e-Audio, 08:56:46Narrated by: Elvira K. Gonzalez Release Date: May 28, 2024Published by: Macmillan AudioRead from: May 21-31, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyContent Warning: Minor/Adult Relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, IncarcerationFor Readers Interested In: Non-fiction, Racial/Ethnic Diversity, Mental Health, YA, Memoirs A Mexican-American teen girl dreams of winning an athletic scholarship against all odds in a Texas border…
e-Audio, 06:18:36Narrated by: Walela NehandaRelease Date: February 6, 2024Published by: Kokila (Books on Tape)Read from: February 17-18, 2024Stand-aloneSource: From the PRH Audio App (I received a copy of this e-audiobook from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: Cancer, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Deadnaming, Eating…
e-Audio, 05:03:59Narrated by: Tony Keith, Jr. Release Date: February 6, 2024Published by: Katherine Tegen BooksRead from: February 8, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyTW: Murder, Death of a family member, Homophobia, Racism, Police BrutalityFor Readers Interested In: Poetry, Romance, Memoirs, LGBTQ+, Narrated by the author, YA Poet, writer, and hip-hop educator Tony Keith Jr. makes…
Graphic Novel, 446Release Date: March 17, 2020Published by: First Second Read from: March 24-26, 2021Stand-aloneSource: LibraryTW: Racist comments from people in the standsFor Readers Interested In: Sports, Graphic novels, Memoirs, Award Winners, YA In his latest graphic novel, New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang turns the spotlight on his life, his…
e-ARC, 288 pages Release Date: January 5, 2021Published by: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) Read from: January 3-12, 2021 Stand-alone Source: Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from the Edelweiss in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.) TW: Use of the n-word, mention of the KKK and hate crimes,…
E-Audio, 05:12:03Narrated by: George M. JohnsonRelease Date: April 28, 2020Published by: Macmillan Audio Read from: June 1, 2020Stand-aloneSource: Library (Overdrive)TW: Cancer, Death of loved one, Sexual assault, Physical assault, Slurs, Sexual Content.For fans of: Memoirs, Biographies, Tear-Jerkers, Sex in YA, YA, Non-Fiction, Sparkly Covers, Own Voices, LGBTQ+ In a series of personal essays,…
e-Audio, 464 pages Release Date: October 16, 2018 Published by: Razorbill Read from: December 30, 2018 – January 1, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Library TW: For fans of: Non-fiction, Memoirs The official, definitive book from The March for Our Lives founders about the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, the March for Our Lives, and…
Hardcover, 320 pages Release Date: September 25, 2018 Published by: Graphix Read from: December 2, 2018 Stand-alone Source: Library TW: Addiction For fans of: Graphic Novels, Memoirs, YA Hey, Kiddo is the graphic memoir of author-illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka. Raised by his colorful grandparents, who adopted him because his mother was an incarcerated heroin addict, Krosoczka didn’t…
