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Four new YA authors tell SLJ about the works that influenced them and how they are celebrating their first publications.

Book clubs focused on Black authors and characters have helped readers find community during the pandemic and given writers and their work some extra attention.

Using primary sources with literature can help students explore a story using a unique, real-world perspective.

In advance of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the author and adapter of The Burning (Young Readers Edition): Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, discuss their book and this painful part of American history.

Over the past year across the country, educators have altered lesson plans and curricula to address racial injustice, historically and today.

These swoon-worthy beach reads keep it light while diving into deeper themes.

Educators have used targeted intervention and innovative tech approaches and offered social-emotional support.

During Pride month and all year long, curl up with these fantastical YA novels that center LGBTQIA+ characters and affirm queer identities.

Pat Scales takes on a student teacher who thinks Captain Underpants is inappropriate, parent complaints about comics and horror, and a teacher who is using markers to alter problematic illustrations in picture books.