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Where I’m From: The Hometown as a Character, a guest post by Amanda DeWitt

Where I’m From: The Hometown as a Character, a guest post by Amanda DeWitt
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Feb 04, 2025
We create the place we live in, but it also creates us, and it’s impossible to tell where one influence starts and the other begins.
12 YA Titles That Celebrate Romantic Black Love | Great Books

12 YA Titles That Celebrate Romantic Black Love | Great Books
Florence Simmons & Ellen Williams,  Feb 04, 2025

These 12 recent YA titles celebrate romantic Black love in many forms, in different periods of history, and in real and fantasy realms. They include humor, queer love, and paranormal/sci-fi encounters, expanding the much-needed diversity within the romance genre.

We Need Diverse Books Announces 2025 Walter Dean Myers Awards Winners

We Need Diverse Books Announces 2025 Walter Dean Myers Awards Winners
SLJ Staff,  Feb 04, 2025

Shark Teeth by Sherri Winston and Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson are this year's winners in the younger readers and teen categories, respectively.

C’mon Get Happy: Neal Shusterman discusses his new novel ALL BETTER NOW

C’mon Get Happy: Neal Shusterman discusses his new novel ALL BETTER NOW
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Feb 03, 2025
Most people can’t imagine a world without the worst of human nature because that would be the purview of a different species: a post-miserable humankind.
Book Mail: Trans history, a mythology-tinged debut, a teen given a second chance, a new Laurie Halse Anderson, and more!

Book Mail: Trans history, a mythology-tinged debut, a teen given a second chance, a new Laurie Halse Anderson, and more!
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Jan 30, 2025
Get ready to add a bunch of new titles to your TBR. If it's anything like mine, it's probably already bursting with 2025 titles!
YMAs Reveal Top Titles in Young Adult Nonfiction, Informational Books | ALA Youth Media Awards 2025

YMAs Reveal Top Titles in Young Adult Nonfiction, Informational Books | ALA Youth Media Awards 2025
SLJ Reviews,  Jan 30, 2025

SLJ reviews of YALSA's Excellence in Nonfiction Award titles and the winner and honor books of the 2025 Robert F. Sibert Informational Award, administered by ALSC.

SLJ Reviews of the Morris Award Titles, Highlighting the Best YA Debut Books | ALA Youth Media Awards 2025

SLJ Reviews of the Morris Award Titles, Highlighting the Best YA Debut Books | ALA Youth Media Awards 2025
SLJ Reviews,  Jan 30, 2025

Bestowed annually, the William C. Morris Award honors a young adult title written by a first-time author writing for teens. The 2025 winner: Not Like Other Girls by Meredith Adamo. Four honor books were named.

Playing on Common Ground, a guest post by Robert Lipsyte

Playing on Common Ground, a guest post by Robert Lipsyte
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Jan 28, 2025
I’m convinced that pumping books instead of iron is a better way of dealing with the insecurity and isolation affecting so many kids these days, especially boys.
Faceplants and How to Recover from Them, a guest post by Gretchen Whitmer

Faceplants and How to Recover from Them, a guest post by Gretchen Whitmer
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Jan 27, 2025
This is what I’d like to pass along to young readers: No one is perfect. Every one of us has our flaws, but we can grow and change, make a difference and achieve great things.
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