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Shadow Puppets

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 46 mins)
• By Orson Scott Card
• Narrated By David Birney, Stefan Rudnicki
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Best selling SF author Orson Scott Card brings to life a new chapter in the saga of Ender's Earth.

Earth and its society have been changed irrevocably in the aftermath of Ender Wiggin's victory over the Formics. The unity forced upon the warring nations by an alien enemy has shattered. Nations are rising again, seeking territory and influence, and most of all, seeking to control the skills and loyalty of the children from the Battle School.

Solid State University (Dramatized)

• UNABRIDGED (28 mins)
• By Jerry Stearns
• Narrated By Jerry Stearns

Here's an audio mockumentary about a computerized university administration. Visit with students, faculty, the virtual vice-presidents, and the head of the Department of Obstructions. Featuring Dan Coffey (IPR's "Dr. Science") .

The Prophet of Yonwood

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 22 mins)
• By Jeanne DuPrau
• Narrated By Becky Ann Baker
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

It's 50 years before the settlement of the city of Ember and the world is in crisis. War looms on the horizon as 11-year-old Nickie and her aunt travel to the small town of Yonwood, North Carolina. There, one of the town's respected citizens has had a terrible vision of fire and destruction. Her garbled words are taken as prophetic instruction on how to avoid the coming disaster. If only they can be interpreted correctly.

The Scarecrow and His Servant

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 50 mins)
• By Philip Pullman
• Narrated By Graeme Malcolm
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

A tattered scarecrow stands in the middle of a muddy field, taking no notice of the violent thunderstorm around him. But when a bolt of lightning strikes him, fizzing its way through his turnip head and down his broomstick, the Scarecrow blinks with surprise, and comes to life.

The Austere Academy: A Series of Unfortunate Events #5

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 15 mins)
• By Lemony Snicket
• Narrated By Lemony Snicket
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

If you are looking for a story about cheerful youngsters spending a jolly time at boarding school, look elsewhere. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent and resourceful children, and you might expect that they would do very well at school.

The Sands of Time: A Hermux Tantamoq Adventure

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 1 min)
• By Michael Hoeye
• Narrated By Campbell Scott

This second book, The Sands of Time, continues the adventures of Hermux Tantamoq, mouse and watchmaker in the imaginary city of Pinchester. When the museum announces a show of Mirrin Stentrill's latest paintings (monumental, visionary portraits of cats) Mayor Hooter Pinkwiggin vows to shut it down. Cats are touchy subject among Pinchester's mostly small-rodent population. But while militant mice organize to stop the show, most of Pinchester's stylish set is vying for invitations to the gala opening.

Pirates!

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 59 mins)
• By Celia Rees
• Narrated By Jennifer Wiltsie

It is the dawn of the 18th century, when girls stay home and sew while men sail the high seas finding adventure, danger, and gold. But two unusually adventurous girls (a rich merchant's daughter, Nancy Kington, and her former plantation slave, Minerva Sharpe) take to the high seas from Jamaica on a ship the crew renames Deliverance.

The Tale of Despereaux

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 25 mins)
• By Kate DiCamillo
• Narrated By Graeme Malcolm
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

This is the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in darkness but covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl with a simple, impossible wish. These characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering castle, and ultimately, into each other's lives.

The Sea-Hawk

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 11 mins)
• By Rafael Sabatini
• Narrated By John Bolen

Sir Oliver Tessilian, a Cornish nobleman, is abandoned or betrayed by everyone he ever loved. He is framed for murder, affronted and shunned by his fiancee and sold into slavery by his half-brother.

Time Stops for No Mouse: A Hermux Tantamoq Adventure

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 23 mins)
• By Michael Hoeye
• Narrated By Campbell Scott

Watchmaker Hermux Tantamoq is a hardworking mouse who is thankful for ordinary things: donuts, coffee, peaceful evenings at home with his pet ladybug. But his quiet life takes a dramatic turn when Ms. Linka Perflinger, dashing daredevil aviatrix and adventuress, bursts into his watch shop, drops off a broken watch and steals his heart.

Service with a Smile

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 25 mins)
• By P.G. Wodehouse
• Narrated By Frederick Davidson

If you have never read Wodehouse, this is an ideal book to start with. It is a priceless tale filled with a wonderfully batty assemblage of characters: the pompous duke, the doddering earl, the haughty secretary, the plebeian swineherd. At Lord Emsworth's invitation, Uncle Fred intervenes at Blandings Castle and thwarts another plot of the mad Duke of Dunstable to eliminate the prize pig.