2017 National Book awards, young people’s literature Longlist announced:
- Elana K. Arnold, What Girls Are Made Of (Carolrhoda Lab / Lerner Publishing Group)
- Robin Benway, Far from the Tree (HarperTeen / HarperCollinsPublishers)
- Samantha Mabry, All the Wind in the World (Algonquin Young Readers / Workman Publishing Company)
- Mitali Perkins,You Bring the Distant Near (Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers / Macmillan Publishers)
- Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down (Atheneum / Caitlyn Dlouhy Books / Simon & Schuster)
- Erika L. Sánchez, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
(Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House) - Laurel Snyder, Orphan Island (Walden Pond Press / HarperCollinsPublishers)
- Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give (Balzer + Bray / HarperCollinsPublishers)
- Rita Williams-Garcia, Clayton Byrd Goes Underground (Amistad / HarperCollinsPublishers)
- Ibi Zoboi, American Street (Balzer + Bray / HarperCollinsPublishers)
YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE JUDGES:
Suzanna Hermans, Brendan Kiely, Kekla Magoon, Meg Medina (Chair), Alex Sanchez
http://www.nationalbook.org/
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