This summer, SYNC will be providing two free teen audiobooks each week from May 5th to August 11th. Each week will focus on a specific theme, pairing a classic YA title with a more modern YA title. This week starts Thursday, June 9th with I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson and Zac and Mia by A.J. Betts. These […]
Check out our new Realistic Fiction titles: Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here by Anna BreslawWhen Scarlett’s beloved TV show is canceled and her longtime crush, Gideon, is sucked out of her orbit and into the dark and distant world of Populars, Scarlett turns to the fanfic message boards for comfort. This time, though, her subjects aren’t the swoon-worthy stars of […]
The theme for week 5 of SYNC’s Summer Audiobooks is survival in the face of adversity. One audiobook tells the tale of a young man in the twentieth century who was born dead. The other audiobook tells the story of a young woman in Afghanistan in the twenty-first century. The setting and timelines may be different, but both characters overcome their […]
Paper Towns by John Green I would definitely say that Paper Towns is one of my favorite books. While I was reading I could not put it down because it’s the perfect mixture of mystery, friendship, and love. The main character is Quentin Jacobsen, and he has liked Margo Ruth Spiegelman for a long time. One night she asks him […]
Check out what’s new in Mysteries and Thrillers this month: A Drop of Night by Stefan Bachmann17 year old Anouk has been chosen to participate in an exclusive program, which includes an all-expense-paid trip to France and a chance to explore the hidden underground Palais du Papillon, or the Palace of the Butterfly. Along with four other bright and talented […]
Speculative fiction is a broad genre that includes fiction with supernatural, fantasy, magical realism, alternative history, or futuristic elements. Check out some of our new books! The Head of the Saint by Socorro Acioli Having arrived in Candeia, Brazil, starving and footsore, after walking sixteen days to fulfill his dying mother’s last wishes, young Samuel takes up residence in an […]
This summer, SYNC will be providing two free teen audiobooks each week from May 5th to August 11th. Each week will focus on a specific theme, pairing a classic YA title with a more modern one. This week starts Thursday, May 26th with Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone and Egg and Spoon by Gregory Maguire. These two titles […]
Here’s what’s new in Realistic Fiction this month: The Haters by Jesse Andrews Inspired by the years he spent playing bass in a band himself, The Haters is Andrews’s road trip adventure about a trio of jazz-camp escapees who, against every realistic expectation, become a band. For Wes and his best friend, Corey, jazz camp turns out to be lame. […]
This week’s SYNC books feature two boys and their different roads to manhood with some rough patches along the way. As usual, one is fiction and the other is nonfiction. The first book is 100 Sideways Miles written by Andrew Smith and read by Kirby Heybourne. It features sixteen year old Finn Easton. Finn Easton sees the world through miles instead of minutes. It’s […]
Are you waiting for the next book to come out? Check here to see if one of these new series books is on your to-read list: The Rose & The Dagger by Renée Ahdieh (Sequel to The Wrath & The Dawn) In this reimagining of The Arabian Nights, Shahrzad tries to uncover powers that may lie dormant within her in an attempt to […]
