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September 15, 2021By Katy Hershberger

National Book Award Longlist: Young People’s Literature

September 15, 2021By Katy Hershberger

In the first of five announcements, the National Book Foundation released the longlist for the NBA for Young People’s Literature:

Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo*
The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor
A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon
Me (Moth) by Amber McBride
The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrations by Floyd Cooper
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo

* Featured in our Buzz Books 2021: Spring/Summer edition.

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