{
  "id": 7562108,
  "title": "Here’s the longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/heres-the-longlist-for-the-2026-national-book-award-for-young-peoples",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-15T14:00:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Literary Hub",
    "slug": "literary-hub",
    "url": "https://lithub.com/heres-the-longlist-for-the-2026-national-book-award-for-young-peoples-literature/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The National Book Foundation has unveiled the longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, featuring ten titles selected from a pool of 290 submissions. This year’s judges include Edith Campbell, Brandy Colbert, Tricia Ebarvia, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, and Anne Ursu. The final round of finalists will be announced on October 6, with the winners to be revealed at the 77th National Book Awards Ceremony on November 18. Among the longlisted titles are \"The Free Verse Society\" by Delali Adjoa, \"Holloway\" by Elana K. Arnold, \"The Celestial Seas\" by T. A. Chan, \"When Tomorrow Burns\" by Tae Keller, \"That Which Feeds Us: A Hawaiian Gothic\" by Keala Kendall, \"The Fight of Our Lives: AIDS in America\" by David Levithan and Gabriel Duckels, \"The Moon Without Stars\" by Chanel Miller, \"Clothes to Make You Smile: Patrick Kelly Designs His Dreams\" by Eric Darnell Pritchard and Shannon Wright, \"Life on the Moon\" by Eric Darnell Pritchard and Shannon Wright, and \"Shook\" by Julian Randall.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "From manga to medieval recipes: 15 Sheikh Zayed Book Award titles available in English",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/from-manga-to-medieval-recipes-15-sheikh-zayed-book-award-titles",
        "published": "2026-09-15T09:43:47.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}