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CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association invites everyone to its 2020 book award winners virtually. YALSA’s book award celebrations were originally to take place at 91´«Ã½’s now canceled 2020 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference in Chicago.

The were the first award to be celebrated virtually and featured a Q&A session with the winning authors. View the from the June 11th celebration.

YALSA’s and Award, along with other 91´«Ã½ book awards, are slated to be celebrated during , a free, all day event, that will take place on Sunday, June 28 on . The Odyssey Award will be celebrated at 4:30pm EST, while the Printz Award will be celebrated at 6pm EST. more and view the full schedule.

The will be celebrated during YALSA’s now virtual . The symposium will take place November 6-8. Sign up to receive about registration and programs.

The mission of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) is to support library staff in alleviating the challenges teens face, and in putting all teens ‒ especially those with the greatest needs ‒ on the path to successful and fulfilling lives. For more information about YALSA or to access national guidelines and other resources go to www.ala.org/yalsa, or contact the YALSA office by phone, 800-545-2433, ext. 4390; or e-mail: yalsa@ala.org.