Category: Highlights Episode

61: Ibi Zoboi's PRIDE and AMERICAN STREET: Cherishing Culture - Unabridged Highlights

2/20/2019

In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we discuss Ibi Zoboi's YA Lit books, Pride: A Pride and Prejudice Remix and American Street.

Pride summary: In this modern day remix of Pride and Prejudice, Zuri Benitez seeks to find herself as she moves toward college. When the wealthy Darcy family moves into her neighborhood of Bushwick, Zuri finds herself arguing for the merits of her home and struggling against the change that is threatening her path and her family.

American Street summary: When Fabiola Toussaint flies from Haiti to America with her mother, she dreams of a new life with her aunt and cousins. However, when her mother is detained at the American border, Fabiola quickly discovers that the life she envisioned in Detroit is not what is in store for her.

We worked hard to avoid spoilers in this #unabridgedhighlights episode; see the timeline below to avoid spoilers in American Street. If you haven't read them yet, check out Pride: A Pride and Prejudice Remix and American Street by Ibi Zoboi!

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Introduction and Overview of Episode: 0:00 - 01:26
Discussion of Pride: 01:26 - 19:30
- Classroom Connections: 19:30 - 21:33
Discussion of American Street: 21:33 - 51:53
- Spoilers beginning 37:35
- Classroom Connections: 51:53 - 53:32

other mentions

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give
Sonia Nazario's Enrique's Journey

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Isabel Quintero's GABI, A GIRL IN PIECES - You Have the Power: A Discussion with College Students (Episode 58)

1/30/2019

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"People are who they are no matter how much you want them to be somebody else, Gabi. And we have two choices: love and accept them with all their faults."

In this podcast episode, we have a great discussion with college freshmen at Bridgewater College about Isabel Quintero's Gabi: A Girl in Pieces. Gabi is a Latina senior in high school who is working through struggles with her family and friends such as pregnancy, drug addiction, homophobia, and gender expectations. Through her writing and her discovery of her own voice, she empowers herself to be her own hero.

Spoilers are inevitable throughout this discussion, so consider whether or not to listen if you haven't yet read the book Gabi, a Girl in Pieces!

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Introduction and Summary of the Book: 0:00 - 03:49
Main Discussion: 03:50 - 36:01

other mentions

J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye
Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Charles Dickens's Great Expectations

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Podcast Episode 56 - I Will Qualify Them All: Unabridged Awards

1/16/2019

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-Alternate Titles-
Address the nervousness
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Anticipating it is exciting
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Not a lot of table space for a drum roll
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I guess that was obvious
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What is wrong with you?
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We're going to take a bit of a dip
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Just phenomenal

favorites by category mentioned in episode

Jen -
- Most devastating, gorgeous novel that alternates between time periods - Rebecca Makkai’s The Great Believers
- Most satisfying end of a long series that I’ve been reading for years - Sarah J. Maas’s Kingdom of Ash

Ashley -
- Best memoir that left me tearing up every five minutes - Michelle Obama’s Becoming
- Best YA verse novel that includes brilliant slam poetry - Elizabeth Acevedo’s The Poet X

Sara -
- Best book I thought I would hate, but ended up LOVING - Rebecca Serle’s The Dinner List
- Most compelling non-fiction that I have read in a LONG time. - John Carreyrou’s Bad Blood

not my cup of tea

Ashley - Angelo Surmelis’s The Dangerous Art of Blending In
Jen - Ariel Lawhon’s I Was Anastasia
Sara - Emily Giffin’s All We Ever Wanted

favorites by category - children's books

Ashley - A book I’ve decided my girls will absolutely have to read (I hope… fingers crossed that they will like it) - Kelly Barnhill’s The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Jen - A book I immediately had to read with my son - Jacqueline Woodson’s Harbor Me
Sara - A book filled with nostalgia that I HAD to share with my kids - Barbara Robinson's The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

favorites from the podcast

Ashley - Emily X. R. Pan’s The Astonishing Color of After
Jen - Tara Westover’s Educated
Sara - Dane Huckelbridge’s Castle of Water

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Our Confessions Being Made: Beat the Holiday Reading Slump (Highlights Episode 52)

12/19/2018

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-Alternate Titles-
I could recite to you precisely what it says.
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If you're into pretty books
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There is no picture of Cleopatra
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It's a lovely book to look at.
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They all had imaginary friends.
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I got a little fatigued.
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That is not a great plan for me.
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I will be taking my own advice.

children's anthologies mentioned in episode

Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls edited by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson

anthologies mentioned in episode

Jen -
- Here We Are: 44 Voices Write, Draw, and Speak about Feminism for the Real World edited by Kelly Jensen
- Flying Lessons & Other Stories edited by Ellen Oh
- Three Sides of a Heart: Stories about Love Triangles edited by Natalie C. Parker

Ashley -
- #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women edited Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale
- Anthology of Motherhood edited by Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright
- Because I Was a Girl edited by Melissa de la Cruz

Sara -
- Girls Write Now: Two Decades of True Stories by Young Female Voices edited by Girls Write Now
- All the Women in My Family Sing: Women Write the World: Essays on Equality, Justice, and Freedom (Nothing But the Truth So Help Me God) edited by Deborah Santana and America Ferrera
- My True Love Gave to Me: 12 Holiday Stories edited by Stephanie Perkins

other mentions

Chimamanda Ngozi's We Should All Be Feminists
Women of NASA Lego Set
You Should Meet Collector's Set: Women Who Launched the Computer Age; Mae Jemison; Misty Copeland; Jesse Owens; Duke Kahanamoku; Katherine Johnson
Barack Obama's Of Thee I Sing

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Stay the Course and Go for It: Graphic Novels and Comic Collections (Highlights Episode 48)

11/21/2018

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It's fear that makes us lose our conscience. It's also what transforms us into cowards.”

― Marjane Satrapi, The Complete Persepolis

works mentioned in episode

Jen -
- March Trilogy by John Lewis with Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell
- Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
- Runaways by Rainbow Rowell and Kris Anka
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8 by Joss Whedon (Author), Georges Jeanty (Illustrator), Andy Owens (Illustrator), Jo Chen (Illustrator)
- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
- This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki

Ashley -
- Blankets by Craig Thompson
- Alone by Christophe Chabouté
- Illegal by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, and illustrated by Giovanni Rigano
- La Perdida by Jessica Abel

Sara -
- El Deafo by Cece Bell
- Middle School Is Worse than Meatloaf by Jennifer L. Holm and illustrator Elicia Castaldi
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
- Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral

other mentions

Saga by Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables and the graphic novel adaptation (Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel by Mariah Marsden and Brenna Thummler)
Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone series
Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
Rick Riordan's graphic novels
Griffin and Sabine by Nick Bantock

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43: Anne Bogel's READING PEOPLE and I'D RATHER BE READING: Part of My Personality - Unabridged Highlights

10/17/2018

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Books draw us deeply into the lives of others, showing us the world through someone else's eyes, page after page."

-Anne Bogel,
I'd Rather Be Reading

timeline

Introduction and Summary of the Book: 00:00 - 01:24
Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lenses of Personality Changes Everything: 01:24 - 35:42
I'd Rather Be Reading: the Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life: 35:52 - 63:46

other mentions

The Popcast podcast with Jamie and Knox
Susan Cain's Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking
Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile's The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery
Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone
John Green's The Fault in Our Stars
Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air
Nina Riggs's The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying

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Podcast Episode 39 - Phenomenal in Scope: Global Read Aloud with LOVE, HATE & OTHER FILTERS, AMAL UNBOUND, and REFUGEE

9/19/2018

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You can find more information about the Global Read Aloud and sign up for the program by visiting the website, by following Pernille Ripp on Twitter, and by using the hashtag #globalreadaloud on Instagram.

We tried to go very light on the spoilers in this #unabridgedhighlights episode, but a few minor spoilers were hard to avoid as we revealed what we loved about these books.

timeline

Introduction and Overview of Episode: 00:00 - 00:54
Samira Ahmed's Love, Hate, and Other Filters: 00:55 - 16:30
Aisha Saeed's Amal Unbound: 16:40 - 39:20
Alan Gratz's Refugee: 39:32 - 57:33

other mentions

Clemantine Wamariya's The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After (with Elizabeth Weil)

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Podcast Episode 34 - Everything Is Linked: Jason Reynolds Highlight - LONG WAY DOWN, GHOST, and WHEN I WAS THE GREATEST

8/15/2018

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-Alternate Titles-
The Middle Drawer
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Complications of Friendship
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I like to do athletic things
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I AM athletic

**We're having a giveaway of SEVEN (yes, seven!) Jason Reynolds books from Wednesday, August 15, through Wednesday, August 22. Check Instagram (@unabridgedpod) and Facebook (facebook.com/unabridgedpod) for details and to enter.**

We tried to go very light on the spoilers in this #unabridgedhighlights episode, but a few minor spoilers were hard to avoid as we revealed what we loved about these books.

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Introduction and Summary of the Book: 00:00 - 02:15
A Long Way Down: 02:15 - 15:31
Ghost: 15:41 - 26:47
When I Was the Greatest: 26:57 - 43:28
Classroom Connections: 43:28 - 47:50

other mentions

T. S. Eliot's The Hollow Men
Jason Reynolds's As Brave as You
Jason Reynolds and Brennan Kiely's All American Boys

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61: Ibi Zoboi's PRIDE and AMERICAN STREET: Cherishing Culture - Unabridged Highlights

Isabel Quintero's GABI, A GIRL IN PIECES - You Have the Power: A Discussion with College Students (Episode 58)

Podcast Episode 56 - I Will Qualify Them All: Unabridged Awards

Our Confessions Being Made: Beat the Holiday Reading Slump (Highlights Episode 52)

Stay the Course and Go for It: Graphic Novels and Comic Collections (Highlights Episode 48)

43: Anne Bogel's READING PEOPLE and I'D RATHER BE READING: Part of My Personality - Unabridged Highlights

Podcast Episode 39 - Phenomenal in Scope: Global Read Aloud with LOVE, HATE & OTHER FILTERS, AMAL UNBOUND, and REFUGEE

Podcast Episode 34 - Everything Is Linked: Jason Reynolds Highlight - LONG WAY DOWN, GHOST, and WHEN I WAS THE GREATEST

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