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KING AND THE DRAGONFLIES by Kacen Callender, read by Ron Butler
KING AND THE DRAGONFLIES by Kacen Callender, read by Ron Butler
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Length:
6 minutes
Released:
Mar 18, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Narrator Ron Butler lends expertise, elegance, and expressiveness to his heartbreakingly beautiful performance of King, a black tween whose older brother has died. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Emily Connelly discuss Kacen Callender’s must-listen audiobook for middle graders. Butler’s narration mirrors all of King’s emotions as the story sensitively explores racism, homophobia, child abuse, death, and sexuality. Each character, and most especially King, comes to life through Butler’s voice. Published by Scholastic Audiobooks.
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Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com
Support for Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine comes from Oasis Audio, publisher of Jolina Petersheim’s How the Light Gets In — a 2020 Audie Awards winner.
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Released:
Mar 18, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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