Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream
By: Joshua Davis / Narrated By: Will Damron
Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
And the battle goes on and on. And on… So very WOW-ish!
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
Series: Discworld, Book 28 / Discworld: For Kids, Book 1
By: Terry Pratchett / Narrated By: Stephen Briggs
Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
First off: Is this not The BEST book cover you’ve ever seen…?!!
Most Dangerous
Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
By: Steve Sheinkin / Narrated By: Ray Porter
Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
Oh wow—This is for kids?!? No wonder I found it so accessible, so enjoyable, so, well, even I could grasp all the nuances!!!
Brown Girl Dreaming
Ice Dogs
Mexican WhiteBoy
By: Matt de la Peña / Narrated By: Henry Leyva
Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
Passionate without being all “Fraught-with-Angst”
We Set the Dark on Fire
Series: We Set the Dark on Fire, Book 1
By: Tehlor Kay Mejia / Narrated By: Kyla Garcia
Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
Kinda on the fence about this one—has its pluses, has its minuses…
Night's Gift
Series: Of Cats and Dragons, Book 1
By: Carol E. Leever, Camilla Ochlan / Narrated By: P. J. Ochlan
Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
Tormy the 30-lb. kitten saves the day; tho’ the main characters are quite likable too!
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
By: Benjamin Alire Saenz / Narrated By: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
And they discover the secrets in El Paso, no less!
Pride
By: Ibi Zoboi / Narrated By: Elizabeth Acevedo
Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
Not the best P & P Variation but certainly memorable…
A Monster Calls
Ninth Ward
Series: The Louisiana Girls, Book 1
By: Jewell Parker Rhodes / Narrated By: Sisi Aisha Johnson
Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
Decent, but not the best, middle-grade fiction about Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans
Touching Spirit Bear
Greyhound
By: Steffan Piper / Narrated By: Nick Podehl
Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
Cowards & Men. Nick Podehl makes this one of my favorites!
The Graveyard Book
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
By: Kelly Barnhill / Narrated By: Christina Moore
Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
Because the Moon tastes better than Starlight! Gosh, what a book!
The Astonishing Color of After
Korean Girl in America
Four-Four-Two
By: Dean Hughes / Narrated By: Kirby Heyborne
Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
The 442nd as delivered in Action and in Emotion
