Happy #YALLWrite weekend, everybody! For this celebration of all things books & writing, THE READER ebook is available for only $2.99 across all platforms! 😱 (Barnes & Noble, Amazon) Grab yours to read in between today’s slate of fabulous craft panels, and be sure to register for “Worlds from Words,” TOMORROW at 4pm ET (register here!) with Jennifer L. Armentrout, Somaiya Daud, Jordan Ifueko & Samantha Shannon, moderated by Veronica Roth!  📚

Parents Magazine has named We Are Not Free one of their 10 Best Books for Teens this year! Check out their teen list for more great recommendations, and if you're shopping for bookish gifts, be sure to peruse their whole list for readers of all ages!

We Are Not Free has won an Earphones Award from Audiofile Magazine!!! 🎧🏆 The review calls the cast “outstanding”, “with [each] narrator’s voice closely mirroring the character’s distinct and vibrant personality”—plus a special shout-out for Kurt Sanchez Kanazawa's “standout performance as Twitchy”! ✨ Huge thanks to Audiofile Magazine for the review and to all the narrators who have brought this story to life! Read the full review here.

🎧 The audiobook is available on all your favorite audiobook platforms, so be sure to check it out!!! 💖 Audible | Libro.fm | Kobo

Woke up to this great news! ☀️ WE ARE NOT FREE made
Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2020! Check out the whole list here!

I am in SHOCK. WE ARE NOT FREE is a National Book Award FINALIST in Young People’s Literature!!!!!! Thank you so much to the National Book Foundation & the judges for this incredible honor, and HUGE CONGRATS to all the other finalists! 🎉 For the full list, check this article in the Washington Post!

📸 by the amazing team at HMH! 💜

Have I gushed enough about the WE ARE NOT FREE audiobook yet? NEVER! This audiobook is amazing! 💙 With ELEVEN narrators of Japanese descent bringing these characters to life, the audiobook feels less like an audiobook and so much more like a group of kids just telling their stories to their friends. It feels real, and concrete, and personal, and absolutely perfect. (My mom actually admitted to me that she likes the audiobook more than the physical book! 😅) I cannot tell you how much I adore this project and how lucky and grateful I am to have had so many talented actors lend their voices to We Are Not Free. 💙 Thank you so much to the team at HMH Audio and all the narrators:

• Scott Keiji Takeda as Minnow & Kiyoshi,
• Ryan Potter as Shig,
• Ali Fumiko as Yum-yum,
• Sophie Oda as Bette,
• Andrew Kishino as Frankie & Mas,
• Christopher Naoki Lee as Stan,
• Grace Rolek as Aiko & Keiko,
• Erika Ishii as Yuki,
• Brittany Ishibashi as Mary,
• Kurt Sanchez Kanazawa as Twitchy,
• my cousin Terry Kitagawa as Tommy,
• and Dan Woren reading the government documents and newspaper articles!

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Get it the audiobook: 💙 Audible 💙 Libro.fm 💙 Kobo

The last #WeAreNotFree Research Stories is here! It's 1945, near the end of the war, and my grandpa is drafted into the army. The day after he leaves, he starts writing to my grandma, and in those letters I found the beginning of their love story. ? Watch to find out more!

CATCH UP ON THE REST OF THIS SERIES:
* Research Stories #1: Best Story Behind a Photograph
* Research Stories #2: Most Striking Moment from an Interview
* Research Stories #3: Most Memorable Travel Experience
* Research Stories #4: Best Surprise from a Primary Source