In, indigenous representation in children’s and YA lit, and literature as a cultural celebration for all readers. Learn more ...

The audiobook producers put a lot of thought into adapting this book to an audio format, and it shows through the full-cast narration.

There is laugh-out-loud humor, and moments where teens will relate to Sara Lin’s cringe-worthy, yet honest behavior ...

In terms of information seeking, youth can be broken down into four discrete information-seeking groups defined by their ability to read and Piaget’s cognitive developmental stages. Coinciding with ...

Kelley Blue, Portland Public Library, ME (Coordinator); Meg Bowie, Free Library of Philadelphia; Jean Broughton, Vancouver Public Library; Jacqueline Bush, Stratford Library Association; M’issa ...

YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults Blogging Team presents fiction titles published for young adults in the past 14 months that are recommended reading for ages 12 to 18. The purpose of the annual ...

“Books where stuff happens…but easy to read. Not a book for kids.” This is a common readers’ advisory question for reluctant or struggling teen readers (and their adults). Such readers often feel ...

Are teens really not reading as much as they did in the past? Are teens reading, but in nontraditional formats that are underreported? If surveys focus on book reading, what about teens who do all ...

Check out previous interviews in the One Thing Leads to Another series here. I remember sitting in the audience at the 2007 Michael L. Printz Award ceremony at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington ...

A content analysis of the winners of the Michael L. Printz Award revealed six common content trends: journeys, teenage angst leading to self-actualization, family relationships, romantic relationships ...

Coordinator, Jessica Lorentz Smith, Rachel Adams, Sarah Carnahan, Cathy DeCampli, Mike Fleming, Katie Guzan, Katrina Henderson, Emma K. McNamara, Julianne Novetsky ...

The faces of today’s teens are undeniably transforming due to the changing faces and forms of today’s families.’ Although there are now more young adult (YA) books that feature minority/mixed race ...