An audiobook is a recording of text. Audiobooks are available in a variety of lengths and formats, most popularly through digital download, which allows people to listen on any smart device
Numerous best-selling writers and celebrity performers are now creating for the medium. Audiobooks and other audio entertainment are available in schools and libraries and on numerous apps and online marketplaces.(goodreads.com)
A powerful story of intersectionality and community, as well as race and privilege, this first book centers around a 16-year-old protagonist who moves between two different worlds- her home and her school- without much thought, until a horrific event leaves her considering her role in both. In the story, Starr witnesses the death of her…
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Concerned with the imbalance between the individual and the state, as well as punishment and redemption, this dystopian novel was a dark satirical comment on morality and consequence, drug use, desensitization to violence, and youth in revolt. The novel has had numerous attempts at banning on the grounds of sexual violence. The film adaptation was…
A novel of teenage angst and rebellion, the story follows the reclusive protagonist over the course of a handful of days as he passionately comments and observes on both the beauty, as well as the hypocrisy of the world around him. Various reports have cited more than 30 challenges to this title, with a few…
A memoir in graphic novel form, this funny but moving story details the author’s relationship with her sexually repressed father, particularly in how that relationship affected her coming to terms with her own sexuality. The title is the author’s play on the words “funeral home,” which was their family’s business. As is the case…
A dark and violent satire of the Eighties’ materialism and excess, the story follows a Wall Street sociopath whose extremes not only span greed and status, but also murder. This book has a long history of controversy, beginning with its original publisher, Simon & Schuster, who dropped the book just before release here in the…
