THE POET X Longlisted for the National Book Award!

THE POET X Longlisted for the National Book Award!

Congratulations to Elizabeth Acevedo! Elizabeth Acevedo’s stunning debut novel in verse, The Poet X, has been named to the longlist for the 2018 National Book Award in the category of Young People’s Literature. The Poet X is the story of Xiomara, a young woman...
THE POET X Longlisted for the National Book Award!

Congratulations, Elizabeth Acevedo!

The Author Village wants to say a big congratulations to our own Elizabeth Acevedo, winner of the prestigious 2018 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry for her amazing debut novel The Poet X! The Horn Book Award has only one criteria — excellence — and...
Congratulations to Laurel Snyder and Ibi Zoboi

Congratulations to Laurel Snyder and Ibi Zoboi

Congratulations to Laurel Snyder and Ibi Zoboi! Laurel Snyder’s Orphan Island and Ibi Zoboi’s American Street have been named to the longlist for the 2017 National Book Award in the category of Young People’s Literature.   The complete list of...