On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt and A Long Time Coming by Ray Anthony Shepard), show their charitable side with Project Holiday Cheer, spin around for a while debating wheeled furniture, and head back to school with three first-generation college students in Jennifer Miller's Rising Class, a high school Dogwood.

For those following along, we will be discussing the other Ruta Sepetys book on a reading list, You: The Story, in the January episode.

On this episode, Greg and Dan welcome a special guest to discuss what they are currently reading (Spirit Sleuths by Gail Jarrow, The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki, the Arden High graphic novels (Twelfth Grade Night and King Cheer) by Molly Horton Booth, Stephanie Kate Strohm and Jamie Green, and Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham), celebrate the important connection between ELA teachers and librarians, and learn how to say "Ruta Sepetys" while diving into her historical fiction Gateway nominee I Must Betray You.

On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (An Illustrated History of Urban Legends by Adam Allsuch Boardman and Accountable: the true story of a racist social media account and the teenagers whose lives it changed by Dashka Slater), help social studies teachers prep election lessons, shoutout a few new databases, and shower (pun intended) The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson, a Gateway nominee with some Stephen King inspiration.