Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618152 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Julieta and the Romeos Author: Maria E. Andreu Narrator: Elisa Meléndez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: May 16, 2023 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: You’ve Got Mail meets a YA Beach Read with a bookish mystery at its heart in the newest rom-com from Maria E. Andreu. The ideal next read for fans of Emily Henry, Kasie West, and Jennifer E. Smith. Julieta isn’t looking for her Romeo—but she is writing about love. When her summer writing teacher encourages the class to publish their work online, the last thing she’s expecting is to get a notification that her rom-com has a mysterious new contributor, Happily Ever Drafter. Julieta knows that happily ever afters aren’t real. (Case in point: her parents’ imploding marriage.) But then again, could this be her very own meet-cute? As things start to heat up in her fiction, Julieta can’t help but notice three boys in her real life: her best friend’s brother (aka her nemesis), the boy next door (well, to her abuela), and her oldest friend (who is suddenly looking . . . hot?). Could one of them be her mysterious collaborator? But even if Julieta finds her Romeo, she’ll have to remember that life is full of plot twists. . . .  From the author of Love in English comes a fresh take on love and romance, and a reminder to always be the author of your own life story.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618084 to listen full audiobooks. Title: They Hate Each Other Author: Amanda Woody Narrator: Anthony Rey Perez, Robbie Daymond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: May 9, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Jonah and Dylan get along like oil and water. Until a fake dating ploy gives them new perspective, and they realize that “falling for your enemy” isn’t as impossible as it seems. There are plenty of words Jonah Collins could use to describe Dylan Ramírez. “Arrogant,” “spoiled,” and “golden boy” to name a few. Likewise, Dylan thinks he has Jonah accurately labeled as an attention-seeking asshat who never shuts his filthy mouth. Their friends are convinced Jonah’s and Dylan’s disdain for one another is just thinly veiled lust—a rumor that surges like wildfire when the two wake up in one bed after homecoming. Mutually horrified, Dylan and Jonah agree to use the faux pas to their advantage by fake dating. If they can stay convincing long enough to end their “relationship” in a massive staged fight, they can prove their incompatibility to their friends once and for all. But the more time they spend together, the more their plan begins to fall apart—and the closer they come to seeing each other clearly for the first time.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616787 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Only This Beautiful Moment Author: Abdi Nazemian Narrator: Iman Nazemzadeh, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Vikas Adam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 9, 2023 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Stonewall Book Award Winner * A Best Book of the Year from the Guardian, ALA Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and BookPage From the award–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three generations of boys in the same Iranian family. Perfect for fans of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and Darius the Great Is Not Okay.  2019. Moud is an out gay teen living in Los Angeles with his distant father, Saeed. When Moud gets the news that his grandfather in Iran is dying, he accompanies his dad to Tehran, where the revelation of family secrets will force Moud into a new understanding of his history, his culture, and himself. 1978. Saeed is an engineering student with a promising future ahead of him in Tehran. But when his parents discover his involvement in the country’s burgeoning revolution, they send him to safety in America, a country Saeed despises. And even worse—he’s forced to live with the American grandmother he never knew existed. 1939. Bobby, the son of a calculating Hollywood stage mother, lands a coveted MGM studio contract. But the fairy-tale world of glamour he’s thrust into has a dark side. Set against the backdrop of Tehran and Los Angeles, this tale of intergenerational trauma and love is an ode to the fragile bonds of family, the hidden secrets of history, and all the beautiful moments that make us who we are today. A CCBC 2024 Choices for the Fiction for Young Adult category!

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long Run Author: James Acker Narrator: Lee Osorio, Max Meyers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 6 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: 2024 Stonewall Book Award Honor for Young Adult Literature "A boldly authentic new voice in queer fiction." —Abdi Nazemian, author of Stonewall Honor book Like a Love Story and The Chandler Legacies Two track and field athletes find an unexpected but powerful love in this unapologetically blunt and unforgettably real YA debut.   Sebastian Villeda is over it. Over his rep. Over his bros. Over being "Bash the Flash," fastest sprinter in South Jersey. His dad is gone, his mom is dead, and his stepfather is clueless. Bash has no idea what he wants out of life. Until he meets Sandro.   Sandro Miceli is too nice for his own good. The middle child in an always-growing, always-screaming Italian family, Sandro walks around on a broken foot to not bother his busy parents. All he wants is to get out and never look back.   When fate—in the form of a party that gets busted—brings these two very different boys together, neither of them could’ve predicted finding a love that they’d risk everything for…

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593509 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Time You Go Away Author: Abigail Johnson Narrator: Ferdelle Capistrano, Graham Halstead Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: December 5, 2023 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of Jennifer Niven, Abigail Johnson draws a searing and lyrical portrait of grief, forgiveness, and the kind of love that blooms in the aftermath. Eight years ago, Ethan and Rebecca met, two troublemaking kids sharing secrets and first kisses in a tree house, until Ethan’s mom returned to take him away. Each and every visit, his only goodbye was a flower on Rebecca’s windowsill.  Four years ago, Ethan left for the last time to take care of his mother, who has struggled with addiction his whole life. Two years ago, Rebecca was in a car accident that killed her father. She’s been learning to navigate life as a wheelchair user ever since. Now, they discover if their hardships have torn them apart…or will bring them closer than ever.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593507 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wrong Kind of Weird Author: James Ramos Narrator: André Santana Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 3, 2023 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: “Sweet, snarky, and delightfully dorky." —Elise Bryant, author of Happily Ever Afters Cameron Carson has a secret. A secret with the power to break apart his friend group. Cameron Carson, member of the Geeks and Nerds United (GANU) club, has been secretly hooking up with student council president, cheerleader, theater enthusiast, and all-around queen bee Karla Ortega since the summer. The one problem—what was meant to be a summer fling between coffee shop coworkers has now evolved into a clandestine senior-year entanglement, where Karla isn’t intending on blending their friend groups anytime soon, or at all. Enter Mackenzie Briggs, who isn’t afraid to be herself or wear her heart on her sleeve. When Cameron finds himself unexpectedly bonding with Mackenzie and repeatedly snubbed in public by Karla, he starts to wonder who he can truly consider a friend and who might have the potential to become more…

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593502 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If You Could See the Sun Author: Ann Liang Narrator: Natalie Naudus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 11, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: "Academic rivals portrayed to perfection… An all-time top favorite." —Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights and Our Violent Ends  "Utterly unique, thought-provoking, and wonderfully written." —Gloria Chao, author of American Panda and Rent a Boyfriend In this genre-bending , speculative YA debut, a Chinese American girl monetizes her strange new invisibility powers by discovering and selling her wealthy classmates’ most scandalous secrets.   Alice Sun has always felt invisible at her elite Beijing international boarding school, where she’s the only scholarship student among China’s most rich and influential teens. But then she starts uncontrollably turning invisible—actually invisible.   When her parents drop the news that they can no longer afford her tuition, even with the scholarship, Alice hatches a plan to monetize her strange new power—she’ll discover the scandalous secrets her classmates want to know, for a price.   But as the tasks escalate from petty scandals to actual crimes, Alice must decide if it’s worth losing her conscience—or even her life.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593019 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When You Wish Upon a Lantern Author: Gloria Chao Narrator: Dylan J. Locke, Carolyn Kang Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Acclaimed author Gloria Chao creates real-world magic in this luminous romance about teens who devote themselves to granting other people's wishes but are too afraid to let themselves have their own hearts' desires—each other. Liya and Kai had been best friends since they were little kids, but all that changed when a humiliating incident sparked The Biggest Misunderstanding of All Time—and they haven’t spoken since. Then Liya discovers her family's wishing lantern store is struggling, and she decides to resume a tradition she had with her beloved late grandmother: secretly fulfilling the wishes people write on the lanterns they send into the sky. It may boost sales and save the store, but she can't do it alone . . . and Kai is the only one who cares enough to help. While working on their covert missions, Liya and Kai rekindle their friendship—and maybe more. But when their feuding families and changing futures threaten to tear them apart again, can they find a way to make their own wishes come true? * This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF that contains a glossary of Mandarin words from the book.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592794 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sometime in Summer Author: Katrina Leno Narrator: Victoria Villarreal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: From critically acclaimed author Katrina Leno comes a tender love letter to books and summertime, with a touch of magic. Anna Lucia Bell believes in luck: bad luck. Bad luck made her best friend stop talking to her. Bad luck caused her parents' divorce. Bad luck is forcing her mother, Miriam, to sell the family's beloved bookstore. And it is definitely bad luck that Anna seems to be the only person in the world Miriam is unable to recommend a life-changing book. When Anna finds out that she and her mom are spending two months in a New England seaside town called Rockport, she expects a summer plagued with bad luck too. But Rockport has surprises in store for Anna, including a comet making its first appearance in over twenty years and two new—but familiar—friends. In what will prove to be the most important summer of her life so far, Anna learns about love, herself, and the magic that an ordinary summer can bring.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pollyanna Author: Eleanor H. Porter Narrator: Phil Chenevert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 4 minutes Release date: June 16, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: The orphan girl Pollyanna moves in with her strict aunt in New England. Despite a difficult start, Pollyanna's exuberance and positivity affect everyone who meets her, and she spreads joy and love wherever she goes. But when tragedy strikes, Pollyanna finds her optimistic attitude tested, and she must learn to find happiness again. A heartwarming tale that has become one of the most loved children's stories of all time, Eleanor H. Porter's 1913 best-seller—the first in a long series of Pollyanna novels by the author and other writers—is a beautiful story with a powerful moral message.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once a Queen: A Novel Author: Sarah Arthur Narrator: Shakira Shute, Sarah Arthur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 30, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: CHRISTY AWARD FINALIST • A mysterious manor house hides the keys to shocking family secrets—and rapidly fading portals to other worlds—in the richly woven opener to bestselling author Sarah Arthur’s young adult fantasy series. “A fresh, delightful new tale for our wonder-hungry era.”—National Book Award nominee Mitali Perkins When fourteen-year-old American Eva Joyce unexpectedly finds herself spending the summer at the mysterious manor house of the English grandmother she’s never met, she soon discovers that her family, the manor staff, and even the house itself are hiding secrets. With odd things happening in the gardens at night, Eva embarks on a search for answers. Astonishingly, she learns that the Hall’s staff believe portals to other worlds exist—though hidden and steadily disappearing—and that Eva’s grandmother was once a queen in one of those worlds. But her grandmother’s heart is closed to the beauty and pain of the past. Now it’s up to Eva to discover what really happened—and to decide if it’s possible that her favorite childhood fairy tales are true. As she starts unraveling the dangerous secrets around the grandmother who is more than she appears, Eva begins to wonder if she, too, is more than she understood herself to be.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592220 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It Started with Goodbye Author: Christina June Narrator: Amanda Sanfilippo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: After being falsely accused of a crime, Tatum is confined to her house under the watchful eye of her step-mother. But when a twist of fate comes in the form of a mysterious client to her graphic design business, maybe there’s a bit of fairytale luck after all. Sixteen-year-old Tatum Elsea is bracing for the worst summer of her life. Trapped under her stepmother-imposed house arrest and her BFF ghosting her, Tatum pours herself into the assigned community service. With a helpful push from her fellow community service member, Abby, Tatum fills her time at homebuilding her covert graphic design business, right under her stepmother’s nose. When a cute cello-playing client sweeps Tatum off her feet, she’s left breathless and eager to get out of these four walls. But Tatum discovers she's not the only one in the house keeping secrets as she takes the chance to make amends with her family and friends. Encouraged by her feisty step-abuela/fairy-godmother, and filled with a new perception of life, Tatum is ready to start fresh and maybe even get her happy ending along the way.  A contemporary twist on the Cinderella tale, It Started With Goodbye features: - secret admirer and hidden identity trope - a strong, spunky female lead - for fans of Elise Bryant, Meg Cabot, and Sarah Dessen

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592040 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Name Is Jason. Mine Too.: Our Story. Our Way. Author: Jason Griffin, Jason Reynolds Narrator: Jason Griffin, Jason Reynolds Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 25 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: A stunning visual autobiography of two crazy-talented besties, bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds and painter Jason Griffin, who could never be who they are singularly if they weren’t who they were together. Once upon a time in America, there were two Jasons. Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin. One a poet. One an artist. One Black. One white. Two voices. One journey in mind: to move to New York, the city of dreams, to make their own dreams come true. Willing to have a life not un-hard, so long as it wasn’t unhappy. Willing to let the city swallow them whole, so long as it gives them their chance. They had each other. “What if painting was a sin, and the poetry became taboo. And no one ever clapped for me again. My question is, would you?” They clapped. Oh, they clapped. And aren’t we glad?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Frauenmagnet: Werde anziehender mit Hypnose Author: Hypnowelten Narrator: Michael Gorka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 26, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Diese Hypnosesitzung soll dir dabei helfen mentale Blockaden zu lösen, um anziehender auf Frauen zu wirken. Weiterhin werden dir grundlegende Verhaltensmerkmale erklärt, die förderlich sein können.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591808 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forlorn Unicorn Author: Roxanne Smolen Narrator: Jennifer Fournier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 56 minutes Release date: April 25, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: In Book Six of the Brittany Meyer Novellas, Brittany has been named leader of her three-person coven. In addition, she has been given custody of a two-week-old unicorn who has been rejected by her mother. These unexpected responsibilities have triggered Brittany’s depression and lack of self-confidence. However, the tyrant witch queen is dead, and because she died while battling Brittany, the young witch feels obligated to right all her wrongs. When Brittany learns that the late queen kept a secret dungeon in another dimension, she becomes determined to find a way into the realm and release the prisoners. But time is running out. The dimension belongs to a sentient rainforest who, in retaliation for the atrocities against nature on their planet, have killed all life forms but their own. With her new coven and baby unicorn in tow, Brittany opens a portal into danger. Can she get the prisoners out before the plants overrun the dungeon? Should she risk all their lives for people she doesn’t even know? She can’t abandon the prisoners to die. What’s a teenage witch to do? Forlorn Unicorn, a coming-of-age story with a mix of humor and introspection, will keep teen readers turning the page.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591799 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Extant: The Coelacanth Project Book I Author: Sarah Newland Narrator: Zura Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 29, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Every family has secrets and Natalie Morrigan was used to being kept in the dark. But when her childhood home is destroyed following the mysterious disappearance of her parents, Natalie soon discovers her secrets are darker than most. With nowhere else to turn, Natalie and her four lifelong friends seek out their estranged Uncle for guidance and he cannot wait to tell her the truth. Her entire life has been a lie. Genetically adapted with a power that will change the world, Natalie is hunted by Nautilus: an organization that claims it will use her power to achieve an everlasting peace. But if Natalie has learned anything, it’s that things aren’t always what they seem. Trust isn't an option. Question everything. Packed with thrilling action and a web of secrets to keep you reading late into the night, the Coelacanth Project trilogy explores the resilience of friendship, the weight of grief, and what it takes to define yourself.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591800 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Gatsby Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Narrator: Gary D. Macfadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 53 minutes Release date: March 17, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Long considered one of America’s greatest novels, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, has remained the quintessential look at the “Roaring Twenties.” This new audio edition includes a nearly 2-hour study guide to The Great Gatsby, including a chapter-by-chapter analysis, descriptions of the key characters, and an overview of the important themes and symbols in the book. The novel unfolds as a memoir in the voice of Nick Carraway, a young man from the Midwest who travels to New York to try his hand at the bond business. By chance, Nick rents a house next door to the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby. Nick eventually befriends his neighbor, and learns that Gatsby had a relationship with his now-married cousin, Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby’s guiding purpose in life is to rekindle that relationship with Daisy. Through illicit means, he has transformed himself from the penniless soldier who wooed Daisy into a millionaire who believes the past can be repeated. He enlists a somewhat naive Nick in his quest. Gatsby learns too late that money can’t buy social standing, which in part destroys his hopeless desire to reunite with Daisy. Beyond being a simple story of a love lost and perhaps again found, this iconic masterpiece is a study of the very tenets of the American Dream. Fitzgerald penned a stylish and engaging novel that explores not only the interrelationships of the key characters, but the social stigmas and opulent lifestyles of the so-called Jazz Age.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591627 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Sagradas: 50 diosas de todo el mundo Author: Valeria Hipocampo Narrator: Carla Barreto Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 29 minutes Release date: May 19, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: #ElPresenteEsNuestro ¿Cómo se concibe lo femenino alrededor del mundo? «Las diosas, en todas sus modalidades, son indispensables para conocer la evolución de las culturas en su totalidad.» Quede la presente obra de arte como una puerta abierta para la reflexión de lo femenino en diversas cosmovisiones.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591626 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Esto no es amor Author: Christel Guczka Narrator: Rebeca Zozoya Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 59 minutes Release date: May 19, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Una historia sobre violencia y aquello que a veces se confunde con amor pero no lo es. Elena se ha encerrado en su recámara sin cenar. Repasa con la mirada, una vez más, las cosas de Liza: las toca con cuidado, como si evitara perturbar su sueño. Una a una va sacando las prendas ya arrugadas, los tenis que tanto le gustaban a su hermana, un par de libros de ciencia ficción que seguramente habría leído infinidad de veces. Mientras coloca nuevamente los objetos en su lugar en una especie de ritual, de entre la ropa cae una hoja. Parece ser una carta... Esta es la historia de Elena, quien, sumida en una profunda tristeza por la muerte de su hermana, emprende un viaje que le permite sanar y conocerse a sí misma. En medio de leyendas y trágicas historias de desamor, descubre en el diario de Liza un remolino de secretos# y la verdad sobre su repentina muerte.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591620 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Out of Character Author: Jenna Miller Narrator: Joy Nash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Dumplin’ meets Geekerella in debut author Jenna Miller’s queer, body-positive love story that explores online and offline relationships in all of their messiness. If you asked seventeen-year-old Cass Williams to describe herself, she’d happily tell you she’s fat, a lesbian, and obsessed with the Tide Wars books. What she won’t tell you—or anyone in her life—is that she’s part of an online Tide Wars roleplay community. Sure, it’s nerdy as hell, but when she’s behind the screen writing scenes as Captain Aresha, she doesn’t have to think about her mother who walked out or how unexpectedly stressful it is dating resident cool girl Taylor Cooper. But secretly retreating to her online life is starting to catch up with Cass. For one, no one in her real life knows her secret roleplay addiction is the reason her grades have taken a big hit. Also? Cass has started catching feelings for Rowan Davies, her internet bestie . . . and Taylor might be catching on. As Cass’s lies continue to build, so does her anxiety. Roleplaying used to be the one place she could escape to, but this double life and offline-online love triangle have only made things worse. Cass must decide what to do—be honest and risk losing her safe space or keep it a secret and put everything else on the line.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Patient Zero (Revised Edition): Solving the Mysteries of Deadly Epidemics Author: Marilee Peters Narrator: Jo Vannicola Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Engrossing true stories of the pioneers of epidemiology who risked their lives to find the source of deadly diseases-now revised to include updated information and a new chapter on Covid-19. More people have died in disease epidemics than in wars or other disasters, but the process of identifying these diseases and determining how they spread is often a terrifying gamble. Epidemiologists have been ignored, mocked, or silenced all while trying to protect the population and identify "patient zero"-the first person to have contracted the disease, and a key piece in solving the epidemic puzzle. Patient Zero tracks the gripping tales of eight epidemics and pandemics-how they started, how they spread, and the fight to stop them. This revised edition combines a brand-new design with updated information and features diseases such as Spanish Influenza, Ebola, and AIDS, as well as a new chapter on Covid-19. *A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591206 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just Lucky Author: Melanie Florence Narrator: Michelle Bardach Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: May 30, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: There's nothing lucky about your family falling apart. Lucky loves her grandparents, and they are all the family she really has. True, her grandma forgets things ... like turning off the stove, or Lucky's name. But her grandpa takes such good care of them that Lucky doesn't realize how bad things are. That is until he's gone. When her grandma accidentally sets the kitchen on fire, Lucky can't hide what's happening any longer, and she is sent into foster care. She quickly learns that some foster families are okay. Some aren't. And some really, really aren't. Is it possible to find a home again when the only one you've ever known has been taken from you?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591207 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Choice Series: #15 of The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers Author: Kathy Clark Narrator: Mark Harrietha Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 57 minutes Release date: May 30, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Jakob and his family hide their Jewish identity in Nazi-occupied Hungary. Discovered, he is sent as a prisoner to Auschwitz where he keeps himself alive out of a desire for revenge on the friend he believes turned on him, only to discover when he is free that things are not as he thought. Thirteen-year-old Jakob's family has hidden their true identity as Jews and are living as Catholics in Budapest during WWII. One day, in a burst of loyalty, Jakob decides to reveal that he is Jewish, a choice that puts his whole family in danger. Jakob hopes his best friend Ivan, a Christian whose father is a high-ranking military official, will help his family, but he comes to believe that Ivan has abandoned them. Sent as a prisoner to Auschwitz, Jakob is kept alive by his passion for revenge against Ivan. When Jakob is finally freed, he discovers that Ivan too made a choice that day, a choice that changes everything Jakob thought was true.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591188 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Field Party Series: #7 of Field Party Author: Abbi Glines Narrator: Andre Bellido, Ali Andre Ali, Jason Carpenter, Frankie Corzo, Olivia Song, Jeremy York, Cal Wembly, Charlotte Penfield, Shayna Thibodeaux, Rebekkah Ross, Caitlin Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 22, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: The seventh and final book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Field Party series—a Southern soap opera filled with football, cute boys, and pick-up trucks—from USA TODAY bestselling author Abbi Glines. Five years after the Lawton High football team last took the field, everyone is gathering for a special event back home in Alabama. But coming back together brings up memories from the past. Special ones. Painful ones. Unforgettable ones. And for some, the reunion introduces an opportunity to confront unresolved issues. Can Asa and Ezmita continue to run away from what their hearts truly want? What about Nash and Tallulah—will their natural attraction to each other last when trust concerns rise to the surface? For West and Maggie, five years later means taking the next step—if they have the courage to face it. And a joyous celebration waits for Brady and Riley and their beautiful family. But family may be the point of contention when it comes to Gunner and Willa and their upcoming plans. Finally, there are Ryker and Aurora, who must continue to fight their way through insecurity and temptation. All these couples find themselves face-to-face with not only the past but a possible future worth celebrating. So as we catch up with the members of the Lawton High football team, the future still remains unknown. Will everyone get their happy endings? Or will they leave it all on the field as they step forward toward the days ahead?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Deserve Monuments Author: Jas Hammonds Narrator: Tamika Katon-Donegal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: What's more important: knowing the truth or keeping the peace?When her family moves to Bardell, Georgia, on the cusp of her senior year, Avery Anderson is uprooted from DC and thrust into the hostile home of her terminally ill grandmother, Mama Letty. The tension between Avery’s mom and Mama Letty makes for a frosty arrival and reveals a decades-old conflict they refuse to talk about. Every time Avery tries to look deeper, she’s turned away, leaving her desperate to unearth the secrets that divide her family.While tempers flare at home, Avery finds friendship in unexpected places: with Simone Cole, her captivating next-door neighbor, and Jade Oliver, a member of the town’s most prominent family, whose mother’s murder remains unsolved.As the three girls grow closer—and Avery and Simone’s friendship blossoms into romance—the sharp-edged opinions of their small Southern town begin to hint at something insidious underneath. Avery soon discovers her family’s roots are deeply entwined with Bardell’s racist past. With Mama Letty’s health dwindling every day, Avery must decide if digging for the truth is worth toppling the delicate relationships she’s built—or if some things are better left buried.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591187 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Do-Over Author: Lynn Painter Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Bestseller In this “unequivocally hilarious and delightful” (Kirkus Reviews) young adult romp for fans of Recommended for You and A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, a teen girl has the worst Valentine’s Day ever—only to relive it over and over again. After living through a dumpster fire of a Valentine’s Day, Emilie Hornby escapes to her grandmother’s house for some comfort and a consolation pint of Ben & Jerry’s. She passes out on the couch, but when she wakes up, she’s back home in her own bed—and it’s Valentine’s Day all over again. And the next day? Another horrendous V-Day. Emilie is stuck in some sort of time loop nightmare that she can’t wake up from as she re-watches her boyfriend, Josh, cheat on her day after day. In addition to Josh’s recurring infidelity, Emilie can’t get away from the enigmatic Nick, who she keeps running into—sometimes literally—in unfortunate ways. How many times can one girl passively watch her life go up in flames? And when something good starts to come out of these terrible days, what happens when the universe stops doling out do-overs?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591186 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Talk Santa to Me Author: Linda Urban Narrator: Inés Del Castillo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 59 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: A teen girl gets the perfect second try at a first kiss in this hilarious, romp-filled young adult romantic comedy perfect for fans of Jenna Evans Welch and Hallmark Christmas movies. Francie was born in a stable. Really. Granted, it was the deluxe model with the light-up star on the roof, one of the many Christmas items for sale at her family’s Hollydale Holiday Shop. Their holiday gift empire also includes the Santa School, which was founded by Francie’s beloved grandpa, who recently passed away. Francie’s always loved working in the shop, but lately Aunt Carole has been changing everything with her ideas for too-slick, Hollywood-inspired Santas and horrible holiday-themed employee uniforms. Aunt Carole’s vision will ruin all the charm and nostalgia Francie loves about her family’s business…unless she does something about it. But this winter is about more than preserving the magic of Christmas. Francie is saving up for a car and angling to kiss the cute boy who works at the tree lot next door—hopefully it will be good enough to wipe her fiasco of a first kiss from her memory. As the weather outside gets more and more frightful, can Francie pull off the holiday of her dreams?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590247 to listen full audiobooks. Title: These Are the Words: Fearless verse to find your voice Author: Nikita Gill Narrator: Nikita Gill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 16 minutes Release date: August 18, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: From international poetry sensation Nikita Gill comes her highly anticipated YA debut These Are the Words: an empowering, feminist and beautiful poetry collection exploring all the things Nikita wished someone had told her when she was younger. Reclaim your agency. Discover your power. Find the words. Taking you on a journey through the seasons of the soul, in this collection Nikita gives you the words to help heal from your first breakup, to celebrate finding your family, to understand first love, to express your anger and your joy, to fight for what you believe in and to help you break some rules to be your truest self. Read by Nikita herself and featuring seasonal astrological poetry, this collection is an achingly beautiful, stunningly warm and fearless expression of truth from one of the most influential and well-known voices in modern poetry. REMINDER FOR HEALING You do not owe anyone your forgiveness. The trees do not apologize to the wind that uproots them. The rocks do not apologize to the erosion by the sea. The stars do not apologize to the universe when they are writhing and dying out. And you are not obligated to forgive anyone but yourself.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590143 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flawed Author: Kate Avelynn Narrator: Lexi Mae Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Sarah O'Brien is only alive because of the pact she and her brother made twelve years ago—James will protect her from their violent father if she promises never to leave him. For years, she's watched James destroy his life to save hers. If all he asks for in return is her affection, she'll give it freely. Until he asks for more than she can give. Sam Donavon has been James's best friend—and the boy Sarah's had a crush on—for as long as she can remember. As their forbidden relationship deepens, Sarah knows she's in trouble. Quiet, serious Sam has decided he's going to save her. Neither of them realizes James is far more unstable than her father ever was. And James is not about to let Sarah forget her half of the pact . . .

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589903 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling Author: Elise Bryant Narrator: Preston Butler Iii, Shayna Small Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: From the NAACP Image Award–nominated author of Happily Ever Afters comes a dual POV rom-com about Reggie and Delilah, who fall in love through missed connections and chance meetings on holidays over the course of a year. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Jenny Han, with crossover appeal for readers of Jasmine Guillory and Talia Hibbert romances. Delilah always keeps her messy, gooey insides hidden behind a wall of shrugs and yeah, whatevers. She goes with the flow—which is how she ends up singing in her friends’ punk band as a favor, even though she’d prefer to hide at the merch table. Reggie is a D&D Dungeon Master and self-declared Blerd. He spends his free time leading quests and writing essays critiquing the game under a pseudonym, keeping it all under wraps from his disapproving family. These two, who have practically nothing in common, meet for the first time on New Year’s Eve. And then again on Valentine’s Day. And then again on St. Patrick’s Day. It’s almost like the universe is pushing them together for a reason. Delilah wishes she were more like Reggie—open about what she likes and who she is, even if it’s not cool. Except . . . it’s all a front. Reggie is just role-playing someone confident. The kind of guy who could be with a girl like Delilah. As their holiday meetings continue, the two begin to fall for each other. But what happens once they realize they’ve each fallen for a version of the other that doesn’t really exist?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589902 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Play the Game Author: Charlene Allen Narrator: Marc Anthony Samuel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: From debut author Charlene Allen comes a captivating YA contemporary mystery and coming-of-age story, celebrating the power of friendship, first love, and exploring the criminal justice system from the lens of restorative justice. Perfect for fans of Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, and Maureen Johnson. In the game of life, sometimes other people hold all the controls. Or so it seems to VZ. Four months have passed since his best friend Ed was killed by a white man in a Brooklyn parking lot. When Singer, the man who killed Ed, is found dead in the same spot where Ed was murdered, all signs point to Jack, VZ’s other best friend, as the prime suspect. VZ’s determined to complete the video game Ed never finished and figure out who actually killed Singer. With help from Diamond, the girl he’s crushing on at work, VZ falls into Ed’s quirky gameiverse. As the police close in on Jack, the game starts to uncover details that could lead to the truth about the murder. Can VZ honor Ed and help Jack before it’s too late?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589901 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Then Everything Happens at Once Author: M-E Girard Narrator: Aida Reluzco Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: From the Lambda Award–winning author of Girl Mans Up comes an empowering, sex-positive coming-of-age story about a teen exploring first love and desire as her rocky relationship with her own body and a pandemic threaten to sabotage everything. Perfect for fans of Fat Chance, Charlie Vega and Cool for the Summer.  Now in paperback! Baylee has never been kissed but she wants to do way more than that. She’s had a huge crush on her gorgeous best friend and neighbor, Freddie, for years, but since she doesn’t look like his usual type, the judgmental voice in her head tells her he’ll never see her as more than a friend. It feels like she’ll spend the rest of high school fantasizing on the sidelines while everyone else dates and hooks up. Then Baylee meets Alex online and she starts to fall for this sweet, funny barista who likes her just as she is. It’s new, electric, and all-consuming to be around Alex. But when Freddie makes a move on Baylee and a virus shuts the world down, Baylee finds herself torn. Everything is happening at once, and she is left navigating the messy waters of love and desire. It helps that she’s observed her friends’ relationship drama so she knows exactly what mistakes not to make . . . right? This sophomore novel from M-E Girard centers a fat, confident girl going after what she wants and learning to love herself along the way.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood Like Fate Series: #2 of Blood Like Magic Author: Liselle Sambury Narrator: Joniece Abbott-Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: In the spellbinding sequel to Blood Like Magic, Voya fights to save her witch community from a terrible future in this “poignant, smart, and wholly unique” (Tracy Deonn, New York Times bestselling author of Legendborn) novel that’s perfect for fans of Legendborn and Cemetery Boys. Voya Thomas may have passed her Calling to become a full-fledged witch, but the cost was higher than she’d ever imagined. Her grandmother is gone. Her cousin hates her. And her family doesn’t believe that she has what it takes to lead them. What’s more, Voya can’t let go of her feelings for Luc, sponsor son of the genius billionaire Justin Tremblay—the man that Luc believes Voya killed. Consequently, Luc wants nothing to do with her. Even her own ancestors seem to have lost faith in her. Every day Voya begs for their guidance, but her calls go unanswered. As Voya struggles to convince everyone—herself included—that she can be a good Matriarch, she has a vision of a terrifying, deadly future. A vision that would spell the end of the Toronto witches. With a newfound sense of purpose, Voya must do whatever it takes to bring her shattered community together and stop what's coming for them before it’s too late. Even if it means taking down the boy she loves—who might be the mastermind behind the coming devastation.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588392 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anomalous Rescue Author: J.C. Skylar Narrator: Emma Faye Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 27, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: When a book about telekinesis shows up in Brooke's locker, she knows someone has seen her use her ability... As if that's not enough to shoot her nerves, inside the book is a coded message about her mother's death, and if she wants to know more, she'll need to follow the instructions. The only other anomalous she can turn to for help is her crush's best friend, Jackson, the most annoying cretin in her life. But also the only one with the guts to follow the clues with her. The last thing she expects is for her heart to get tangled between Jackson and the danger that lurks in the shadows... You will not be able to put this thrilling sci-fi romance down, because these friends-to-lovers will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page. Get it today!

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen of Junk Island Author: Alexandra Mae Jones Narrator: Katherine King So Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 3, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: From debut author Alexandra Mae Jones comes a compelling, nuanced exploration of bi identity and body image with a ghostly backdrop-perfect for fans of Nina Lacour.  Still reeling from a recent trauma, sixteen-year-old Dell is relieved when her mom suggests a stay at the family cabin. But the much-needed escape quickly turns into a disaster. The lake and woods are awash in trash left by a previous tenant. And worse, Dell's mom has invited her boyfriend's daughter to stay with them. Confident, irreverent Ivy presses all of Dell's buttons--somehow making Dell's shame and self-consciousness feel even more acute. Yet Dell is drawn to Ivy in a way she doesn't fully understand. As Dell uncovers secrets in the wreckage of her family's past--secrets hinted at through troubling dreams and strange apparitions--Ivy leads her toward thrilling, if confusing, revelations about her sexuality and identity. Set during a humid summer in the mid-2000s, The Queen of Junk Island simmers with the intensity of a teenage girl navigating the suffocating expectations of everyone around her.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Glow Up, Lara Bloom: the secret diary of a teenage catastrophe! Author: Dee Benson Narrator: Sandra Gayer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: February 2, 2023 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: MY NAME IS LARA BLOOM AND THIS IS MY LIFE . . . Meet Lara Bloom - the best friend you never knew you needed. This is her diary . . . When Lara meets super-cute new boy Caiden, she begins to think that the way to his heart is to give herself a glow up. But her friends are not impressed. You should never glow up for a boy, only for yourself! As Lara and her friends embark on their project of empowerment and self-love, Lara shares her innermost thoughts with her online journal. How can she keep her hair under control when she's playing football? Why is she so fast on the pitch yet so uncoordinated off it? And how will she ever convince Caiden to take an interest in her? With her worries safely locked in her top-secret journal, Lara is on track to unlock the glow-up of her dreams. Surely nothing could possibly go wrong . . .?! A heart-warming story of friendship, crushes and learning to love yourself. Perfect for fans of GEEK GIRL, Louise Rennison and Alesha Dixon.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587678 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Another Dimension of Us Author: Mike Albo Narrator: Goddexx, Vidish Athavale, Alex Picard, Max Meyers, Ferdelle Capistrano, Jordan Cobb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Mike Albo delivers a thrilling transdimensional love story in what can best be described as The Breakfast Club meets Brit Marling's The OA, as five teens travel across the astral plane at different points in the past, present, and future of the rapidly changing Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. Renaldo Calabasas may be the most talented writer Heron High has produced. But at the height of the AIDS crisis and amidst the homophobia present most everywhere in 1986, not many of his fellow students seem to agree. But something changes the night Rene is struck by lightning and only his closest friend, Katie, and love interest, Tommy, can tell he's undergone some inexplicable transformation. Meanwhile in 2036, Heron High students Priss and Gaye survive an ongoing plague called 'The Virus' as they try to solve the mystery of what happened fifty years earlier in what locals affectionately call 'The Murder House.' At the scene of the crimes, they happen upon an old self-help novel that is effectively a guide to transdimensional travel. As bodies and minds merge and travel across the astral plane, the characters discover that they are not as isolated as they often feel and that the shadow chasing them all might very well be a reflection of their own darkest secrets.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587654 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cool. Awkward. Black. Author: Karen Strong Narrator: Karen Strong, Langston Darby, Tashi Thomas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Real or imaginary, geekdom is where it's at in this multi-genre YA anthology that celebrates 'the geek,' with stories by some of today's top bestselling, critically acclaimed Black authors. Contributors include Amerie, Kalynn Bayron, Terry J. Benton-Walker, Roseanne A. Brown, Elise Bryant, Tracy Deonn, Desiree S. Evans, Isaac Fitzsimons, Lamar Giles, Jordan Ifueko, Leah Johnson, Amanda Joy, Kwame Mbalia, Tochi Onyebuchi, Shari B. Pennant, K. Arsenault Rivera, Julian Winters, and Ibi Zoboi. A girl who believes in UFOs; a boy who might have finally found his Prince Charming; a hopeful performer who dreams of being cast in her school’s production of The Sound of Music; a misunderstood magician of sorts with a power she doesn’t quite understand. These plotlines and many more compose the eclectic stories found within the pages of this dynamic, exciting, and expansive collection featuring exclusively Black characters. From contemporary to historical, fantasy to sci-fi, magical to realistic, and with contributions from a powerhouse list of self-proclaimed geeks and bestselling, award-winning authors, this life-affirming anthology celebrates and redefines the many facets of Blackness and geekiness—both in the real world and those imagined.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587653 to listen full audiobooks. Title: As You Walk On By Author: Julian Winters Narrator: André Santana Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: The Breakfast Club meets Can't Hardly Wait with an unforgettable ensemble cast in another swoony YA contemporary from award-winning author Julian Winters! Seventeen-year-old Theo Wright has it all figured out. His plan (well, more like his dad’s plan) is a foolproof strategy that involves exceling at his magnet school, getting scouted by college recruiters, and going to Duke on athletic scholarship. But for now, all Theo wants is a perfect prom night. After his best friend Jay dares Theo to prompose to his crush at Chloe Campbell’s party, Theo’s ready to throw caution to the wind and take his chances.   But when the promposal goes epically wrong, Theo seeks refuge in an empty bedroom while the party rages on downstairs. Having an existential crisis about who he really is with and without his so-called best friend wasn’t on tonight’s agenda. Though, as the night goes on, Theo finds he’s not as alone as he thinks when, one by one, new classmates join him to avoid who they’re supposed be outside the bedroom door. Among them, a familiar acquaintance, a quiet outsider, an old friend, and a new flame . . .

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587652 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption Author: Shannon Gibney Narrator: Shannon Gibney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Part memoir, part speculative fiction, The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be explores the often surreal experience of growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee. Dream Country author Shannon Gibney returns with The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be, a book woven from her true story of growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee and fictional story of Erin Powers, the name Shannon was given at birth, a child raised by a white, closeted lesbian.  At its core, the novel is a tale of two girls on two different timelines occasionally bridged by a mysterious portal and their shared search for a complete picture of their origins. Gibney surrounds that story with reproductions of her own adoption documents, letters, family photographs, interviews, medical records, and brief essays on the surreal absurdities of the adoptee experience. The end result is a remarkable portrait of an American experience rarely depicted in any form. * This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF of images, documents and resources from the book.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587364 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seven Percent of Ro Devereux Author: Ellen O'clover Narrator: Alexandra Hunter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Fans of Emma Lord, Rachel Lynn Solomon, and Alex Light will love this clever, charming, and poignant debut novel with a masterful slow-burn romance at its core about a girl who must decide whether to pursue her dreams or preserve her relationships, including a budding romance with her ex-best friend, when an app she created goes viral. Ro Devereux can predict your future. Or, at least, the app she built for her senior project can. Working with her neighbor, a retired behavioral scientist, Ro created an app called MASH, designed around the classic game Mansion Apartment Shack House, that can predict a person’s future with 93% accuracy. The app will even match users with their soulmates. Though it was only supposed to be a class project, MASH quickly takes off and gains the attention of tech investors. Ro’s dream is to work in Silicon Valley, and she’ll do anything to prove to her new backing company—and the world—that the app works. So it’s a huge shock when the app says her soulmate is Miller, her childhood best friend with whom she had a friendship-destroying fight three years ago. Now thrust into a fake dating scenario, Ro and Miller must address the years of pain between them if either of them will have any chance of achieving their dreams. And as the app takes on a life of its own, Ro sees that it’s affecting people in ways she never expected—and if she can’t regain control, it might take her and everything she believes in down with it.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587362 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is Not a Personal Statement Author: Tracy Badua Narrator: Ferdelle Capistrano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Admission meets American Panda in this propulsive, poignant YA contemporary novel about a teen who, after getting rejected from her dream college, forges her own acceptance and commits to living a lie. Perfect for fans of Mary H.K. Choi!  At sixteen, Perla is the youngest graduating senior of the hypercompetitive Monte Verde High. Praised—and not-so-quietly bashed—as “Perfect Perlie Perez,” Perla knows all the late nights, social isolation, and crushing stress will be worth it when she gets into the college of her (and her parents’) dreams: Delmont University.  Then Perla doesn’t get in, and her meticulously planned future shatters. In a panic, she forges her own acceptance letter, and next thing she knows, she’s heading to Delmont for real, acceptance or not. Soon, Perla is breaking into dorm rooms, crashing classes, and dodging questions from new friends about her lack of a student ID. Her plan? Gather on-the-ground intel to beef up her application and reapply spring semester before she’s caught.   But as her guilty conscience grows and campus security looms large, Perla starts to wonder if her plan will really succeed—and if this dream she’s worked for her entire life is something she even wants.  From rising star Tracy Badua comes a gripping, incisive tale of acceptance, self-discovery, and the infinite possibilities that await when we embrace our imperfections.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586581 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perfectly Imperfect Match Series: #3 of Suttonville Sentinels Author: Kendra C. Highley Narrator: Jessica Marchbank Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Release date: August 30, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Pitcher Dylan Dennings has his future all mapped out: make the minors straight out of high school, work his way up the farm system, and get called up to the majors by the time he's twenty-three. The Plan has been his sole focus for years, and if making his dreams come true means instituting a strict 'no girls' policy, so be it. Lucy Foster, needlepoint ninja, big sister to an aspiring pitcher, and chicken advocate, likes a little mayhem. So what if she gets lost taking her brother to baseball camp . . . at her own high school? The pitching coach, some hotshot high school player, obviously thinks she's a hot mess. Too bad he's cute, because he's so not her type. Problem is, they keep running into each other, and every interaction sparks hotter than the last. But with Dylan's future on the line, he has to decide whether some rules are made to be broken . . .

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Swinging at Love Series: #2 of Suttonville Sentinels Author: Kendra C. Highley Narrator: Jessica Marchbank Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Outfielder Tristan Murrell has a problem. As the number two slugger for the Suttonville Sentinels, his team is counting on him to make their very first run at the state championship. But he has a secret—his swing has totally deserted him. As in, he can't hit anything. He needs to fix the issue, and fast, but how? Ballerina Alyssa Kaplan has a problem, too. The shiny new sports complex in town has left her family's batting cage business on the verge of going under. Nailing her audition for a prestigious dance company is everything, but there's no way she's letting her some shiny big-box company destroy her family's livelihood. Tristan needs a miracle. So does Alyssa. And maybe, just maybe, Tristan's secret weapon might be the girl of his dreams . . .

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bad Boy Bargain Series: #1 of Suttonville Sentinels Author: Kendra C. Highley Narrator: Jessica Marchbank Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Baseball player Kyle Sawyer has many labels: bad boy, delinquent, ladies' man, fearless outfielder . . . Only one of them is actually true. But then sweet ballet dancer Faith Gladwell asks him to help wreck her reputation, and everything goes sideways. Faith knows a thing or two about love, and what she had with her cheating jerk of an ex wasn't it. When he starts spreading rumors about her being an Ice Queen, Faith decides it's time to let a little bad into her life. Lucky for her, Kyle Sawyer—dark, dangerous, totally swoon-worthy Kyle Sawyer—is landscaping her backyard over Spring Break. Shirtless. And if she can convince him to play along, 'dating' Kyle will silence the rumors. But Faith's plan threatens to expose Sawyer's biggest secret of all . . . and that's a risk he's not willing to take.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586484 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love from Mecca to Medina Author: S. K. Ali Narrator: Tim Chiou, S. K. Ali, Priya Ayyar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Release date: October 18, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: On the trip of a lifetime, Adam and Zayneb must find their way back to each other in this surprising and romantic sequel to the “bighearted, wildly charming” (Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author) Love from A to Z that’s a “contemplative exploration of faith, love, and the human condition” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Adam and Zayneb. Perfectly matched. Painfully apart. Adam is in Doha, Qatar, making a map of the Hijra, a historic migration from Mecca to Medina, and worried about where his next paycheck will come from. Zayneb is in Chicago, where school and extracurricular stresses are piling on top of a terrible frenemy situation, making her miserable. Then a marvel occurs: Adam and Zayneb get the chance to spend Thanksgiving week on the Umrah, a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, in Saudi Arabia. Adam is thrilled; it’s the reboot he needs and an opportunity to pray for a hijra in real life: to migrate to Zayneb in Chicago. Zayneb balks at the trip at first, having envisioned another kind of vacation, but then decides a spiritual reset is calling her name too. And they can’t wait to see each other—surely, this is just what they both need. But the trip is nothing like what they expect, from the appearance of Adam’s former love interest in their traveling group to the anxiety gripping Zayneb when she’s supposed to be “spiritual.” As one wedge after another drives them apart while they make their way through rites in the holy city, Adam and Zayneb start to wonder: was their meeting just an oddity after all? Or can their love transcend everything else like the greatest marvels of the world?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616343 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Imogen, Obviously Author: Becky Albertalli Narrator: Caitlin Kinnunen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: A Stonewall Honor Book · A New York Times and Indie bestseller! “A bighearted, deeply vulnerable, love-bubbly tumble through self-discovery.” —Casey McQuiston, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling I Kissed Shara Wheeler With humor and insight, #1 New York Times bestseller Becky Albertalli explores the nuances of sexuality, identity, and friendship in this timely new novel. Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she’s got the World’s Greatest Ally title locked down. She's never missed a Pride Alliance meeting. She knows more about queer media discourse than her very queer little sister. She even has two queer best friends. There's Gretchen, a fellow high school senior, who helps keep Imogen's biases in check. And then there's Lili—newly out and newly thriving with a cool new squad of queer college friends. Imogen's thrilled for Lili. Any ally would be. And now that she's finally visiting Lili on campus, she's bringing her ally A game. Any support Lili needs, Imogen's all in. Even if that means bending the truth, just a little. Like when Lili drops a tiny queer bombshell: She's told all her college friends that Imogen and Lili used to date. And none of them know that Imogen is a raging hetero—not even Lili’s best friend, Tessa. Of course, the more time Imogen spends with chaotic, freckle-faced Tessa, the more she starts to wonder if her truth was ever all that straight to begin with. . . .

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Versprochen ist versprochen Author: Anja Janotta Narrator: Daniel Fürg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 26, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Cedrics Mama ist nie für ihn da, vergisst ihre Versprechen und hat immer was Wichtigeres zu tun. Dabei versucht er doch wirklich, alles richtig zu machen. Beim Skater-Cup soll ihm sein imaginärer Freund GOLDIE helfen, damit Mama mal dabeibleibt und ihn anfeuert.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585314 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Somebody Author: Rachel Roasek Narrator: Alex Boyles, Natalie Naudus, Emily Lawrence Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 11, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: A modern YA rom-com about a popular high-school girl, her ex-boyfriend-turned-best-friend, and the girl they both fall for Sam is a charismatic actress with big plans for her future. Rosalyn Shew is the smartest girl in school—but she’s a loner and likes it that way. Then there's Christian Powell, the darling of the soccer team. He’s not the best at communication, which is why he and Sam broke up after dating for six months, but he makes up for it by being genuine and kind, which is why they're still best friends. When Christian falls for Ros on sight, their first interaction is a disaster, so he enlists Sam's help to get through to her. Sam, with motives of her own, agrees to coach Christian on how to soften Ros's notorious walls. But as Ros starts to suspect Christian is acting differently, and Sam starts to realize the complexity of her own feelings, their fragile relationships threaten to fall apart. This fresh romantic comedy from debut author Rachel Roasek is a heartfelt story about falling in love―with a partner, with your friends, or just with yourself―and about how, maybe, the bravest thing to do in the face of change is just love somebody.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584700 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Postcards from Summer Author: Cynthia Platt Narrator: Jean Ann Douglass, Bailey Carr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 12 minutes Release date: June 2, 2022 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Seventeen-year-old Lexi has always wanted to know more about the mother who passed away when she was only a child. But her dad will barely talk about her. He says he’d rather live in the present with Lexi, her stepmom, and her half-brother. Lexi loves her family, too, but is it so wrong to want to learn about the mom she never got to know? When Lexi’s grandma dies and secretly leaves her a worn blue chest that belonged to Lexi’s mother, Lexi is ecstatic to find a treasure trove of keepsakes. Her mom held onto letters, pamphlets, flyers, and news articles all from the same beautiful summertime getaway—Mackinac Island—plus a cryptic postcard that hints at a forbidden romance. If Lexi wants answers, this island is where she needs to go. Without telling her dad, Lexi goes to the gorgeous Mackinac Island in Lake Superior, reachable only by ferry. Cars are forbidden, bikes are the number-one mode of transportation along the quaint cobblestone streets, and a bright white hotel looms like a high castle over charming cafés and bookshops. While following her mother’s footsteps, Lexi befriends an elderly former Broadway star and a charming young hotel worker while quickly falling in love with her surroundings. But although the island may be beautiful, it’s hiding unfortunate secrets—some with her mother at the center. Could some questions be best left buried beneath the blue waters?