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Tahir's novel, which she once thought was "too niche" and "too weird" to be published, earned the Printz Award on Monday. 

It's the fifth year the Sydney Taylor Book Awards will be announced at the Youth Media Awards, an inclusion that has vaulted books with Jewish content into a broader spotlight.

Book bans are often argued to be an infringement of First Amendment rights, but are they also a violation of civil rights? In the case of Granbury (TX) ISD, the ACLU of Texas says yes. The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is looking into it. 

Here are a few middle grade and YA titles to pass along to young readers interested in time loops. If they love them, they can read them over and over.

Hand these middle grade and YA titles to kids watching the new Netflix series about British teen ghost hunters, adapted from books by Jonathan Stroud.