Stork Storytime Podcast

*content warning with this one* This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from I'm the Girl by Courtney Summers. Read-alikes include: The Honeys by Ryan La Sala Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus Broken Things by Lauren Oliver Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson Bad Things Happen Here by Rebecca Barrow

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book We are the Song by Catherine Bakewell. Ready-alikes include: Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend A Tale of Magic by Chris Colfer Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun by Tola Okogwu Kelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts by Erika Lewis

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from The Getaway by Lamar Giles. Read-alikes include: The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi The Fever King by Victoria Lee Rise of the Red Hand by Olivia Chadha

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book Grow up, Tahlia Wilkins! by Karina Evans. Read alikes include: Starfish by Lisa Fipps All Summer Long by Hope Larson The Moon Within by Aida Salazar Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina Go with the Flow by Lily Williams

This week, Erin reads from The Ravens by Kass Morgan and Danielle Paige. Read-alikes include: Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco Legendborn by Tracy Deonn The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling Toil & Trouble by Jessica Spotswood

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Join Amy and Jennie as they discuss October's hauntingly real read - The Mad Women's Ball. If you enjoyed this book, I also highly recommend Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich.

This week, Erin reads from the book Small Spaces by Katherine Arden. Read-alikes include: The Girl in the Locked Room by Mary Downing Hahn The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty Long Lost by Jacqueline West

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from Hollow Fires Samira Ahmed. Read-alikes include: When You Look Like Us by Pamela Harris All American Boys by Jason Reynolds This Is My America by Kim Johnson All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney Off the Record by Camryn Garrett

This week, Erin reads from The Devouring Wolf by Natalie C. Parker. Read-alikes include: Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia Curse of the Night Witch by Alex Aster The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill Monsterland by James Crowley The Oddmire: Changeling by William Ritter

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book Vanished! (a Framed novel) by James Ponti. Read-alikes include: Howard Wallace, P.I. by Casey Lyall The Great Shelby Holmes by Elizabeth Eulberg The Great Greene Heist by Varian Johnson

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Join Amy and Staci as they discuss this year's All Iowa Reads winner - The Butterfly Effect. This is a contemporary novel with a local Iowa setting - Ames, Iowa and the Reiman Gardens. Readers who enjoy a unique main character and a different perspective of contemporary fiction will truly appreciate McKenny's story.

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book "Long Live the Pumpkin Queen" by Shea Ernshaw. Read-alikes include: The Book of Living Secrets by Madeleine Roux Not Good for Maidens by Tori Bovalino Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads a chapter from Answers in the Pages by David Levithan. Read-alikes include: Those Kids from Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly Americus by MK Reed & Jonathan Hill Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics by Chris Grabenstein

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book Murder of Crows by K. Ancrum. Read-alikes include: The Collective by Alison Gaylin Very Bad People by Kit Frick The Girl in the Lake by India Hill Brown

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from The Last Beekeeper by Pablo Cartaya. Read-alikes include: anything written by Pablo Cartaya (of course) The Line Tender by Kate Allen Strange Birds by Celia C. Perez The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson The Ice House by Monica Sherwood The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

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Amy and Sue discuss a hidden gem of a historical fiction novel. This book is based on the true life journey of two giraffes as they travel from Africa to New Jersey then across the United States to the San Diego Zoo. This will be one to tell your friends about!