The longlist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature has been announced. The list will be narrowed to five finalists on October 4th and the winner will be announced on November 15.

Here is the longlist:

 

All the Wind in the World by Samantha Mabry

American Street by Ibi Zoboi

 

Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia

Far from the Tree by Robin Benway

 

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez

 

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder

 

What Girls Are Made Of by Elana K. Arnold

You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins