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The Young Adult Library Services Association has announced the finalists for the 2020 William C. Morris Award, which celebrates the best YA book by a previously unpublished author.

Author Andrew Clements is being remembered by educators, fans, and peers; the Library of Congress presents Rosa Parks through her own writings, photos, and memorabilia; Science teachers can earn a prize valued at $5,500 in an engineering contest; and more in this edition of News Bites.

Check out these stellar titles, including a collaboration between Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed.

"Room on Our Rock" and "A Place To Land" honored by National Council of Teachers of English.

The New York State Library released an informational brief that is a compilation of research, which shows the positive impact of school librarians.

Photos from Achieving Together, a Library Journal/School Library Journal event at the Indianapolis Public Library that gathered leaders who have forged dynamic collaborations in their cities and communities.

Several panels at the 2019 Association of American Librarians National Conference focused on the urgent need for better information literacy and advocating on behalf of school libraries. 

Martin W. Sandler's nonfiction book, which discusses prohibition, women's suffrage, the red scare, labor strikes, and more, takes the prestigious prize.

The Stanford History Education Group gave thousands of high school students "civic online reasoning" assessments to gauge their digital media literacy skills.