but based on their excellence—I loved them both so much that I immediately nominated them for the Bloomer list—that I’m very much looking forward to reading the other eight.
Here’s the full list from the NBA website:
Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
M. T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin, The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge
Bryan Bliss, We’ll Fly Away
Leslie Connor, The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle
Christopher Paul Curtis, The Journey of Little Charlie
Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Hey, Kiddo
Tahereh Mafi, A Very Large Expanse of Sea
Joy McCullough, Blood Water Paint
Elizabeth Partridge, Boots on the Ground: America’s War in Vietnam
Vesper Stamper, What the Night Sings