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The Voting Booth Hardcover – 23 July 2020

by Brandy Colbert (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 140 ratings
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From Stonewall Award-winning author Brandy Colbert comes an all-in-one-day love story perfect for fans of The Sun is Also A Star.
Marva Sheridan was born ready for this day. She's always been driven to make a difference in the world, and what better way than to vote in her first election?
Duke Crenshaw is so done with this election. He just wants to get voting over with so he can prepare for his band's first paying gig tonight.
Only problem? Duke can't vote.
When Marva sees Duke turned away from their polling place, she takes it upon herself to make sure his vote is counted. She hasn't spent months doorbelling and registering voters just to see someone denied their right. And that's how their whirlwind day begins, rushing from precinct to precinct, cutting school, waiting in endless lines, turned away time and again, trying to do one simple thing: vote. They may have started out as strangers, but as Duke and Marva team up to beat a rigged system (and find Marva's missing cat), it's clear that there's more to their connection than a shared mission for democracy.
Romantic and triumphant, The Voting Booth is proof that you can't sit around waiting for the world to change...but some things are just meant to be.
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  1. Print length
    304 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Disney Press
  4. Publication date
    23 July 2020
  5. Grade level
    2 - 9
  6. Reading age
    14 - 17 years
  7. Dimensions
    14.73 x 2.29 x 21.84 cm
  8. ISBN-10
    1368053297
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1368053297
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About the Author

Brandy Colbert is the award-winning author of Little & Lion, Pointe, and Finding Yvonne, and the forthcoming The Revolution of Birdie Randolph. Her short fiction and essays have been published in several critically acclaimed anthologies for young people. She is on faculty at Hamline University’s MFA program in writing for children, and lives in Los Angeles.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Disney Press (23 July 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1368053297
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1368053297
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 14 - 17 years
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.73 x 2.29 x 21.84 cm
  • Customer reviews:
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Brandy Colbert was born and raised in Springfield, Missouri, and has worked as an editor for several national magazines. She lives and writes in Los Angeles.

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  • Sonia Salgado
    4.0 out of 5 stars So cute!!!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 August 2020
    Aww this was such a cute read!! Plus it brings up important issues such as black on black crime, police brutality, racism, and how NOT to be an ally.

    The characters had real problems and different backgrounds and although I wish we got to know more about them, I also understand that there’s so much the characters can share after only knowing each other for less than a day.

    I’m really happy and thankful that I go to listen to the audiobook of this one in advance.

    I highly recommend it. It’s such a cute book about more than just romance.
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Make It Count
    Reviewed in the United States on 26 July 2020
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    While everyone is out here watching “The Kissing Booth 2” on Netflix, I was enjoying the epic journey shared between Duke and Marva as they traveled back and forth through town in their quest to ensure Duke's vote counted in the presidential election.

    I purchased this book on a whim at the tail end of a wash day and started reading it while sitting under the dryer. I only got about 13 pages in and then completely forgot about it. And then I picked up back up last night, and I have to say, I’m surprised by how much it was able to keep my attention and interest. So much so, that I didn't call it quits until about 5:30 this morning.

    Marva and Duke meet bright and early while they’re both exercising their right to vote in the presidential election. As high school students who have recently turned 18 years old, this is their first time being able to cast their vote and the stakes are HIGH for obvious reasons. Marva is able to easily cast her vote and feels triumphant and proud of having done her part when she sees Duke being turned away and told that he wouldn’t be able to vote because his name isn’t on the list for that particular polling location. Outraged and determined to ensure his voice is heard and counted, they set out to make it happen. Sending them on a whirlwind adventure that gave me just as of an adrenaline rush as some of my favorite Fast and Furious movies.

    I think its a testament to Brandy Colbert's writing that a book about two kids trying to VOTE kept me completely engaged, invested, and engrossed in the story from beginning to end. The way the character's background stories and histories were weaved into the main plot to provide further context and insight into their motivations and reasons for fighting so hard to cast Duke's vote, made for a full and robust story that I can't help but to appreciate. We got to know about Duke's parents and the impact of loss on their family, and we got to fall in love with Marva's IG famous cat who also played a role in making sure folks knew how important their vote was.

    I loved how mature these kids were as well. One of the main reasons I stopped reading YA many years back, was because as I got older, the angst and turmoil that riddled every YA novel just got to be too annoying and distracting for me to continue to enjoy the stories. At 18 our problems seem so important and world-ending. Like we are facing the end of days at every turn, but it isn’t until you get a bit older, that you realize just how silly some of the stresses and things we deemed as earth-shattering as a teen were. I didn’t have to deal with a single ounce of that in this book and while I know there is an audience for the angst, I’m glad to see that there is a spectrum and some books fall on the far left of it. There are other ways to create tension and conflict in a story that doesn’t include breakdowns over boys or bad grades. Brandy showed that in spades with this book and these characters who expressed themselves when they were feeling a way, didn’t hold back on speaking their minds not only to one another but to their parents as well, and who stood up for what they believed in regardless of how they would be seen by their peers.

    This was a really cool and entertaining book, and even though we don’t get to see the fictional results of the election at the end, we do get to experience their accomplishment and feeling of victory Marva and Duke have after having spent a whole day fighting for their voice to be counted and ensuring that others got the chance to as well.
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  • Alicia J.
    4.0 out of 5 stars Love it
    Reviewed in the United States on 15 November 2020
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    A lot happened in a day ! I loved the real ness of the characters. I enjoyed the writing and I hope there’s a part 2 to this book. I recommend for all. This book tackles voting, the “fear” of being pulled over by the cops, death in a family, the whole nine. I loved it
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  • Jamie Cecelia Duerr
    5.0 out of 5 stars Timely, inspirational, and adorably romantic
    Reviewed in the United States on 13 September 2020
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    A book you most certainly need to read, The Voting Booth is timely, inspirational, and adorably romantic. I couldn’t put this book down.

    Brandy Colbert has written a relevant story that readers across the United States (and the world) should be ready to read. With an upcoming US election in 2020 the fervor felt by the main character Marva on Election Day is palpable. A feeling we should all absorb, kindle, and burn bright so that we can make the wave of change that Marva so keenly desires.

    What is incredible about this book is that it all takes place over the course of a single day, but it feels like you’ve lived a lifetime with both the main characters. Told from two perspectives, Marva a passionately driven teen, voting for the first time and knows her right to vote is the first step to changing the world. Then there’s Duke, who just wants to get voting over with so he can get to his band’s first paying gig at the end of the day.

    It’s the perfect set up to what unfolds.

    Each character in The Voting Booth from the main cast to the supporting ones are all masterfully created. They felt like living breathing people. People who captivate you from the opening page. Finding you’ll never be the same once you’ve reached the end.

    Being that this is my first read of Brandy Colbert I’m wondering why I haven’t read any of her works before. She is an artisans of words. Like a chef who is both comfortable and confident in their kitchen, she is able to craft a delicious story that will have you wanting more. If her other novels are anything like this one where the characters are a driving force, the story thought-provoking, leaving me with a satisfaction that has me full, then count me in. I am ready to read them all.

    Not only are we swept away by the driving current that are the characters, but The Voting Booth takes on heavy topics. Be it voter suppression, racism, gun-violence or police brutality. Colbert sheds light on all of these important topics, she really tackles the inherent voter suppression like a skilled surgeon. She cuts through the tissue and fat, down to the marrow and exposes the cancer that people of color face during elections, where legislators will do anything to undermine voting rights in order to win.

    Most importantly, the beauty of The Voting Booth not only lies within the remarkable narrative, but also the shared experiences we see between Marva and Duke. That even though time and time and time again Marva and Duke are turned away they do not back down. It is the truth that we should all strive to make: we have to own our convictions and take action to see the change we want in this world.
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    Jamie Cecelia Duerr
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Timely, inspirational, and adorably romantic

    Reviewed in the United States on 13 September 2020
    A book you most certainly need to read, The Voting Booth is timely, inspirational, and adorably romantic. I couldn’t put this book down.

    Brandy Colbert has written a relevant story that readers across the United States (and the world) should be ready to read. With an upcoming US election in 2020 the fervor felt by the main character Marva on Election Day is palpable. A feeling we should all absorb, kindle, and burn bright so that we can make the wave of change that Marva so keenly desires.

    What is incredible about this book is that it all takes place over the course of a single day, but it feels like you’ve lived a lifetime with both the main characters. Told from two perspectives, Marva a passionately driven teen, voting for the first time and knows her right to vote is the first step to changing the world. Then there’s Duke, who just wants to get voting over with so he can get to his band’s first paying gig at the end of the day.

    It’s the perfect set up to what unfolds.

    Each character in The Voting Booth from the main cast to the supporting ones are all masterfully created. They felt like living breathing people. People who captivate you from the opening page. Finding you’ll never be the same once you’ve reached the end.

    Being that this is my first read of Brandy Colbert I’m wondering why I haven’t read any of her works before. She is an artisans of words. Like a chef who is both comfortable and confident in their kitchen, she is able to craft a delicious story that will have you wanting more. If her other novels are anything like this one where the characters are a driving force, the story thought-provoking, leaving me with a satisfaction that has me full, then count me in. I am ready to read them all.

    Not only are we swept away by the driving current that are the characters, but The Voting Booth takes on heavy topics. Be it voter suppression, racism, gun-violence or police brutality. Colbert sheds light on all of these important topics, she really tackles the inherent voter suppression like a skilled surgeon. She cuts through the tissue and fat, down to the marrow and exposes the cancer that people of color face during elections, where legislators will do anything to undermine voting rights in order to win.

    Most importantly, the beauty of The Voting Booth not only lies within the remarkable narrative, but also the shared experiences we see between Marva and Duke. That even though time and time and time again Marva and Duke are turned away they do not back down. It is the truth that we should all strive to make: we have to own our convictions and take action to see the change we want in this world.
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  • Kasey
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fierce and Necessary
    Reviewed in the United States on 5 August 2020
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    This is one of the books I bought during the drive to support Black authors last month. (The other was A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow.) I ended up being completely surprised by a box from Let’s Talk YA/Disney-Hyperion a week or two later with some incredibly cool promo items for the book release. The key thing here, is that it leaves me with TWO copies of the book! So I’m giving one copy away, yay!

    I really loved LITTLE & LION, another book by the same author, so I felt pretty confident that the characters would really pull me into this story, and I was not wrong! Though the theme is very political, it’s also a winning romance about two teens struggling with heartbreaking things.

    Duke is still wrestling with his older brother’s death, and his fears about not living up to his big brother’s expectations. Marva is faced with a heartbreaking disappointment as her first love lets her down in a way that makes her question everything about their relationship.

    While the story focuses on voting, it’s largely not partisan. What I mean is, there’s no overt demonizing of any specific party, but more a focus on how certain practices, such as closing polling locations or purging voter rolls effects real people as they try to vote on election day.

    The amount of profanity in the story may cause problems getting a book like this into classrooms, but I think the idea of the story, its themes and its ability to give readers a view into the experience of young Black voters, makes it a really important book. This is one that needs to be read.

    THE VOTING BOOTH is a sweet romance with a side of social activism perfect for readers who loved Liz Lawson’s THE LUCKY ONES or THE LIFE AND (MEDIEVAL) TIMES OF KIT SWEETLY by Jamie Pacton.
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  • Kindle Customer
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good book about voting, not a black rom tho
    Reviewed in the United States on 19 June 2021
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    After Duke is rejected from voting at his local polling place, Marva makes it her personal mission to help him find where he can vote. As the two spend more and more time together, they have candid conversations about voting and grief while also confronting their relationships with the people in their lives.

    I like the Voting Booth. It's not my favorite but it's had some really good conversations about race and how important voting really is. Some situations that come up in the book hit me with the reality of voter suppression and how it impacts people.

    Although, I felt like the main characters lacked chemistry. They didn't start to see each other differently until the VERY end. It wouldn't have been a problem if this book wasn't marketed as a romance and people weren't commenting about them as a couple. Duke had more chemistry with his friend, Kendall than Marva. Marva also irritated me sometimes. She was very pushy about voting but I get that she was just passionate about it. The ending was also very rushed.

    All in all, I would say The Voting Booth is perfect for people that are about to vote or want to learn more about voter suppression, but I wouldn't call this a black romance at all.
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