National Book Awards Finalists Announced!
October 12, 2011
Congratulations to the YA shortlist!
Debbie Dahl Edwardson, My Name is Not Easy (Marshall Cavendish)
Thanhha Lai, Inside Out and Back Again (HarperCollins)
Albert Marrin, Flesh and Blood and So Cheap (Alfred A. Knopf)
Franny Billingsley, Chime (Dial)
Gary D Schmidt, Ok For Now (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
UPDATE (10/17/2011): 'Shine' by Lauren Myracle Withdrawn as NBA Young People’s Literature Nominee (Publishers Weekly)