Finalist, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, 2020
Deeplight
Frances Hardinge (opens in a new tab)
On islands whose sea gods tore each other apart, a boy's best friend is brought back from drowning by a relic of a dead god, and it begins to change him.
The ballot
- Catfishing on CatNetNaomi KritzerTor TeenWinner
- Minor MageT. KingfisherArgyllRunner-up
- Dragon PearlYoon Ha LeeDisney/Hyperion
- RiverlandFran WildeAmulet
- The Wicked KingHolly BlackLittle, Brown; Hot Key