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Each of the 18 kids in Mr. Ward's inner city classroom has something important to say, but some don't even realize it. Then Mr. Ward begins to have "open mic" poetry slams once a month on Fridays. Young adult listeners will identify with the characters in Bronx Masquerade as they explore questions about life and self-expression.
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1 out of 5 stars
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poorly written
- By jedwards on 06-04-21
By: Nikki Grimes
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What Happened to My Sister
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- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Nine-year-old Carrie Parker and her mother, Libby, are making a fresh start in the small town of Hartsville, North Carolina, ready to put their turbulent past behind them. Violence has shattered their family and left Libby nearly unable to cope. And while Carrie once took comfort in her beloved sister, Emma, her mother has now forbidden even the mention of her name. When Carrie meets Ruth, Honor, and Cricket Chaplin, these three generations of warmhearted women seem to have the loving home Carrie has always dreamed of. But as Carrie and Cricket become fast friends, neither can escape the pull of their families' secrets.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Breathtaking
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By: Elizabeth Flock
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Orange Mint and Honey
- By: Carleen Brice
- Narrated by: Cherise Booth
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
After grad school, Shay Dixon feels like she's had enough for awhile. Inspired by her spiritual adviser - a soul-soothing blues player named Nina Simon - Shay calls her estranged mother Nona for the first time in years, and shocks herself by asking if it would be okay to come home for a while.
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4 out of 5 stars
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One For The Money
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By: Carleen Brice
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I'm Down
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Story4 out of 5 stars 126
Mishna Wolff grew up in a poor black neighborhood with her single father, a white man who truly believed he was black. "He strutted around with a short perm, a Cosby-esque sweater, gold chains and a Kangol---telling jokes like Redd Fox, and giving advice like Jesse Jackson. You couldn't tell my father he was white. Believe me, I tried," writes Wolff. And so from early childhood on, her father began his crusade to make his white daughter down.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I stopped listening an hour in....
- By Casey on 11-07-09
By: Mishna Wolff
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11 Before 12
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- Narrated by: Cassandra Morris
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Story5 out of 5 stars 93
The first day of middle school means trading in freeze tag at the pool for new schedules, fabulous outfits, and a fresh start. But for 11-year-old Kaylan, the chaos of new locker combinations, cafeteria cliques, and potential first kisses is more than she can handle. She dreads the start of sixth grade and feels like she wants - no, needs - a winning game plan. Luckily, Kaylan and her effortlessly chill BFF, Arianna, have a fool-proof plan for tackling transitions: a list of 11 things they need to do to totally transform themselves before they both turn 12 in November.
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5 out of 5 stars
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BEST BOOK EVER!!!
- By Ronald Phillip on 08-22-18
By: Lisa Greenwald
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The Secret Side of Empty
- By: Maria E. Andreu
- Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23
What's it like to be undocumented? High school senior M.T. knows all too well. With graduation and an uncertain future looming, she must figure out how to grow up in the only country she's ever called home... a country in which she's "illegal". M.T. was born in Argentina and brought to America as a baby without any official papers. And as questions of college, work, and the future arise, M.T. will have to decide what exactly she wants for herself, knowing someone she loves will unavoidably pay the price for it.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Heavy topics handled well but just fell short 4 me
- By AudioBookHoe on 07-30-17
By: Maria E. Andreu
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Paper Things
- By: Jennifer Richard Jacobson
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 81
When Ari's mother died four years ago, she had two final wishes: that Ari and her older brother, Gage, would stay together always, and that Ari would go to Carter, the middle school for gifted students. So when eighteen-year-old Gage decided he could no longer live with their bossy guardian, Janna, Ari knew she had to go with him - even though she'd miss baking cookies with Janna and curling up to watch HGTV. What Ari didn't realize was that Gage didn't have an apartment yet.
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3 out of 5 stars
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It's all right…
- By Bill on 04-25-16
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This Raging Light
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Lucille seems to have nothing going for her. With the bills piling in, the house falling apart around her, and her sister's growing distress, it is precisely the worst possible moment for Lucille to fall recklessly in love with her best friend's twin brother, Digby, who is practically engaged.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing Loving and Sexy
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By: Estelle Laure
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Color Me In
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Growing up in an affluent suburb of New York City, 16-year-old Nevaeh Levitz never thought much about her biracial roots. When her Black mom and Jewish dad split up, she relocates to her mom's family home in Harlem and is forced to confront her identity for the first time. Nevaeh wants to get to know her extended family, but because she inadvertently passes as white, her cousin thinks she's too privileged, pampered, and selfish to relate to the injustices African Americans face on a daily basis.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mixed feelings about this book
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By: Natasha Díaz
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Far From the Tree
- By: Virginia DeBerry, Donna Grant
- Narrated by: Fran L. Washington
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 212
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 175
Celeste English and Ronnie Frazier are sisters, but they couldn't be more different. Celeste is a doctor's wife, living a perfect and elegant façade. But secretly, her marriage is falling apart and her need to control people around her threatens to destroy them all. Ronnie is an actress, living in New York. But she has no money, she has no home, and her life is held together by "chewing gum, paper clips, and spit." When their father dies, the sisters inherit a house in Prosper, North Carolina.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My Favorite Book So Far, by Far!
- By Dee on 04-19-09
By: Virginia DeBerry, and others
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Perfect Chemistry
- By: Simone Elkeles
- Narrated by: Roxanne Hernandez, Blas Kisic
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 742
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 619
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Story4 out of 5 stars 627
When Brittany Ellis walks into chemistry class on the first day of senior year, she has no clue that her carefully created perfect life is about to unravel before her eyes. She's forced to be lab partners with Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, and he is about to threaten everything she's worked so hard for her flawless reputation, her relationship with her boyfriend, and the secret that her home life is anything but perfect.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect Chemisty has perfect chemistry.
- By Leslie on 04-21-10
By: Simone Elkeles
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The Skin I'm In
- By: Sharon G. Flake
- Narrated by: Sisi Aisha Johnson
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 447
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 345
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 341
Maleeka Madison is a dark skinned African-American girl. She feels uncomfortable and wishes she had lighter skin. When her teacher, Miss Saunders, who suffers from a rare skin condition, shows that there is more to people than the color of their skin, Maleeka learns to appreciate and accept who she truly is.
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4 out of 5 stars
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For the young Black women
- By Romee on 12-04-07
By: Sharon G. Flake
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The Last Time We Say Goodbye
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 511
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 460
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 463
The last time Lex was happy, it was before. When she had a family that was whole. A boyfriend she loved. Friends who didn't look at her like she might break down at any moment. Now she's just the girl whose brother killed himself. And it feels like that's all she'll ever be. As Lex starts to put her life back together, she tries to block out what happened the night Tyler died. But there's a secret she hasn't told anyone--a text Tyler sent that could have changed everything.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Such sweet sorrow
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By: Cynthia Hand
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Parrotfish
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- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 62
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4 out of 5 stars 56
Last week I cut my hair, bought some boys' clothes and shoes, wrapped a large ACE bandage around my chest to flatten my fortunately-not-large breasts, and began looking for a new name. Angela Katz-McNair has never felt quite right as a girl. Her whole life is leading up to the day she decides to become Grady, a guy. While coming out as transgendered feels right to Grady, he isn't prepared for the reaction he gets from everyone else.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Just what the doctor ordered
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 11-18-11
By: Ellen Wittlinger
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Leaving Paradise, Book 1
- By: Simone Elkeles
- Narrated by: Nick Mondelli
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 74
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 75
Nothing has been the same since Caleb Becker left a party drunk, got behind the wheel, and hit Maggie Armstrong. Even after months of painful physical therapy, Maggie walks with a limp. Her social life is nil and a scholarship to study abroad - her chance to escape everyone and their pitying stares - has been canceled. After a year in juvenile jail, Caleb’s free...if freedom means endless nagging from a transition coach and the prying eyes of the entire town. Coming home should feel good, but his family and ex-girlfriend seem like strangers.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Couldnt finish so bad
- By Chelsea on 09-11-18
By: Simone Elkeles
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Dumplin'
- By: Julie Murphy
- Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,786
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,625
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,629
Dubbed "Dumplin'" by her former beauty queen mom, Willowdean has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American-beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked...until Will takes a job at Harpy's, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn't surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable heartwarming story
- By Jenjer on 08-26-16
By: Julie Murphy
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The First Rule of Punk
- By: Celia C. Perez
- Narrated by: Trini Alvarado
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 138
There are no shortcuts to surviving your first day at a new school - you can't fix it with duct tape like you would your Chuck Taylors. On day one, 12-year-old Malu (Maria Luisa, if you want to annoy her) inadvertently upsets Posada Middle School's queen bee, violates the school's dress code with her punk rock look, and disappoints her college-professor mom in the process. Her dad, who now lives a thousand miles away, says things will get better as long as she remembers the first rule of punk: Be yourself.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great Story but who edited?
- By sbooks on 12-09-17
By: Celia C. Perez
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Jade believes she must get out of her neighborhood if she's ever going to succeed. Her mother says she has to take every opportunity. She has. She accepted a scholarship to a mostly-white private school and even Saturday morning test prep opportunities. But some opportunities feel more demeaning than helpful. Like an invitation to join Women to Women, a mentorship program for "at-risk" girls. Except really, it's for black girls. From "bad" neighborhoods. But maybe there are some things Jade could show these successful women about the real world and finding ways to make a real difference.
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Should be Required Reading
- By Rashelle on 06-07-18
By: Renee Watson
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The Skin I'm In
- By: Sharon G. Flake
- Narrated by: Sisi Aisha Johnson
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
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Maleeka Madison is a dark skinned African-American girl. She feels uncomfortable and wishes she had lighter skin. When her teacher, Miss Saunders, who suffers from a rare skin condition, shows that there is more to people than the color of their skin, Maleeka learns to appreciate and accept who she truly is.
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For the young Black women
- By Romee on 12-04-07
By: Sharon G. Flake
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Hello, Universe
- By: Erin Entrada Kelly
- Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo, Amielynn Abellera
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
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In one day four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and feels out of place in his crazy-about-sports family. Valencia Somerset, who is deaf, is smart, brave, and secretly lonely, and she loves everything about nature. Kaori Tanaka is a self-proclaimed psychic whose little sister, Gen, is always following her around. And Chet Bullens wishes the weird kids would just stop being so different so that he can concentrate on basketball.
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Who would have thought?
- By Judy A. on 02-18-19
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The Best at It
- By: Maulik Pancholy
- Narrated by: Maulik Pancholy
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
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Rahul Kapoor is heading into seventh grade in a small town in Indiana. The start of middle school is making him feel increasingly anxious, so his favorite person, his grandfather Bhai, gives him some well-meaning advice: Find one thing you’re really good at and become the best at it. Those four little words sear themselves into Rahul’s brain. While he’s not quite sure what that special thing is, he is convinced that once he finds it, bullies like Brent Miller will stop torturing him at school. And he won’t be worried about staring too long at his classmate Justin Emery.
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The best at it
- By Jay Sachdev on 05-13-23
By: Maulik Pancholy
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New Kid
- By: Jerry Craft
- Narrated by: Jesus Del Orden, Nile Bullock, Robin Miles, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
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Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds - and not really fitting into either one.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best little story for your whole family
- By Citizen M on 03-20-19
By: Jerry Craft
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All Thirteen
- The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
- By: Christina Soontornvat
- Narrated by: Quincy Surasmith, Christina Soontornvat
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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On June 23, 2018, twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach enter a cave in northern Thailand seeking an afternoon’s adventure. But when they turn to leave, rising floodwaters block their path out. The boys are trapped! Before long, news of the missing team spreads, launching a seventeen-day rescue operation involving thousands of rescuers from around the globe. As the world sits vigil, people begin to wonder: how long can a group of ordinary kids survive in complete darkness, with no food or clean water?
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Amazing!
- By The PNW Blonde on 07-07-22
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-31-23
I feel seen!
This book is a heartbreaking yet lovable account of internalized oppression at its worst and what it takes to overcome it. Thank you!
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- Amanda T.
- 03-08-23
Heartfelt and moving!
My teenage niece picked this for our book club. I wasn't expecting to see myself in Genesis or for the depth of her story. Thank you. I can't wait to discuss this book with my niece.
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- Krysten Bernal
- 06-26-23
Fantastic
I listened to this with my grand daughters and my husband during the girl’s summer break. It opened up conversations about our history, relationships with friends and even their own struggles with their father. Thank you for this wonderful book for little brown girls!
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- Janice Kroeger
- 10-06-20
great young adult fiction
good pace, strong story line, race issue discussion for adolescent and adults. Read with great enthusiasm by the author.
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- M. E. Wendt
- 04-09-22
Every Young Person Should Read This
Genesis' struggles are so genuine and insightful. I wish this book had been around when I was a teenager. But even as an old lady I loved sharing this journey with her. I rarely give 5 stars, so you know this is a rare gem. And the author's voice gave it authenticity.
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- Erna Billingsley
- 08-19-20
Excellent book!!
This book was a blessing to me! All young girls/ladies need to read this .
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- Danielle LT
- 06-06-21
Great book
The story made me laugh and cry. The narrator did a great job. You won't be disappointed.
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- Charmaine parker
- 04-27-20
very close to home
loved it. it was a little much for my 8 year old daughter. But as soon as she's mature enough she will be reading this. this story is so familiar to so many young girls. the trials and troubles that Genesis faces are a real struggle in the community. young and old can relate to this story. This is one to add to my personal library and share it with all the young ladies that I care about.
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- Mrs. V
- 11-08-20
Great Read
I’m glad I chose this book! Wow! Extremely raw and powerful. Not just for black girls but for everyone out there that has low self esteem or has things that they wish they could change about themselves. This book is the beginning of learning to love the things that you cannot change about yourself but also while working on the things that you can change.
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- M. Tobin
- 07-14-20
Fantastic, lyrical, inspiring, emotional
I adored Genesis, as a character, a person, a narrator,- this novel pulled me in, held onto my heart, & never let go. Truly awesome read, & auther Alicia D. Williams narration on Audible is brilliant. Fantastic, inspiring, lyrical, 1sr person voice Highly recommended.
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