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

Amie Kaufman’s young adult sci-fi thriller utilizes a full cast of narrators and impeccable audio production to bring the ...

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

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 ...

Each year, YALSA’s Amazing Audiobooks Blogging Team selects and annotates an annual list of notable audio recordings significant to young adults from those released in the past two years. Click on the ...

This research presents the results of a survey of 833 U.S. adolescents, ages twelve to eighteen years old. It was hypothesized that teachers are assigning reading (rather than students self-selecting ...

This research examines school librarians’ perspectives on collecting LGBT materials. Based on qualitative interviews with thirty-one school librarians, this project found generally strong support for ...

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