The National Book Foundation has announced the longlist for the 2022 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature (YPL).

The 10 titles chosen this year include two previous honorees: Traci Chee was a YPL finalist in 2020, and Anna-Marie McLemore was longlisted in the YPL category in 2016 and 2021.

The 2022 longlist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature:

Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans
Algonquin Young Readers / Workman Publishing

Isaac Blum, The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen
Philomel Books / Penguin Random House

Traci Chee, A Thousand Steps into Night
Clarion Books / HarperCollins Publishers

Johnnie Christmas, Swim Team
HarperAlley / HarperCollins Publishers

Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix
Feiwel & Friends / Macmillan Publishers

[READ: SLJ’s Reviews of the 2022 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Longlisters]

Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins Publishers

Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile, Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
Norton Young Readers / W. W. Norton & Company

Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage
Razorbill / Penguin Random House

Sherri Winston, Lotus Bloom and the Afro Revolution
Bloomsbury Children's Books / Bloomsbury Publishing

Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen’s Last Chance
Random House Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House

Publishers submitted a total of 296 books for the 2022 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. The YPL judges are Becky Albertalli, Joseph Bruchac, Meghan Dietsche Goel, Jewell Parker Rhodes (Chair), and Lilliam Rivera.

Winners in all categories will be announced at the National Book Awards ceremony in New York on Wednesday, November 16.