The shortlist for the 2020 YA Book Prize has been announced. The prize celebrates the best of YA literature from the UK and Ireland. The judge panel includes librarians, authors, and teens. Here are the short-listed titles:

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

Crossfire by Malorie Blackman

The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Deeplight by Frances Hardinge

Furious Thing by Jenny Downham

The Gifted, the Talented and Me by William Sutcliffe

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Meat Market by Juno Dawson

The Places I’ve Cried in Public by Holly Bourne

The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James