Little & Lion
“Narrator Alisha Wainwright pours emotion into her performance. Taking her cues from the text, she sighs and laughs, her voice quavers and cracks, and listeners feel what Suzette is feeling. Wainwright’s empathetic narration makes listeners care about all of the characters, and her performance connects with Colbert’s layered, atmospheric story of family ties, identity, and figuring out how to do the right thing. The result is an affecting and engrossing audiobook that will resonate with listeners.”
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One of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2017 for Teens
A Bookish pick of Best LGBTQ YA Books of the Year
A 2017 ALA Best Book for Young Adults
In the Margins Book Award winner for fiction
A BuzzFeed Books Pick of 9 Books about Living with Mental Illness
Winner of the Stonewall Book Award
A Vulture.com Pick of Best Books of the Year
A Seventeen Magazine Pick of Best Books of the Year
A Shondaland Pick of Best Books for Black History Month
When Suzette comes home to Los Angeles from her boarding school in New England, she's isn't sure if she'll ever want to go back. L.A. is where her friends and family are (as well as her crush, Emil). And her stepbrother, Lionel, who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, needs her emotional support.
But as she settles into her old life, Suzette finds herself falling for someone new…the same girl her brother is in love with. When Lionel's disorder spirals out of control, Suzette is forced to confront her past mistakes and find a way to help her brother before he hurts himself-or worse.
"Little and Lion is beautifully insightful, honest, and compassionate. Brandy's ability to find larger meaning in small moments is nothing short of dazzling." - Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything
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