This week, we& #39;re championing The Black Flamingo and Crossfire! Tell us why you love these books and join our Twitter chat with shortlisted authors @DeanAtta and @malorieblackman on Wednesday at 8pm GMT https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎉" title="Party popper" aria-label="Emoji: Party popper"> #YA10 @HachetteKids @penguinplatform

"Crossfire was inspired by the current political climate" — @malorieblackman answers our questions about the YA Book Prize-shortlisted fifth novel in her #NoughtsAndCrosses series here: https://bit.ly/2VaIs6S ">https://bit.ly/2VaIs6S&q... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⭕" title="Heavy large circle" aria-label="Emoji: Heavy large circle">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❌" title="Cross mark" aria-label="Emoji: Cross mark">
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The Black Flamingo by @DeanAtta is a timely, fiercely told coming-of-age story about the journey to self-acceptance. Read an extract of the YA Book Prize-shortlisted verse novel for free here: https://bit.ly/3b1JBnS ">https://bit.ly/3b1JBnS&q... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦩" title="Flamingo" aria-label="Emoji: Flamingo"> @HachetteKids #YA10

Crossfire sees @malorieblackman return to the world of Noughts and Crosses, where life seems different for Sephy and Callum& #39;s families, but old wounds still remain... Read a free extract from the YA Book Prize-shortlisted novel here: https://bit.ly/2yMyDEM ">https://bit.ly/2yMyDEM&q... @penguinplatform #YA10

"The book was inspired by the sighting of a real black flamingo... It struck me as a visual metaphor for how I’ve felt all my life being black/mixed-race and gay" — @deanatta talks to us about his YA Book Prize-shortlisted novel here: http://bit.ly/2y0O1gt ">https://bit.ly/2y0O1gt&q... @HachetteKids
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Earlier this week, we hosted a Twitter chat with the brilliant
@malorieblackman and @DeanAtta! If you missed it, you can catch up with their answers and insights into their shortlisted books on the #YA10 hashtag https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📚" title="Books" aria-label="Emoji: Books"> https://twitter.com/yabookprize/status/1247962555122933760?s=20">https://twitter.com/yabookpri...