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Boxers & Saints made the National Book Award shortlist!  What an incredible honor!  I must've screamed for five minutes straight after I found out.  I'm reading the rest of the list right now.  You should do the same.  Such amazing books!

I just finished a two-week book tour, so I haven't been able to properly blog about this until now.  On September 16, the National Book Foundation announced their 2013 Longlist for Young People's Literature, and Boxers & Saints is on it!  I was absolutely speechless when I found out.  In 2006, the National Book Award nomination [...]