For instance, some books dealt with how children and teens might be exploited by adults or how mental illness might radically affect a person’s behavior. Students shared that as they read ...

Teens often enjoy and are more likely to read books that they can relate to in some way, according to Torres, who recommended books like “Long Way Down” by Jason Reynolds because of its engaging ...

Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 recommends well-written and well-illustrated books with significant feminist content for young readers. The bibliography is intended as a recommended ...

This increased interest shows the importance of self-identification in the books teens read. For YA author Abby Sher, any Jewish characters she came across in books in her youth were one-dimensional.