The 2017 National Book Awards Longlist for Young People’s Literature was announced yesterday. I’ve read four already. I have a few on hold, one ARC, and there are a few that my library doesn’t have yet. And the first three weren’t even on my radar.
MY TBR pile just got longer.
Elana K. Arnold, What Girls Are Made Of
Robin Benway, Far from the Tree
Samantha Mabry, All the Wind in the World
Mitali Perkins, You Bring the Distant Near
Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down
Erika L. Sánchez, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Laurel Snyder, Orphan Island
Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give
Rita Williams-Garcia, Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
Ibi Zoboi, American Street
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SO MANY GOOD BOOKS!! Drool.
Which one of them can you recommend ?
I have read the last 4. If you haven’t read “The Hate U Give” you should, just because it is getting so much buzz. “America Street” treats similar themes, but is very different. Clayton Byrd is for grades 4-6. Orphan Islan is definitely middle grade.