Burn Baby Burn
In a conversation recorded before the National Book Awards were announced, we discuss the long-list nominee Burn Baby Burn (we were all rooting for you this one to win!). We have a conversation about publishers italicizing non-English languages in books. Molly suggests any book by Walter Dean Myers and The Disreputable History of Frankie Landua-Banks by E. Lockhart. Nate suggests Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton and If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth. He also reveals his crush on super-librarian Nancy Pearl. Lindsey suggests The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds, More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera, and American Girls by Alison Umminger Kim suggests Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero. Nathan mentions, but forgets to suggest Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older (but seriously go read it!)