Bestsellers
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Refugee
- By: Alan Gratz
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom, Kyla Garcia, Assaf Cohen
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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This timely and powerful novel tells the story of three different children seeking refuge....
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Intended for 5-8th graders, but it is good for adults too
- By LJK on 12-21-17
By: Alan Gratz
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A Long Walk to Water
- By: Linda Sue Park
- Narrated by: David Baker, Cynthia Bishop
- Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1985 southern Sudan is ravaged by war. Rebels and government forces battle for control, with ordinary people…people like the boy, Salva Dut…caught in the middle....
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Clean Water Please
- By Sher from Provo on 06-02-16
By: Linda Sue Park
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Resistance
- By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
- Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Chaya Lindner is a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland. Simply being Jewish places her in danger of being killed or sent to the camps. After her little sister is taken away, her younger brother disappears, and her parents all but give up hope, Chaya is determined to make a difference....
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Master storyteller
- By Sarah on 05-03-19
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Between Shades of Gray
- By: Ruta Sepetys
- Narrated by: Emily Klein
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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A powerful and haunting debut novel about a little-known slice of history....
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Sunlight Through the Cracks
- By FanB14 on 03-27-13
By: Ruta Sepetys
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The War That Saved My Life
- By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside....
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Great historical Fiction -- 2016 Newbery Honor
- By Mel on 01-05-17
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Allies
- By: Alan Gratz
- Narrated by: Jamie Cline, Vaneh Assadourian, PJ Ochlan, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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D-Day, June 6, 1944: the most expansive military endeavor in history. No less than world cooperation would bring down Hitler and the Axis powers. And so people - and kids - across the globe lent their part....
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Wonderful!
- By Claire on 02-03-20
By: Alan Gratz
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Refugee
- By: Alan Gratz
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom, Kyla Garcia, Assaf Cohen
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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This timely and powerful novel tells the story of three different children seeking refuge....
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Intended for 5-8th graders, but it is good for adults too
- By LJK on 12-21-17
By: Alan Gratz
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A Long Walk to Water
- By: Linda Sue Park
- Narrated by: David Baker, Cynthia Bishop
- Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1985 southern Sudan is ravaged by war. Rebels and government forces battle for control, with ordinary people…people like the boy, Salva Dut…caught in the middle....
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Clean Water Please
- By Sher from Provo on 06-02-16
By: Linda Sue Park
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Resistance
- By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
- Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Chaya Lindner is a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland. Simply being Jewish places her in danger of being killed or sent to the camps. After her little sister is taken away, her younger brother disappears, and her parents all but give up hope, Chaya is determined to make a difference....
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Master storyteller
- By Sarah on 05-03-19
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Between Shades of Gray
- By: Ruta Sepetys
- Narrated by: Emily Klein
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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A powerful and haunting debut novel about a little-known slice of history....
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Sunlight Through the Cracks
- By FanB14 on 03-27-13
By: Ruta Sepetys
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The War That Saved My Life
- By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside....
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Great historical Fiction -- 2016 Newbery Honor
- By Mel on 01-05-17
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Allies
- By: Alan Gratz
- Narrated by: Jamie Cline, Vaneh Assadourian, PJ Ochlan, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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D-Day, June 6, 1944: the most expansive military endeavor in history. No less than world cooperation would bring down Hitler and the Axis powers. And so people - and kids - across the globe lent their part....
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Wonderful!
- By Claire on 02-03-20
By: Alan Gratz
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Code Name Verity
- By: Elizabeth Wein
- Narrated by: Morven Christie, Lucy Gaskell
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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World War II thriller in which two young girls, one a Resistance spy and the other a transport pilot, become unlikely best friends....
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First Review!
- By Melissa DeBaca on 07-02-22
By: Elizabeth Wein
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Projekt 1065
- A Novel of World War II
- By: Alan Gratz
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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It's the height of World War II. Michael O'Shaunessey, son of the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany, lives with his family in Berlin. But Michael, like his parents, is a spy....
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Great story, more designed for young adults 10-14
- By Dennis Larocque on 08-26-18
By: Alan Gratz
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Blood on the River
- James Town, 1607
- By: Elisa Carbone
- Narrated by: Bryan Kennedy
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Twelve-year-old Samuel Collier is a lowly commoner on the streets of London. So when he becomes the page of Captain John Smith and boards the Susan Constant, bound for the New World, he can’t believe his good fortune....
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School Book
- By Chelsie Varga on 04-04-23
By: Elisa Carbone
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Uprising
- By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
- Narrated by: Gail Shalan
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
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Bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen presents an inspiring and dramatic account of the Polish resistance fighters who struggled to force out their Nazi occupiers and reclaim their nation's freedom from tyranny....
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A story of heroism
- By Joseph Groce on 03-22-24
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I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941
- I Survived, Book 4
- By: Lauren Tarshis
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Seventy years later, Pearl Harbor comes to life for a new generation of readers!....
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great voices
- By Eric on 09-29-17
By: Lauren Tarshis
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Grenade
- By: Alan Gratz
- Narrated by: Todd Haberkorn, Andrew Eiden
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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It's 1944 and the world is at war. Hideki lives peacefully with his family on the island of Okinawa, near Japan. Until the day WWII reaches their door. Hideki is drafted into the "Blood and Iron Imperial Corps" to fight for the Japanese army....
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So good
- By JenniferG on 03-26-19
By: Alan Gratz
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Chains
- The Seeds of America Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Laurie Halse Anderson
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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As the Revolutionary War begins, 13-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate, become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons....
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Fabulous!!!
- By Myrisha Goodson on 06-12-22
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I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
- I Survived, Book 7
- By: Lauren Tarshis
- Narrated by: Mia Barron
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1863 the Civil War is raging throughout the country. Eleven-year-old Henry has been on the sidelines so far - but the events of a hot July week in Pennsylvania are about to change his life forever....
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“Hi Tomas.” -Birdie
- By Kindle Customer on 10-01-18
By: Lauren Tarshis
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World at War, 1944
- Magic Tree House Super Edition, Book 1
- By: Mary Pope Osborne
- Narrated by: Mary Pope Osborne
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
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The first Magic Tree House Super Edition - and Jack and Annie's most dangerous mission ever in the scariest time the world has ever known: World War II....
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Great before bed
- By Jay on 12-07-18
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Making Bombs for Hitler
- By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
- Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Lida thought she was safe. Her neighbors wearing the yellow star were all taken away, but Lida is not Jewish. She will be fine, won't she? But she cannot escape the horrors of World War II. Lida's parents are ripped away from her, and she is separated from her beloved sister, Larissa....
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Awesome
- By Twins momma! on 01-31-21
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I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944
- I Survived, Book 9
- By: Lauren Tarshis
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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In this gripping new addition to the best-selling I Survived series, a young Jewish boy joins the resistance "partisan" fighters outside the Warsaw ghetto....
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Best book ever
- By Jacqueline Moore on 09-20-18
By: Lauren Tarshis
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
- By: James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier
- Narrated by: John C. Brown
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Prolific writer James Lincoln Collier collaborates with his brother, Christopher, a distinguished...
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Just kept listening
- By Dana on 03-23-09
By: James Lincoln Collier, and others
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I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944
- I Survived, Book 18
- By: Lauren Tarshis
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
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In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, author Lauren Tarshis shines a spotlight on the story of the Normandy landings, the largest seaborne invasion in history and foundation for the Allied victory in World War II....
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Paul's patriotism
- By Lauren Bacon on 03-21-24
By: Lauren Tarshis
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Don't Tell the Nazis
- By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
- Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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The year is 1941. Krystia lives in a small Ukrainian village under the cruel - sometimes violent - occupation of the Soviets. So when the Nazis march into town to liberate them, many of Krystia's neighbors welcome the troops with celebrations, hoping for a better life....
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Amazing Book
- By Erin on 12-18-19
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Rush Revere and the American Revolution
- Time-Travel Adventures with Exceptional Americans
- By: Rush Limbaugh
- Narrated by: Rush Limbaugh
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
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The American Revolution has begun - and Rush Revere, liberty the horse, and the time-traveling crew are ready to ride into the action....
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Rush Revere books.... EXCELLENT!!
- By Smitty on 09-26-17
By: Rush Limbaugh
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Trapped in Hitler's Web
- By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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In the grip of WWII, Maria realizes that her occupied Ukrainian town is no longer safe for her friend Nathan, because he is Jewish. Maria agrees to flee with him - into the heart of the Reich in Austria....
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Love the book
- By Jim on 07-06-23
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Last Descendants
- An Assassin's Creed Novel Series
- By: Matthew J. Kirby
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
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An all-new series based on the hit Ubisoft(R) video game franchise Assassin's Creed. Part historical fiction, part tie-in, this novel creates an all-new narrative fans of the video games will love....
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Unexpectedly good
- By Russell L Wilson on 09-17-16
By: Matthew J. Kirby
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Conspiracy
- Plot to Kill Hitler #1
- By: Andy Marino
- Narrated by: Mark Turetsky
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Berlin, November 1943. With bombing raids commencing, the city is blanketed by explosions. Siblings Gerta and Max Hoffmann live a surprisingly carefree childhood amid the raids. Berlin is a city going about its business, even as it's attacked almost nightly....
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Good tone (reader) & (story)
- By Amazon Customer on 03-01-23
By: Andy Marino
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Rush Revere and the Star-Spangled Banner
- By: Rush Limbaugh
- Narrated by: Rush Limbaugh
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
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It's the dawn of an important new day in America. Young listeners, grab the reins and join Rush Revere, Liberty the horse, and the whole time-traveling crew in this patriotic historical adventure....
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Rush Limbaugh's Vacation to Washington D.C.
- By E Farah on 10-29-15
By: Rush Limbaugh
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Brother's Keeper
- By: Julie Lee
- Narrated by: Cindy Kay
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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Twelve-year-old Sora and her family live under an iron set of rules: No travel without a permit. No criticism of the government. No absences from Communist meetings. Wear red. Hang pictures of the Great Leader. Don't trust your neighbors. Don't speak your mind. You are being watched....
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Captivating Read!
- By Actual Customer on 12-11-20
By: Julie Lee
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The Boy at the Top of the Mountain
- By: John Boyne
- Narrated by: Alex Wyndham
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy Austrian household. But this is no ordinary time, for it is 1935 and the Second World War is fast approaching....
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Excellent story
- By Sandy Horwitz on 09-13-23
By: John Boyne
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War Horse
- By: Michael Morpurgo
- Narrated by: John Keating
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
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In 1914, a beautiful foal with a distinctive cross on his nose is sold to the Army. But his heart aches for his true master....
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Great idea for reluctant readers!
- By Julie on 12-26-11
By: Michael Morpurgo
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Finding Junie Kim
- By: Ellen Oh
- Narrated by: Greta Jung
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
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When Junie Kim is faced with middle school racism, she learns of her grandparents’ extraordinary strength and finds her voice. Inspired by her mother’s real-life experiences during the Korean War, Oh’s characters are real and riveting....
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Good but I prefer the historical part
- By Jacob on 02-18-23
By: Ellen Oh
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Waiting for Anya
- By: Michael Morpurgo
- Narrated by: Nicholas Rowe
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
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Jo finds out that Jewish children are being smuggled away from the Nazis over the mountains near his village. All goes to plan until German soldiers start patrolling the mountains, and Jo realises the children are trapped.
By: Michael Morpurgo
New releases
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Over the Line
- Conkers
- By: Tom Palmer, Violet Tobacco, Ollie Cuthbertson - illustrator
- Narrated by: Joe Eyre
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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It's the proudest moment of Jack's life – his debut as a professional footballer. Now he has a chance to achieve his dream of playing for his country. But it's 1914 and the world is at war. Talk of sportsmen's cowardice leads to the formation of a Footballers' Battalion and Jack has little choice but to join up. The promise of a Cup in Flanders offers a glimmer of hope, but Jack and his teammates will have to survive a waking nightmare if they are ever to play again.
By: Tom Palmer, and others
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Armistice Runner
- Conkers
- By: Tom Palmer, Tom Clohosy Cole - illustrator
- Narrated by: Flora Ogilvy
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Lily has lots of worries. She's struggling to compete in her fell-running races and, worse, she's losing her gran to Alzheimer's. But then she discovers her great-great-grandfather's diaries from the First World War. Could his incredible story of bravery help her reconnect with her gran and even give her the inspiration she needs to push through and win?
By: Tom Palmer, and others
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Angel of Grasmere
- From Dunkirk to the Fells
- By: Tom Palmer, Tom Clohosy Cole - illustrator
- Narrated by: Elaine Fellows
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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As Tarn struggles to come to terms with the loss of her beloved brother in the chaos of the British retreat at Dunkirk, she and her friends scour the hills around their Lake District home, watching for any signs of the long-dreaded Nazi invasion. But as the war drags on, with little good news from the front, the locals become aware of someone carrying out anonymous acts of kindness, such as saving a flock of sheep from a snowdrift and getting help for an injured farmer who might otherwise have died.
By: Tom Palmer, and others
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Arctic Star
- Conkers
- By: Tom Palmer, Tom Clohosy Cole - illustrator
- Narrated by: Joe Eyre
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Winter 1943. Teenagers Frank, Joseph and Stephen are Royal Navy recruits on their first mission at sea during the Second World War. Their ship is part of an Arctic Convoy sailing to Russia to deliver supplies to the Soviets. The convoys have to navigate treacherous waters, sailing through a narrow channel between the Arctic ice pack and German bases on the Norwegian coast. Faced with terrifying enemy attacks from both air and sea, as well as life-threatening cold and storms, will all three boys make it home again?
By: Tom Palmer, and others
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D-Day Dog
- Conkers
- By: Tom Palmer, Tom Clohosy Cole - illustrator
- Narrated by: Frazer Hadfield
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Jack can't wait for the school trip to the D-Day landing beaches. It's his chance to learn more about the war heroes he has always admired – brave men like his dad, who is a reserve soldier. But when his dad is called up to action and things at home spiral out of control, everything Jack believes about war is thrown into question. Finding comfort only in the presence of his loyal dog, Finn, Jack is drawn to the heart-wrenching true story of one particular D-Day paratrooper.
By: Tom Palmer, and others
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A Day for Rememberin'
- Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day
- By: Leah Henderson
- Narrated by: Ruffin Prentiss
- Length: 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Eli dresses up in his best clothes, Mama gathers the mayflowers, Papa straightens his hat, and together they join the crowds filling the streets of Charleston with bouquets, crosses, and wreaths. Joined by abolitionists, missionaries, teachers, military officers, and a sea of faces black, brown, and white, they march as one and sing for all those who gave their lives fighting for freedom during the Civil War.
By: Leah Henderson
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Over the Line
- Conkers
- By: Tom Palmer, Violet Tobacco, Ollie Cuthbertson - illustrator
- Narrated by: Joe Eyre
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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It's the proudest moment of Jack's life – his debut as a professional footballer. Now he has a chance to achieve his dream of playing for his country. But it's 1914 and the world is at war. Talk of sportsmen's cowardice leads to the formation of a Footballers' Battalion and Jack has little choice but to join up. The promise of a Cup in Flanders offers a glimmer of hope, but Jack and his teammates will have to survive a waking nightmare if they are ever to play again.
By: Tom Palmer, and others
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Armistice Runner
- Conkers
- By: Tom Palmer, Tom Clohosy Cole - illustrator
- Narrated by: Flora Ogilvy
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Lily has lots of worries. She's struggling to compete in her fell-running races and, worse, she's losing her gran to Alzheimer's. But then she discovers her great-great-grandfather's diaries from the First World War. Could his incredible story of bravery help her reconnect with her gran and even give her the inspiration she needs to push through and win?
By: Tom Palmer, and others
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Angel of Grasmere
- From Dunkirk to the Fells
- By: Tom Palmer, Tom Clohosy Cole - illustrator
- Narrated by: Elaine Fellows
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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As Tarn struggles to come to terms with the loss of her beloved brother in the chaos of the British retreat at Dunkirk, she and her friends scour the hills around their Lake District home, watching for any signs of the long-dreaded Nazi invasion. But as the war drags on, with little good news from the front, the locals become aware of someone carrying out anonymous acts of kindness, such as saving a flock of sheep from a snowdrift and getting help for an injured farmer who might otherwise have died.
By: Tom Palmer, and others
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Arctic Star
- Conkers
- By: Tom Palmer, Tom Clohosy Cole - illustrator
- Narrated by: Joe Eyre
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Winter 1943. Teenagers Frank, Joseph and Stephen are Royal Navy recruits on their first mission at sea during the Second World War. Their ship is part of an Arctic Convoy sailing to Russia to deliver supplies to the Soviets. The convoys have to navigate treacherous waters, sailing through a narrow channel between the Arctic ice pack and German bases on the Norwegian coast. Faced with terrifying enemy attacks from both air and sea, as well as life-threatening cold and storms, will all three boys make it home again?
By: Tom Palmer, and others
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D-Day Dog
- Conkers
- By: Tom Palmer, Tom Clohosy Cole - illustrator
- Narrated by: Frazer Hadfield
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Jack can't wait for the school trip to the D-Day landing beaches. It's his chance to learn more about the war heroes he has always admired – brave men like his dad, who is a reserve soldier. But when his dad is called up to action and things at home spiral out of control, everything Jack believes about war is thrown into question. Finding comfort only in the presence of his loyal dog, Finn, Jack is drawn to the heart-wrenching true story of one particular D-Day paratrooper.
By: Tom Palmer, and others
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A Day for Rememberin'
- Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day
- By: Leah Henderson
- Narrated by: Ruffin Prentiss
- Length: 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Eli dresses up in his best clothes, Mama gathers the mayflowers, Papa straightens his hat, and together they join the crowds filling the streets of Charleston with bouquets, crosses, and wreaths. Joined by abolitionists, missionaries, teachers, military officers, and a sea of faces black, brown, and white, they march as one and sing for all those who gave their lives fighting for freedom during the Civil War.
By: Leah Henderson