The Global Literature in Libraries Initiative has announced the ten-book shortlist for the first-ever GLLI YA in Translation prize! The books are translated from seven different languages and feature a range of different genres.

The winner will be announced at the end of the month.

The Shortlist

Alpha by Bessora and Barroux, translated from the French by Sarah Ardizzone (Bellevue Literary Press) – FRANCE

Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan, translated from the Chinese by Helen Wang (Candlewick Press (US), Walker Books (UK)) – CHINA

Defying the Nazis: The Life of German Officer Wilm Hosenfeld by Hermann Vinke, translated from the German by H.B. Babiar (Star Bright Books) – GERMANY

La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono, translated from the Spanish by Lawrence Schimel (Feminist Press) – EQUATORIAL GUINEA

Max by Sarah Cohen-Scali, translated from the French by Penny Hueston (Roaring Brook Press (US), Walker Books (UK)) – FRANCE

My Brother’s Husband: Vol. 1 & 2 by Gengoroh Tagame, translated from the Japanese by Anne Ishii (Pantheon) – JAPAN

Piglettes by Clementine Beauvais, translated from the French by the author (Pushkin Children’s Books) – FRANCE

Rasha by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, translated from the Bengali by Arunava Sinha (Penguin Random House India) – BANGLADESH

The Secret of the Blue Glass by Tomiko Inui, translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori (Pushkin Children’s Books) – JAPAN

Wonderful Feels Like This by Sara Lövestam, translated from the Swedish by Laura A. Wideburg (Flatiron Books) – SWEDEN