Season 2, Episode 1: Stories of Resilience

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