Finalists have been announced in the chapter book category for the 2024 Jane Addams Children's Book Award, sponsored by the Jane Addams Peace Association and honoring "children's books of literary and aesthetic excellence that effectively engage children in thinking about peace, social justice, global community, and equity for all people." Winning and honor books will be announced January 12. The finalists:
Hands by Torrey Maldonado (Nancy Paulsen Books/PRH)
Ida in the Middle by Nora Lester Murad (Crocodile Books/Interlink Publishing)
Indigo and Ida by Heather Murphy Capps (Carolrhoda/Lerner Books)
Land of Broken Promises by Jane Kuo (Quill Tree Books/HarperCollins)
The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh (Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan)
Mascot by Charles Waters & Traci Sorell (Charlesbridge Press)
Saving Sunshine by Saadia Faruqi, illus. by Shazleen Khan (First Second Books/Macmillan)
School Trip by Jerry Craft (Quill Tree Books/HarperCollins)
Top Story by Kelly Yang (Scholastic Press)
Warrior Girl by Carmen Tafolla (Nancy Paulsen Books/PRH)
World Made of Glass by Ami Polonsky (Little, Brown)
