A shortlist has been released for the YA Book Prize, which is organized by the Bookseller in partnership with Hay Festival and honors a YA title written by an author living in the U.K. or Ireland. Finalists are selected by a team at the Bookseller and the winner is selected by "a panel of expert and teenage judges, who are asked to pick the book they believe is the best-written and that they would be most likely to share with young adults." With the recent cancellation of this year's Hay Festval, details of plans for the YA Book Prize-winner's announcement will be revealed later. The shortlisted titles are
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Crossfire by Malorie Blackman
Deeplight by Frances Hardinge
The Places I've Cried in Public by Holly Bourne
Meat Market by Juno Dawson
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta, illustrated by Anshika Khullar
The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James
Furious Thing by Jenny Downham
The Gifted, the Talented and Me by William Sutcliffe