#IntYALitMonth: GLLI 2026 Shortlist: Beasts

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Today’s post comes to you from Tim Pruzinsky More Than Monsters Beasts – by Ingvild Bjerkeland / Translated from Norwegian by Rosie Hedger (Levine Querido/2025) – NORWAY Beasts was unanimously shortlisted by the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative YA Translated Book Prize committee.  Its propulsive pacing and highly engaging reader experience made it a no-brainer for recognition.  Coming … Continue reading #IntYALitMonth: GLLI 2026 Shortlist: Beasts

#IntYALitMonth: GLLI 2026 Shortlist: Self Portrait

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Today’s post comes to you from Kim Tyo-Dickerson & Helle Kirstein Windows and Mirrors from the Shore Self Portrait – by Ludwig Volbeda / Translated from Dutch by Lucy Scott (Levine Querido/2025) – NETHERLANDS [Previously reviewed on this blog by Lynn Miller-Lachmann on Feb. 4, 2026] Ludwig Volbeda’s debut Young Adult novel, Self Portrait, is an intimate, stream-of-consciousness epistolary … Continue reading #IntYALitMonth: GLLI 2026 Shortlist: Self Portrait

#IntYALitMonth: GLLI 2026 Shortlist: Daughter of Doom

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Today’s post comes to you from Kim Tyo-Dickerson & Helle Kirstein The Seer and the Nun We recently met to discuss Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem’s immersive historical novel Daughter of Doom, translated from Dutch by Kristen Gehrman, and published by Levine Querido (2025). Originally published as Onheilsdochter by Querido (2022), the book was shortlisted for the prestigious … Continue reading #IntYALitMonth: GLLI 2026 Shortlist: Daughter of Doom

Announcing the Shortlist for the 2026 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize

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The 2026 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize Committee is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2026 prize.  This is the eighth 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 … Continue reading Announcing the Shortlist for the 2026 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize

Congratulations to the 2025 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize winner & honor books

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The 2025 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI) Translated Young Adult Book Prize Committee is pleased to announce the winner and honor books for the 2025 prize.  This is the seventh year of the prize and twenty-five books in fourteen languages, published within the past three years, were submitted by publishers. Winner The 2025 winner … Continue reading Congratulations to the 2025 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize winner & honor books

Announcing the Shortlist for the 2025 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize

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The 2025 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize Committee is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2025 prize.  This is the seventh 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 … Continue reading Announcing the Shortlist for the 2025 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize

#WorldKidLit Wednesday: Wild Poppies

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Set against the backdrop of the ongoing Syrian civil war and the resulting refugee crisis, Wild Poppies is the story of two brothers, Omar and Sufyan. As the novel opens, they, along with their mother and younger sister, have been displaced to their aunt's home in a village named Al-Nuaman, or "the poppy flower." Their … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: Wild Poppies

#WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Boy from Clearwater, Book 1

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Named to the 2024 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize shortlist, The Boy from Clearwater tells the story of Tsai Kun-Lin, "an ordinary boy" born in Qingshui District on the western coast of Taiwan. Tsai Kun-Lin's story, however, is nothing short of extraordinary. It is a story of surviving military occupation, … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Boy from Clearwater, Book 1

#WorldKidLit Wednesday: An Interview with Author and Translator Lyn Miller-Lachmann

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Lyn Miller-Lachmann is a multiply published author whose books include Torch, Moonwalking, Gringolandia, and Rogue, among many. She also is the translator (primarily from Portuguese and also Spanish into English) of a number of books for young readers, including Three Balls of Wool, Lines, Squiggles, Letters, Words, and Pardalita, a 2024 Mildred L. Batchelder Honor Book … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: An Interview with Author and Translator Lyn Miller-Lachmann

Congratulations to the 2024 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize winner & honor books!

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The 2024 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize Committee is pleased to announce the winner and honor books for the 2024 prize.  This is the sixth year of the GLLI Translated YA Book Prize and it has been an outstanding one for graphic novels, as evidenced below. The Winner for the … Continue reading Congratulations to the 2024 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize winner & honor books!