A podcast about young adult lit and what it can teach us at any age. Join us as we review new releases, revisit old classics, bring you hot lists, hotter casting choices, and more!
Teffer and Bailey review Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu, talking about intergenerational feminism, riot grrrls, and what they liked (and didn’t like) about the Netflix adaptation.
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Chris Walker of Nerdcraft Nation joins Eunice and Teffer to talk about Stamped, Jason Reynolds’ “remix” of Ibram X. Kendi’s antiracism work. We talk about highschool history class, institutional racism, and what anti-racist pedagogy might look like.
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This week, Kadi and Bailey review The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna. We talk about well-researched fantasy religions, the experience of living under oppressive systems, brilliant visual metaphors, and how dang much we want this incredible book to be made into a movie.
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Kadi & Eunice review Malinda Lo’s Last Night At The Telegraph Club and talk about period pieces, romance novels, and the beauty of intersectional representation.
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This week, patron Maddy Dever joins Teffer to talk about The Art of Feeling by Laura Tims! We’re talking about grieving, living with chronic pain, the surprising joy of finding people who value you, and the mortifying ordeal of being known.
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This week, Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan joined Teffer and Kadi to talk about relationships, sex, peer-to-peer education, and, of course, their new YA sex ed resource, Let’s Talk About It! Join us for a conversation about taking the fear out of dating, who to talk to about what you want to do, and what to name your favourite beet!
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This week, Kadi and Eunice review Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley! We talk about communities going through hard times, intergenerational trauma & healing, and the importance of storytelling in marginalized communities. Then, we get vulnerable about recent events and our own experiences as cultural minorities. This book is so good, y’all. It’s so good!!
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After 128 episodes of Teffer pestering the others to review a Ship Book, it finally happened! Listen in as Teffer and Bailey review Adrienne Young’s high seas fantasy, Fable, and get into exactly what it is that makes a maritime adventure so much fun. We talk pseudo-love triangles, almost-queer-baiting, and which nautical daddies can get it.
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Kadi and Teffer review To All the Boys: Always and Forever, the Netflix adaptation of Jenny Han’s Always and Forever, Lara Jean. Join us for Kadi’s first foray into the himbo universe, the joys of boys who do sports, satisfying final chapters, and a surprising side order of Jon Hamm. Is anyone else hot?
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