Weston LibGuides: Suggested Summer Reading 2016: Audiobooks

Outstanding Books for the College Bound audiobooks

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At Home by Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson turns his eye for intriguing connections to exploring the history of the structure of the house from ancient times to recent innovations.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
Connect with the residents of Annawadi, a makeshift settlement on the outskirts of the Mumbai airport, as they confront global change and inequality in modern India with hope and imagination.
Bossypants by Tina Fey
How did one of the funniest women in the world get to where she is? In Fey’s own words, “you have to go down the chute.”
Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China by Leslie T. Chang
A compelling and eye-opening look at young women in China who make up a growing migrant population in the country’s largest cities.
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
Kim Chang grows up living a double life: a scholar at school during the day and Chinatown sweatshop worker in the evenings. Kim must translate not just her language, but her role within each of her worlds.
Malcolm X by Manning Marable
ISBN: 0670022209

A nuanced and thoughtful examination of a complex man who was both a powerful advocate for social change in America and a controversial public figure shrouded in competing myths.
Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Get a glimpse of what life is like in this oppressive and secretive nation through the lives of some ordinary people who managed to escape.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
A self-proclaimed “ghetto nerd,” outcast and animé loving Oscar Wao is the latest in a long line of doomed generations to suffer the dreaded fuku curse of his native Dominican Republic. With only humor and talent as his weapons, he perseveres, knowing “you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in.”
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Henrietta Lacks had no idea that her cells would lead to science’s greatest medical breakthroughs, nor did her family have any idea that her cells would still be alive today. Skloot explores the ethics of the scientists who first used Lacks’s cells and discovered that they would live forever, as well as the impact of the family’s discovery that her cells were alive and being used without the family’s permission.
The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr
Piano prodigy Lucy quit playing when she could no longer handle her family’s pressure. Can she ever learn to find her love and passion for the music again on her own terms?
The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
Two kids with the same name grew up only blocks away from each other. One went on to become a scholar and businessman, while the other is serving a life sentence in prison.
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
ISBN: 0399162097

At first glance the Cooke family seems normal in every way, but Rosemary keeps secrets too painful to acknowledge, even to herself. Karen Joy Fowler’s work questions our depiction of family, memory, and even humanity itself.

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Ebook and audiobook Libguide

Sync Free Audiobooks all summer!!!

Sync Audiobooks for Teens gives you 30 free downloads of young adult audiobooks all summer long. You have to download the Overdrive app to use. You keep the audiobooks forever.