Podcasts by First Chapter Fridays with ACL
Need a reading recommendation? Join the Augusta County Librarians as they read the first chapter of some of their favorite books from a variety of different genres including middle grade and YA!
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Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray from 2021-02-26T13:00
Pauli Murray was an activist, lawyer, priest, and so much more. While not as well-known as those who lauded her work like Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Bader Ginsberg, she worked for decades to dis...
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A Princess in Theory from 2021-02-19T13:00
Naledi Smith is working on her graduate degree and has no time for the annoying emails claiming she's the disappeared betrothed of Prince Thabiso of Thesolo. Thabiso can't resist the opportunity...
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Everything Sad is Untrue (a true story) from 2021-02-12T15:16:40
This week's winner is the recent recipient of the Printz Award, given to the best work of young adult fiction each year.
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When You Trap a Tiger from 2021-02-05T13:00
Our Middle Grade pick this week is the latest recipient of the Newberry Medal, When You Trap a Tiger, written by Tae Keller.
Wh...
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We Ride Upon Sticks from 2021-01-22T13:00
This week’s first chapter for adults is We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry. The year is 1989 and the Danvers, Massachusetts High School girls’ field hockey team, the Falcons, will do any...
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Conversion from 2021-01-15T15:39:45
Our YA pick this week is Conversion by Katherine Howe, a chilling mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane that is Prep Listen
Echo Mountain from 2021-01-08T13:00
Our Middle Grade pick this week is Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk, a historical novel about a young heroine in Depression-era Maine who is navigating the rocky terrain of her new life on Echo Moun...
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The Lost City of Z from 2020-12-25T13:00
This week’s first chapter is The Lost City of Z by David Grann. This is a fascinating true story of deadly obsession in the Amazon and man’s quest for truth. After stumbling upon a hidden trove ...
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The Hogfather from 2020-12-18T16:27:46
A festive entry in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, which sees wizards, a monster bashing nanny, and actual gods racing to save the Hogfather.
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon from 2020-12-04T13:00
The Girl Who Drank the Moon is a 2017 Newbery Medal-winning novel by Kelly Barnhill. In this book, we follow the story of Luna, who, after being raised by a witch, must figure out how t...
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Ep. 13 Born a Crime by Trevor Noah from 2020-11-29T18:06:57
This week’s first chapter for adult listeners is Born a Crime: Stories from an Authentic South African Childhood by Trevor Noah.
This memoir documents Noah’s unlikely path from apar...
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Ep. 12: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion from 2020-11-20T21:10:23
For adult listeners this week. we're reading The Rosie Project by Australian author Graeme Simsion.
In this lighthearted romantic comedy, socially challenged genetics professor Don ...
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Jackaby by William Ritter from 2020-11-13T14:00
This week we are featuring Jackaby by William Ritter. The 1st book in an exciting YA supernatural detective series. A serial killer is on the loose in New Fiddleham, New Eng...
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I Can Make This Promise from 2020-11-06T13:00
For our middle-grade pick this week, we have chosen a title by a Native author in celebration of National Native American Heritage Month.
In her debut middle grade novel I Can Make Th...
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Halloween Special from 2020-10-30T12:00
To celebrate Halloween, Youth Services Librarian Hailee and Library Aide Vicki will be reading from three spooky short story collections!
The Devil in the White City from 2020-10-27T19:09:34
Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America's rush toward the twentieth century. Daniel Hudson Burnham, a renowned...
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Kill Creek from 2020-10-16T12:00
It was supposed to be a publicity stunt: four famous horror authors spending the night in one of the world’s most notorious haunted houses. But the house on Kill Creek has sinister plans for its...
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An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir from 2020-10-09T12:00
Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free. Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor ...
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Small Spaces from 2020-10-02T12:00
In Small Spaces, New York Times bestselling adult author of The Bear and the Nightingale makes her middle-grade debut with a creepy, spellbinding ghost story R.L....
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Radium Girls from 2020-09-25T12:00
This week we are featuring The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore.
Drawing on previous...
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Mr. Churchill’s Secretary from 2020-09-18T12:00
Brilliant Maggie Hope uncovers terrible truths while working for newly sworn-in Prime Minister Winston Churchill in this historical spy thriller from Susan Elia MacNeal.
Mr. Churchill's S...
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Truly Devious from 2020-09-11T12:00
This week, listen to the first chapter of a Young Adult mystery set in a boarding school for gifted teens.
In Truly Devious, New York Times bestselling author Maur...
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The Story Collector from 2020-09-04T12:00
Welcome to the first episode of First Chapter Fridays with ACL, a new podcast from the Augusta County Library. If you are looking for a new read, this is the place for you.
We are going t...
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