285 || Books Kids Actually Want to Read

This week, Annie is joined by Olivia, The Bookshelf manager, children and young adult lit specialist and leader of Dumbledore’s Army, to discuss books kids like to read.

The books mentioned on today’s podcast are available for purchase through The Bookshelf:

• Alien Superstar by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver

• Middle School Bites by Steven Banks

• Confessions of a Dork Lord by Mike Johnston

• A Flicker of Courage by Deb Caletti

• Mightier Than the Sword by Drew Callander and Alana Harrison

• The Day I Was Erased by Lisa Thompson

• Voyage of the Frostheart by Jamie Littler

• The Land of Stories series by Chris Colfer

• Allies by Alan Gratz

• Brother's Keeper by Julie Lee

• The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman

• Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk

• Broken Strings by Eric Walters and Kathy Kacer

• Coo by Kaela Noel

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is still reading Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi and Olivia is reading The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman.

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