The 2024 National Book Award Finalists Announced!
From a ten-book longlist to a five-book shortlist, the finalists for the Young People’s Literature category of National Book Award have been announced!
Let me explain this in meme language.
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How it started (the 2024 longlist):

How it’s going (the 2024 shortlist):

Who will win? We’ll find out on Wednesday, November 20th.
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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