{"id":9655,"date":"2018-07-05T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=9655"},"modified":"2018-06-28T11:15:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T16:15:20","slug":"tough-stories-listen-and-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=9655","title":{"rendered":"Tough stories? Listen and learn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.audiobooksync.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free audiobooks from SYNC<\/a> bring us strong stories from real life and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/ew\/articles\/2015\/06\/04\/students-face-uncertain-paths-after-special-education.html\">real-life situations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Download these complete audiobooks from Thursday through Wednesday this week for free, then listen to them whenever you like.<\/p>\n<p>If you miss the free download time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/\">check with your local library through WorldCat<\/a> to see if they have the CD (or print book or eBook) that you can borrow.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9656\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=9656\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/invisible-girls-SYNC.jpg?fit=480%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"invisible-girls SYNC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/invisible-girls-SYNC.jpg?fit=201%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/invisible-girls-SYNC.jpg?fit=480%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9656\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/invisible-girls-SYNC.jpg?resize=201%2C201&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"CD of The Invisible Girls, by Sarah Thebarge | Read by Kirsten Potter Published by Oasis Audio, LLC. | recommended on BooksYALove.com\" width=\"201\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/invisible-girls-SYNC.jpg?resize=201%2C201&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/invisible-girls-SYNC.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/invisible-girls-SYNC.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/invisible-girls-SYNC.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><em><strong>The Invisible Girls<\/strong><\/em> (download free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audiobooksync.com\/books\/the-invisible-girls\/\">here<\/a> from 5-11 July 2018)<br \/>\nby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarahthebarge.com\">Sarah Thebarge<\/a><br \/>\nRead by <a href=\"http:\/\/kirstenpotter.com\">Kirsten Potter<\/a><br \/>\nPublished by <a href=\"http:\/\/oasisaudio.com\">Oasis Audio, LLC.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a young woman remaking her own life in a new city, the author meets a refugee mother desperate to feed her five daughters in a new culture they don&#8217;t understand.<br \/>\n<em><strong>Girls Like Us\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(download free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audiobooksync.com\/books\/girls-like-us\/\">here<\/a> from 5-11 July 2018)<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9657\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=9657\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/girls-like-us-SYNC.jpg?fit=480%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/girls-like-us-SYNC.jpg?resize=201%2C201&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"CD cover of Girls Like Us, by Gail Giles | Read by Lauren Ezzo, Brittany Pressley Published by Candlewick on Brilliance Publishing | recommended on BooksYALove.com\" width=\"201\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/girls-like-us-SYNC.jpg?resize=201%2C201&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/girls-like-us-SYNC.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/girls-like-us-SYNC.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/girls-like-us-SYNC.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audiobooksync.com\/books\/girls-like-us\/www.gailgiles.com\">Gail Giles<\/a><br \/>\nRead by 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