Finalist, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, 2023

Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak

Charlie Jane Anders (opens in a new tab)

302 pages

Tina, the clone of an alien hero, and her friends fight a war across the galaxy, and fall in love.

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The ballot

Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts)Nnedi OkoraforViking Books for Young ReadersWinner
BloodmarkedTracy DeonnSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
The Golden EnclavesNaomi NovikDel Rey
In the Serpents WakeRachel HartmanRandom House Books for Young Readers
Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny WoodsCatherynne M. ValenteMargaret K. McElderry Books