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I have two amazing new audiobooks to share.

I liked Everything, Everything, Nicola Yoon’s first novel, but I already knew the plot going in (spoiled by the library aides’ discussion).  

This plot is even better and more complex in The Sun is Also a Star, dealing with love and issues of immigration and race in really interesting ways.  Plus, I loved the references to Raisin in the Sun, as all of my high school sophomores read it, and the allusions to dreams deferred as they relate to the characters were quite poignant.  The ideas about fate and “this happened so that this would happen” really resonated with me-it felt like Nicola Yoon was inside my head!

 Thanks to Listening Library for letting me listen to the audiobook on their Volumes App (so awesome!). This review is my own opinion.

Overall, the audiobook is just lovely, and I loved the entire story, especially the ending.  In preparing to booktalk this to students, I found this excellent video about the making of the cover (who knew it was 3-D art!  

My second rave review is for Girl Code: Gaming, Going Viral & Getting It Done.  I love that the two (now college aged) authors actually read their own book and it empowered me as female as well as had me burning with desire as a librarian to get this book in the hands of all the girls (and guys) I know.  Their journey as  as high school students to create this amazing game called Tampon Run  (which I had never heard of, but is all about breaking menstrual taboos-AWESOME!) is so great and relatable.  Both have their own other interests, Sophie is painfully shy, Andy is a bit frustrated by the expectations of her parents, but they show how they made this game, how it went viral, and how they coped with success and learned from all the opportunities they were given. 

Order it for yourself, your niece, your friends and neighbors!