This week, Erin reads from the book Big Boned by Jo Watson. Read-alikes include

Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy

You should see me in a crown by Leah Johnson

I’ll be the One by Lyla Lee

If it makes you happy by Claire Kann

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Just for funsies, the Spider-Man comics for M.J.'s red hair

This week, Erin reads from the first (few) chapters of The View from the Very Best House in Town by Meeran Trehan. Read-alikes include

Can you see me? by Libby Scott

Let’s pretend we never met by Melissa Walker

Forget me not by Ellie Terry

Howl’s moving castle by Diana Wynne Jones

This one is a bit of a stretch, BUT Baba Yaga’s Assistant by Marika McCoola. (The house is basically alive)

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This month's Last Tuesday read is Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains by Kerri Arsenault. Join Erin and Amy as we discuss key plot points that may inspire you to pick it up at your local library!

In this edition of the Next Reads podcast, Erin reads the first chapter of The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson. Read-alikes include:

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Barnes

The Cousins by Karen McManus

Ace of Spades by Faridan Abike-Iyimide

You Have a Match by Emma Lord

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

In this edition of the Next Reads podcast, Erin reads the first chapter of Starfish by Lisa Fipps. Read-alikes include:

The List of Things that will not Change by Rebecca Stead

Nat Enough by Maria Scrivan

Can You See Me? by Libby Scott

It all begins with Jelly Beans by Nova Weetman

Blubber by Judy Bloom (but this is not a body positivity book - provides good context for how many of us over a certain age were raised to think about bodies)

In this edition of the Next Reads podcast, Erin reads the first chapter of Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis. Read-alikes include:

Jackaby by William Ritter

Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch

Winter by Marissa Meyer

Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell

Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay

In this edition of the Next Reads podcast, Erin reads the first chapter of Gussy, by Jimmy Cajoleas. Read-alikes include:

The Girl who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu

Hello Universe by Erin Kelly

A Tale Dark and Grim by Adam Gidwitz

Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

In this edition of the Next Reads podcast, Erin reads the first chapter of All Boys aren't Blue by George M. Johnson. Read alikes for this book include:

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You by Jason Reynolds

Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi

We are not Broken by George M Johnson

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