Tough Topics Audiobooks

Flowerheart

"“Flowerheart is like a garden in full bloom: vibrant and sweet, whimsical and wondrous.” —Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic Perfect for fans of Margaret Rogerson and Tamora Pierce, this stand-alone YA debut is a cozy, cottagecore fantasy romance about a girl with powerful and violent magic that she must learn to control—or lose everything she loves.  Clara’s magic has always been wild. But it’s never been dangerous. Then a simple touch causes poisonous flowers to bloom in her father’s chest. The only way to heal him is to cast an extremely difficult spell that requires perfect control. And the only person willing to help is her former best friend, Xavier, who’s grown from a sweet, shy child into someone distant and mysterious.  Xavier asks a terrible price in return, knowing Clara will give anything to save her father. As she struggles to reconcile the new Xavier with the boy she once loved, she discovers how many secrets he’s hiding. And as she hunts for the truth, she instead finds the root of a terrible darkness that’s taken hold in the queendom—a darkness only Clara’s magic is powerful enough to stop. "

Catherine Bakewell (Author), Morag Sims (Narrator)

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While You Were Dreaming

"In this debut contemporary YA romance by bestselling author Alisha Rai, a girl with undocumented family members goes viral after saving her crush’s life in disguise. A must read for fans of Sandhya Menon and Nicola Yoon.  A Phenomenal Book Club Pick! It’s a classic story: girl meets boy, girl falls for boy, boy finally notices girl when he sees her in a homemade costume. At least, that’s what Sonia Patil is hoping for when she plans to meet her crush at the local comic-con in cosplay. But instead of winning her crush over, Sonia rescues him after he faints into a canal and, suddenly, everything changes. Since she was in disguise, no one knows who the masked do-gooder was . . .but everyone is trying to find out. Sonia can’t let that happen—her sister is undocumented, and the girls have been flying under the radar since their mother was deported back to Mumbai. Sonia finds herself hiding from social media detectives and trying to connect with her crush and his family. But juggling crushes and a secret identity might just take superpowers. Can Sonia hide in plain sight forever?"

Alisha Rai (Author), Soneela Nankani (Narrator)

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Dear Medusa: (A Novel in Verse)

"This searing and intimate novel in verse follows a sixteen-year-old girl coping with sexual abuse as she grapples with how to reclaim her story, her anger, and her body in a world that seems determined to punish her for the sin of surviving. 'This is more than a story about sexual violence-this book is about race, sexuality, love, and how anger can be a catalyst for healing.' -Gabrielle Union, bestselling author, actress, and producer Sixteen-year-old Alicia Rivers has a reputation that precedes her. But there's more to her story than the whispers that follow her throughout the hallways at school-whispers that splinter into a million different insults that really mean: a girl who has had sex. But what her classmates don't know is that Alicia was sexually abused by a popular teacher, and that trauma has rewritten every cell in her body into someone she doesn't recognize. To the world around her, she's been cast, like the mythical Medusa, as not the victim but the monster of her own story: the slut who asked for it. Alicia was abandoned by her best friend, quit the track team, and now spends her days in detention feeling isolated and invisible. When mysterious letters left in her locker hint at another victim, Alicia struggles to keep up the walls she's built around her trauma. At the same time, her growing attraction to a new girl in school makes her question what those walls are really keeping out. '[This] fierce and brightly burning feminist roar…paints a devastating and haunting portrait of a vulnerable young woman discovering the power of her voice, her courage, and her rage.' -Samira Ahmed, New York Times bestselling author of Internment and Hollow Fires"

Olivia A. Cole (Author), Olivia A. Cole (Narrator)

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The Quiet and the Loud

""A writer to be reckoned with." -Kathleen Glasgow, author of Girl in Pieces and You'd Be Home Now A heartbreaking, hopeful, and timely novel about facing family secrets, healing from trauma, and falling in love, from the award-winning author of How It Feels to Float George's life is loud. On the water, though, with everything hushed above and below, she is steady, silent. Then her estranged dad says he needs to talk, and George's past begins to wake up, looping around her ankles, trying to drag her under. But there's no time to sink. George's best friend, Tess, is about to become, officially, a teen mom, her friend Laz is in despair about the climate crisis, her gramps would literally misplace his teeth if not for her, and her moms fill the house with fuss and chatter. Before long, heat and smoke join the noise as dis­tant wildfires begin to burn. George tries to stay steady. When her father tells her his news and the painful memo­ries roar back to life, George turns to Calliope, the girl who has just cartwheeled into her world and shot it through with colors. And it's here George would stay-quiet and safe-if she could. But then Tess has her baby, and the earth burns hotter, and the past just will not stay put. A novel about the contours of friendship, family, forgiveness, trauma, and love, and about our hopeless, hopeful world, Helena Fox's gorgeous follow-up to How It Feels to Float explores the stories we suppress and the stories we speak-and the healing that comes when we voice the things we've kept quiet for so long. 'Compelling and arresting' -Shelf Awareness (starred review) 'Powerful, heart-tugging' -Books+Publishing 'As deeply enjoyable as it is reflective . . . sweet and yet emotionally mature' -BCCB 'Brilliant' -Utopia State of Mind 'A sensitive portrayal of complex PTSD' -Booklist 'Lyrical and evocative . . . Vivid' -Kirkus 'Heartbreaking yet uplifting and hopeful . . . Highly recommend[ed] -EveryQueer.com"

Helena Fox (Author), Olivia Mackenzie-Smith (Narrator)

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The Next New Syrian Girl

"A Syrian American and Syrian refugee who are at odds must chase a haunting secret that leads them all the way to Jordan in this sharp-witted novel perfect for fans of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter.  Khadija Shami is a Syrian American high school senior raised on boxing and football. Saddled with a monstrous ego and a fierce mother to test it, she dreams of escaping her sheltered life to travel the world with her best friend.   Leene Tahir is a Syrian refugee, doing her best to adjust to the wildly unfamiliar society of a suburban Detroit high school while battling panic attacks and family pressures.   When their worlds collide the result is catastrophic. To Khadija, Leene embodies the tame, dutiful Syrian ideal she's long rebelled against. And to Leene, Khadija is the strong-willed, closed-off American who makes her doubt her place in the world.   But as Khadija digs up Leene's past, a startling and life-changing discovery forces the two of them closer together. As the girls secretly race to unravel the truth, a friendship slowly and hesitantly begins blooming. Doubts are cast aside as they realize they have more in common than they each expected. What they find takes them on a journey all the way to Jordan, challenging what each knows about the other and herself.    Fans of Samira Ahmed's Love, Hate, and Other Filters and Tahereh Mafi's A Very Large Expanse Of Sea will love Khadija and Leene's sharp-witted voices in this dual POV narrative. The Next New Syrian Girl is a poignant and timely blend of guilt, nostalgia, devotion, and bad-ass hijabees.  "

Ream Shukairy (Author), Victoria Nassif (Narrator)

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Wolfwood

"A teenage girl begins secretly forging paintings, plunging her into a dark and dangerous imaginary world Indigo and her mother, once-famous artist Zoe Serra, have barely been scraping by since her mom's breakdown. When a gallery offers Zoe a revival show for her unfinished blockbuster series, Wolfwood, Indigo knows it's a crucial chance to finally regain stability. Zoe, however, mysteriously refuses. Desperate not to lose the opportunity, Indigo secretly takes up the brush herself. It turns out, there might be a very good reason her mother wants nothing to do with Wolfwood. Painting submerges Indigo into Wolfwood itself—a dangerous jungle where an army of grotesque, monstrous flora are in a violent battle with a band of girls. As Indigo enters Wolfwood again and again, the line between fantasy and reality blurs. It's a tenuous balancing act: keeping her forgery secret and her mind lucid, all while fighting her attraction to Kai, the son of the gallery owner. And by the time Indigo realizes the true nature of the monsters she's up against, it might be too late—and the monsters might just win."

Marianna Baer (Author), Annalyse Mccoy (Narrator)

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The Half-Life of Love

"All's fair in love and death ... or is it? Flint Larsen has 41 days, 9 hours, and 42 minutes to live. He's known exactly when he's going to die since he was eight years old and half-lifed, a small twinge that tells a person when they've lived half their life. From that moment, Flint's done everything he can to make his death more bearable. Cutting off all his friends, refusing to eat his favorite foods, reading only the most depressing literature by long-dead writers. He plans to spend his final days back in his hometown with his parents, quietly waiting to die. But then he meets September Harrington, an utter explosion of brilliance and fun, and all his plans fly out the window. September has dedicated herself to curing the half-life, landing a coveted internship at the world-renowned Half-Life Institute. She has her own past that she's refusing to deal with, choosing instead to spend her nights living it up with her friends and her days deep in the lab, where she's working to find a cure. When their worlds collide, it feels like the start of an epic, once-in-a-lifetime love. Only Flint can't bring himself to tell September he's dying, and September's keeping secrets too. The closer they get, the less time they have together and the more their secrets threaten to destroy everything. Can September and Flint save each other, or are their days numbered from the start?"

Brianna Bourne (Author), Pete Cross, Stephanie Willing (Narrator)

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The Minus-One Club

"Fifteen-year-old Kermit Sanders knows grief and its all-encompassing shadows. After losing his beloved older sister in a tragic car accident, nothing quite punctures through the feelings of loss. Everywhere Kermit goes, he is reminded of her. But then Kermit finds a mysterious invitation in his locker, signed anonymously with “-1.” He has no idea what he’s in for, but he shows up to find out. Dubbed the “Minus-One Club,” a group of his school-mates has banded together as a form of moral support. The members have just one thing in common—they have all suffered the tragic loss of someone they loved. The usual dividing lines between high school classes and cliques don’t apply inside the Minus-One Club, and Kermit’s secret crush, the handsome and happy-go-lucky Matt (and only out gay student at school), is also a part of the group. Slowly, Matt’s positive headstrong approach to life helps relieve Kermit of his constant despair. But as Kermit grows closer to Matt, the light of his new life begins to show the cracks beneath the surface. When Matt puts himself in danger by avoiding his feelings, Kermit must find the strength to not only lift himself back up but to help the rest of the group from falling apart."

Kekla Magoon (Author), Dion Graham (Narrator)

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Echoes of Grace

"In Eagle Pass, Texas, Grace struggles to understand the 'echoes' she inherited from her mother—visions which often distort her reality. One morning as her sister, Mercy, rushes off to work, a disturbing echo takes hold of Grace, and within moments, tragedy strikes. Attending community college for the first time, talking to the boy next door, and working toward her goals all help Grace recover, but her estrangement from Mercy takes a deep toll. And as Grace's echoes bring ghosts and premonitions, they also bring memories of when Grace fled to Mexico to the house of her maternal grandmother—a woman who Grace had been told died long ago. Will piecing together the truth heal Grace and her sister, or will the echoes destroy everything that she holds dear?"

Guadalupe Garcia Mccall (Author), Kim Ramirez (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - El autoestima

"Autoestima es la valoración, percepción o juicio positivo o negativo que una persona hace de sí misma en función de la evaluación de sus pensamientos, sentimientos y experiencias. Es un término de Psicología estudiado por diversos expertos en el área, sin embargo, se utiliza en el habla cotidiana para referirse, de un modo general, al valor que una persona se da a sí misma."

Oslos Molina (Author), Oslos Molina (Narrator)

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[German] - Wiedersehen im Chalet am See - Das Chalet am See, Band 2 (ungekürzt)

"Nachdem Lucy endlich ihr Yoga-Chalet am Tegernsee eröffnen darf, möchte sie sicherstellen, dass alles perfekt ist. Nur kommt dabei vieles andere zu kurz: Alex, ihre Freunde und selbst ihr Hund Rosie. Doch wo die Energie für alles hernehmen? Alex jedenfalls hat bald genug von der Situation und stellt Lucy vor ein Ultimatum. Vor allem, da auch in seinem Luxushotel alles drunter und drüber geht. Ein Mitarbeiter will ihn in den Ruin treiben und lässt dabei nichts unversucht. Mehr denn je könnte er jetzt Lucys Unterstützung gebrauchen. Wofür wird sie sich entscheiden? Für ihr Chalet oder für die Liebe? Ein warmherziger und inspirierender Roman über Träume, Freundschaft und die Kraft des Miteinanders von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Anna Kupka."

Anna Kupka (Author), Marie Bierstedt (Narrator)

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[Bengali] - Nari Prodhan Galpo Trayodash : MyStoryGenie Bengali Audiobook Boxset 12: The Anthology o

"Featuring an exclusively copyrighted and curated collection of Bengali audio stories from a galaxy of Bengal authors – ranging from some literary giants and celebrated luminaries to some promising upcoming pens of the present era, this production presents you with a 'themed audio-drama bundle' covering life stories of women, their life's ups and downs, hopes and aspirations, love and despair and above all their uncompromising struggle for survival. The treasure trove of 13 audio dramas back to back promises an enchanting audio experience of more than 6 & 1/2 hours. This treatise includes adaptations from selected short stories of Rabindranath Thakur, Suchitra Bhattacharya, Bani Basu, Tilottama Majumdar, Ananya Das, and Debarati Mukhopadhyay. Tune in to this editor's collection and set sail on a voyage of rediscovering Indian women through the social mirror. Discover many more such Bengali audio stories by typing mystorygenie in the search bar without leaving space between the different English alphabets."

Ananya Das, Bani Basu, Debarati Mukhopadhyay, Rabindranath Tagore, Suchitra Bhattacharya, Tilottama Majumdar (Author), Agneev, Jayati Bandopadhyay, Nandini Sarkar, Nilanjana Dutta, Rajati Mukhopadhyay, Sayak Aman, Shamin Chakraborty, Sima Chattopadhyay, Suryadip Mukhopadhyay, Ujjyal Chattopadhyay (Narrator)

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