The finalists for the 31st Annual Lambda Literary Awards have been announced. The LGBTQIA+ book awards are given in 24 categories, including one focused on LGBTQ books for children and teens. Here are the finalists in that category:
LGBTQ Children’s & Young Adult
Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro
The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis
Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake
Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kheryn Callender