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Take Five: New Middle Grade Books in September

Take Five: New Middle Grade Books in September
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 13, 2024
These Take Five lists can help you with collection development, displays, reading lists, and more.
Notes From a Writing Collaboration: Don’t Strangle Your Partner and Other Bits of Hard-Won Wisdom, a guest post by Ben and Ann Brashares

Notes From a Writing Collaboration: Don’t Strangle Your Partner and Other Bits of Hard-Won Wisdom, a guest post by Ben and Ann Brashares
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 13, 2024
As we prepare for the launch of our new series, Westfallen, we get asked one question more than any other: “What was it like writing a novel with your sister/brother?”
Facing Horror with Uncertainty: The Many Ways One Can be Unfinished, a guest post by Cheryl Isaacs

Facing Horror with Uncertainty: The Many Ways One Can be Unfinished, a guest post by Cheryl Isaacs
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 13, 2024
The Unfinished is all about finding the bravery to face uncertainty in many ways – in one’s relationships, identity and creepy monsters that haunt the forest.
Lawsuit Settlement Forces Florida District to Return Books to Shelves | Censorship News

Lawsuit Settlement Forces Florida District to Return Books to Shelves | Censorship News
SLJ Staff,  Sep 13, 2024

And Tango Makes Three is one of three dozen books that will be back on school shelves in Nassau County, FL, thanks to a settlement of a lawsuit against the district. Meanwhile, a lawsuit filed against a Texas public library is headed to the U.S. Court of Appeals.

Stronger than Ever: Latine Representation in YA Dark Academia, a guest post by NoNieqa Ramos

Stronger than Ever: Latine Representation in YA Dark Academia, a guest post by NoNieqa Ramos
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 12, 2024
What does it mean when a book like THEY THOUGHT THEY BURIED US is praised for “strong queer Puerto Rican/Latine representation”?
Love Letters, a guest post by Polly Horvath

Love Letters, a guest post by Polly Horvath
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 11, 2024
Library Girl took me back to the forgotten memories of my childhood and the Kalamazoo Public Library.  It took me back to that time in childhood when you are let loose from your parents’ leash and begin to explore the world on your own.
Short Stories, Big Scares: 7 Middle Grade & YA Horror Collections

Short Stories, Big Scares: 7 Middle Grade & YA Horror Collections
SLJ Reviews,  Sep 11, 2024

These short story collections center diverse characters and stories in creepy, readable tales.

Queering the Classic YA Love Triangle, a guest post by Alicia Jasinska

Queering the Classic YA Love Triangle, a guest post by Alicia Jasinska
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Sep 10, 2024
I know there are readers who are tired of love triangles, and I don’t blame them. But I’m also a firm believer that no trope is overdone until everyone has had an equal chance to play with it, especially authors from marginalized backgrounds.
2024 National Book Award for Young People's Literature Longlist Announced

2024 National Book Award for Young People's Literature Longlist Announced
SLJ staff,  Sep 10, 2024

The 10 titles on the longlist include fiction, nonfiction, and novels-in-verse, as well as one author previously honored in the category: Randy Ribay, who was a finalist in 2019. 

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