pace pirates, a ticking bomb, escape attempts, and ambushes add to the nonstop momentum of this story, which takes place in ...

We sat down with author Rocky Callen to discuss mental health in kidlit, bravely addressing difficult topics to honor teen ...

Winter White is an introspective, well-paced read. The book has a strong sense of place and believable characters. Serious ...

Last Chance Live! has strong character development and will keep teens on their toes while also addressing some of the social ...

The Witch comes to life with the lyrical, poetic rhythm of Gill’s telling. She uses traditional Greek pronunciations, which ...

A powerful novel and a great read. Khorram shows how one poor choice can spiral and how slurs used while “just joking” cause ...

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 ...

Public libraries have had a long, though decidedly less than adequate, tradition of serving teens. While there have been encouraging transformations occurring in many of these institutions, a ...

Check out previous interviews in the One Thing Leads to Another series here. I remember thinking when Ball Don’t Lie came out that it was going to be a perfect book to share with the teen patrons of ...

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 ...

Coordinator, Jodi Kruse; Stephanie Burdic, Kirsta Hutley, Marie LeJeune, Kaitlin Malixi, Melissa Palmer, Allison Riggs, Maryjean Riou, Gia Ruiz, Zoe Smolen, Emily ...

Although the popularity of graphic novels is growing by leaps and bounds, there is currently little empirical research documenting their use with struggling male adolescent readers. The purpose of ...