September 10, 2024, 10:00am

Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. The ten titles were selected from a pool of 333 books submitted for consideration by their publishers. This year’s judges for Young People’s Literature are Rose Brock, Huda Fahmy, Leah Johnson, Mike Jung, and Brein Lopez (Chair).

The finalists will be announced on Tuesday, October 1, and the winners in all categories will be revealed at the National Book Awards Ceremony on November 20, 2024.

Here’s the 2024 Young People’s Literature longlist:

Olivia A. Cole, Ariel Crashes a Train
Labyrinth Road / Penguin Random House

Violet Duncan, Buffalo Dreamer
Nancy Paulsen Books / Penguin Random House

Margarita Engle, Wild Dreamers
Atheneum Books for Young Readers / Simon & Schuster

Josh Galarza, The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky
Henry Holt and Company (BYR) / Macmillan Publishers

Erin Entrada Kelly, The First State of Being
Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins Publishers

Randy Ribay, Everything We Never Had
Kokila / Penguin Random House

Shifa Saltagi Safadi, Kareem Between
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House

Angela Shanté, The Unboxing of a Black Girl
Page Street Publishing

Ali Terese, Free Period
Scholastic Press / Scholastic Inc.

Alicia D. Williams, Mid-Air
Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books / Simon & Schuster