YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults Committee presents fiction titles published for young adults in the past 16 months that are recommended reading for ages 12 to 18. Click on the title of each book ...

A First Time for Everything By Dan Santat February 28, 2023 Length: 320 p. First Second, $22.99 9781626724150 Grades: 6-8 Dan Santat’s graphic novel memoir takes readers along with him on a 3-week ...

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

The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults is calling for papers for two upcoming issues: 1. The current state of teen services (deadline: January 31, 2025) Over the last four years we have ...

YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults Committee presents fiction titles published for young adults in the past 16 months that are recommended reading for ages 12 to 18. Click on the title of each book ...

Try promoting the library’s current reading challenge by capturing TAB members reading. Here, two TST members are promoting our Winter Reading challenge with their favorite YA book in hand. Winter ...

Each year, a committee of thoughtful and diligent YALSA members reads dozens of titles to determine the winner of the Michael L. Printz award for literary excellence in young adult literature. The ...

Check out previous interviews in the One Thing Leads to Another series here. Here’s a personal story. Almost five years ago now I was just finishing up back-to-back stints on selection committees as a ...

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

October is an exciting month for any YA lit fan, because it includes Teen Read Week! In honor of this annual celebration of young adult literature, YALSA invited book-loving teens all over the world ...

If we run a literary-tie in program, we will pull relevant books and display them in the room for easy browsing. For example, we made microwave pizzas in the teen space as part of a Five Nights at ...

Each year, YALSA’s Selected Lists Teams receive nominations, read and evaluate nominated titles, provide featured reviews, and select and annotate an annual list of notable titles significant to young ...