We sit down with Printz Honor and Winner Angeline Boulley to discuss novels as a teaching opportunity, exploring and ...

And the Trees Stare Back offers all the elements that make for outstanding YA literary fiction: evocative, atmospheric prose; a deeply authentic first-person voice; and historical grounding in a ...

This graphic novel offers a thoughtful portrayal of a teenager navigating the balance between family expectations during ...

Southern lore plays a huge role in this gothic horror book. Every 13 years, the cicadas descend on Carrion. Along with that, some townsperson go missing. Legend has it that the devil walks among them, ...

Matthew A. Tower opens up about growing up in the middle of his parents’ divorce and revisiting that story in his debut memoir, Love Wars: Clash of the Parents.

The Dead of Summer. By Ryan La Sala. Read by Pete Cross, A’rese Emokpae & Ryan La Sala. 2025. 10.5 hr. Scholastic Inc., DD (9798225001186). Gr. 9-12. Ollie returns to his home of Anchor’s Mercy, a ...

The members of the Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers Blogging Team are: Coordinator Leanna Chappell, Swanton Public Library, Swanton, OH, Katie Bruechert, Thoreau Middle School, Vienna, VA ...

The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), announces its 2026 Best Fiction for Young Adult (BFYA) book list. The list of 61 titles is ...

These titles have been suggested by the team or through the title suggestion form, read by multiple team members, and received approval to be designated an official nomination. Previous nominations ...

Each quarter, the Selected Lists teams compile the officially nominated titles to date. These titles have been suggested by the team or through the title suggestion form, read by multiple team members ...

We sit down with nonfiction authors Cynthia Levinson and Jennifer Swanson to discuss the changing role of nonfiction for young readers, writing about rapidly changing fields, and what makes nonfiction ...