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Teen Fiction Featuring Podcasts and Podcasters
TEEN FICTION ANTHONY
The Kids Are Gonna Ask / Gretchen Anthony
After their mother’s death, twins Thomas and Savannah McClair launch a podcast in an effort to find the biological father they never knew, only to get caught in a national debate as their show gains popularity.
TEEN FICTION DELACRUZ
The Headmaster’s List / Melissa De La Cruz
Unable to remember anything about the car crash that killed a fellow elite prep school student,…
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Fiction Featuring Podcasts and Podcasters
FICTION BARBER
Are You Sleeping / Kathleen Barber
Distancing herself from her brutally unhealthy family to the point that she lies about her identity to her partner, Josie is forced to confront the past and her own choices when an investigative reporter’s mega-hit podcast reopens Josie’s father’s murder case….
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If you’ve put one of these hot new releases on hold, we’ve got suggestions for other great books to pick up now.
If you’re eager to read…The Women by Kristin Hannah, check out:
The Great Alone / Kristin Hannah In this book club favorite a former Vietnam POW, suffering from flashbacks and nightmares, moves his family to Alaska to live off the grid in an attempt to find peace,…
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Fast, but not flash, fiction and often more than a novella, you can read these titles from cover to cover during a long afternoon or a flight to LAX.
CLASSICS CISNEROS
The House on Mango Street / Sandra Cisneros / 110 pages
This book tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago,…
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We know: not all wing-fluttering, web-spinning, and creeping-crawling critters are “bugs.” But you can still celebrate springtime by reading about the littlest residents of the great outdoors.
595.7 DAN
Garden Bugs & Insects of the Midwest: Identify Pollinators, Pests, and Other Garden Visitors / Jaret C. Daniels
Simple and convenient, organized by group for quick and easy identification….