The National Book Awards are announcing their longlists one by one this week, starting with the Young People’s Literature category with a list that showcases diversity, covering both young adult and middle-grade books. The finalists will be announced October 13 and the prizes will be awarded November 16: Kwame Alexander, Booked (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s) Kate DiCamillo, Raymie Nightingale (Candlewick Press) John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell (Artist) March: Book Three (Top Shelf) Grace Lin, When the Sea Turned to Silver (Little, Brown Children’s) Anna-Marie McLemore, When the Moon Was Ours (Thomas Dunne Books) Meg Medina, Burn Baby Burn (Candlewick […]