Congrats to all of the longlist books and their creators! Such a great list! We’re so thrilled and honored to have three books selected for this year’s National Book Award Longlist! We love these books and have resources for them to help you bring them into your classroom or library!
WHEN STARS ARE SCATTERED by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
Heartbreak and hope exist together in this remarkable graphic novel about growing up in a refugee camp, as told by a Somali refugee to the Newbery Honor-winning creator of ROLLER GIRL. We have an amazing educator guide that is great to help you bring this special book into the classroom!
LIFTING AS WE CLIMB: BLACK WOMEN’S BATTLE FOR THE BALLOT BOX by Evette Dionne.
An eye-opening book that tells the important story of Black women as a force in the suffrage movement—when fellow suffragists did not accept them as equal partners in the struggle. Evette joined us on our Facebook page for a special Juneteenth event to talk about the book with educator and co-founder of #DisruptTexts, Julia Torres! You can watch that event on demand here. To help bring this amazing piece of nonfiction to your class or library, we also have an incredible learning guide written by Julia Torres!
EVERY BODY LOOKING by Candice Iloh
A powerful coming of age novel-in-verse about family, sexuality, religion, identity, and belonging. During the ALA conference in June, Candice joined Jason Reynolds to talk about EVERY BODY LOOKING. You can watch that on demand on our Instagram!
Watch Candice Iloh and Jason Reynolds discuss EVERY BODY LOOKING!