yabooks

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July Book Chat with the Young Adult Team

Posted about 7 hours ago by Genevievre Gray
Don’t know what to read next? Looking for YA book recommendations? Welcome to the Book Chat with the Young Adult Team. Each month, the YA Team recommends one book from […]
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Celebrate Disability Pride Month with RPL’s YA Collection

Posted about 1 week ago by Genevievre Gray
Disability Pride Month is celebrated annually during the month of July, commemorating the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. This landmark civil rights law prohibits discrimination based […]
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Celebrate Juneteenth with RPL’s YA Collection

Posted about 1 month ago by Genevievre Gray
Juneteenth marks a very important day in American history. On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger and around 2,000 Union troops ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation […]
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Celebrating YA LGBTQ+ Voices

Posted about 1 month ago by Genevievre Gray
Happy Pride Month from Richmond Public Library! Celebrate by checking out some of our diverse YA books written by LGBTQ+ authors and/or featuring LGBTQ+ main characters.
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The 2021 RPL Teen Reading Challenge

Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
I have a love hate relationship with reading challenges. I tried one in 2019 with mixed results. You can read more about that here. I tend to feel super inspired […]
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YA Books with Jewish Protagonists

Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
I initially set out wanting to write this post about YA Hanukkah books; however, there are not many (or any) of those.  That’s a bummer! If you are a Jewish […]
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