In today’s special edition of Behind the Mic, narrator Marisa Blake shares her thoughts on one of this year’s Best YA Audiobooks, WE ARE NOT FROM HERE by Jenny Torres Sanchez. She and AudioFile’s Robin Whitten discuss the challenging and powerful audiobook that tells the story of three teenagers escaping a gang leader in Guatemala and making their way to America. Published by Dreamscape.

2020 Best Young Adult Audiobooks:
THE BLACK FLAMINGO by Dean Atta, read by Dean Atta
KENT STATE by Deborah Wiles, read by Lauren Ezzo, Christopher Gebauer, Christina Delaine, Johnny Heller, Roger Wayne, Korey Jackson, David DeVries
PUNCHING THE AIR by Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam, read by Ethan Herisse
RAYBEARER by Jordan Ifueko, read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt
STAMPED by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, read by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi [Intro.]
WE ARE NOT FROM HERE by Jenny Torres Sanchez, read by Marisa Blake

For the full list of AudioFile’s 2020 Best Audiobooks, visit audiofilemagazine.com

Today's episode of Behind the Mic is brought to you by Oasis Audio, publisher of DUST, the first in the new Heirs of Neverland series, a dark and dramatic take on the classic story of Peter Pan.
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