On my way to work today, I got the thrill of hearing the National Book Award finalists being announced on NPR.  I rather enjoy being able to shout with joy on my way to work, and some of the finalists for Young People’s Literature definitely had me cheering:

 

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Noggin by John Corey Whaley

 

The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin

 

Revolution by Deborah Wiles

Threatened by Eliot Schrefer