Audio Book: 3 Willows by Ann Brashares

3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows [Audiobook]
Ann Brashares (Author) / Kimberly Farr (Reader)

Incoming freshmen at the same high school that the original sisterhood attended, Ama, Jo, and Polly are learning that falling out of friendship is an unfortunate part of growing up. They're spending the summer apart—uprooted—dealing with divorce, unmet expectations, and, of course, boys. Listeners will become involved with the girls as they grow their separate ways, ultimately realizing that the roots of their friendship have never really come undone. Review from School Library Journal

Kimbery Farr does a fantastic job giving each girl a unique voice and pulling the listener along.

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Unwind by Neil Shusterman

Unwind by Neil Shusterman

The Second Civil War has come and gone and with its end comes the creation of "Unwinds"-young adults between the ages of 13 and 17 whose parents or guardians have decided to donate them to the state, so that they can be "unwound" and their body parts can be harvested and used in transplants. Three teens fight the system to try and stay whole until they reach the safe age of 18 . . . a gritty, brutal and haunting story of survival that will force you to read until the bitter end. An Abraham Lincoln 2011 Nominee.

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Aftershock by Kelly Easton

From School Library Journal
In a state of shock, 17-year-old Adam walks away from the scene of the car accident that has killed his parents. Stranded on a lonely road in rural Idaho, he heads east, on foot, as random snippets of memory wander in and out of his mind. Too traumatized to speak, his silence is misinterpreted by the succession of characters he meets on the odyssey home to Rhode Island. Stumbling upon a Wiccan meeting in a forest, he is taken in by one of the chatty young women and takes a job as a dishwasher in a local diner, where he is treated as deaf. Weeks later, he hitchhikes with a trucker and finds backbreaking work in Colorado fields with Mexican migrant farmers. He struggles to survive as he devours a frozen pizza found in a taxidermist's cabin, sleeps in a Dumpster, crashes a picnic, and steals a car. The adventures intertwine with thoughts about his girlfriend, locker-room antics, his parents, their bookstore, and his autistic cousin–spontaneously, as if his mind has short-circuited from the crash. Adam, though still mute, arrives home emotionally ready to accept his parents' death. While some situations seem far-fetched and there is some raw language, readers will be caught up in the teen's predicament.–Vicki Reutter, Cazenovia High School, NY