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This year’s Best Nonfiction for Middle and High School students features true crime, an inclusive puberty book, sports titles, and lots of STEM.

Every one of our picks on the Best 2025 Graphic Novel list, ranging from early readers to adaptations of popular kid lit prose, has illustrations to be pored over and a narrative to be enjoyed.

 The 2025 Best Manga roundup features haunting sci-fi, slow-burn romance, and charming friendship tales for middle grade and YA readers.

SLJ chats with the Pura Belpre–winning artist about the creative process for this year’s December Best Books cover.

Highlights from the SLJ Summit panel discussions include stories from Caldecott and National Book Award winner Dan Santat, as well as tips for creating a culture of reading and collaborating with public libraries.

An audiobook of Tuck Everlasting is narrated by Alexis Bledel for its 50th anniversary; Stacy McAnulty goes to Venus in the latest "Our Universe" book. We herald these and more titles in our November stars list. 

EBSCO’s Literary Reference Ultimate is a robust, all-in-one digital resource tailored for students, teachers, and librarians exploring literature across cultures, time periods, and genres.

Brag tags and a parent book club created better, more engaged readers at South Park Elementary School in Deerfield, IL.