At the end of the year, each team will choose the final list of nominations and determine the Selected List’s Top Ten from ...

Each year, a committee of thoughtful and diligent YALSA members reads dozens of titles to determine the winner of the Michael L. Printz award for literary excellence in young adult literature. The ...

We sat down with award-winning author/artist LeUyen Pham to discuss art for picture books versus graphic novels, the power of ...

Boyden Library’s Teen Librarian Jennifir Huston recently sat down with YA author Jeff Zentner to discuss his two books, Goodbye Days and In the Wild Light, that were targeted for banning in Escambia, ...

We sat down with debut author Adina King to discuss the magic of libraries, writing about the opioid crisis, the process of being a debut author with a legendary YA lit mentor, and her debut novel in ...

Each quarter, the Selected Lists teams compile the officially nominated titles to date. These titles have been suggested by the team or through the title suggestion form, read by multiple team members ...

The Dead of Summer. By Ryan La Sala. Read by Pete Cross, A’rese Emokpae & Ryan La Sala. 2025. 10.5 hr. Scholastic Inc., DD (9798225001186). Gr. 9-12. Ollie returns to his home of Anchor’s Mercy, a ...

As summer approaches and the weather warms up, your teen readers might be feeling a little more feisty and in the mood for some rebellion (as they get ready to escape their schools’ authority, some ...

Check out previous interviews in the One Thing Leads to Another series here. It’s no secret that Utah has more than it’s fair share of wildly talented authors and as a librarian here I’ve had the ...

We sat down with author Kimberly Behre Kenna to discuss hard conversations for kids, writing as a form of therapy, and the ways literature can support kids experiencing difficult life circumstances.

The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), announces its 2026 Best Fiction for Young Adult (BFYA) book list. The list of 61 titles is ...