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Current and former middle school teachers bring their experience and students to their work to create characters, dialogue, and stories that resonate with readers.

The debut author of the middle grade novel Chula the Fox, which recently earned an SLJ starred review, talks process, #OwnVoices, and learning from loss.

Rabble rousers and rebels rub shoulders with artists and adventurers in these eminently browsable collective biographies.

New books about women in STEM feature inventors, architects, naturalists, and computer and space scientists.

A look at women who courageously fought for the right to vote—their struggles, missteps, disagreements, and their successes—and those who were determined to exercise that right once it became law.

Benjamin’s sophomore novel is a heartwarming examination of megastars, goats, friendship, and finding your own best self.

New and forthcoming titles suitable for elementary through high school collections. These series range from middle grade fiction to teen romances to informational texts, written between a first and fifth grade reading level.

Before we tune in to the Youth Media Awards on January 28, we’d like to focus on a handful of outliers that perhaps lack the broad consensus-building qualities of previously highlighted titles but are just as impressive.

Netflix has brought back Carmen Sandiego and, with her comes a series of books and series-related materials for educators. That and more industry news in NewsBites.