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YA Evolution
2018
Overview
While not an auspicious time for teen literature, the leaders of School Library Journal and the American Library Association's Young Adult Services Division (now the Young Adult Library Services Association) believe in the importance and impact of YA books and want to give an award for \"an author's work in helping adolescents become aware of themselves and addressing questions about their role and importance in relationships, society, and in the world.\"[...]Sharon Draper wins the CSK author award for Tears of a Tiger , in which she tackles death, depression, and suicide among African American high school friends and teammates.Authors go above and beyond to connect with their readers, taking on school visits (live and virtual), conferences, and festival appearances. #WeNeedDiverseBooks The most important and prominent recent movement in YA is the increase in representation of diversity of experience in young adult books: skin color, race, and ethnicity, yes, but also religion, culture, socioeconomic status, gender, ability, sexual identity, and geography.A 1957 winner of the American Library Association's Grolier Award, Edwards was recognized for \"the enrichment she has given to the lives of young people [and] her contagious enthusiasm for books and reading, which has been felt not only by the young people in Baltimore, but indirectly by young people all across the country; her success in the skillful training of young adult librarians; her fine cooperation with library groups, especially the school of Maryland;...and her creative genius and integrity of purpose.\"
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