SUGGESTED READING

Narrator Kyla Garcia imprints her style and charisma upon this audiobook with her creation of teen voices that young listeners will find unforgettable. Her rhythm, timing, and inflections are so finely tuned that each character is easily recognizable. Clara Evans discovers a list of "prohibited media" that was secretly removed from the school library because it would "interfere with the students' education." In defiance, she creates an underground library of those very books. Garcia nails the emotional roller coaster that Clara and her friends experience as each of them has an epiphany in response to a book. The teens' discoveries of the power of literature are evident in Garcia's extraordinary performance. E.E.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine [Published: DECEMBER 2019]