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, 08:33:17Narrated by: Alice WenRelease Date: February 6, 2024Published by: Harlequin AudioRead from: February 10-12, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyTW: Bullying, Cursing, Toxic Relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Panic Attacks/Disorders, Misogyny, SexismFor Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Romance, Race/Ethnicity Diversity, Academic Rivals, YA Snarky and romantic, I Hope This Doesn’t Find You is Never Have I Ever meets To…
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…
e-Audio, 00:51:35Narrated by: Renée Watson Fine Art by: Ekua HolmesRelease Date: February 6, 2024Published by: KokilaRead from: February 5-6, 2024Stand-aloneSource: PRH App (I received a copy of this audiobook from the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: For Readers Interested In: Poetry, YA, Non-Fiction, Contemporary …
ARC, 428 pages Release Date: September 4, 2018 Published by: Margaret K. McElderry Books Read from: September 6-8,2018 Stand-alone Source: TxLA TW: Racism, Racist Slurs, Gun Violence For fans of: Novels in Verse, Banned Books, Contemporary Someone will shoot. And someone will die. #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins tackles gun violence and white supremacy in…
Hardcover, pages Release Date: April 2, 2018 Published by: HMH Books for Young Readers Read from: April 2, 2018 The Crossover, #0.5 Source: TxLA For fans of: Poetry, Contemporary History (???), YA, Companion, Sports, Diverse Authors, Diverse MC Before Josh and Jordan Bell were streaking up and down the court, their father was learning his own…
Hardcover, 112 pages Release Date: April 10, 2018 Published by: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Read from: April 6, 2018 Stand-alone Source: TxLA For fans of: Poetry, Contemporary, Non-fiction, All Ages, Stand-alone Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers, this…
e-ARC, 368 pages Release Date: March 6, 2018 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: March 18, 2018 Stand-alone Source: Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from the Edelweiss and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.) For fans of: Verse, Diverse Reads, #OwnVoices, Poetry, Contemporary, Body Image, Debut…
Hardcover, 323 pages Release Date: April 1, 2014 Published by: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux (BYR) Stand-alone Source: Purchased/ Netgalley For fans of: Contemporaries, Diversity, Realistic Fiction, YA, Poetry It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved…
