2015 NBA Longlist for Young People's Literature Announced

Sep 15, 2015

The longlist was announced on Monday for the 2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. The finalists will be named on October 14; the winners will be announced at a ceremony in New York City on November 18.

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Becky Albertalli (HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray)

Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad, M.T. Anderson (Candlewick)

The Thing About Jellyfish, Ali Benjamin (Little, Brown)

Walk on Earth a Stranger, Rae Carson (Greenwillow)

This Side of Wild: Mutts, Mares, and Laughing Dinosaurs, Gary Paulsen (Simon & Schuster)

Bone Gap, Laura Ruby (HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray)

X: A Novel, Ilyasah Shabazz with Kekla Magoon (Candlewick Press)

Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War, Steve Sheinkin (Roaring Brook)

Challenger Deep, Neal Shusterman (HarperCollins)

Nimona, Noelle Stevenson (HarperCollins/HarperTeen)

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