How can books help affirm young people's identities? Past teen intern and National Book Festival teen reporter Khadija Khan shares about Chasten Buttigieg and Elliot Page's presentations at the 2023 National Book Festival, in honor of Pride Month.
Ever since I started working at the Library of Congress, I always pull up loc.gov/collections when I’m reading historical fiction to find relevant real-life photographs, newspapers, and documents. Recently, I read Malinda Lo’s Young Adult historical fiction novel Last Night at the Telegraph Club. The story follows Lily, a Chinese-American teenager living in San Francisco …