Stronger at the Seams

Narrated by Kate Rudd
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Pub Date Oct 01 2024 | Archive Date Dec 10 2024

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Description

From award-winning author Shannon Stocker comes a moving and empowering YA novel that explores what it means to find your voice and learn to advocate for yourself. Twyla has always believed things happen for a reason, but when she starts having severe health issues and doctors won’t listen to her concerns, she finds herself questioning everything, including her diagnosis … and wondering if her mother’s death holds the answer.

Twyla enters high school sure of three things: Her best friends will always be there for her, the next four years will be amazing, and her mom was right when she said there’s a reason behind everything. Then she gets extremely nauseous and has trouble concentrating during a field hockey game. The doctors say it’s only a mild digestive issue, but Twyla is convinced they’re wrong. Making things worse, her friends start ghosting her outside of school, even though they tell her everything is fine, and her dad is becoming more distant each time she asks about her mom’s life before she died.

As Twyla’s illness intensifies and her diagnosis stays the same, she finds herself feeling like her world is unraveling. It’s not until she begins researching her symptoms herself—and discovers something in her mom’s old records that could hold the answer to her condition—that she believes there could be some sort of reason for everything she’s facing. But will anyone listen to her in time?

Stronger at the Seams:

  • Is a contemporary fiction novel for listeners 12 and up and adult fans of YA
  • Comes from Shannon Stocker, the winner of the 2023 Schneider Award for Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion and an advocate for children with disabilities and chronic disease
  • Is a powerful coming-of-age story about family, friendship, and self-advocacy

From award-winning author Shannon Stocker comes a moving and empowering YA novel that explores what it means to find your voice and learn to advocate for yourself. Twyla has always believed things...


Advance Praise

"This must-read book for teens with chronic illness has universal themes for all readers about the importance of self-advocacy, family, and friendship." --School Library Journal

"...a compassionate interpretation of one teen's difficulties navigating health concerns and medical advocacy." --Publishers Weekly

"Overall, Stocker's young adult debut packs a hefty punch, building to a crescendo of emotions and a satisfying conclusion."--Booklist

"This must-read book for teens with chronic illness has universal themes for all readers about the importance of self-advocacy, family, and friendship." --School Library Journal

"...a compassionate...


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EDITION Audiobook, Unabridged
ISBN 9780310163183
PRICE $24.99 (USD)
DURATION 8 Hours, 11 Minutes

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Such a cute book …loved how wolfie’s disability is thrown in too ….autism is a new topic for me ….writing is full of information that is very intriguing to me

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This is a wonderful book! It follows the story of a teen experiencing unknown medical issues while navigating school and the worries of being a teenager . I love how it shares the importance of self-advocacy, communication, friendship, and compassion, all while being filled with excitement, drama, emotion and suspense that makes you want to read more.

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This was one of the most beautiful books I have read in a long time. While it’s marketed at YA, I think anyone could enjoy this book, and I think it would have a particular market amongst parents.

The writing was beautiful, but it was the story itself that had so much heart, with the MC Twyla wonderfully fleshed out and incredibly authentic as a teen character. I also thought Twyla’s search for answers and attachment to certain solutions (whether true or not) was so realistic. There was also much grace in the representation of illness and grief, and an important message about validation and self advocacy.

I feel quite emotional after reading, so I know that this book was a high ranking one for me.

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