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“The Expectations That We Be Educators”: The Views of Australian Authors of Young Adult Fiction on Their OwnVoices Novels as Windows for Learning about Marginalized Experiences

This paper discusses empirical research conducted in 2016 with seven Australian authors of OwnVoices young adult fiction who publicly identified as one or more of the following: Indigenous Australian, a person of colour, or a member of queer or disabled communities. Continue reading

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Asian American Teen Fiction: An Urban Public Library Analysis

Backman, Antonio, Chayse Sundt and Sarah Park Dahlen. “Asian American Teen Fiction: An Urban Public Library Analysis.” Journal of Research on Libraries & Young Adults 9 (2018). n. page. Web. <Date accessed>. 

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Happiness at the End of the Rainbow: Exploring Happy Endings in Young Adult Literature with Queer Female Protagonists, 2009–2017

Colborne, Adrienne and Vivian Howard. “Happiness at the End of the Rainbow: Exploring Happy Endings in Young Adult Literature with Queer Female Protagonists, 2009–2017.” Journal of Research on Libraries & Young Adults 9 (2018). n. page. Web. <Date accessed>. 

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Dreaming in Color: Identifying Race and Ethnicity in YA Speculative Fiction Reviews

Davis, Jewel. “Dreaming in Color: Identifying Race and Ethnicity in YA Speculative Fiction Reviews”. Journal of Research on Libraries & Young Adults 8 (2017): n. page. Web. <Date accessed>.

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Teen Book Covers: What’s Missing?

LaRosee, Elizabeth. Teen Book Covers: What’s Missing?. Journal of Research on Libraries & Young Adults 7 (2016): n. page. Web. <Date accessed>.

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Hunky Cajuns and Gay Sextons: Diversity as Represented in Adolescent Book Reviews

Ostenson, Jon, Rosie Ribeira, Rachel Wadham, and Katie Irion. Hunky Cajuns and Gay Sextons: Diversity as Represented in Adolescent Book Reviews. Journal of Research on Libraries & Young Adults 7 (2016): n. page. Web. <Date accessed>.

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Juried Posters from YALSA’s Research Poster Session at ALA Annual 2011

To view the posters, click on the image to enlarge them. Title: Teaching K-12 Digital Citizenship Lesley Farmer, EdD College of Education, California State University Long Beach lfarmer@csulb.edu Title: Silencing the Internal Censor in YA Collection Development Robin Fogle Kurz … Continue reading

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Are All Lists Created Equal? Diversity in Award-Winning and Bestselling Young Adult Fiction

by Casey H. Rawson Abstract With increasingly diverse service populations, especially among younger patrons, libraries are in need of more titles featuring individuals from varied backgrounds. Librarians often rely upon preassembled title lists, such as YALSA’s Best Books for Young … Continue reading

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