Hear host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Michele Cobb share details about the winner of the Best Young Adult audiobook. This year’s nominees include audiobooks that were beautifully narrated by the authors themselves as well as those brought to life by professional narrators. Be sure to watch our discussion with the celebrity judges of the Young Adult Audies category, authors Jerry Craft, Melissa de la Cruz, and V.E. Schwab, on our website.
The finalists for the 2021 Audie Award for Young Adult audiobooks are:
CLAP WHEN YOU LAND by Elizabeth Acevedo, read by Elizabeth Acevedo, Melania-Luisa Marte, published by Harper Audio
EVERYTHING SAD IS UNTRUE by Daniel Nayeri, read by Daniel Nayeri, published by Listening Library
POISONED by Jennifer Donnelly, read by Rosie Jones, published by Scholastic Audiobooks
A SONG BELOW WATER by Bethany C. Morrow, read by Jennifer Haralson, Andrea Lang, published by Macmillan Audio
THIS IS MY AMERICA by Kim Johnson, read by Bahni Turpin, published by Listening Library
Congratulations to Elizabeth Acevedo and Melania-Luisa Marte for their win for CLAP WHEN YOU LAND, a beautiful and heartbreaking story of two sisters united by tragedy. Hear more about the winning audiobook, which also won in the Multi-Voiced Performance category, in today’s episode.
Find a full list of 2021 Audie Award finalists and winners at theaudies.com
Support comes from Oasis Audio, publisher of The Last Queen. Simon Vance narrates a revelatory new biography of Queen Elizabeth and the royal Windsor family.
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