Sunday, March 7, 2021

Episode 084: Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez

 In this episode we chat about the (frankly excellent) book Furia.

Lindsey suggests Bend It Like Beckham.

Kim suggests Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang.

Molly suggests Running with Lions by Julian Winters, books by Matt de la Peña, What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera, Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero, The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez, and the Disney movie Lemonade Mouth.

Amy suggests There's Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon.

Kim suggests I'll Be The One by Lyla Lee.

Nathan suggests the track series starting with Ghost by Jason Reynolds, and Stand-Off by Andrew Smith.

Nate suggests Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E.K. Johnston.

See Julien Miquel on Youtube for pronunciation.

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Sunday, January 31, 2021

Episode 083: Wildfire Romances

 

In this episode we discuss selected titles from Scholastic's Wildfire series of teen romances from the early 1980s.
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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Episode 082: Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

 

For our last episode of this turbulent year, what better title to discuss than Clap When You Land? 

After the end credits, stick around for some pretty uniformed takes on Aurora Burning (only Ca$h Money had read it at this point).

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Sunday, November 1, 2020

Episode 081: The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert

 

This was not intended to be released right before the election. We recorded it ages ago. Since we recorded, discussion of voter suppression has only grown in importance for this election. As the days have gone by it's reared its head in a plethora of ways we don't discuss here.
Stay safe. Make a plan. Vote.
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Monday, October 5, 2020

Episode 080: Heavy Vinyl by Carly Usdin and Nina Vakueva

 

Somehow I totally failed to release an episode in September. Whoops! Here is an episode about Heavy Vinyl, the rad graphic novel by Carly Usdin and Nina Vakueva.
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Monday, August 24, 2020

Episode 079: 19 Love Songs by David Levithan

 

As with our previous episode, this one was recorded at a time of really strict quarantine. If we didn't give the individual stories enough consideration, we are sorry David Levithan--we love you; come on the show!
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Sunday, July 26, 2020

Episode 078: Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles


In this episode, recorded in the height of sheltering in place in California, we discuss the Lamar Giles novel, Not So Pure and Simple. Our limited contact with the outside world shows through as we head off on a few tangents and forget to provide real read-alikes.
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