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Quick reviews of recent titles for all ages.

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Teen contributor Morgan Randall talks about voting for the first time while away for her Freshman year of college

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This comprehensive guide to the legal, emotional, social, and physical aspects of consent shows teens that this issue is much more complicated than just saying “yes” or “no.”

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This year’s top YA titles help us escape, look inward, and navigate our times.

Teen librarian Karen Jensen discusses taking her teenage daughter to vote for her first time and what we can do to help teens prepare to vote

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Teen contributor Riley Jensen talks about her first time voting.

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In Becoming Brianna, Terri Libenson continues her popular middle-grade series with a story that focuses on Brianna's anxiety about her bat mitzvah.

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Teen contributor Morgan Randall discusses mental health breaks

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Teen contributor Riley Jensen asks teachers to reconsider giving homework over breaks.

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Holden Caulfield would probably think getting nearly 70 years in the spotlight makes him a phony and a sellout. We can recognize Catcher as a touchstone while handing teenagers additional titles that speak to them today.

I stretched this one out over three afternoons, just so I could keep dipping back into Henri and Cori's world. A completely satisfying, engaging, and memorable read.

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The co-founders of Twitter's #THEBOOKCHAT talk about Dante, James Baldwin, and what students should know when they leave high school.

Here's a glimpse of what next year will look like with cover reveals of three upcoming middle-grade graphic novels.

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Authors Nicola and David Yoon will start the new imprint at Random House Children's Books to let young people of color know "they are deserving of happily-ever-afters," according to Nicola Yoon.

“Honestly, I think learning loss is the least of our worries. It’s essential to give them space to talk about how they are feeling. If things are falling apart, we have to take care of them rather than push on with a lesson.” —”In This Together: School Librarians Help Address Learning Loss, Upheaval,” SLJ It’s […]

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Teen art councils are using their voice to help change the world with art

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Teens have long been engaged in the world around them, and this year many of them may be voting for the first time. As you encourage young people to be civic-minded, recommend these election-themed YA books that tackle family, friendship, love, and making their voices heard.

Teen contributor Riley Jensen highlights 5 new YA books coming soon for teen readers

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They are made-up characters, but their stories are those of thousands upon thousands of teenagers who live through these school shootings. A deeply empathetic, emotional, and infuriating story not to be missed.

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A brief look at voting and elections in YA literature

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Teen contributor Morgan Randall discusses the struggles of attending virtual university

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Remote learning—and finding a new book—is more fun as educators get creative and add a personal flair with their Bitmoji libraries and classrooms.

The latest addition to First Second's Maker Comics line will provide tips on how to survive in the wilderness.

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This layered story with fantastic characters shows that trying to blend in sometimes just hides the many wonderful ways you were made to stand out. Like Chicky and Lita find out, there is space for you. You belong, just as you are.

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A roundup of manga covering a range of sports, from soccer and basketball to ice skating and volleball. Most geared for grades 8 and up.

How are you supporting college-bound juniors and seniors during the pandemic? Share your experience and help us report on this topic.

A hopeful, beautifully written, deeply affecting story of what we endure and overcome in the journey to become ourselves.

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It's Constitution Day. We've pulled together some recent books on the subject for those who want to learn more about the U.S. document.

Each month until the 2021 ALA Youth Media Awards on Monday, January 25, our Pondering Printz column will feature expert predictions and analysis of this year's Michael L. Printz Award by former committee members. This month our columnist asks, how can this year’s Printz Award contenders help us process our world?

A teen girl must join forces with different versions of herself to help save the world. Also, there is a dragon.

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Teen contributor Riley Jensen talks about trying to navigate politics in the classroom.

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It's hardly news to say that mental illness affects the entire family, but it's so important that we see the ways this can happen and understand that it's okay to be affected and to need to figure out a way forward.

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As they look forward to publishing their first YA titles, these authors discuss writing about pain and joy, the long process of publishing, and advice for activists and college-bound teens.