Finalist, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, 2023
The Golden Enclaves
Naomi Novik (opens in a new tab)
El returns from her school to find the wizarding enclaves of the world under attack, and the secret of how they were built.
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
- In the Serpents WakeRachel HartmanRandom House Books for Young Readers
- Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny WoodsCatherynne M. ValenteMargaret K. McElderry Books
