YALSA has announced the 2020 finalists for the Nonfiction Award which “honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) during a Nov. 1 – Oct. 31 publishing year.” Here are the finalists:
Free Lunch by Rex Ogle
The Great Nijinsky: God of Dance by Lynn Curlee
A Light in the Darkness: Janusz Korczak, His Orphans, and the Holocaust by Albert Marrin
A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II by Elizabeth Wein
Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of “The Children’s Ship” by Deborah Heiligman
I cannot wait to read Elizabeth Wein’s book. She grew up and summered near where I live in Pennsylvania and still returns to her family cottage most summers. She often does an author presentation at the local library and Chatauqua and a few years ago was talking about the research she was doing about this book. I am so happy to see it has been published!
LikeLike
I want to read ‘Free Lunch’. I don’t think I’m all that interested in ‘The Great Nijinsky’ but I love it’s cover art! 🙂
LikeLike