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This week, Erin reads from the book The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary by NoNieqa Ramos. Read-alikes include: Gabi, a girl in pieces by Isabel Quintero I am not your perfect Mexican daughter by Erika Sanchez The poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo The surprising power of a good dumpling by Wai Chim

This week, Erin reads from Troublemaker by John Cho. Read-alikes include: When Winter Robeson came by Brenda Woods Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes Clean Getaway by Nic Stone Blended by Sharon Draper For Black girls like me by Mariama Lockington

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads the first chapter of HopePunk by Preston Norton. Read-alikes include: Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney Stevens I wish you all the best by Mason Deaver Darius the Great is not okay by Adib Khorram

This week, Erin reads from the book The Anti-Book by Raphael Simon (Pseudonymous Bosch). Read-alikes include: The Insiders by Mark Oshiro The House that Wasn't There by Elana Arnold The Island of Dr. Libris by Chris Grabenstein Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S by David Levithan

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This month Amy and Kayla discuss "How Much of These Hills Is Gold" by C. Pam Zhang. Join us if you're looking for a historical fiction that challenges history.

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from Did I Mention I Love You? by Estelle Maskame. Read-alikes include: To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon Sunkissedby Kasie West Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth

This week, Erin reads from the book "The Supernatural Society" Read-alikes include: Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy by Anne Ursu Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi

This week, Erin reads from the book Big Boned by Jo Watson. Read-alikes include Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy You should see me in a crown by Leah Johnson I’ll be the One by Lyla Lee If it makes you happy by Claire Kann . . Just for funsies, the Spider-Man comics for M.J.'s red hair

This week, Erin reads from the first (few) chapters of The View from the Very Best House in Town by Meeran Trehan. Read-alikes include Can you see me? by Libby Scott Let’s pretend we never met by Melissa Walker Forget me not by Ellie Terry Howl’s moving castle by Diana Wynne Jones This one is a bit of a stretch, BUT Baba Yaga’s Assistant by Marika McCoola. (The house is basically alive)

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This month's Last Tuesday read is Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains by Kerri Arsenault. Join Erin and Amy as we discuss key plot points that may inspire you to pick it up at your local library!

In this edition of the Next Reads podcast, Erin reads the first chapter of The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson. Read-alikes include: The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Barnes The Cousins by Karen McManus Ace of Spades by Faridan Abike-Iyimide You Have a Match by Emma Lord A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

In this edition of the Next Reads podcast, Erin reads the first chapter of Starfish by Lisa Fipps. Read-alikes include: The List of Things that will not Change by Rebecca Stead Nat Enough by Maria Scrivan Can You See Me? by Libby Scott It all begins with Jelly Beans by Nova Weetman Blubber by Judy Bloom (but this is not a body positivity book - provides good context for how many of us over a certa...

In this edition of the Next Reads podcast, Erin reads the first chapter of Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis. Read-alikes include: Jackaby by William Ritter Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch Winter by Marissa Meyer Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay

In this edition of the Next Reads podcast, Erin reads the first chapter of Gussy, by Jimmy Cajoleas. Read-alikes include: The Girl who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu Hello Universe by Erin Kelly A Tale Dark and Grim by Adam Gidwitz Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

In this edition of the Next Reads podcast, Erin reads the first chapter of All Boys aren't Blue by George M. Johnson. Read alikes for this book include: The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You by Jason Reynolds Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi We are not Broken by George M Johnson

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Join Amy and guest librarian Amanda in there rave review of Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse. This book is a dream for Amy as a fantasy nerd who loves the fresh perspective and multiple POVs that Roanhorse's work provides.

For more good reads involving horses, life challenges, and the like, try these: Grand Theft Horse by Greg Neri Pony by R.J. Palacio Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire by John August Paradise on Fire by Jewell Parker Rhodes Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac -Also watch the film Concrete Cowboy on Netflix, starring Caleb McLaughlin and Idris Elba

The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo read-alikes The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz The Mad Wolf’s daughter by Dian Magras Queen of the Sea by Dylan Meconis Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel Jose Older

I think you might also be interested in these books: Until Friday Night by Abbi Glines Golden Arm by Carl Deuker History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson Love Double Dutch! By Doreen Spicer-Dannelly Legacy and the Queen by Kobe Bryant

Scary Stories for Young Foxes: The City by Christian McKay Heidicker Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Small Spaces by Katherine Arden A tale dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz They threw us away by Daniel Kraus The Wild Robot by Peter Brown The Underneath by Kathi Appelt

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