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The Menagerie
- Menagerie Series, Book 1
- De: Tui T. Sutherland, Kari H. Sutherland
- Narrado por: Em Eldridge
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In the small town of Xanadu, Wyoming, lies the Menagerie, a top secret facility filled with unicorns, dragons, phoenixes, and other fairy tale creatures. At least, it was a secret - until six griffin cubs escaped. If Logan and Zoe don't get the cubs back fast, the entire Menagerie will be shut down. The race is on and the resulting adventure is only the beginning of a thrilling series that will leave listeners wanting a magical menagerie of their very own.
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starting to love these two authors
- De Christopher Tersinar en 01-13-21
De: Tui T. Sutherland, y otros
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June Bug
- De: Chris Fabry
- Narrado por: Chris Fabry
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For as long as she can remember, June Bug and her father have traveled the back roads of the country in their beat-up RV, spending many nights parked at Walmart. One morning, as she walks past the greeter at the front of the store, her eyes are drawn to the pictures of missing children, where she is shocked to see herself. This discovery begins a quest for the truth about her father, the mother he rarely speaks about, and ultimately herself.
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Get Out The Box Of Tissues
- De 20eagle16 en 07-03-21
De: Chris Fabry
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Lena, the Sea, and Me
- De: Maria Parr, Guy Puzey - translator
- Narrado por: Luke Daniels
- Duración: 4 h y 48 m
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Trille and Lena may be getting older, but they still find everyday adventure - and trouble - in their coastal village, including sinking every raft they build, getting little sisters stuck up flag poles, and attending those dreaded music lessons. But that’s not all. The arrival of a less-than-encouraging new soccer coach is putting twelve-year-old Lena's goalkeeping career in doubt. And Trille is wondering how to impress the girl who has just joined his class.
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Great story!
- De Caroline Floyd en 02-19-23
De: Maria Parr, y otros
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Caterpillar Summer
- De: Gillian McDunn
- Narrado por: Cassandra Morris
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
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Cat and her brother Chicken have always had a very special bond. When Chicken has a meltdown, Cat’s the one who scratches his back and reads his favorite story. She always knows what he needs. Since their mom has had to work double-hard to keep their family afloat after their father passed away, Cat is the glue holding her family together. When a summer trip doesn’t go as planned, Cat and Chicken end up spending three weeks with grandparents they’ve never met. With their help, Cat can be a kid again for the first time in years.
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Great!!!!!😆
- De G. Stiller en 04-10-20
De: Gillian McDunn
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Took
- A Ghost Story
- De: Mary Downing Hahn
- Narrado por: Nick Mondelli
- Duración: 5 h y 5 m
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After Daniel's young sister disappears in the woods, he starts to believe the myth about a witch and her terrifying hog who take little girls and keep them for 50 years....
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Took
- De Nicole Andres en 03-12-23
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The Voice of the Night with Short Story, "Silence"
- De: Dean Koontz
- Narrado por: Pavi Proczko, Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
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No one could understand why Colin and Roy were best friends. Colin was so shy; Roy was so popular. Colin was fascinated by Roy - and Roy was fascinated by death. Then one day, Roy asked his timid friend: “You ever killed anything?” From that moment on, the two were bound together in a game too terrifying to imagine - and too irresistible to stop.
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- De Anonymous User en 10-05-21
De: Dean Koontz
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The Story of Arthur Truluv
- A Novel
- De: Elizabeth Berg
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Berg
- Duración: 6 h y 53 m
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Three people find their way back from loss and loneliness to a different kind of belonging in this deeply moving novel. Arthur, an old widower struggling to overcome his grief, meets Maddy, a troubled teenage girl who avoids school by hiding out where Arthur goes every day for lunch. The two strike up a friendship that draws them out of isolation.
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Sickly Sweet
- De Amazon Customer en 01-19-18
De: Elizabeth Berg
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Growing Things and Other Stories
- De: Paul Tremblay
- Narrado por: Sean Crisden, Graham Halstead, Cassandra Campbell, y otros
- Duración: 11 h y 59 m
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A chilling collection of psychological suspense and literary horror from the multiple award-winning author of the national best seller The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts. A masterful anthology featuring 19 pieces of short fiction, Growing Things and Other Stories is an exciting glimpse into Paul Tremblay’s fantastically fertile imagination.
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Paul Tremblay is totally nuts.
- De Gary & Jay en 07-07-19
De: Paul Tremblay
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All Manner of Things
- De: Susie Finkbeiner
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 9 h y 56 m
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When Annie Jacobson's brother Mike enlists as a medic in the Army in 1967, he hands her a piece of paper with the address of their long-estranged father. If anything should happen to him in Vietnam, Mike says, Annie must let their father know. In Mike's absence, their father returns to face tragedy at home, adding an extra measure of complication to an already tense time. As they work toward healing and pray fervently for Mike's safety overseas, letter by letter the Jacobsons must find a way to pull together as a family, regardless of past hurts.
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Real fiction
- De Katijanae en 01-19-23
De: Susie Finkbeiner
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Sharks in the Time of Saviors
- De: Kawai Strong Washburn
- Narrado por: Jolene Kim, Kaleo Griffith, G. K. Bowes, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 38 m
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In 1995 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, on a rare family vacation, seven-year-old Nainoa Flores falls overboard a cruise ship into the Pacific Ocean. When a shiver of sharks appears in the water, everyone fears for the worst. But instead, Noa is gingerly delivered to his mother in the jaws of a shark, marking his story as the stuff of legends. Nainoa’s family, struggling amidst the collapse of the sugarcane industry, hails his rescue as a sign of favor from ancient Hawaiian gods - a belief that appears validated after he exhibits puzzling new abilities.
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Glad This Was Free
- De Shad Huddleston en 04-01-20
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The Last House on Needless Street
- De: Catriona Ward
- Narrado por: Christopher Ragland
- Duración: 12 h
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In a boarded-up house on a dead-end street at the edge of the wild Washington woods lives a family of three. A teenage girl who isn’t allowed outside, not after last time. A man who drinks alone in front of his TV, trying to ignore the gaps in his memory. And a house cat who loves napping and reading the Bible. An unspeakable secret binds them together, but when a new neighbor moves in next door, what is buried out among the birch trees may come back to haunt them all.
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I can only listen in 1-2 hour segments!
- De Brenda en 10-04-21
De: Catriona Ward
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Angel's Rest
- De: Charles Davis
- Narrado por: Christian Rummel
- Duración: 7 h y 25 m
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Growing up in Virginia's Allegheny Mountains, 11-year-old Charlie York lives at the foot of an endless peak called Angel's Rest, a place his momma told him angels rested before coming down to help folks. In 1967 his town was a poor boy's paradise...until a shotgun blast killed Charlie's father and put his mother on trial for murder.
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A Good Listen
- De Nathan en 01-20-07
De: Charles Davis
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Just Like That
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In this poignant, perceptive, witty novel, Gary D. Schmidt brings authenticity and emotion to multiple plot strands, weaving in themes of grief, loss, redemption, achievement, and love. Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene's Preparatory Academy for Girls, where she struggles to navigate the venerable boarding school's traditions and a social structure heavily weighted toward students from wealthy backgrounds.
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A little disappointing
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The Jules Verne Prophecy
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Owen Godfrey is spending his summer in Paris studying science fiction writer Jules Verne, the brilliant mind behind Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days. When Owen and his new friends find what appears to be a dusty copy of Verne’s collected works in an old bookshop, they’re intrigued by the hidden codes written inside.
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Will is the only round kid in a school full of string beans. So he hides…in baggy jeans and oversized hoodies, in the back row during class, and anywhere but the cafeteria during lunch. But shame isn’t the only feeling that dominates Will’s life. He’s also got a crush on a girl named Jules who he knows he doesn’t have a chance with—string beans only date string beans—but he can’t help wondering what if?
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An intense and important story.
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The International House of Dereliction
- De: Jacqueline Davies
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
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Ten-year-old Alice is moving for the eleventh time. She’s lived in so many houses, each more broken than the last, that home to Alice is nothing more than a place you fix and then a place you leave. After all, who needs a permanent home when you’re a whiz at fixing things? But when Alice arrives at her new home, she can’t take her eyes off the house next door, the stately dark house that hulked in the dimming light. The once-grand mansion, now dilapidated and condemned, beckons Alice; it's the perfect new repair job!
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The Wednesday Wars
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Meet Holling Hoodhood, a seventh-grader at Camillo Junior High who must spend Wednesday afternoons with his teacher, Mrs. Baker, while the rest of the class has religious instruction. Mrs. Baker doesn’t like Holling - he’s sure of it. Why else would she make him read the plays of William Shakespeare outside class? But everyone has bigger things to worry about, like Vietnam.
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A Happy Book
- De David Tousey en 11-01-20
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Nightmare Island
- De: Shakirah Bourne
- Narrado por: Janina Edwards
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Twelve-year-old Serenity Noah has never told anyone about her recurring nightmares—the haunting images of silver butterflies whose flapping wings drive away all sound, leaving only suffocating silence in their wake. Her parents already favor her "perfect" younger brother, Peace, and she doesn't want to be seen as the "problem" child. Instead, Serenity's found a productive way to channel her fears: creating a horror movie as scary as her nightmares. When Peace suddenly becomes afraid of the dark and refuses to sleep alone, their parents take him away for "treatment" on Duppy Island.
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Just Like That
- De: Gary D. Schmidt
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In this poignant, perceptive, witty novel, Gary D. Schmidt brings authenticity and emotion to multiple plot strands, weaving in themes of grief, loss, redemption, achievement, and love. Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene's Preparatory Academy for Girls, where she struggles to navigate the venerable boarding school's traditions and a social structure heavily weighted toward students from wealthy backgrounds.
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A little disappointing
- De Shannon en 08-26-21
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The Jules Verne Prophecy
- De: Larry Schwarz, Iva-Marie Palmer
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Owen Godfrey is spending his summer in Paris studying science fiction writer Jules Verne, the brilliant mind behind Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days. When Owen and his new friends find what appears to be a dusty copy of Verne’s collected works in an old bookshop, they’re intrigued by the hidden codes written inside.
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A Work in Progress
- De: Jarrett Lerner
- Narrado por: Eric Yang
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Will is the only round kid in a school full of string beans. So he hides…in baggy jeans and oversized hoodies, in the back row during class, and anywhere but the cafeteria during lunch. But shame isn’t the only feeling that dominates Will’s life. He’s also got a crush on a girl named Jules who he knows he doesn’t have a chance with—string beans only date string beans—but he can’t help wondering what if?
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An intense and important story.
- De Ariel en 06-27-23
De: Jarrett Lerner
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The International House of Dereliction
- De: Jacqueline Davies
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 6 h y 56 m
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Ten-year-old Alice is moving for the eleventh time. She’s lived in so many houses, each more broken than the last, that home to Alice is nothing more than a place you fix and then a place you leave. After all, who needs a permanent home when you’re a whiz at fixing things? But when Alice arrives at her new home, she can’t take her eyes off the house next door, the stately dark house that hulked in the dimming light. The once-grand mansion, now dilapidated and condemned, beckons Alice; it's the perfect new repair job!
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The Wednesday Wars
- De: Gary D. Schmidt
- Narrado por: Joel Johnstone
- Duración: 7 h y 27 m
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Meet Holling Hoodhood, a seventh-grader at Camillo Junior High who must spend Wednesday afternoons with his teacher, Mrs. Baker, while the rest of the class has religious instruction. Mrs. Baker doesn’t like Holling - he’s sure of it. Why else would she make him read the plays of William Shakespeare outside class? But everyone has bigger things to worry about, like Vietnam.
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A Happy Book
- De David Tousey en 11-01-20
De: Gary D. Schmidt
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Nightmare Island
- De: Shakirah Bourne
- Narrado por: Janina Edwards
- Duración: 7 h y 23 m
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Twelve-year-old Serenity Noah has never told anyone about her recurring nightmares—the haunting images of silver butterflies whose flapping wings drive away all sound, leaving only suffocating silence in their wake. Her parents already favor her "perfect" younger brother, Peace, and she doesn't want to be seen as the "problem" child. Instead, Serenity's found a productive way to channel her fears: creating a horror movie as scary as her nightmares. When Peace suddenly becomes afraid of the dark and refuses to sleep alone, their parents take him away for "treatment" on Duppy Island.
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The Probability of Everything
- De: Sarah Everett
- Narrado por: Jordan Cobb
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Eleven-year-old Kemi Carter loves scientific facts, specifically probability. It's how she understands the world and her place in it. Kemi knows her odds of being born were 1 in 5.5 trillion, and that the odds of her having the best family ever were even lower. Yet somehow, Kemi lucked out. But everything Kemi thought she knew changes when she sees an asteroid hover in the sky, casting a purple haze over her world. Amplus-68 has an 84.7% chance of colliding with earth in four days, and with that collision, Kemi’s life as she knows it will end.
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Go into it uninformed. I agree with others.
- De Jacqueline C. en 07-17-23
De: Sarah Everett
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You Are Here: Connecting Flights
- De: Ellen Oh - editor
- Narrado por: David Lee Huynh, Dana Wing Lau, Ramon de Ocampo, y otros
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An incident at a TSA security check point sows chaos and rumors, creating a chain of events that impacts twelve young Asian Americans in a crowded and restless airport. As their disrupted journeys crisscross and collide, they encounter fellow travelers—some helpful, some hostile—as they discover the challenges of friendship, the power of courage, the importance of the right word at the right time, and the unexpected significance of a blue Stratocaster electric guitar.
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Must read.
- De Colby Saddoris en 03-08-24
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Hands
- De: Torrey Maldonado
- Narrado por: Torrey Maldonado
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Trev would do anything to protect his mom and sisters, especially from his stepdad. But his stepdad’s return stresses Trev—because when he left, he threatened Trev’s mom. Rather than live scared, Trev takes matters into his own hands, literally. He starts learning to box to handle his stepdad. But everyone isn’t a fan of his plan, because Trev’s a talented artist, and his hands could actually help him build a better future.
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A coming of age story for all kids
- De Ro Menendez en 02-04-23
De: Torrey Maldonado
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The Lost Year
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- De: Katherine Marsh
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Thirteen-year-old Matthew is miserable. His journalist dad is stuck overseas indefinitely, and his mom has moved in his one-hundred-year-old great-grandmother to ride out the pandemic, adding to his stress and isolation. But when Matthew finds a tattered black-and-white photo in his great-grandmother’s belongings, he discovers a clue to a hidden chapter of her past, one that will lead to a life-shattering family secret.
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Loved the three voices
- De Bridget Lahart en 01-29-24
De: Katherine Marsh
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Simon Sort of Says
- De: Erin Bow
- Narrado por: Will Collyer
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Simon O'Keeffe's biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a holy sacrament. Or maybe the alpaca disaster that went viral on YouTube. But the story the whole world wants to tell about Simon is the one he'd do anything to forget: the story in which he's the only kid in his class who survived a school shooting. Two years after the infamous event, twelve-year-old Simon and his family move to the National Quiet Zone—the only place in America where the internet is banned.
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Beautiful story!
- De Lopez en 03-15-24
De: Erin Bow
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A Rover's Story
- De: Jasmine Warga
- Narrado por: Jacob McNatt, Ariana Delawari
- Duración: 5 h y 29 m
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Meet Resilience, a Mars rover determined to live up to his name. Res was built to explore Mars. He was not built to have human emotions. But as he learns new things from the NASA scientists who assemble him, he begins to develop humanlike feelings. Maybe there’s a problem with his programming…. Human emotions or not, launch day comes, and Res blasts off to Mars, accompanied by a friendly drone helicopter named Fly. But Res quickly discovers that Mars is a dangerous place filled with dust storms and giant cliffs.
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The Mona Lisa Vanishes
- A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
- De: Nicholas Day
- Narrado por: Carlotta Brentan
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On a hot August day in Paris, just over a century ago, a desperate guard burst into the office of the Director of the Louvre and shouted, La Joconde, c’est partie! The Mona Lisa, she’s gone! No one knew who was behind the heist. Was it an international gang of thieves? Was it an art-hungry American millionaire? Was it the young Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, who was about to remake the very art of painting?
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Fascinating true thriller!
- De Katrina en 11-26-23
De: Nicholas Day
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Any Sign of Life
- De: Rae Carson
- Narrado por: Amy Landon
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
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Paige Miller is determined to take her basketball team to the state championship, maybe even beyond. But as March Madness heats up, Paige falls deathly ill. Days later, she wakes up attached to an IV and learns that the whole world has perished. Everyone she loves, and all of her dreams for the future—they’re gone. But Paige is a warrior. She pushes through her fear and her grief and gets through each day scrounging for food, for shelter, for safety. As she struggles with her new reality, Paige learns that the apocalypse did not happen by accident.
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I think this is my new favorite apocalypse book
- De Amazon Customer en 10-13-21
De: Rae Carson
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World Made of Glass
- De: Ami Polonsky
- Narrado por: Jennifer Nittoso
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March 1987. The FDA has just approved AZT as the first drug to treat AIDS. But it's too late for Iris’s dad. He’s dying, confined to a hospital bed in the apartment he shares with his boyfriend, J.R. (who Iris hates), four floors above Iris and her mom. Soon, all Iris has left of her kind, loving dad are memories, photos, and a binder full of the poems they used to exchange. As Iris navigates her rage and grief, she resolves to speak out against the rampant fear, misinformation, and prejudice surrounding AIDS—and find the pieces of Dad that she never knew before.
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Okay for Now
- De: Gary D. Schmidt
- Narrado por: Lincoln Hoppe
- Duración: 9 h y 17 m
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As a 14-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him. So begins a coming-of-age masterwork full of equal parts comedy and tragedy from Newbery Honor winner Gary D. Schmidt. As Doug struggles to be more than the skinny thug that his teachers and the police think him to be, he finds an unlikely ally in Lil Spicer, a fiery young lady who smelled like daisies would smell if they were growing in a big field under a clearing sky after a rain.
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Almost 5 stars, but not quite
- De Jim Romrell en 11-02-19
De: Gary D. Schmidt
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Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
- De: Gary D. Schmidt
- Narrado por: Sam Freed
- Duración: 6 h y 48 m
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Not only is Turner Buckminster the son of the new minister in a small Maine town, he is shunned for playing baseball differently than the local boys. Then he befriends smart and lively Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from Malaga Island, a poor community founded by former slaves. Lizzie shows Turner a new world along the Maine coast from digging clams to rowing a boat next to a whale. When the powerful town elders, including Turner’s father, decide to drive the people off the island to set up a tourist business, Turner stands alone against them.
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Boring
- De Bob en 08-27-16
De: Gary D. Schmidt
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Parachute Kids
- De: Betty Tang
- Narrado por: Jenny Chen, Ell, Kenton Chen, y otros
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Feng-Li can’t wait to discover America with her family! But after an action-packed vacation, her parents deliver shocking news: They are returning to Taiwan and leaving Feng-Li and her older siblings in California on their own. Suddenly, the three kids must fend for themselves in a strange new world—and get along. Starting a new school, learning a new language, and trying to make new friends while managing a household is hard enough, but Bro and Sis’s constant bickering makes everything worse.
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Best voice acting I've ever heard
- De John en 02-28-24
De: Betty Tang
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-06-23
Laughed and cried
Those who have read Gary Schmidt know that he is an exceptional storyteller who weaves in solid and true life lessons without ever sounded “preachy.” It’s amazing that he was able to do that even with having a ex-military man turned teacher who is tough as nails but who became tender at just the right moments (and it was usually those moments that choked me up.) The story, the setting, the characters were all expertly rendered and unforgettable. Woven throughout the story is the strong thread of Greek mythology whereby Hercules (the myth) becomes accessible and relevant. I loved the strong, sensible female characters in this story - Viola, Ellie, Mrs. Savage. I questioned whether it’s plausible that poor Hercules could have experienced that many car accidents in his young life, but will concede artistic license on that plot choice. I loved the reading of Fred Berman right from the start. His voice had expression and softness at just the right moments and different voices for the major characters, complete with a hint of a New England accent. He was absolutely amazing. If you want to be reminded of what it is like to be human together in this wild and precious life, don’t hesitate - read this book!
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- 08-03-23
Schmidt does it again...
I am a long-time Gary D. Schmidt fan. but I go years between reading his novels, and every time I read a new one, I am always reminded once again why he is probably the most underrated young adult novelist whoever lived. Indeed, he is one of the best. This novel carries so many of his trademarks that it's impossible not to fall in love with him all over again. The eccentricity, depth and loveliness of the characters, the lovingly nuanced New England setting, the frenetic intensity of the polarities of laugh-out-loud hilarity and gut-wrenching pain and sorrow: it's all here, and honestly, it's right up there with the Wednesday Wars, an accomplishment I never thought he could achieve. And the narrator, just wow. I've never heard of this guy, but holy cow, I would have hand-picked him to lovingly portray any of Schmidt's novels. His voice has a gentleness and love behind it that gives the story even more layering. His soft and gentle tone when describing something hard, mixed with his jovial, mischievous tone when a prank is being pulled really pull you in and force you to drop whatever you are doing and just listen. All in all, this is my favorite audible production, and I've listened to over 300 titles. This is truly, gently art.
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- Kari
- 02-14-24
You can’t go wrong with Gary Schmidt!
Great book for any age! Absolutely loved this book! You can’t go wrong with Gary Schmidt! 5 stars
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- twas
- 03-06-24
Wonderful story
This book was just the kind of book that makes you laugh and cry throughout it and gets you attached to every character and storyline and I think that it should be a mandatory read for middle school
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- Debra
- 01-17-24
Loved the consistency of the narrative.
Was a coming of age story that focused on positive relationships and dependencies. We all need a reminder that struggles pass and growth is constant.
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- Matthew C.
- 04-19-24
Gary D Schmidt is a brilliant writer!
I (and my teenagers) are big fans of Wednesday Wars and Ok For Now. We also love Pay Attention Carter Jones. We loved Hercules Beal. Brilliant writing. Gary D Schmidt has become one of my all-time favorite authors. The narrator is superb as well.
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- Meredith L. Burton
- 05-26-23
A Clever Coming-of-Age Novel
I love all of Gary D. Schmidt's books. With engaging voices, vibrant characters and deep themes, Schmidt explores coming-of-age in engaging ways. The Labors of Hercules Beal is one of Schmidt's best works. Hercules Beal is a wonderful protagonist, and his voice has just the right amount of sarcasm and heart. The supporting characters are equally engaging and so much fun. I especially loved Achilles, Herc's brother, and Viola, "the vampire". As with all of Schmidt's books, things are not always what they seem, and characters who at first appear to be unlikable become unforgettable friends. I loved Mr. Moby, the bus driver, Mrs. Savage, the sculptress and the many other characters. A truly special treat was learning about Lieutenant Colonel Danny Hupher, whom we first meet as a kid in Schmidt's The Wednesday Wars. He's now a tough but amazing teacher, and I absolutely loved learning more about him.
How can a seventh grader, (the smallest kid in his class even though he is named Hercules), complete the twelve extraordinary mythical labors of his namesake? It turns out that there are many clever ways to look at the labors and to perform them. In the process, Hercules Beal just might learn more about himself, his brother Achilles and many members of his Cape Cod community. He might also come to realize that life, while unpredictable and unfair, also contains much beauty. We are not alone.
This book is so comforting while simultaneously honest about grief and hardships. Schmidt is not afraid to tackle difficult issues. Even so, his books always leave me with a sense of assurance and a feeling of hope. Like the best redemption stories, The Labors of Hercules Beal is, at its heart, a story of finding a way to persevere even through the darkness.
Fred Berman is an exceptional narrator and imbues this novel with magnificent vitality. He made me laugh out loud at certain points and grow teary-eyed at others. His voice has just the right amount of sarcasm and warmth to make the listening experience amazing. This is a terrific book to listen too. I especially loved his portrayal of Hercules, Mr. Moby, Mrs. Savage and, especially, Lieutenant Colonel Hupher.
Happy listening, and God bless you all.
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- Jerrod Gerth
- 10-07-23
Amazing
Loved this book it made me cry then again all his books make me cry
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- Smith
- 01-26-24
So funny with lots of tender life lessons
I loved this book. Highly recommend for all ages. Very easy and enjoyable to listen to
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- Heather
- 10-19-23
Moving story, engaging read
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The author wrote in such a way that I felt I knew Hercules! His attention to grief was moving and relatable
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