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It is better to hear an author read from her own book. Listen to Jennifer Niven

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Jennifer Niven reads from BREATHLESS | Book Your Summer Live

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It is better to hear an author read from her own book. Listen to Renee Ahdieh read.

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Renée Ahdieh reads from THE DAMNED  | Book Your Summer Live

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It is better to hear an author read from her own book. Listen to author Nina LaCour

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Nina Lacour reads from WATCH OVER ME | Book Your Summer Live

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More than a snippet...Listen to our podcast about a transgender brujo, who must work to make his family accept the real him as he finds love and his own power.

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In today's episode Stacey and Melissa discuss the young adult book Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas. They also explore the questions that ignited their curiosity to seek information beyond the book such as: Day of the Dead celebrations, LGBTQIA+, and Latinx.

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Listen to a short passage from Labyrinth Lost, the story of a young Latina Bruja who does not want her powers.

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More than a snippet...dive into West African culture as a young powerful girl must save her kingdom from evil and confront the boy who is trying to save himself and his own family.

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The Curious Reader: 𝘈 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘶𝘪𝘯

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In today's episode Stacey and Melissa discuss the young adult book A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown. They also explore the questions that ignited their curiosity to seek information beyond the book such as: music, storytelling, and symbolism.

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Listen to the prologue of a magical tale about an ordinary businessman who unexpectedly ends up in an underworld of London. He is tasked with fighting evil to save a mysterious kingdom.

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More than a snippet...Listen to our podcast discussing this story about a high school senior in New York City, struggling with his life circumstances, emotions, and desire to be the first from his family to be graduated from college. Special thanks to school psychology Sheehan Gendron allowing me to interview her about teens and stress.

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In today's episode Stacey and Melissa discuss the young adult book Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe. They also explore the questions that ignited their curiosity to seek information beyond the book such as: Immigration, Students and Stress, and Food and Culture. Stacey and Melissa are pleased to share an interview with Goffstown High School Psychologist, Sheehan Gendron, who provided information to help teens deal with stress.

Looking for more information to satisfy your curiosity check out https://padlet.com/mmannon/fimut9tt651uauhb.

Looking for the Haitian Orange Cake recipe: https://www.caribbeangreenliving.com/simple-orange-cake-haitian-gateau-a-lorange/

A link to the journal recommended by Sheehan Gendron: https://biglifejournal.com/products/big-life-journal-teen-edition

This podcast is created inside the Goffstown Public Library in Goffstown, NH. We hope you enjoy the ambient noise that only a 111 year old building can provide.

Did you enjoy this podcast? Don't forget to follow and share. Stacey and Melissa will be eternally grateful.

The Curious Reader logo art was created by Lorelei Mannon.
The Curious Reader theme music is courtesy of: Music: Say You Will by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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Download The Curious Reader Podcast - The Curious Reader: Charming as a Verb | Podbean

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In today's episode Stacey and Melissa discuss the young adult book Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe. They also explore the questions that ignited their curiosity to seek information beyond the book such as: Immigration, Students and Stress, and Food and Culture.

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The classic story of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. Growing up in poverty in the 19th century was not an easy life, but the girls had dreams, family love, and friendship to guide them.

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This is a ground breaking classic that launched the environmental movement

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A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

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A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

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In a future when few people remain on the planet, a family is visited by a stranger who steals their dog. ""...but if you steal my dog, you can at least expect me to come after you. If we're not loyal to the things we love, what's the point?"

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More than a Snippet... Listen to my podcast with Goffstown Public Library Teen Services Assistant Stacey Desrosiers discussing the book. Special thank you to GHS senior Maddy Charette for allowing me to interview her about her cousin and Deaf culture.

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Welcome to The Curious Reader Episode 1. In today's episode Stacey and Melissa discuss the young adult book The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais. They also explore the questions that ignited their curiosity to seek information beyond the book such as: Deaf Culture, Deaf President Now, Deaf Education, and Cochlear Implants. Please listen to the end for a special interview with Goffstown High School student, Maddy Charette, as she helps answer some questions about Deaf Culture. Looking for more information to satisfy your curiosity check out https://padlet.com/mmannon/3ed5iids7a36e3d.

This podcast is created inside the Goffstown Public Library in Goffstown, NH. We thank you for grace as this is not recorded in a sound proof booth; please forgive some of the background noise.

Did you enjoy this podcast? Don't forget to follow and share. Stacey and Melissa will be eternally grateful.

The Curious Reader logo art was created by Lorelei Mannon. The Curious Reader theme music is courtesy of: Music: Say You Will by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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The Curious Reader Podcast - The Curious Reader: The Silence Between Us

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Welcome to The Curious Reader Episode 1. In today's episode Stacey and Melissa discuss the young adult book The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais. They also explore the questions that ignited their curiosity to seek information beyond the book such as: Deaf Culture, Deaf President Now, Deaf Education, and Cochlear Implants.

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Memoirs help us better understand other cultures in a very profound way. Graphic memoirs allow us to see other people as they see themselves - to truly view the world through another person's eyes. This straightforward graphic memoir is filled with raw emotion and love as author Robin Ha shows us the compounded struggles of adolescence as an immigrant.

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ALMOST AMERICAN GIRL by Robin Ha | Official Book Trailer

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Diverse characters are entwined together in a story of mystery and intrigue. Follow the Malayan servant Ren as he seeks to reunite his deceased master with his lost finger to ensure a peaceful afterlife. Rich in Asian culture, this book is a wonderful adventure of fantasy of history.

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The classic story about a young woman who marries into wealth and must grapple with the ghost of her husband's late wife.

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A boy witnesses the death of his brother and vows revenge in this award winning novel in verses.

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This is the short story of a  woman whose sense of purpose is removed by the men in her life.   Her mental condition -- likely postpartum depression -- leads her to begin to see things in her wallpaper. To read the story see https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1952/1952-h/1952-h.htm

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In the summer after her senior year of high school, Marin experiences a tragedy that changes her life.

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What would it be like to wake up as a beetle?

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"In Catawissa, sometimes the dead don't stay where you put them."

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This is a wonderfully creative book about a talented boy living in a subway who winds clocks and seeks to finish the invention his father could not complete. This "snippet" is not a snippet at all, but instead shares author Brian Selznick's thoughts  about making a novel that carefully balances pictures and text.

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Telling a Story Through Pictures in The Invention of Hugo Cabret | Scholastic

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Brian Selznick explains how he relied on illustrations and words to tell the story of The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

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This is the fictional story of a young African-American slave in the early 19th century. Full of determination, she values self-reliance, education, and good fortune to lift her and propel her toward freedom.

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Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children

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Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children

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Travel back through time to meet the children cared for by Miss Peregrine. They never grow up, are always in danger, and must use their special skills to save themselves from those who wish to take their powers.

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This is a classic young adult book about Charlie, a boy who is born severely intellectually challenged. Through an experiment, scientists are able to increase his intelligence, but this does not decrease Charlie's problems.

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An American classic about a mischievous boy and his adventures.

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This classic story is about Becky Sharp, who wants to be pampered and believes her cleverness will help her climb the social ladder.

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An agoraphobic woman, trapped in her house due to PTSD, believes she has witnessed a murder. Everyone thinks she is imagining things or making up stories.

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Young Bod slithers away into the foggy night to live among ghosts in the graveyard before he suffers the same fate as his murdered family.

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Meet Young Piper who has a special ability that she needs to hide from the neighbors.

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Meet Sherman the donkey who was raised in horrific conditions, but became a beloved running partner and friend.

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Hear how mass murderer, Dr. H.H. Holmes created a setting for his crimes during the 1890s Chicago World's Fair.

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Hear an excerpt about the tenacious Francie, who faces life bravely and struggles to win a Christmas tree for her poor
family.