The 2024 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize Committee is very pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2024 prize. This is the sixth year of the GLLI Translated YA Book Prize, which recognizes publishers, translators, and authors of books in English translation for young adult readers, aged 12 through 18 inclusive.
Publisher submissions to the 2024 longlist consisted of twenty-nine books in fifteen languages, published within the past three years. See the prize criteria here and submission guidelines here.
The six books on the 2024 shortlist, in alphabetical order by title, are:
The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women’s Suffrage, and Jujitsu – by Clement Xavier, Lisa Lugrin & Albertine Ralenti / Translated from French by Edward Gauvin (Graphic Universe/2023)
The Boy From Clearwater: Book 1 – by Yu Pei-Yun & Zhou Jian-Xin / Translated from Hoklo Taiwanese, Mandarin Chinese, & Japanese by Lin King (Levine Querido/2023)
The Night Raven (Book 1 of The Moonwind Mysteries) – by Johan Rundberg / Translated from Swedish by A. A. Prime (Amazon Crossing Kids/2023)
Pardalita – by Joana Estrela / Translated from Portuguese by Lynn Miller-Lachmann (Levine Querido/2023)
Smash the Patriarchy: A Graphic Novel – by Marta Breen & Jenny Jordahl / Translated from Norwegian by Siân Mackie (Helvetiq/2023)
Wild Poppies – by Haya Saleh / Translated from Arabic by Marcia Lynx Qualey (Levine Querido/2023)
The prize winner will be announced in-person and virtually on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at the illustrious Alexander Library’s International Youth Collection at Rutgers University, as part of a ceremony celebrating International Children’s Book Day from 4-6 p.m. EST. Register here for virtual attendance.
Note: The Rutgers International Youth Collection is a repository for all of the physical copies of the GLLI prize submissions each year.
The prize announcement will also be posted on the GLLI social media sites.
The 2024 GLLI Translated YA Book Prize Committee:
- Katie Day (Chair)
- Angela Erickson
- Gillian Esquivia-Cohen
- Larissa Helena
- Terry Hong
- Anthony Tilke
- B.J. Woodstein
Assisted by Samantha Bremekamp, GLLI Adjunct Committee Member
Global Literature in Libraries Initiative 
Congratulations to the committee for such a fine shortlist!
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