Audiobooks by Katherine Locke

For the Rest of Us: 13 Festive Holiday Stories to Celebrate All Seasons

"Fourteen acclaimed authors showcase the beautiful and diverse ways holidays are observed in this festive anthology. Keep the celebrations going all year long with this captivating and joyful read! From Lunar New Year to Solstice, Día de Los Muertos to Juneteenth, and all the incredible days in between, it’s clear that Americans don’t just have one holiday. Edited by the esteemed Dahlia Adler and authored by creators who have lived these festive experiences firsthand, this joyful collection of stories shows that there isn’t one way to experience a holiday. With stories by: Dahlia Adler, Sydney Taylor Honor winner of Going Bicoastal Candace Buford, author of Good as Gold A. R. Capetta and Cory McCarthy, authors of the Once & Future series Preeti Chhibber, author of Payal Mehta’s Romance Revenge Plot Natasha Díaz, award-winning author of Color Me In Kelly Loy Gilbert, Stonewall Book Award winning author of Picture Us in the Light Kosoko Jackson, USA Today bestselling author of The Forest Demands Its Due Aditi Khorana, award-winning author of Mirror in the Sky Katherine Locke, award-winning author of This Rebel Heart Abdi Nazemian, Stonewall Book Award–winning author of Only This Beautiful Moment Laura Pohl, New York Times bestselling author of The Grimrose Girls Sonora Reyes, Pura Belpré Honor winner of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School Karuna Riazi, contributor to The Grimoire of Grim Fates  "

A. R. Capetta, Abdi Nazemian, Aditi Khorana, Candace Buford, Cory McCarthy, Dahlia Adler, Karuna Riazi, Katherine Locke, Kelly Loy Gilbert, Kosoko Jackson, Laura Pohl, Natasha Diaz, Preeti Chhibber, Sonora Reyes (Author), Abby Manning, Dana Wing Lau, Gilli Messer, Karen Malina White, Mark Sanderlin, Natasha Chandel, Nile Bullock, Rebecca Mozo, Sean Rohani (Narrator)

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Mermaids Never Drown: Tales to Dive For

"A Vietnamese mermaid caught between two worlds. A siren who falls for Poseidon’s son. A boy secretly pining for the merboy who saved him years ago. A storm that brings humans and mermaids together. Generations of family secrets and pain. Find all these and more in this gripping new collection that will reel you in from the very first page! Welcome to an ocean of hurt, fear, confusion, rage, hope, humor, discovery, and love in its many forms. Edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker, Mermaids Never Drown features beloved authors Darcie Little Badger, Kalynn Bayron, Preeti Chhibber, Rebecca Coffindaffer, Julie C. Dao, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Adriana Herrera, June Hur, Katherine Locke, Kerri Maniscalco, Julie Murphy, Gretchen Schreiber, and Julian Winters. 'A seaworthy anthology featuring stories as original as they are enchanting by a range of beloved YA authors ... Themes of self-discovery and bonds with nature recur throughout this anthology that features effortless and extensive queer representation. Readers will find favorite tales of mermaid lore in this collection, brimming with myth and magic.'—Kirkus"

Adriana Herrera, Darcie Little Badger, Gretchen Schreiber, Julian Winters, Julie C. Dao, Julie Murphy, June Hur, Kalynn Bayron, Katherine Locke, Kerri Maniscalco, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Natalie C. Parker, Preeti Chhibber, Rebecca Coffindaffer, Zoraida Cordova (Author), André Santana, Jasmin Walker, Quyen Ngo, Soneela Nankani, Victoria Villarreal (Narrator)

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This Rebel Heart

"A tumultuous tale of the student-led 1956 Hungarian revolution-and an all too timely look at the impact of Communism and the USSR in Eastern Europe-set in a fabulist, colorless post-WWII Budapest from Sydney Taylor Honor winner Katherine Locke. "A haunting, beautiful read that centers queer Jewish characters." -BuzzFeed In the middle of Budapest, there is a river. Csilla knows the river is magic. During WWII, the river kept her family safe when they needed it most--safe from the Holocaust. But that was before the Communists seized power. Before her parents were murdered by the Soviet police. Before Csilla knew things about her father's legacy that she wishes she could forget. Now Csilla keeps her head down, planning her escape from this country that has never loved her the way she loves it. But her carefully laid plans fall to pieces when her parents are unexpectedly, publicly exonerated. As the protests in other countries spur talk of a larger revolution in Hungary, Csilla must decide if she believes in the promise and magic of her deeply flawed country enough to risk her life to help save it, or if she should let it burn to the ground. With queer representation, fabulist elements, and a pivotal but little-known historical moment, This Rebel Heart is Katherine Locke's tour de force."

Katherine Locke (Author), Kathleen Gati, Steven Jay Cohen (Narrator)

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This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us

"The first LGBTQA+ anthology for middle-graders featuring stories for every letter of the acronym, including realistic, fantasy, and sci-fi stories by authors like Justina Ireland, Marieke Nijkamp, Alex Gino, and more! A boyband fandom becomes a conduit to coming out. A former bully becomes a first-kiss prospect. One nonbinary kid searches for an inclusive athletic community after quitting gymnastics. Another nonbinary kid, who happens to be a pirate, makes a wish that comes true--but not how they thought it would. A tween girl navigates a crush on her friend's mom. A young witch turns herself into a puppy to win over a new neighbor. A trans girl empowers her online bestie to come out. From wind-breathing dragons to first crushes, This Is Our Rainbow features story after story of joyful, proud LGBTQA+ representation. You will fall in love with this insightful, poignant anthology of queer fantasy, historical, and contemporary stories from authors including: Eric Bell, Lisa Jenn Bigelow, Ashley Herring Blake, Lisa Bunker, Alex Gino, Justina Ireland, Shing Yin Khor, Katherine Locke, Mariama J. Lockington, Nicole Melleby, Marieke Nijkamp, Claribel A. Ortega, Mark Oshiro, Molly Knox Ostertag, Aisa Salazar, and AJ Sass."

Katherine Locke (Author), Angel Pean, Elsa Lepecki Bean, Em Grosland, Imani Russell, Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Meli Grant, Michael Crouch, Socks Whitmore (Narrator)

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