Born Behind Bars

I'm not a big audiobook listener generally but in an effort to get through a lot of books for end-of-the-year listmaking I put aside my podcasts and listened to 3 audiobooks in the last week, and of those 3 I think for me, I liked [b:Barakah Beats 55977910 Barakah Beats Maleeha Siddiqui https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1610397087l/55977910.SX50.jpg 84283994] more as an audiobook than I would have in print, I think I liked [b:Rez Dogs 55873270 Rez Dogs Joseph Bruchac https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1608628435l/55873270.SX50.jpg 87088268] less as an audio than I would have in print, and I think this one was maybe neutral.I think the tone of this is just right in conveying what an absolutely shitty hand in life Kadir has been dealt here without being way too depressing but also without sugarcoating it. It's a compelling story that I think could be a great window for a lot of kids (American and elsewhere) into some issues they might not have learned about. Fans of “survival” stories (I put it in quotes bc it's not like, Hatchet, but somehow those kind of vibes) I think will enjoy this. It's fast paced and wraps up neatly in a way that's maybe a littttttle implausible but not wildly unrealistic IMO, and mostly you're just like, thank god this kid finally got a break.