The Horror of Being Seen: Navigating Identity in a Culture Obsessed with Attention, a guest post by Ryan Douglass

It’s strange to live in a culture where being widely seen has become synonymous with having value.

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Our teens need a true diversity of books—and they always have, a guest post by Susan Metallo

Our underrepresented populations have been underrepresented throughout history, and none of us popped into existence as part of a fad.

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Book Review: The Secret Bookstore Sleuth Society by Lindsay Currie

Teen Librarian Karen Jensen highly recommends this fun, friendship focused mystery that reminds her of her childhood favorite, The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

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‘Why do you have to draw horrible things?’: Why horror is good for young people’s brains, a guest post by Beck Kubrick

Young people deserve books that provide a safe place to explore and learn about the world, to explore themes and topics at their own pace in a fun way.

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Book Mail: Road trips, ballet, tyrannical witches, Argentine folklore, cannibalism, and more!

46 new and forthcoming books for your fall TBR!

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Using History to Imagine the Future, a guest post by Erin Cotter

The habit of looking back to imagine the future is something that’s stuck with me, one that’s given me comfort. My latest book, A Dangerous Bargain, was also inspired by this habit, but in reverse: ho...

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The Importance of Queering Classics, a guest post by Erin Edwards

Sometimes it isn’t a single man in possession of a good fortune who’s in want of a wife. Sometimes it’s a woman instead, and it always has been.

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Finding Your Own Path, a guest post by Sarah J. Mendonca

If there’s anything I’ve learned it’s that we’re given many chances to find our path again.

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Fast Five Interview: Karla Arenas Valenti

Author Karla Arenas Valenti joins us to talk about her new book, Quetzal's Labyrinth.

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At the Border Between Fantasy & Reality, a guest post by Romina Garber

Fantasy isn’t just about escaping our reality—it also offers us a way to survive it.

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Cover Reveal and Excerpt: NOT YOUR STORY by Meg Eden Kuyatt

Today we have the honor of sharing an excerpt from and revealing the cover for NOT YOUR STORY by Meg Eden Kuyatt. The book comes out July 6, 2027 from Scholastic.

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From Sea to Shining Sea: The 4th of July Surprise That Made Me Believe World Peace was Possible, a guest post by Megan E. Freeman

Traveling shrinks the world and makes friends of strangers.

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Why young women in sports will save the world, a guest post by Charlotte Lillie Balogh

Charlotte Lillie Balogh joins us for a Fast Five Interview and a guest post about rowing and her new book, CAPSIZED.

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On Stories, a guest post by Nafiza Azad

Stories wove through every point of my life. When the world didn’t make sense, I would narrate an alternative version in my head that would help me understand.

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Cindy Crushes Programming: Book Bedazzling

Teen librarians share a program about book bedazzling

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RAVENFIELD HALL cover reveal and a conversation with author Leanna Renee Hieber and artist Elizabeth Wakou

Author Leanna Renee Hieber and artist Elizabeth Wakou talk about bringing Hieber's story to life with the cover of her new book.

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Penguin TBR September 2026: THE HEART TRIALS by J. Elle and THE HOUSE OF GARDENIAS by Isabel Canas

For this month's Penguin TBR we're talking THE HEART TRIALS by J. Elle and THE HOUSE OF GARDENIAS by Isabel Canas

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Fast Five Interview: Shifa Saltagi Safadi

Author Shifa Saltagi Safadi joins us to talk about her new book, SISTERS ALONE.

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Fast Five Interview: James Ponti

Author James Ponti joins us to talk about the new book in The Sherlock Society series, ART ATTACK.

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Why Asian Horror is so Scary, a guest post by Moniza Hossain

It feels real, because it’s rooted in the lived experience of most Asian cultures, where the spirit world is in fact real, and even more importantly, respected.

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Fast Five Interview: Meg Cabot

Author Meg Cabot joins us to talk about her new book, DETECTIVE BABY: DANCE TEAM DRAMA.

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Teens Read YA: Scout reviews the Truly Devious series and The Velvet Knife by Maureen Johnson

Teen reviewer Scout shares her thoughts on the Truly Devious series by Maureen Johnson and it's upcoming 6th title: THE VELVET KNIFE

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Fast Five Interview: Stephan Pastis and Will Henry

Stephan Pastis and Will Henry join us to talk about their new book, SKELETOR ATE MY HOMEWORK.

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Lerner Publishing Group Showcase: Fall 2026 YA Books

7 new and forthcoming books to check out this fall.

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Eight books that inspired The Ending You Deserve, a guest post by Rebecca Stafford

At its heart, this is a book about what it means to be queer, the incandescent power of love and friendship, and why the most magnetic person in the room is sometimes the most dangerous. These books s...

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Post-It Note Reviews: 21 Quick Reviews of New and Forthcoming Books

New books from James Ponti, Shifa Saltagi Safadi, Tiffany D. Jackson, Darcie Little Badger, and more!

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Writing My Historical Novel on a Vintage Typewriter, a guest post by Anna Rose Johnson

Using a typewriter forced me to do something I hadn’t when writing my previous novels: it forced me to just plow ahead, to not agonize over particular lines or go back and change things.

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