Middle Grade Monday: Fast Pitch by Nic Stone

Hardcover, 175 pagesRelease Date: August 31, 2021Published by: Crown Books for Young ReadersRead from: August 31-September 16, 2021Clean Getaway companionSource: BoughtTW: Death of a Family Member, Hospital stay, Mention of stitches, MicroaggressionsFor Readers Interested In: Contemporaries, Realistic Fiction, Sports, Social Issues, Middle Grade    From Nic Stone, the New York Times bestselling author of Clean…

In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner

e-Audio, 10:39:54Narrated by: Michael CrouchRelease Date: August 10, 2021Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing GroupRead from: August 30-31, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Overdrive AudioTW: Parent loss, Parental (figure) loss, Drug Abuse (only mentioned on page)For Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction, Grief, Family, YA     From the award-winning author of The Serpent King comes a beautiful…

Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson

e-Audio, 07:33:39Narrated by: Lexi Underwood & Alaska JacksonRelease Date: July 6, 2021Published by: Scholastic AudioRead from: July 29- August 1, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Overdrive AudioTW: Parental loss, Panic Attacks, Gun Violence, & Nonconsensual ImageFor Readers Interested In: Contemporary Romance, LGBTQIAP+, Realistic Fiction, Music, Sparkly Cover, YA      Three days. Two girls. One life-changing music festival.  …

While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory

e-Audio, 10:21:38Narrated by: Janina EdwardsRelease Date: July 13, 2021Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing GroupRead from: August 17-18, 2021The Wedding Date, #6Source: Overdrive AudioTW: Anxiety, Anxiety Attacks, (Non-Serious) Hospitalized ParentFor Readers Interested In: Contemporary Romance, Realistic Fiction, Fake Dating, Adult   Two people realize that it’s no longer an act when they veer off-script in…

Indivisible by Daniel Aleman

e-Audio, 08:35:38Narrated by: Adan Rocha Release Date: May 4, 2021Published by: HarperTeenRead from: July 28-29, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Overdrive AudioTW: deportation, anxiety, panic attacksFor Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Romance, YA      A timely, moving debut novel about a teen’s efforts to keep his family together as his parents face deportation.      Mateo Garcia and…

XOXO by Axie Oh

e-Audio, 09:13:10Narrated by: Greta JungRelease Date: July 13, 2021Published by: HarperTeenRead from: August 6-9, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Overdrive AudioTW: For Readers Interested In: Contemporary Romance, Books Set Outside the US, Music, K-pop, Realistic Fiction, YA   Cello prodigy Jenny has one goal: to get into a prestigious music conservatory. When she meets mysterious, handsome Jaewoo in her uncle’s…

The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson

e-Audio, 09:12:51Narrated by: Kate RuddRelease Date: June 15, 2021Published by: Katherine Tegen BooksRead from: July 23-26, 2021Truly Devious, #4Source: Overdrive AudioTW: Death, ViolenceFor Readers Interested In: Mystery, Contemporary, YA    The Truly Devious series continues as Stevie Bell investigates her first mystery outside of Ellingham Academy in this spine-chilling and hilarious stand-alone mystery.     Amateur sleuth…

That Weekend by Kara Thomas

e-Audio, 10:28:49Narrated by: Phoebe Strole & Kristen SiehRelease Date: June 29, 2021Published by: Books on TapeRead from: July 16-19, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Overdrive AudioTW: For Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Thrillers, Realistic Fiction, Family Diversity, Mysteries, YA    THREE BEST FRIENDS, A LAKE HOUSE, A SECRET TRIP — WHAT COULD GO WRONG?     It was supposed to be the…

We Are Inevitable by Gayle Foreman

e-Audio, 07:54:50Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra Release Date: June 1, 2021Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing GroupRead from: July 14-16, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Overdrive AudioTW: Substance Abuse (Not on paper. Only Recovery is shown), GriefFor Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Romance, YA    ‘I got this whole-body feeling… it was like a message from future me to…

Don’t Hate the Player by Alexis Nedd

e-Audio, 09:30:17Narrated by: Aaron Landon & Stacy GonazalezRelease Date: June 8, 2021Published by: Bloomsbury Publishing (US)Read from: July 11-13, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Overdrive AudioTW: For Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Romance, Gaming, YA    By day, Emilia is a field hockey star with a popular boyfriend and a mother obsessed with her academic future. But by night,…

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