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When Life Gives You Mangos

By: Kereen Getten
Narrated by: N'Jameh Camara
Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

Named to Oprah Magazine's Best Caribbean Books for Your 2021 reading list, imagination and adventure run wild in the most talked about middle grade debut of the year!  
 
A small village on a Jamaican island. 
A girl who doesn't remember the previous summer. 
A best friend who is no longer acting like one; a new girl who fills that hole in her... Read more

Blood at the Root

Blood at the Root: Book #1

By: LaDarrion Williams
Narrated by: Jalyn Hall & LaDarrion Williams
Length: 14 hours 54 minutes

“What if Harry Potter and friends went to an HBCU? That was the idea that sparked this book and it does not disappoint! LaDarrion Williams knows how to write teenagers. The dialogue and the main characters struggles felt so real and authentic. The magic system itself is simple, but the way Williams has built black history into the narrative as... Read more

The Black Girl Survives in This One

Horror Stories

By: Desiree S. Evans & Saraciea J. Fennell
Narrated by: Shayna Small & Tananarive Due
Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

“This is a fantastic YA anthology for fans looking for refreshing perspectives on horror and all things creepy. I wish this was around when I was first becoming acquainted with the genre - but I can assure you, you don't have to belong to the YA reader category to enjoy this one! Read more

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Narrated by: Natalie Simpson
Length: 16 hours 59 minutes

“This book was so GOOD! A masterfully crafted boarding school mystery where the new girl's roommate goes missing her second day on campus. The new girl is hiding something, but it's not what you think. Everyone thinks the new girl had something to with her roommate's disappearance but the two roommates barely knew each other so how does that make... Read more

What the River Knows

A Novel

Secrets of the Nile: Book #1

By: Isabel Ibañez
Narrated by: Ahmed Hamad & Ana Osorio
Length: 16 hours 36 minutes

“An enticing mystery among the Nile's archaeological digs in the vein of Agatha Christie. While Inez searches for Cleopatra's tomb (still undiscovered in real life!), the British, French, and her uncle and his dashing young helper all move in the shadowy periphery, seeking the same thing for their own reasons, but who can Inez trust when no one... Read more

Legendborn

The Legendborn Cycle

By: Tracy Deonn
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Length: 18 hours 54 minutes

“If you’ve been thinking about trying audiobooks, I recommend LEGENDBORN by Tracy Deonn as a great starting point! The reader, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, completely transported me to the Southern Gothic world of a secret society on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill (down to the hot sauce on hash browns). With a complex magic system intricately tied to... Read more

This Is Why They Hate Us

By: Aaron H. Aceves
Narrated by: Alejandro Ruiz
Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

“With a funny & natural character voice, Aceves' debut had me laughing out loud, gasping, and pausing the audiobook to actually yell about some choices Quique makes. For #disasterbi teens everywhere - these characters are messy in a real and relatable way! Read more

Cemetery Boys

Cemetery Boys: Book #1

By: Aiden Thomas
Narrated by: Avi Roque
Length: 13 hours 47 minutes

“A wonderful own-voices-story celebrating intersections of transness, queerness and Latinx culture. It’s a book you can hardly put away and is both heartwarming and crushing at the same time. Read more

Love Radio

By: Ebony LaDelle
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt & JaQwan J. Kelly
Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

“Readers won’t be able to get enough of these dope-ass characters.” —Elizabeth Acevedo, author of Clap When You Land

Hitch meets The Sun Is Also a Star in this “mega swoon-worthy, effortlessly cool” (Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author) novel about a self-professed teen love doctor with a popular radio segment who believes he can... Read more

The Sunbearer Trials

The Sunbearer Duology: Book #1

By: Aiden Thomas
Narrated by: André Santana
Length: 13 hours 44 minutes

“Thrilling fantasy with deities, semideities (demigods) and humans. It is great to read, that being trans* is normalized in this society, there is even a solemn gender affirmation ceremony for trans* people and there is a beautifully narrated gender-euphoric moment for the main trans* character. But he is also othered by his comrades-in-arms and... Read more

Libertad

By: Bessie Flores Zaldívar
Narrated by: Spring Inés Peña
Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

A queer YA coming-of-age set during the rigged Honduran presidential election

As the contentious 2017 presidential election looms and protests rage across every corner of the city, life in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, churns louder and faster. For her part, high school senior Libertad (Libi) Morazán takes heart in writing political poetry for her... Read more

Celestial Monsters

The Sunbearer Duology: Book #2

By: Aiden Thomas
Narrated by: André Santana
Length: 12 hours 35 minutes

“Just as adventure packed and wonderful as The Sunbearer Trials! I absolutely loved this duology. Celestial Monsters picks up right where TST left off and is filled with intense action, heartfelt conversations, and swoon worthy- shy beginnings of romance. The themes and messages woven throughout this novel are impactful and explored in a... Read more

Black Girl You Are Atlas

By: Renée Watson
Narrated by: Renée Watson
Length: 51 minutes

A Coretta Scott King Honor Book

Odyssey Honor Audiobook

A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson.

In this semi-autobiographical collection of poems, Renée Watson writes about her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class, and gender.

Using a variety of poetic... Read more

Everything We Never Had

By: Randy Ribay
Narrated by: Ramón de Ocampo, Jesse Inocalla, Manny Jacinto & JB Tadena
Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

“A beautiful and engaging story of four generations of Filipino-American men and how their fathers influenced each generation after them. Each son experiences generational trauma, misunderstandings, and ultimately, sympathy for how their fathers shaped them. I loved this audiobook! Read more

Canto Contigo

A Novel

By: Jonny Garza Villa
Narrated by: Alejandro Antonio Ruiz
Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

“Loved this book centered around queer joy and Mariachi. When a mariachi high school star, Rafael, transfers to a new school in his senior year, he's arrogant, entitled, and wrapped in grief. Rey, his competition, is Rafie's crush as well as his obstacle and seeing Rafie, work through his issues and tried, and learning to let people in, was just... Read more

The Other Half of Happy

By: Rebecca Balcárcel
Narrated by: Ariana Cordero
Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

This immersive and beautifully written novel follows the story of Quijana, a girl in pieces.

Quijana must figure out which parts of herself are most important, and which pieces come together to make her whole.

This is a heartfelt poetic portrayal of a girl growing up, fitting in, and learning what it means to belong.

• Lyrical middle grade debut... Read more

Ultraviolet

By: Aida Salazar
Narrated by: Alejandro Antonio Ruiz
Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Sometimes life explodes in technicolor.In the spirit of Judy Blume, award-winning author Aida Salazar tells it like it is about puberty, hormones, and first love in this hilarious, heartwarming, and highly relatable coming-of-age story. Perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds, Kwame Alexander, and Adib Khorram."Savagely funny and deeply human." -New... Read more

Malas

A Novel

By: Marcela Fuentes
Narrated by: Christine Avila & Victoria Villarreal
Length: 12 hours 30 minutes

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK

A Bookpage Best Historical Fiction Book of 2024

“A vivacious, page-turning novel of rebellion and rebirth.” —Xochitl Gonzalez, New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming and Anita de Monte Laughs Last

A story full of passion and revenge, following one family living on the Texas Mexico border and a... Read more

First Love Language

By: Stefany Valentine
Narrated by: Jen Zhao
Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

For fans of Frankly in Love and Tokyo Ever After comes a romantic dramedy about finding love and reconnecting with your culture in the most surprising ways.

Taiwanese American Catie Carlson has never fit in with her white family. As much as she loves her stepmom and stepsister, she yearns to understand more about her culture and find her... Read more

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

By: Jen Ferguson
Narrated by: Julie Lumsden
Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

“Jen Ferguson has written a beautiful novel about that last in-between summer, when your past is still holding on but tomorrow is full of possibilities. A Métis demisexual writer, Ferguson does not shy away from rough subjects—current and inherited trauma, racism, sexual assault—but also embraces the joys of friendship, family, and new romance.... Read more