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Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers (#QP2026) Feature Review: Twenty-Four Seconds From Now… by Jason Reynolds

This hopeful and touching depiction of grief is perfect for any young reader looking for understanding when a loved one dies.

Best Fiction for Young Adults (#BFYA2025) Featured Review: Twenty-Four Seconds From Now by Jason Reynolds

Reynolds, has again, crafted a beautifully lyrical, sex-positive, and vulnerable book that reads like poetry.

Amazing Audiobooks (#AA2024) Featured Review: Miles Morales: Suspended by Jason Reynolds

Miles must serve a day of in-school suspension as a result of the events in the previous book, where he took down The Wardens and pushed back against his racist history teacher. It seems that his spidey sense is on the fritz again, but Miles is having trouble dodging his detention teacher and figuring out … Continue reading Amazing Audiobooks (#AA2024) Featured Review: Miles Morales: Suspended by Jason Reynolds

Amazing Audiobooks (#AA2023) Featured Review of Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds

Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason ReynoldsNarrated By: Jason Reynolds, Nile Bullock, Tatum Marylin Hall, JaQwan J. Kelly, DePre OwensImprint/Publisher: Simon & Schuster AudiobooksPublication Date: January 11, 2022ISBN: 9781797137544 In ten-sentences, Jason Reynolds explores the impact of racism, police brutality, and the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic as experienced by a Black family. Reynolds … Continue reading Amazing Audiobooks (#AA2023) Featured Review of Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds

Best Fiction for Young Adults (#BFYA2026) Featured Review: Up in Smoke by Nick Brooks

Fans of the author’s work Promise Boys as well as readers who enjoy a mystery mixed with social justice themes will enjoy this book. This book will appeal to fans of Nic Stone as well as Angie Thomas and Jason Reynolds.

Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers (#QP2027) Feature Review: King of Neuro Verse by Idris Goodwin

Told through a mix of engaging freestyle verse, humorous observations, and thoughtful interactions with parents and friends, Goodwin has created a compelling protagonist that teens will either root for or relate to.

2026 Amazing Audiobooks List

The Dead of Summer. By Ryan La Sala. Read by Pete Cross, A’rese Emokpae & Ryan La Sala. 2025. 10.5 hr. Scholastic Inc., DD (9798225001186). Gr. 9-12. Ollie returns to his home of Anchor’s Mercy, a popular tourist destination where locals frequently experience health issues. Following the onset of a severe storm and the emergence … Continue reading 2026 Amazing Audiobooks List

2026 Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers

The members of the Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers Blogging Team are:  Coordinator Leanna Chappell, Swanton Public Library, Swanton, OH, Katie Bruechert, Thoreau Middle School, Vienna, VA Jacqueline Bush, Stratford Library Association, Stratford, CT, Jessica DeWitz, King County Library System, Sammamish and Fall City, WA, Bridget Healey, Washington Irving Middle School, Springfield, VA, … Continue reading 2026 Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers