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| With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo; narrated by Elizabeth AcevedoStarring: high school senior Emoni Santiago, who has "magic hands" in the kitchen, but worries that becoming a chef won't help her build a future for herself and her two-year-old daughter.
Narration: Elizabeth Acevedo's warm reading brings her well-drawn characters to life. |
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On the Come Up
by Angie Thomas; narrated by Bahni Turpin
What it’s about: When her fiery performance at a rap battle goes viral, 16-year-old Bri knows that her newfound fame could be her family’s ticket to survival -- but she doesn't know how to deal with the onslaught of people trying to label her.
Narration: Bahni Turpin's raw and spunky narration captures Bri's vulnerable coming of age.
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| Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep; narrated by Hillary Huber What it's about: how Harper Lee's obsession with a 1970s murder case inspired her to write a true crime book that she later abandoned.
Narration: Hillary Huber's slow and steady narration heightens the tension -- and makes the book's twists and turns all the more powerful. |
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The Friends We Keep
by Jane Green; narrated by Jane Green
What it's about: Maggie, Evvie, and Topher met one another during their first week at university and instantly bonded, promising one day, after graduation, they would all live together. But life soon got in the way.
Narration: Jane Green sensitively captures each of the characters in her own voice.
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| The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins; narrated Sara by Collins and Roy McMillanIntroducing: Frannie Langton, a Jamaican servant languishing in London's Newgate Prison in 1826 as she awaits trial for the murders of her employers.
Narration: Author Sara Collins' measured narration, interspersed with Roy McMillan's clipped reading of the court proceedings, evocatively depicts the stakes of this gothic historical novel. |
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| African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan by Geoffrey Girard; narrated by Gary FurlongStarring: Yasuke, the 16th-century African slave who served as a vassal to powerful warlord Oda Nobunaga and became Japan's first foreign-born samurai.
Narration: Gary Furlong's awed tone reflects the reverence the Japanese people had for Yasuke, whom they believed to be the embodiment of the black Buddha. |
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From Scratch : a Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
by Tembi Locke; narrated by Tembi Locke
What it's about: An African-American actress recounts her romance with a Sicilian chef whose traditional family disapproved of their marriage and how she sought solace in their close-knit community after his death.
Narration: Ms. Locke narrates her own story beautifully.
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The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna
by Juliet Grames; narrated by Lisa Flanagan
What it's about: For Stella Fortuna, death has always been a part of life. Stella’s childhood is full of strange, life-threatening incidents — moments where ordinary situations like cooking eggplant or feeding the pigs inexplicably take lethal turns. Even Stella’s own mother is convinced that her daughter is cursed or haunted.In her rugged Italian village, Stella is considered an oddity — beautiful and smart, insolent and cold.
Narration: Lisa Flanagan is a sensitive narrator to this unique tale.
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If She Wakes
by Michael Koryta; narrated by Robert Petkoff
What it's about: An insurance investigator finds herself on the run from a mysterious young hit man while examining the case of a young college student who has been rendered a locked-in syndrome patient by a suspicious accident.
Narration: Robert Petkoff ably hits the right notes for all the characters in this thriller.
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Ask Again, Yes : A Novel
by Mary Beth Keane; narrated by Molly Pope
What it's about: When a violent event forcibly ends their romance, the son and daughter of two NYPD rookies reconnect years later and struggle to prevent the past from triggering another separation.
Narration: Ms. Pope's narration brings this story to life for the listener.
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