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YA Reads: Native American and Indigenous Peoples Month

Posted about 5 months ago by Genevievre Gray

Posted in Book Reviews, diverse reads, For Teens, holidays; celebrations, Native American Heritage, Teens, young adult | Tagged with #bookrecs, #rplrecommends, book recommendations, book recs, reading suggestions, teenreads, ya, yabooks, yareads, young adult

Richmond Public Library celebrates our Indigenous community members by recognizing Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month (also celebrated as Native American Heritage Month in the US), which takes place annually during the […]

YA Reads: Spooky Season

Posted about 6 months ago by Genevievre Gray

Posted in Book Reviews, For Teens, Teens, young adult | Tagged with #rplrecommends, book recommendations, book recs, reading suggestions, teenreads, ya, yabooks, yafiction, yareads

As the leaves change and the nights grow longer, it’s time to dive into the eerie and enchanting world of Spooky Season books! This time of year is perfect for […]

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with RPL’s YA Reads

Posted about 7 months ago by Genevievre Gray

Posted in Fiction, For Teens, hispanic heritage month, holidays; celebrations, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Teens | Tagged with #bookrecs, #teens, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, forteens, hispanicheritage, latino, latinx, reading suggestions, teenreads, teens, ya, yabooks, yareads

Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated annually in the United States starting on September 15, which was chosen to coincide with the Independence Days of several Hispanic nations, and ending on […]

August Book Chat with the Young Adult Team

Posted about 8 months ago by Genevievre Gray

Posted in Book Reviews, For Teens, Teens | Tagged with #rplrecommends, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, reading suggestions, teenreads, yabooks, yareads

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 our YA collection.

July Book Chat with the Young Adult Team

Posted about 9 months ago by Genevievre Gray

Posted in Book Reviews, For Teens, Teens | Tagged with #rplrecommends, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, reading suggestions, teenreads, yabooks, yareads

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 […]

Celebrate Disability Pride Month with RPL’s YA Collection

Posted about 9 months ago by Genevievre Gray

Posted in Book Reviews, Disability Pride Month, diverse reads, For Teens, Teens | Tagged with #rplrecommends, #yareads, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, reading suggestions, teenreads, yabooks

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 […]

Celebrate Juneteenth with RPL’s YA Collection

Posted about 10 months ago by Genevievre Gray

Posted in Book Reviews, celebrations, diverse reads, For Teens, Juneteenth, Teens | Tagged with book recommendations, booksforteens, teenreads, yabooks

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 […]

Celebrating YA LGBTQ+ Voices

Posted about 10 months ago by Genevievre Gray

Posted in Book Reviews, diverse reads, Fiction, For Teens, Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with #rplrecommends, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, teenreads, yabooks

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.

The 2021 RPL Teen Reading Challenge

Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Reading Challenge, Teens | Tagged with 2021, ireadya, reading challeng, teenreads, yabooks

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 […]

YA Books with Jewish Protagonists

Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with hanukkah, ireadya, jew, jewish, teens, yabooks, yareads

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 […]