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Check out SLJ's exclusive interview, excerpt, and cover reveal of Roshani Chokshi's highly anticipated new novel rooted in Filipino mythology, The Spirit Glass.

The 2023 Youth Media Awards and librarian opinions about the Newbery dominated reader attention.

With engaging design, impeccable research, and actionable suggestions for making an impact, these four middle grade & YA titles discuss what strides are being made by scientists, activists, and young people who are fighting to save the planet they’ve inherited.

The author's debut was a Printz honor book, along with winning the young adult category of the Stonewall Awards and the Sydney Taylor Book Awards at the 2030 Youth Media Awards.

These recent audiobooks offer irrefutable proof and auspicious validation that our youth are our most promising changemakers today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Travis Jonker raises up the best titles for reading aloud. “Some will be obvious and popular. Others lesser known. All will be story time gold.”

These three picture books capture the hardship and joys that Black people have experienced in the United States, with nuance and sensitivity to a young audience.  

The SLJ reviews editors rounded up our reviews of the books lauded at the 2023 Youth Media Awards.