Join School Library Journal for a lively conversation featuring the 2024 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award finalists. Learn a bit about the inspiration behind these fantastic titles, hear from the authors about their research and storytelling processes. Don’t miss out on this exclusive event ahead of the award announcement at LibLearnX later this month!
The 2024 finalists are:
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed, by Dashka Slater. Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group.
America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History, written and illustrated by Ariel Aberg-Riger. Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins.
Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam, written by Thien Pham. First Second, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group.
From Here, by Luma Mufleh. Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, a division of Penguin Random House.
Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself, by Monica Edinger and Lesley Younge. Zest Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group.
The YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) during a Nov. 1 – Oct. 31 publishing year. Award winners are announced annually during the ALA Youth Media Awards on January 22, 2024, during ALA's LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience conference in Baltimore, MD.
Speakers:
Dashka Slater, Author of Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
Thien Pham, Author of Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam
Ariel Aberg-Riger, Author of America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History
Luma Mufleh, Author of From Here
Lesley Younge, Author of Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself
Moderator:
Alicia Abdul, High School Librarian, Albany, NY
