AWARDS
2024 NBA Long List for Young People’s Literature
On September 10, 2024, the National Book Foundation announced the long lists for National Book Awards.
Of particular interest to Golden Libraries is the Long List for Young People’s Literature. The selection of books for this category started at 333 titles and this list cuts it down to ten. On October 1, the short list will include five titles.
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
The book titles above all link out to Amazon. Below it is possible to purchase these book titles from Bookshop.org.