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The Real Education of TJ Crowley
Coming of Age on the Redline: An Audio Drama
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The Real Education of TJ Crowley
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2025 Audie Award Winner - Best Young Adult Audiobook
AudioFile Earphones Award | IPPY Award
Wichita, summer 1968. The city’s redline still runs down the middle of TJ Crowley’s street. His father is gone. His brother is in Vietnam. His mother is unraveling. Then the Washingtons—a Black family with a daughter his age—move in next door.
TJ is thirteen, with a temper he can’t control and a man from his mother’s past who orders him to help build the fence between the two yards. “Stay away from them or you’re grounded for life,” his mother warns.
Then gospel music drifts through the fence. TJ has a choice to make.
A full-cast audio drama in three acts. Fifteen actors. Twenty-four roles. Original gospel music performed by the ARISE Ensemble. Co-produced by Audie Award-winning narrators Dion Graham and Tavia Gilbert.
“Performed by a gifted cast, this slice of our history stays with the listener.” —AudioFile Magazine
“Easy to see why this one was the winner.” —Audible
ADVISORY: Contains racist language and depictions of racial violence appropriate to its 1968 setting. Best suited for mature YA readers and adults.
Reseñas de la crítica
“Will sweep you away to the turbulent times of the Civil Rights Movement…replete with a full cast and exceptional sound design.”
“The narrators of this fraught coming-of-age story are excellent…The gospel music of the Arise Ensemble enhances the listening experience. The audio drama has moments of remarkable verisimilitude: from the play-by-play announcing of a basketball game to the whirring of a helicopter in Vietnam. Performed by a gifted cast, this slice of our history stays with the listener. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
“Puts the themes of To Kill a Mockingbird into overdrive…Unfinching…A novel for our times.”
“A deftly-crafted, thought-provoking, and solid work of YA historical fiction. Unreservedly recommended for both school and community library YA fiction collections.”
“Historical fiction at its finest.”
“The casting is perfect and the audio elements like music, choir, and sound effects give the story an authentic boost…[that] reminded me of old radio drama series but even better.”
“The excellent, fearless performances, especially Dani Martineck as TJ, Johnny Heller as Uncle Ray, and Dion Graham as Dr. Washington…vividly bring the grim truths of America’s legacy of racial oppression to life, but the light of kindness and hope is always shining in this moving story of change.”
“One of the most popular books in my classroom library. The questions it raises about race, class, and family resonate with young women and men encountering a world with injustice and conflict.”
“Brought to life by a series of finely drawn characters, the book offers readers, particularly teens, a chance to think about some of the most important issues facing our society today.”
“The perfect book to spur frank discussions about whiteness with teens and young adults, offering insights into the fear and hate of white supremacy and a model of how a white person can change and challenge what they think they know about race. This book will provoke meaningful discussions in the classroom.”
“Set in an explosive moment in America’s racial history, this coming-of-age story prompted me to consider my own moral courage. What choices would I have made if I were in TJ’s shoes? I was on the edge of my seat, turning the pages and rooting for TJ as he navigated his young life with increasing clarity.”
