Marisa and Mary are back with a new season of The Book Jam! We are excited to have our first guest to come jam with us, Kym P., a Library Specialist and Children and YA Consultant. Today, Kym gets to pick 2 books and Mary and Marisa each pick a complementary readalike. All of these are stories of resilience; these kids and teens find ways to survive, and hopefully thrive no matter the setting, no matter their age.
Check out the Books Mentioned below to add even more books to your To Be Read pile.
Kym’s books:
Find Layla by Meg Elison. Teen, Grades 6-9. Published by Skyscape. Published September 1, 2020.
Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett. High School, Grades 8+. Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. Published October 29, 2019.
Mary’s book:
The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden. Middle Grade, Grades 6-8. Published by Sky Pony Press. Published September 4, 2018.
Marisa’s book:
Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian. Teen, Grades 8+. Published by Balzer + Bray. Published June 4, 2019.
Books we talked about this episode:
Paper Things by Jennifer Richard Jacobsen
Angie Thomas, author
Nic Stone, author
Jason Reynolds, author
Walter Dean Myers, author
I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Slay by Brittney Morris
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
New Kid by Jerry Craft
You Should See Me In A Crown by Leah Johnson
I am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall (Mary remembered the book!)
Go Ask Alice edited by Beatrice Sparks
It Happened to Nancy by an Anonymous Teenager, A True Story from Her Diary edited by Beatrice Sparks
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre by Robin Talley
WitchBoy by Molly Ostertag
Can’t Take That Away by Steven Salvatore, out 3/9/21
White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Fan Girl by Rainbow Rowell
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Marauders by Gerry Duggan Vol. 1 by Gerry Duggan, Matteo Lolli (illustrator), Michele Bandini (illustrator), Lucas Werneck (illustrator).
Leah Williams X-Men work
Vita Ayala’s X-Men work
House of M by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Olivier Coipel (Penciler), Tim Townsend (inker)
Sailor Moon by Naoka Takeuchi
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate
The Invasion, Animorph graphic novel by Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
