Episode 9: Back to School

Mari, Jessica, and Cheryl are back to discuss what they've been reading as summer comes to a close. School reading, nostalgia, slowing down and Hispanic Heritage Month with our producers Cassidy and Rissa.

Cheryl’s Books: 
Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction by Gabrielle Moss
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
The Volcano Daughters:  A Novel by Gina Maria Balibrera

Mentioned:
Francine Pascal
Christopher Pike
R.L. Stine
The Girls of Canby Hall (available from MELCAT)
Sweet Valley Twins Graphic Novels
National Hispanic Heritage Month 
Isabel Allende

Jessica’s Books: 
 Hampton Heights: One Harrowing Night in the Most Haunted Neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by Dan Kois
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki

Mentioned: 
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
What You Are Looking For is at the Library by Michiko Aoyama
We’ll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida 
The Healing Season of Pottery by Yeon Somin (10/22 release)

Mari’s Books: 
How It All Ends by Emma Hunsinger
Little Shrew by Akiko Miyakoshi

Mentioned: The Tea Party in the Woods by Akiko Miyakoshi
Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail by Ben Montgomery
Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail by Jennifer Thermes

Rissa’s Book:
The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History by Nathalia Holt

 Highlights from our Facebook Question: What was the best book you read in K-12?

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Judy Blume
Beverly Cleary