Young Adult

Allegedly

A Psychological Thriller

By: Tiffany D. Jackson
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

Orange Is the New Black meets Walter Dean Myer’s Monster in this gritty, twisty, and haunting debut by Tiffany D. Jackson about a girl convicted of murder seeking the truth while surviving life in a group home.Mary B. Addison killed a baby. Allegedly. She didn’t say much in that first interview with detectives, and the media filled in the only... Read more

I Am Not Jessica Chen

By: Ann Liang
Narrated by: Katharine Chin
Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

“Jenna Chen wishes she were as successful, pretty, and popular as her cousin Jessica. But when she wakes up in her cousin’s body, living a perfect—and pressure-filled—life, she must face difficult truths about herself, Jessica, their immigrant families, and the boy she’s loved from afar for years. This isn’t a simple body-switching fairly tale.... Read more

Halfway There

A Graphic Memoir of Self-Discovery

By: Christine Mari
Narrated by: Sara Matsui Colby, Chieko Hidaka, Alice Wen & Siho Ellsmore
Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

A poignant young adult graphic memoir that follows one teen's year abroad in Japan, as she seeks to reconcile both sides of her biracial identity.

Christine has always felt she is just half: Half American, half Japanese. As a biracial Japanese American who was born in Tokyo but raised in the US, she knows all too well what it’s like to be a part... Read more

The Weight of Blood

By: Tiffany D. Jackson
Narrated by: JD Jackson, Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Joy Nash, Christopher Salazar & Karen Malina White
Length: 10 hours 55 minutes

“A massacre happens at a high school prom leaving few survivors. This book incorporates podcasts episodes and news reports of the events leading up to the massacre. The producers of this audio book took great care in crafting an immersive experience. By giving the different characters their own voice actors the story comes to life and the... Read more

Monday's Not Coming

By: Tiffany D. Jackson
Narrated by: Imani Parks
Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

“This heartbreaking, mind-bending thriller reads like truth: Monday Charles, a young black girl who lives in poverty, whose care has been shifted from one agency to another until no one knows who is supposed be looking out for her, disappears at the beginning of a long, hot, DC summer. But only her best friend Claudia registers her disappearance.... Read more

White Smoke

By: Tiffany D. Jackson
Narrated by: Marcella Cox
Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

The Haunting of Hill House meets Get Out in this chilling YA psychological thriller and modern take on the classic haunted house story from New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson!Marigold is running from ghosts. The phantoms of her old life keep haunting her, but a move with her newly blended family from their small California... Read more

Blackout

A Novel

By: Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk & Nicola Yoon
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Dion Graham, Imani Parks, Jordan Cobb, Shayna Small, A.J Beckles & Bahni Turpin
Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

“Six YA superstars collaborate on this delightful collection of short love stories about black teenagers falling in love during a city-wide blackout. With such a diverse lineup of voices and romance tropes, there is a love story in here for every reader. Read more

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (10th Anniversary Edition)

By: Sherman Alexie
Narrated by: Sherman Alexie
Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

Heartbreaking, funny, and... Read more

I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

By: Jamison Shea
Narrated by: Kristolyn Lloyd
Length: 12 hours 1 minute

From debut author Jamison Shea comes this slow-burn horror novel that lifts a veil on the institutions that profit from exclusion and the toll of giving everything to a world that will never love you back. This program is read by Grammy- and Emmy-award-winning-actor Kristolyn Lloyd.

There will be blood.

Ace of Spades meets House of Hollow in this... Read more

The Black Girl Survives in This One

Horror Stories

By: Desiree S. Evans & Saraciea J. Fennell
Narrated by: Shayna Small & Tananarive Due
Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

“For fans of the horrible, terrible, and downright scary! This anthology of short YA stories features many of the latest and most in-demand Black women horror authors. You will speed through this read, if you don't get too scared. We highly recommend. Read more

My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix

Remixed Classics: Book #6

By: Kalynn Bayron
Narrated by: Clifford Samuel
Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

“Kalynn Bayron never fails to deliver incredible stories with beautifully developed characters. I absolutely loved the audio edition of this book. Read more

Clever Creatures of the Night

By: Samantha Mabry
Narrated by: Ana Osorio
Length: 7 hours

“Case’s friend Andrea has invited her to spend the day with her at the remote house where she is staying with friends from school after escaping a natural disaster. But when Case arrives, Drea is not there. As she searches for the truth about Drea’s whereabouts, Case becomes more and more suspicious. What are the house-mates hiding, how much... Read more

Man Made Monsters

By: Andrea L. Rogers
Narrated by: Lane Factor & DeLanna Studi
Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Tsalagi should never have to live on human blood, but sometimes things just happen to sixteen-year-old girls.

Making her YA debut, Cherokee writer Andrea L. Rogers takes her place as one of the most striking voices of the horror renaissance.

Horror fans will get their thrills in this collection—from werewolves to vampires to zombies, all the... Read more

Direwood

By: Catherine Yu
Narrated by: Cindy Kay
Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

In this velvet-clad 1990s gothic horror, Aja encounters a charming vampire who wants to lure her into the woods—just like her missing sister.



No one ever pays attention to sixteen-year-old Aja until her perfect older sister Fiona goes missing. In the days leading up to Fiona's disappearance, Aja notices some extraordinary things: a strange fog... Read more

Dead Girls Walking

By: Sami Ellis
Narrated by: Tamika Katon-Donegal & Geneva Mitchell
Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Temple Baker knows that evil runs in her blood. Her father is the North Point Killer, an infamous serial killer known for branding his victims. He was the talk of countless true crime blogs for years. Some say he was possessed by a demon.

Some say they never found all his victims. Some say that even though he’s now behind bars, people are still... Read more

Bad Boy

A Memoir

By: Walter Dean Myers
Narrated by: Joe Morton
Length: 4 hours 26 minutes

A classic memoir that's gripping, funny, and ultimately unforgettable from the bestselling former National Ambassador of Books for Young People. A strong choice for summer reading—an engaging and powerful autobiographical exploration of growing up a so-called ""bad boy"" in Harlem in the 1940s.As a boy, Myers was quick-tempered and physically... Read more

Hidden Figures

The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

By: Margot Lee Shetterly
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

“Every so often I find myself blindsided by history, in this case by a wealth of information lurking unseen below the surface about the African-American female mathematicians working at NASA from its very inception being just the tip of the iceberg. What I found when I delved into Shetterly’s well researched and lovingly written homage to the... Read more

Tallchief

America's Prima Ballerina

By: Maria Tallchief & Rosemary Wells
Narrated by: Gabrielle De Cuir & Connie Mustang
Length: 20 minutes

Growing up on the Osage Indian reservation, Maria Tallchief was a gifted pianist and dancer. According to Osage tradition, women are not permitted to dance, but Maria's parents recognized her gifts and allowed her to break the rule. Then when Maria reached the age of twelve, her father told her it was time to choose between her two loves. Maria... Read more

Once Upon a Quinceanera

Coming of Age in the USA

By: Julia Alvarez
Narrated by: Daphne Rubin-Vega
Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

The bestselling author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, Julia Alvarez, examines the parties and preparations of the quincea–era. Read more

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

By: Erika L. Sánchez
Narrated by: Kyla Garcia
Length: 9 hours 40 minutes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “stunning” (America Ferrera) YA novel about a teenager coming to terms with losing her sister and finding herself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican American home.

“Alive and crackling—a gritty tale wrapped in a page-turner. ”—The New York Times

Perfect Mexican daughters... Read more