{"id":11420,"date":"2020-06-25T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11420"},"modified":"2020-06-25T10:07:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T15:07:52","slug":"different-stories-different-viewpoints-audiobooks-bring-us-both","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11420","title":{"rendered":"Different stories, different viewpoints? Audiobooks bring us both"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s past time to pro-actively seek out viewpoints beyond our own, to strive to understand where others are placed in the world – let this week’s free audiobooks get you started on this journey!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, grab the free Sora app<\/a> on your phone or tablet. Next, register free at AudioSYNC<\/a>, then use either or both of the links below to download this week’s audiobooks, free through Wed, July 1, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mexican Whiteboy<\/em><\/strong> (download here<\/a> free, 25 June -1 July 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

by Matt de la Pe\u00f1a<\/a>. Read by Henry Leyva<\/a>. Published by Brilliance Audio<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Half-Mexican, half-White, all mixed up – Danny doesn’t fit in at his San Diego private school where his talented but erratic pitching can’t save him from being too brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He doesn’t speak Spanish, so it’s awkward staying with his dad’s family when his divorced mom goes north. Is he the reason Dad went back to Mexico?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Silence Between Us<\/em><\/strong> (download here<\/a> free, 25 June -1 July 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since becoming Deaf a few years ago, Maya has learned ASL at a special school. Then Mom’s job moves them across the country, and the teen must attend a hearing high school…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recommended this #ownvoices story on BooksYALove earlier this year – no-spoiler details here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How are you working to truly see and understand the culture of other people?
**kmm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s past time to pro-actively seek out viewpoints beyond our own, to strive to understand where others are placed in the world – let this week’s free audiobooks get you started on this journey! First, grab the free Sora app on your phone or tablet. Next, register free at AudioSYNC, then use either or both […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[237,19],"tags":[127,148,75,105,230,11,5,16,220,87,40,44,43,227,39,27,300,184,330,193,9,21],"class_list":["post-11420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diverse-books","category-fiction","tag-audiobooks","tag-baseball","tag-brothers","tag-california","tag-colorado","tag-communication","tag-coping","tag-determination","tag-diversity","tag-divorce","tag-fathers","tag-friendship","tag-growing-up","tag-identity","tag-love","tag-medical","tag-mexican-american","tag-mothers","tag-ownvoices","tag-prejudice","tag-school","tag-self-image"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mexican-whiteboy-86062-sync2020-2400x2400-1.jpg?fit=480%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11420"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11439,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11420\/revisions\/11439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}