Day: June 13, 2025

2025 YA Book Prize Shortlist

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The Bookseller has announced the shortlist for the 2025 YA Book Prize that they run along with the Edinburgh International Book Festival. The award celebrates the best YA fiction from the UK and Ireland. Here are the shorlisted titles:

Apocalypse Cow by O. R. Sorrel

The Dagger and the Flame by Catherine Doyle (Available in US)

The End Crowns All by Bea Fitzgerald

Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and Adiba Jaigirdar (Available in US)

Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald

If My Words Had Wings by Danielle Jawando

Lover Birds by Leanne Egan (Available in US)

The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson (Available in US)

Songlight by Moira Buffini (Available in US)

Where the Heart Should Be by Sarah Crossan (Available in US)

Hat tip to LoveReading4Kids.

Wake Your Friday Brain Cells – June 13 Edition

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CHILDREN’S LIT

9 Titles to Learn About Juneteenth – SLJ

The best books for children about refugees – The Guardian

Gen Z Parents Not Reading to Children Alarms Experts – Newsweek

Maurice Sendak’s Wild Things Drawing Sells for Record $625,000 at Heritage Auctions – Intelligent Collector

Peter Brown rebooted ‘The Wild Robot’ for the preschool set. His underlying message remains – LA Times

LIBRARIES

Former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden speaks out on her firing by Trump – CBS News

Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction in IMLS Lawsuit – American Libraries

YA LIT

10+ LGBTQ+ YA books to celebrate Pride Month 2025 – United by Pop

All the New Young Adult SFF Books Arriving in June 2025 – Reactor

War and wonder: The best new YA and intermediate fiction – New Zealand Listener