Finalist, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, 2025
So Let Them Burn
Kamilah Cole (opens in a new tab)
A girl who once freed her island with the power of its gods is sent to a peace summit with the dragon-riding empire, and has to choose between her sister and her homeland.
The ballot
- Sheine LendeDarcie Little BadgerLevine QueridoWinner
- The Maid and the CrocodileJordan IfuekoAmuletRunner-up
- Heavenly TyrantXiran Jay ZhaoTundra Books
- The Feast MakersH.A. ClarkeErewhon
- MoonstormYoon Ha LeeDelacorte Press