The longlist for the 2018 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature has been announced. The list will be reduced to five top finalists on October 10 and the winner will be announced on November 14. Here are the books on the list:

The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough

Boots on the Ground: America’s War in Vietnam by Elizabeth Partridge

Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor

A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi

We’ll Fly Away by Bryan Bliss

What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper