In the SLJ Teen newsletter, I found out that the The William C. Morris YA Debut Award finalists have been announced.

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According the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) website:

“The William C. Morris YA Debut Award, first awarded in 2009, honors a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature.”

Ash by Malinda Lo, published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

The Everafter by Amy Huntley, published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan, published by Houghton Mifflin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Hold Still by Nina LaCour, published by Dutton Children’s Books, a Division of Penguin Young Readers Group

You can check out more about the award and the finalists on the YALSA website.