Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America
By: Nora Shalaway Carpenter
3.78
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An NPR Best Book of the Year Country Living Magazine's Front Porch Book Club Book of the Month A …
Want to Read $ 8.79"We've all read articles and seen comments online that claim poor people are poor because they're terrible at saving and planning. I don't believe that. No one wants to live in poverty, and saving is way easier when you have enough to pay your bills and then some. And let's be real: Forgoing that new barbeque isn't going to get any of these families out of poverty. Are we really saying that poor people shouldn't be angle to have things in their lives that bring them joy, just because there's always going to be something they 'should' be spending their money instead? That attitude sucks ."-Nora Shalaway Carpenter, Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America
"We've all read articles and seen comments online that claim poor people are poor because they're terrible at saving and planning. I don't believe that. No one wants to live in poverty, and saving is way easier when you have enough to pay your bills and then some. And let's be real: Forgoing that new barbeque isn't going to get any of these families out of poverty. Are we really saying that poor people shouldn't be angle to have things in their lives that bring them joy, just because there's always going to be something they 'should' be spending their money instead? That attitude sucks ."-Nora Shalaway Carpenter, Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America
"We've all read articles and seen comments online that claim poor people are poor because they're terrible at saving and planning. I don't believe that. No one wants to live in poverty, and saving is way easier when you have enough to pay your bills and then some. And let's be real: Forgoing that new barbeque isn't going to get any of these families out of poverty. Are we really saying that poor people shouldn't be able to have things in their lives that bring them joy, just because there's always going to be something they 'should' be spending their money on instead? That attitude sucks ."-Nora Shalaway Carpenter, Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America
"We've all read articles and seen comments online that claim poor people are poor because they're terrible at saving and planning. I don't believe that. No one wants to live in poverty, and saving is way easier when you have enough to pay your bills and then some. And let's be real: Forgoing that new barbeque isn't going to get any of these families out of poverty. Are we really saying that poor people shouldn't be able to have things in their lives that bring them joy, just because there's always going to be something they 'should' be spending their money on instead? That attitude sucks ."-Nora Shalaway Carpenter, Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America
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1. A Madness So Discreet
By: Mindy McGinnis
3.85
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Grace Mae knows madness. She keeps it locked away, along with her voice, trapped deep inside a bril… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
2. Anger Is a Gift
By: Mark Oshiro
3.64
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
A story of resilience and loss, love and family, Mark Oshiro's Anger is a Gift testifies to the vul… read more
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- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
3. How It Went Down
By: Kekla Magoon
4.36
Format: 352 pages, ebook
When sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson dies from two gunshot wounds, his community is thrown into an u… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
4. With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954
By: Andrea Davis Pinkney
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Coretta Scott King winner Andrea Davis Pinkney brings her talents to a brand-new Dear America diary… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
5. Absolutely Almost
By: Lisa Graff
4.16
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the National Book Award nominee A Tangle of Knotscomes an inspiring novel about … read more
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6. Midnight Cowboy
By: James Leo Herlihy
3.91
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
Joe Buck, naively charming Texan cowboy, seeks his fortune in the Big Apple, but encounters Ratso R… read more
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7. Flying Lessons & Other Stories
By: Matt de la Peña , Sherman Alexie , Soman Chainani , Walter Dean Myers , Grace Lin , Ellen Oh , Jacqueline Woodson , Kwame Alexander , Tim Federle , Tim Tingle , Meg Medina , Kelly J. Baptist
4.04
Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio
For the hardback, see ISBN13: 9781101934593. Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, fi… read more
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- contemporary
- audiobook
8. The Queen of the Night
By: Alexander Chee
3.93
Format: 265 pages, Hardcover
Lilliet Berne is a sensation of the Paris Opera, a legendary soprano with every accolade except an … read more
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9. A First Time for Everything
By: Dan Santat
4.39
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more
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10. Huda F Are You?
By: Huda Fahmy
4.17
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
From the creator of Yes, I'm Hot In This, this cheeky, hilarious, and honest graphic novel asks the… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"Use your hijab, woman! Cover that forehead!"-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Are You?
"I swear if we end up getting joint weddings, we're running away."-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Are You?
11. If These Wings Could Fly
By: Kyrie McCauley
4.25
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Perfect for fans of Laura Ruby, Laurie Halse Anderson, and Mindy McGinnis, Kyrie McCauley's stunnin… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Maybe fear is the toll women pay to exist in this world at all."-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly
"This is what I know of pride . I know that it keeps the secrets of cruel men. I know that it holds us in the shadows, because we are too proud to admit we need help. I know that pride values a men's …"-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly
"This is what I know of pride . I know that it keeps the secrets of cruel men. I know that it holds us in the shadows, because we are too proud to admit we need help. I know that pride values a man's …"-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly
"But some things should fall apart. They should burn themselves out, like a candle that's run its wick to the bottom. It's dangerous to wish for such a thing, though, because some flames are too selfi…"-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly
12. Saving Sunshine
By: Saadia Faruqi
4.06
Format: 224 pages, ebook
It's hard enough being a kid without being teased for a funny sounding name or wearing a hijab. … read more
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- realistic fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
13. Me: Moth
By: Amber McBride
4.07
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A debut YA novel-in-verse that is both a coming-of-age and a ghost story. Moth has lost her fami… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"Most of the founding fathers were like that; they spoke of freedom but did not offer it to everyone. They had bodies in their closets."-Amber McBride, Me: Moth
"Places we decide to stop. Monticello Plantation, Charlottesville, Virginia: Where Thomas Jefferson committed several sins; we go to stomp on hateful plantation ground."-Amber McBride, Me: Moth
14. Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine
By: Olivia Campbell
3.72
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The story of three Victorian women who broke down barriers in the medical field to become the first… read more
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- audiobook
15. A Long Stretch of Bad Days
By: Mindy McGinnis
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Lydia Chass doesn’t mind living in a small town; she just doesn’t want to die in one. A lifetime of… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"The action is wrong. But the person committing it is a breathing, thinking, living, feeling human being. And I can tell you that most of the time where there's violence, there's fear- and it's not on…"-Mindy McGinnis, A Long Stretch of Bad Days
16. The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
By: Daniel Nayeri
3.96
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A new all-ages adventure tale from Printz Medal Winner, Daniel Nayeri This is the tale of an exciti… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
"He had betrayed God and wanted to hide from him, the way children hide, sitting in the open and covering their eyes."-Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
"To everyone we love we give a knife. The knife is shaped to pass through the bones of our chests like a key in a lock. Nothing else can cut our hearts so deeply."-Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
"Wouldn't it be nice if love was always around us like life and death? Wouldn't it be nice if love was inevitable like the other two? That you could be sure you'd find someone to love and love you in …"-Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
17. Saints of the Household
By: Ari Tison
4.12
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--tol… read more
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- realistic fiction
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- audiobook
18. Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
By: Bettina L. Love
4.41
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
“I am an eighties baby who grew to hate school. I never fully understood why. Until now. Until Bett… read more
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- audiobook
19. Mango, Mambo, and Murder (A Caribbean Kitchen Mystery, #1)
By: Raquel V. Reyes
3.65
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Cuban-American cooking show star Miriam Quinones-Smith becomes a seasoned sleuth in Raquel Reyes's … read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
20. We Can Be Heroes
By: Kyrie McCauley
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Kyrie McCauley, author of If These Wings Could Fly, delivers a powerful contemporary YA novel about… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
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- contemporary
- audiobook
"In a world that tells girls we shouldn't be angry, even as our lives are ripped from our grasps. When I throw the brick, I picture myself as a small child throwing pennies in a pond making wishes. So…"-Kyrie McCauley, We Can Be Heroes
21. Be Not Far from Me
By: Mindy McGinnis
3.82
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The world is not tame. Ashley knows this truth deep in her bones, more at home with trees overhe… read more
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- audiobook
"Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help."-Mindy McGinnis, Be Not Far from Me
"I've always known my body, its strength and purpose, the long muscles of my legs and the lean bulge of my biceps. This is different; this is an intimacy with my skeleton, from the exposed broken tips…"-Mindy McGinnis, Be Not Far from Me
22. His Hideous Heart
By: Dahlia Adler
3.56
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Thirteen of YA’s most celebrated names reimagine Edgar Allan Poe’s most surprising, unsettling, and… read more
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- anthologies
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- short stories
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23. The Never Tilting World (The Never Tilting World, #1)
By: Rin Chupeco
3.80
Format: 481 pages, Hardcover
Frozen meets Mad Max in this epic teen fantasy duology bursting with star-crossed romance, immortal… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- lgbt
"Please,"-Rin Chupeco, The Never Tilting World (The Never Tilting World, #1)
"For every radiance, a sacrifice."-Rin Chupeco, The Never Tilting World (The Never Tilting World, #1)
"Stop trying to make me your friend,"-Rin Chupeco, The Never Tilting World (The Never Tilting World, #1)
"It was clearly his fault I'd punched him in the face."-Rin Chupeco, The Never Tilting World (The Never Tilting World, #1)
24. Where There Was Fire
By: John Manuel Arias
3.49
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A lush and lyrical debut novel about a Costa Rican family wrestling with a deadly secret, from risi… read more
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25. The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games (Postmillennial Pop, 13)
By: Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
4.21
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Reveals the diversity crisis in children's and young adult media as not only a lack of representati… read more
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- essays
- audiobook
"The affordances of the first person perspective for audience engagement also create a significant challenge in that the Dark Other is always focalized through a White protagonist's eyes."-Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games (Postmillennial Pop, 13)
"Words matter, and the fantastic has multiple resonant connotations. The fantastic captures the wonder of stepping into a world-that-never-was, and immersing yourself in it in a way that speculative f…"-Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games (Postmillennial Pop, 13)
"Maybe it’s not that kids and teens of color and other marginalized and minoritized young people don’t like to read. Maybe the real issue is that many adults haven’t thought very much about the radica…"-Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games (Postmillennial Pop, 13)
"The trouble with colorblind ideologies in text and culture is that by not noticing race, writers and other creatives do the work of encoding it as taboo. While silence and evasion around race in dyst…"-Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games (Postmillennial Pop, 13)
26. Air
By: Monica Roe
4.24
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An action-packed, empowering middle grade novel about a girl who has to speak up when her wheelchai… read more
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27. The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary
By: NoNieqa Ramos
3.87
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Macy's school officially classifies her as "disturbed," but Macy isn't interested in how others def… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"Because you're not my enemy doesn't mean you're my friend."-NoNieqa Ramos, The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary
"It sounds like every instrument I ever heard of fallig down a flight of stairs. Like my life."-NoNieqa Ramos, The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary
"This whole thing is in my head, that's all. Everything is always IN MY HEAD. But isn't everything in your head? What does it mean for something to be out of your head?"-NoNieqa Ramos, The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary
28. Up All Night: 13 Stories between Sunset and Sunrise
By: Laura Silverman
3.55
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
When everyone else goes to bed, the ones who stay up feel like they’re the only people in the world… read more
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"I don't want to live my life behind a mask with no one to share who I am with."-Laura Silverman, Up All Night: 13 Stories between Sunset and Sunrise
"...the choices we make--the choices that matter--aren't just the big, sweeping ones. Sometimes a meaningful choice is a simple choice, as simple as five words."-Laura Silverman, Up All Night: 13 Stories between Sunset and Sunrise
29. Mid-Air
By: Alicia D. Williams
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wa… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
30. Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America
By: Nora Shalaway Carpenter
3.78
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An NPR Best Book of the Year Country Living Magazine's Front Porch Book Club Book of the Month A … read more
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- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- anthologies
- young adult
- southern
- short stories
- essays
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"We've all read articles and seen comments online that claim poor people are poor because they're terrible at saving and planning. I don't believe that. No one wants to live in poverty, and saving is …"-Nora Shalaway Carpenter, Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America
"We've all read articles and seen comments online that claim poor people are poor because they're terrible at saving and planning. I don't believe that. No one wants to live in poverty, and saving is …"-Nora Shalaway Carpenter, Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America
31. First-Year Orientation
By: Lauren Gibaldi
3.72
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Sixteen acclaimed authors—including a National Book Award nominee, a New York Times best-selling no… read more
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