Author Mark Oshiro, writer of the online universe Mark Does Stuff, narrates his powerful debut audiobook. The new school year has just begun, and the administration at West Oakland High has started treating Moss and his classmates like criminals. When the implementation of random locker searches and high-powered metal detectors leads to two students getting injured, Moss and his community organize a peaceful walkout in protest. A more professional-sounding narrator could have brought this audiobook to life by varying the voices of the delightfully diverse characters. Sadly, Oshiro’s narration falls flat. Inconsistencies—such as changing the pronunciation of a character’s name halfway through the audiobook— could have been avoided to allow the story to shine. S.P. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
While some of us indulge in the otherworldly appeal of witchy books all year long (guilty!), we know there’s just something about October that puts a little magic and mischief in the air. Whether it’s the ghoulish décor or the crisp autumnal air, it’s called spooky season for a reason, and we’re ready to conjure up a little hocus-pocus with these 13 enchanted reads.
While some of us indulge in the otherworldly appeal of witchy books all year long (guilty!), we know there’s just something about this time of year that puts a little magic and mischief in the air. Whether it’s the ghoulish décor or the crisp autumn air, it’s called spooky season for a reason, and we’re ready to conjure up a little hocus pocus with these enchanted reads.
This August, the worst nightmares of a generation will come to life in the film adaptation of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Alvin Schwartz’s anthology of American folktales originally published in 1981. But why is a recent Oscar-winning filmmaker producing an adaptation of a decades-old book aimed at elementary school kids? Well, probably […]
Movies have their Oscars and music has its Grammys, but the biggest day for queer lit across all categories is the announcement of the Lammy nominees, i.e., finalists for the Lambda Awards for Literature. This year’s YA Lammy finalists, announced today, are some truly beautiful works of art spanning the queer experience, from stories of […]
We’re closing out another year of fabulous YA lit, full of breakout debuts, devastating contemporary, series starters that left us breathless, mega huggable romcoms, intoxicating fantasy visions, and more more more! Here are fifty of the YA books we can’t/won’t/don’t stop talking about in 2018.