From Publishers Weekly:
On Wednesday morning, the National Book Foundation whittled its longlist down to five finalists for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature: Elizabeth Acevedo for The Poet X; M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin for The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge; Leslie Connor for The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle; Christopher Paul Curtis for The Journey of Little Charlie; and Jarrett J. Krosoczka for Hey, Kiddo.
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