Ep. 157 Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh -- The Stacks Book Club (Nic Stone)
It's time for The Stacks Book Club conversation about our March pick, 2020 National Book Award Finalist, Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh. We are joined by prolific YA author, Nic Stone (Dear Martin, Dear Justyce). Our conversation explores what makes a book "good" or "bad", the complexity of finding one's self, and the power and value in our bodies.
There are spoilers on this episode.
Be sure to listen until the end of today’s episode to find out our book club picks for BOTH April and May!
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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes and on Bookshop.org and Amazon
Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Dear Justyce by Nic Stone
"Rudine Sims Bishop: ‘Mother’ of multicultural children’s literature" (Robin Chenoweth, The Ohio State University)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling
Shuri Series by Nic Stone
All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Sphere by Michael Crichton
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
Booked by Kwame Alexander
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Angel and Hannah by Ishle Yi Park
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Mrs. Doubtfire (Chris Columbus, 1993)
Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon
The Tristan Strong Series by Kwame Mbalia
Let It Snow by John Green, Lauren Myracle, and Maureen Johnson
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk
The Tradition by Jericho Brown
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
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