Under the Same Stars, Libba Bray
Under the Same Stars, Libba Bray
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Under the Same Stars
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick

Author: Libba Bray

Narrator: January LaVoy, Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Major Curda

Unabridged: 16 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/04/2025


Synopsis

A Good Morning America Book Club YA Pick! This program features multicast narration.

"This is an audiobook one wishes would never end." —AudioFile on The King of Crows (an Earphones Award winner)

From New York Times-bestselling author Libba Bray comes an evocative and groundbreaking young adult historical mystery that examines truth, rebellion, reconciliation, and what must be sacrificed for a better world.

It was said that if you write to the Bridegroom’s Oak, the love of your life will answer back. Now, the tree is giving up its secrets at last.

In 1940s Germany, Sophie is excited to discover a message waiting for her in the Bridegroom's Oak from a mysterious suitor. Meanwhile, her best friend, Hanna, is sending messages too—but not to find love. As World War II unfolds in their small town of Kleinwald, the oak may hold the key to resistance against the Nazis.

In 1980s West Germany, American teen transplant Jenny feels suffocated by her strict parents and is struggling to fit in. Until she finds herself falling for Lena, a punk-rock girl hell-bent on tearing down the wall separating West Germany from East Germany, and meeting Frau Hermann, a kind old lady with secrets of her own.

In Spring 2020, New York City, best friends Miles and Chloe are in the first weeks of COVID lockdown and hating Zoom school, when an unexpected package from Chloe’s grandmother leads them to investigate a cold case about two unidentified teenagers who went missing under the Bridegroom’s Oak eighty years ago.

A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

About Libba Bray

Libba Bray is the New York Times bestselling author of The Gemma Doyle trilogy (A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, The Sweet Far Thing); the Michael L. Printz Award-winning Going Bovine; Beauty Queens, an L.A. Times Book Prize finalist; and The Diviners series. She is originally from Texas but makes her home in New York City.

About January LaVoy

January LaVoy has narrated the Sweet Valley Confidential series for Macmillan Audio, as well as The Snow Angel by Glenn Beck and Dreams of the Dead by Perri O’Shaughnessy.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Susan Carolynn on February 04, 2025

This book was BEAUTIFULLY written. Hands down my new favorite book of 2025. If you love a genre blend of historical fiction, mystery, and contemporary fiction with superb writing, please, begging you to read this! Now I'm scared to read any other historical fiction books because I think I'll be disa......more

Goodreads review by karen on February 12, 2025

one million stars.......more

Goodreads review by Zana on February 03, 2025

The writing was top notch, but unfortunately, Under the Same Stars didn't really grab my attention as much as I thought it would. The book has a lot to say about the current climate regarding fascism and doing the right thing under dangerous circumstances. This is definitely an important read and Lib......more

Goodreads review by Booksblabbering || Cait❣️ on January 27, 2025

Potential new favourite historical fiction blend. Northern Germany, WWII: Sophie and Hanna are best friends coming to age as Hitler gains power and WWII occurs. West Berlin, 1980: Jenny moves from America to Berlin with her uptight parents and meets the punk undercurrent. New York, 2020: Miles is alon......more

Goodreads review by Madalyn (Novel Ink) on October 23, 2024

well, i read my most-anticipated book of the past several years, and i have thoughts! as a libba bray stan of almost two decades, i can say that this book feels very different from all of her others. it doesn't feature any actual magic, but there is this dreamlike, fairytale quality woven throughout......more


Quotes

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

“The legendary Libba Bray writes punk rock journeys across wide swaths of dark history and deep into the wonder of the human soul. She is one of our most original minds and Under the Same Stars will leave you shattered and wildly hopeful.” — E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars and Genuine Fraud

"Libba Bray is magic. [Her] gorgeous prose and propulsive plotting draw the reader into the lives of young people who are fighting for their communities and themselves and you'll want to fight right alongside them. . . . stirring and absolutely unforgettable." —Samira Ahmed, New York Times-bestselling author of Internment and Hollow Fires

"Immersive... Bray emphasizes how much we’re connected, offering a powerful depiction of transformative storytelling as an act of resistance and a harbinger of the future... a breathtaking journey that will leave a lasting impression on readers’ minds and hearts." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"[An] inspiring historical mystery... Bray’s intimate third-person narrative kaleidoscopes back and forth in time, interweaving the three story lines and highlighting their internal resonance." —Publishers Weekly

"The three timelines are beautifully woven together, layered with secret loves, deep betrayals, and painful regrets, all threaded by the persistent theme that resistance to oppression looks different in different times but is always defined by a search for justice." —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books