A review by anxiouslybooked
On Air with Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

4.0

Two years ago, Zoe Washington (with the help of others) proved that her biological father was wrongfully convicted and incarcerated. Now after being released from prison and working to start over, Zoe witnesses first-hand how difficult it can be for someone who was incarcerated, even wrongfully incarcerated, to truly start over. Zoe and her biological father Marcus have a dream of opening a restaurant where Marcus can sell the food he makes, and Zoe can bake and sell desserts. However, when they run into problems such as not being able to secure funding to make this dream a reality, Zoe digs into why this is happening and decides to start a podcast interviewing and sharing exonerees’ experiences after being released from prison. Zoe knows how powerful her voice is when it is, and now she is using it to share these exonerees’ experiences and to hopefully fundraise for her and Marcus' culinary endeavor!

Personal opinion:
I really enjoyed this book and I thought that it shined a light on a really important topic! I also think that Marks did a great job sharing this story in a way that is accessible for middle level readers! Those who enjoyed From the Desk of Zoe Washington with undoubtably enjoy this sequel!