Hugo Roundup: Lodestar

I still have mixed feelings about the Lodestar award, mostly because it's not a Hugo and is funneling good work away from Best Novel.

But it's also adding to recognition.

• Catfishing on CatNet, by Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)
• Deeplight, by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan)
• Dragon Pearl, by Yoon Ha Lee (Disney/Hyperion)
• Minor Mage, by T. Kingfisher (Argyll)
• Riverland, by Fran Wilde (Amulet)
• The Wicked King, by Holly Black (Little, Brown; Hot Key)

I am still disappointed the Peasprout Chen book didn't make it, but everything that did deserved to be there.

My pick: Minor Mage

My prediction: Unsure. Riverland won the Norton, but is more a Norton type of book than a Lodestar. I'm going to guess Dragon Pearl.