National Book Awards Long List

The National Book Awards long list is out! Of course I care mostly about the Young People’s Literature category the most!  So far I have only read one, but I am currently reading Pet. I love reading all the books on the list and making my own decision before they announce the winners. Have you read them all?

Martin W. Sandler, “1919: The Year That Changed America”
Hal Schrieve, “Out of Salem”
Colleen AF Venable and Ellen T. Crenshaw, “Kiss Number 8”
Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson, “The Undefeated”
Laurie Halse Anderson, “Shout”
Akwaeke Emezi, “Pet”
Cynthia Kadohata, “A Place to Belong”
Jason Reynolds, “Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks”
Randy Ribay, “Patron Saints of Nothing”
Laura Ruby, “Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All”