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This month's debut YA authors share their bookish New Year’s resolutions, the inspirations behind their first titles, and more.

A bookmobile staffed by teen volunteers gives away high-demand YA titles to low-income students or those who are in foster care or experiencing homelessness.

Authors of SLJ’s Best Young Adult Books of 2019 weigh in on their favorite teen titles of the decade.

Paula Willey considers the ghostly, mysterious, and all around non-realistic books in contention for this year’s Printz Award.

La Sala sat down with SLJ to talk about giving power to underdogs, how drag queens are the ultimate world-builders, and the 10 years it took to write his debut novel...which he finished out of spite. "It was a selfish desire to correct many things I thought could be done a lot better, and a lot gayer."

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has announced the finalists for the 2020 William C. Morris Award, which celebrates the best YA book by a previously unpublished author.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.

In the last few years, there's been a rise in YA anthologies hitting shelves, and the trend isn't slowing down. Librarians weigh in on these books' popularity and how to use them in schools and public programming.

Lack of English fluency, a multilingual media diet, and parents who may be unable to serve as gatekeepers are just a few of the issues facing immigrant students learning to distinguish credible stories from disinformation.