A review by libraryjen
Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration by Rose Brock

5.0

I had never heard of this book before starting it so I had no idea what to expect. I listened to this as part of the audiobooksync.com summer 2020 lineup. Since I was familiar with 15 of the 24 contributing authors, I was hopeful. I was not disappointed! The entries were a little unevenly paced and some appealed to me, personally, more than others, but that's to be expected in an anthology. However, over all this book was wonderful! I wasn't ever bored, and I learned things from every single essay. I discovered new authors that I now want to read because I was so impressed with their essays and touched by their experiences.

I particularly enjoyed Aisha Saeed and Atia Abawi (neither of whom I had heard of before), but my favorites were Jason Reynolds, Nicola Yoon (no surprise, I love books by both of them), and Jeff Zentner (whom I had never heard of but will now seek out).

I highly recommend this compilation of essays! You will experience tragedy and triumph and racism and fear but, ultimately, you will come away feeling hopeful and inspired to make the world a better place. 5 enthusiastic stars!