In this powerful installment of the YALSA HUB Advisory Board’s Banned Book Series, we sit down with acclaimed author Lamar ...

Summerween, the celebration of Halloween during the summer months, is upon us! Join us as we highlight horror books that will ...

Coming out November 18, 2025, Click here to learn more about How Girls are Made! Educator Resources Book Banning Response Guides for Heroine and The Female of the Species ...

Phoebe, or “Phibs” as her friends call her, has always felt a calling to the ocean. With her scuba diving buddies, The Salt Squad, she explores the sea and its treasures surrounding her home in the ...

The History of Everything by Victoria Evans HarperAlley / HarperCollins Publication Date: February 18th, 2025 ISBN-13: 9780063268906 Agnes and Daisy are goth besties who do everything together: ...

Up in Smoke by Nick Brooks Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) / Macmillan Publication Date: May 5, 2025 ISBN: 9781250359933 Up in Smoke opens with a murder at a Black Lives Matter protest sparked by a recent ...

The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner Bloomsbury Publication Date: April 29, 2025 ISBN: 9781547616398 Finn Connelly is in big trouble – he’s about to fail seventh grade if he doesn’t complete a ...

The Selected Lists teams read throughout the year in search of the best titles published in their respective categories. Once a book is suggested (either internally or through the title suggestion ...

Extra Large by Tyler Page First Second Publication Date: March 11, 2025ISBN-13: 978-1250851567 It’s the beginning of seventh grade and Tyler is starting to notice that things have changed. There are ...

The Myth makers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien by John Hendrix Fanfare / Abrams Publication Date: September 24, 2024 ISBN-13: 9781419746345 In 1926, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S ...

When We Ride by Rex Ogle Publisher: Norton Young Readers Release date: February 25, 2025 ISBN: 978132405282 Benny and Lawson are more than best friends, they’re brothers. Benny gives Lawson rides as ...