In this episode, Kim and Alice dive into some great young adult nonfiction reads and consider true stories connected to current events like Harry and Meagan’s royal visit to Australia and debates about immigration. This episode is sponsored by Bibliophile from Chronicle Books and Democracy Hacked by Martin Moore. Follow Up In The Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick New Books All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung Silicon Valley: San Francisco in the Long Shadow of the Valley by Cary McClelland Let It Bang: A Young Black Man's Reluctant Odyssey into Guns by R.J. Young In Pursuit: The Hunt for the Beltway Snipers by David Reichenbaugh Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood by Rose George The King and the Catholics: England, Ireland, and the Fight for Religious Freedom, 1780-1829 by Antonia Fraser Weekly Theme: YA Nonfiction Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers Hardcover by Deborah Heiligman #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women, ed. By Mary Beth Leatherdale and Lisa Charleyboy Mary’s Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lita Judge Being Jazz: My Life As a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America, edited by Amy Reed Current Events Reads American Princess: The Love Story of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry by Leslie Carroll Tomorrow Will be Different by Sarah McBride Undocumented Lives: The Untold Story of Mexican Migration by Ana Raquel Minian Reading Now How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Zinblatt (via Barack Obama’s current reading recommendations) The Evangelicals by Frances Fitzgerald See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices