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The Wild Books of Gary Paulsen

October 18, 2021October 20, 2021 Jake Harris 0 Comments Dogsong, Gary Paulsen, Hatchet, Into The Wild, Northwind, The Call of the Wild, Winterdance

Author of young-adult adventure stories is dead at age 82

FICTION Young Adult

Evison, Pérez Speak Out Against Censorship

October 12, 2021October 13, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Ashley Hope Perez, Jonathan Evison, Lawn Boy, Out of Darkness

Authors deal with a rise of school book bans across the country

Young Adult

Get Ready to Battle the ‘Beasts of Prey’

September 28, 2021September 29, 2021 Sharyn Vane 1 Comment Ayana Gray, Beasts of Prey, Oprah

The thrilling and eagerly-awaited first installment of an Africa-set YA fantasy trilogy has arrived

Politics Young Adult

Parents, Don’t Opt Out

September 1, 2021September 6, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments book banning, Facebook, Jandy Nelson, Jason Reynolds, Laurie Halse Anderson

Why would you restrict what your children read in school?

FICTION NON-FICTION Young Adult

A Realistic List of Books You Can Get Young Adults To Actually Finish

August 23, 2021September 5, 2021 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments A Child Called It, Angie Thomas, Ben Mikaelsen, Between Shades of Gray, Candy, Concrete Rose, Dave Pelzer, Demon Slayer, Divergent, Go Ask Alice, Jenny Han, John Green, Kevin Brooks, Lucy Christopher, Rainbow Rowell, Rick Riordan, Rupi Kaur, Ruta Sepetys, S.E. Hinton, Sara Zarr, Sonya Sones, Stephen King, Stephenie Meyer, Stolen, Story of A Girl, The Outsiders, Twilight, Veronica Roth

Who would you trust more? Time Magazine? Or our resident teacher librarian?

FICTION Politics Young Adult

Leander ISD Pulls More Books From Curriculum

August 9, 2021September 15, 2021 Sharyn Vane 2 Comments Carmen Maria Machado, Jacqueline Woodson, Leander ISD, Nikki Grimes, Ordinary Hazards, PEN America, Red at the Bone

Onslaught against “challenging” literature continues in Central Texas

CREATORS FICTION Young Adult

The Amazing Covers of Erick Dávila

July 28, 2021July 30, 2021 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments Camryn Garrett, Elizabeth Acevedo, Elizabeth Gilbert, Erick Dávila, Off the Record, With The Fire On High

An interview with the in-demand illustrator of Young Adult novels

FICTION Young Adult

YA Literary Supergroup Teams up for Gorgeous ‘Blackout’

June 22, 2021June 28, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Blackout, Dhonielle Clayton, nic stone, Nicola Yoon

Interconnected stories of teen love in NYC

FICTION Young Adult

Literary World Reacts to Publishers’ Striking Questionable Lines

June 11, 2021August 3, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments

They pulled ‘offensive’ dialogue from authors Elin Hilderbrand’s and Casey McQuiston’s best-sellers

FICTION Netflix TELEVISION Young Adult

‘Shadow & Bone’: Damsels Who Rescue Themselves

April 28, 2021April 28, 2021 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Leigh Bardugo, Shadow & Bone

Netflix series turns fantasy and young-adult tropes on their heads

Education FICTION NON-FICTION Politics Young Adult

Battle Over School Reading Lists Continues in Suburban Austin

April 27, 2021August 3, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Carmen Maria Machado, In The Dream House, Jacqueline Woodson, Kiss Number 8, Laurie Halse Anderson, Leander ISD, Margaret Atwood, PEN America, Shirley Jackson, The Handmaid's Tale, The Lottery, V is for Vendetta, Y: The Last Man

PEN America joins fight after Leander ISD “pauses” book recommendations

FICTION Young Adult

Dav Pilkey Pulls Book Because of Racial Stereotypes

March 30, 2021April 6, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Captain Underpants, Dav Pilkey, Ook and Gluk, Scholastic

‘Kung-Fu Cavemen’ are no more

CREATORS FICTION Remembrance Writers Young Adult

America Mourns Beverly Cleary

March 28, 2021March 30, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Beverly Cleary, Faith Salie, Jenny Han, Judy Blume, Ramona Quimby, Reese Witherspoon, Viola Davis

Tributes pour in for beloved children’s author, who passed away last week at 104

NON-FICTION Young Adult

The Best Young Adult Nonfiction for Women’s History Month

March 2, 2021March 9, 2021 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment Alice Paul, Ann Angel, Becoming, Charles and Emma, Claudette Colvin, Deborah Heiligman, Deborah Kops, Hidden Figures, I Am Malala, Irène Curie, Janis Joplin, Lise Meitner, Lita Judge, Malala Yousafzai, Margot Lee Shetterly, Mary's Monster, Michelle Obama, Phillip M. Hoose, Radioactive!, Rebecca Skloot, Sally Ride, Sonia Sotomayor, Tam O’Shaughnessy, The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Twice Toward Justice, Winifred Conkling

From scientists to activists to singers, these women changed the world

FICTION Young Adult

An Exciting Year For Black Young Adult Authors

February 18, 2021March 3, 2021 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments Camryn Garrett, Debbie Rigaud, Fast Pitch, Ilyas'a Shabazz, Instructions for Dancing, Jay Coles, Leah Johnson, Love is a Revolution, Muted, nic stone, Nicola Yoon, Off the Record, Renee Watson, Rise to the Sun, Sharon Flake, Simone Breaks All The Rules, Tami Charles, The Awakening of Malcolm X, The Life I'm In, The Skin I'm In, Things We Couldn't Say, Tiffany Jackson

Great new narratives from returning favorites

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