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Co-founder, executive director of We Need Diverse Books assess organization's impact and share plans for the future.

Don't miss these 12 stellar middle grade and YA audiobook selections.

More logged minutes mean more donated books in this year's Scholastic summer reading challenge; Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Awards announced; Library of Congress puts rare Chinese books online; and more in this edition of NewsBites.

Books featuring people of color in outer space and alternative worlds.

Celebrate poetry with these 16 middle grade and YA #OwnVoices titles.

The In the Margins Book Awards honor the best books published over the preceding 18 months that appeal to the reading needs and wants of teens from marginalized backgrounds. The committee selected three top titles in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, and Advocacy. They also released their full Top 10 list.

On the Diverse Books Survey page, users can access related content, newly updated, as well as our Diverse Books Survey report.

These titles jump-start important conversations about online conduct, safety, and ethics.

Young people have always used a language of their own. But does that language belong on the page? Is it literary?