Finalist, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, 2023

Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods

Catherynne M. Valente (opens in a new tab)

Hardcover, 320 pages

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The ballot

Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts)Nnedi OkoraforViking Books for Young ReadersWinner
BloodmarkedTracy DeonnSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Dreams Bigger Than HeartbreakCharlie Jane AndersTor Teen/Titan Books
The Golden EnclavesNaomi NovikDel Rey
In the Serpents WakeRachel HartmanRandom House Books for Young Readers