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Episodes
31. Katrina Nannestad We Are Wolves
15 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
(⏰10 minutes) WWII. Liesl's family must flee East Prussia in 1944. Through Liesl's story of survival, we learn about Wolfskinder, or wolf chil...
30. Amy Sarig King Attack of the Black Rectangles
08 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
(⏰10 minutes) 🌟Celebrating episode 30! Middle schooler Mac and his friends are shocked when they discover the book, The Devil's...
Episode 29: Celia C. Perez Tumble
01 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
⏰Listening commitment: 9 minutes When 12 year old Addie's step dad proposes the idea of adopting her, Addie sets off to find her biological dad. Wit...
Episode 28: What About Will
24 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
⏰Listening commitment: 9 minutes Written in verse, What about Will brings light to a dangerous society issue: opioid addiction. After a footba...
Episode 27: Nora Raleigh Basking & Gae Polisner Consider the Octopus
17 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
⏰Fun sized and fewer than 10 minutes. With one comedic event after another, come onboard The Oceania II with 12 year-old JB and his accidental...
Episode 26: Varsha Bajaj Thirst
10 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Minni's story shines a bright spotlight on water inequities worldwide. Living in Mumbai, access to fresh water is difficult. People endure long lines ...
Episode 25: Andrée Poulin Burying the Moon
03 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
⏰Listening commitment: 9 minutes Latika wants to make a significant change in her rural village in India - she wants toilets so the females don't ha...
Episode 24: Ali Standish Yonder
27 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listening commitment: 9 minutes. Danny is growing up in an Appalachian town during WWII and befriends an older boy, Jack, with a haunting past. Here r...
Episode 23: Diana Farid Wave
20 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listening commitment: 9 minutes Ava feels like she isn't enough: Persian or American. She loves the poet Rumi, surfing, and claims she's mildly OCD. S...
Episode 22: Frances O'Roarke Dowell Hazard
13 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listening commitment: 10 minutes If 8th grade Haz plans to return to the football field, he must go participate in therapy for his overly aggressive b...
Episode 21: Melanie Conklin A Perfect Mistake
06 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
🌟🌟Celebrating Season 2! Listening commitment: 8 minutes At 6 feet tall and a recent ADHD diagnosis, sixth grade Max's life is tough enough, but ...
✨Episode 20: Rukhsanna Guidroz Samira Surfs
11 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
✨✨Celebrating episode 20! ⏰Listening commitment: 9 minutes Samira and her family are left without a country to call home when her own country of...
Episode 19: Jennifer Ziegler Worser
04 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
⏰Listening commitment: 9 minutes Meet quirky, word-loving, lexicographer "Worser." He's quick to correct grammatical errors, has one humongous...
Episode 17: Elle McNicoll A Kind of Spark
21 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
⏰Listening commitment: 9 minutes Addie advocates for people wrongly accused of witchcraft in Scotland, centuries ago. Addie is autistic and realizes...
Episode 16: Shanthi Sekaran The Samosa Rebellion
15 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
⏰ Listening commitment: 9 minutes Muki and his family are "moths" in the country of Mariposa. Muki uncovers the president's plan to send moths, peop...
Episode 15: Nice Leng'ete The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree
07 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
⏰Listening Committment: 10 minutes In Leng'ete's memoir, learn how she escaped the dangerous, potentially deadly, age-old Maasai coming-of-age...
Episode 14: Irene Latham & Charles Waters - African Town
30 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
⏰Listening Commitment 10 minutes The last slave ship, The Clotilda, illegally brings 110 West Africans to Mobile, Alabama. When freed after Th...
Episode 13: Alda P. Dobbs Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
⏰Listening Commitment 9 minutes Petra and her family are desperately trying to flee the Federales during Mexico's Revolution in 1913. They trudge th...
Episode 12: Amber McBride Me Moth
16 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
⏰Listening commitment: 8 minutes High school students, Moth and Sani, have devastating pasts. In each other, they find what feels like "home."...
Episode 11: Supriya Kelkar Strong as Fire, Fierce as Flame
10 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
⏰Listening commitment: just 9 minutes Living in India, at the age of 13, Meera is already a widow. She was wed to her husband when she was fou...
Episode 10: Sabaa Tahir All My Rage
02 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
⏰Listening commitment: just 8 minutes ✨✨Celebrating the 10th episode in our cafe! ✨✨ Young adults and those well beyond will be captivated b...
Episode 9: Ruby Yayra Goka Even When Your Voice Shakes
26 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
⏰Listening commitment: only 7 minutes 🇬🇭Living in Accra, Ghana, sixteen year old Amerley bears the weight of her three younger sisters and emo...
Episode 8 Zlata Filipović: Zlata's Diary A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo
19 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listening commitment: only 9 minutes Eleven-year old Zlata loves her beautiful city, Sarajevo in the country of Bosina and Herzegovina. Then in 1991, ...
Episode 7: Rajani La Rocca: Red, White, and Whole
12 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listening commitment: Only 9 minutes Meet Reha who is grappling with her identify: Her parents are from India, and she was born in the U.S. Enjo...
Episode 6 Andrew Fukuda: This Light Between Us
06 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listening commitment: Just 10 minutes You'll discover a story you'll want to read and put in the hands of young adult readers. While fictional, ...
Episode 5 Jacquetta Nammar Feldman: Wishing Upon the Same Stars
26 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listening commitment: Just 10 minutes In this episode learn about how the ongoing Palestinian and Israeli Conflict finds its way into a Texas friendsh...
Episode 4 Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodes: Paradise on Fire
19 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listening commitment: Just 9 minutes In this episode, learn about the award winning Paradise on Fire by Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodes. While a fictional st...
Episode 3 Ruta Sepetys: Salt to the Sea
12 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listening commitment: Just 8 minutes In this episode, learn about Ruta Sepety's award winning book, Salt to the Sea. Sepetys is a "seeker of lost stor...
Episode 2 Asphyxia: The Words in My Hands
05 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listening commitment: Just 7 minutes Dystopian set in Australia Sixteen year old Piper is an artist who turns activist. Piper is deaf and naviga...
Episode 1 Reem Faruqi: Unsettled
29 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listening commitment: Just 6 minutes In this middle-grade novel, meet 13 year-old Nurah from Pakistan who moves to the United States. Learn about her ...