Awards

YALSA names five finalists for the award honoring the best nonfiction for teens.

YALSA names finalists for best YA book by a previously unpublished author.

Check out our reviews—all starred—for the recently announced Morris finalists, including two SLJ Best Books.

In a difficult year, SLJ readers raised up good books for kids and teens, seeking out and celebrating the best in publishing. The most popular posts of the year included lists featuring Latinx and Native American themes and characters.

The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English (ALAN) has established the Bill Konigsberg Award for Acts and Activism for Equity and Inclusion through Young Adult Literature.

American Library Association names winners of the 2018 I Love My Librarian Awards.

The former “Heavy Medal” blogger makes a case for Neal Shusterman’s sequel and points to a strong crop of middle grade titles that might have a chance at the medal.

The day before the National Book Awards were announced, New York City middle- and high schoolers gathered at the 92nd Street Y to hear the finalists in the Young People’s Literature category.

Acevedo received the award for her debut novel The Poet X, written in verse.