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Ten-year-old Jackson Rockwell loves to sail, and dreams of living on an island just for kids off of the coast of Maine. With the help of some friends his dream comes true, but running Kid Island is harder than he had thought. Follow his adventures as he tries to keep the island out the hands of the nasty Samuel Snarly. Will the children of Kid Island prevail? Only those who listen will find out!
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- Striker
- 10-26-17
Very Cute and Entertaining
This was a neat and short children's title with a cute adventure story. It's short, simple, and perfect for a long drive with kids. Adults will enjoy it as well.
The short story centers around the main character, a young boy, who decides he is going to live on an island with no adults. It's the classic children's story with a good plotline and characters.
The narrator was very good and perfect for young listeners. I'd like to hear him do an adult book as well.
I requested and received a free copy of this audiobook from the author, publisher, or narrator in exchange for an unbiased review. I was NOT required to write a positive review and this reflects my honest opinion of the work.
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- Amanda
- 12-29-20
Bad narration
The narration is pretty bad. Parts of it are better than others. It sounds like it was spliced together, maybe recorded in two different places or two different times. It almost sounds like it was done by two different people. It’s pretty terrible. The story is not that great either. Very simplistic.
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- Teresa
- 05-18-17
Kid Island Was A Cute Story
Kid Island was a good listen. I waited until my grandchildren visited to listen with them and it was unanimously good. The ages were all above the 5-7 range. I fast-forwarded through the part of the beginning where the will and the loss of a grandparent was talked about. It's basically dependent on what someone is comfortable with their kids hearing. Aside from that the story was super cute and fun.
David Kresser did a fine job narrating. He had good voice inflection that were entertaining and fun. He was also easy to understand and follow. Great job.
"This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review."
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- Myztikal
- 05-05-17
Don't we all want our own private island?
Would you listen to Kid Island again? Why?
I have already listened to it twice!
I think we all want to escape to our own tropical island. Jackson's family owns an island and he invites other children to stay with him. "Kids only". Of course, Cause it would be boring to stay alone .... Or only with one or two people.
Who was your favorite character and why?
I didn't have a favorite character. The characters and story was fun, but too light and brief for connections.
What about David Kresser’s performance did you like?
David read whimsically, as though he was reading to a child. I liked that.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
This was a very short listen, with simple chapters; easy to listen at one time.
Any additional comments?
I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author. This in no way influenced my rating - I rate all books I listen to or read.
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Pulitzer Prize, Biography, 2016. Barbarian Days is William Finnegan's memoir of an obsession, a complex enchantment. Surfing only looks like a sport. To initiates it is something else entirely: a beautiful addiction, a demanding course of study, a morally dangerous pastime, a way of life.
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What a Jerk.
- By ML Sadler on 03-06-17
By: William Finnegan
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Black Wave
- A Family's Adventure at Sea and the Disaster That Saved Them
- By: John Silverwood, Jean Silverwood
- Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie, Joe Barrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
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When John and Jean Silverwood, both experienced sailors, decided to give their four children a taste of life on the high seas, they hoped the trip would offer important learning experiences - not only about the natural world but about the beauty of human life stripped down to its essence, far from civilization. But the adventure that awaited them would surpass anything they could have imagined.
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What Wave
- By James on 09-03-08
By: John Silverwood, and others
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The Boy Behind the Gate
- How His Dream of Sailing Around the World Became a Six-Year Odyssey of Adventure, Fear, Discovery and Love
- By: Larry Jacobson
- Narrated by: Larry Jacobson
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Larry had dreamed of sailing around the world ever since he first stepped foot into a sailboat at the age of 13. He held onto that dream for 30 years, until one day he realized that "it's now or never". He left his corporate job, trading his comfortable executive life for adventure. A true story memoir packed with lessons from the ocean that served as a teacher of seamanship, personal strength, growth, leadership, and perseverance, while Larry and his crew discovered themselves, and the world.
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This book changed my life
- By LeeAnne on 08-26-12
By: Larry Jacobson
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Kensuke’s Kingdom
- By: Michael Morpurgo
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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When Michael is washed up on an island in the Pacific after falling from his parents’ yacht, he struggles to survive on his own. He can’t find food and he can’t find water, and as Michael and his dog curl up to sleep, he knows they cannot last long. But he soon realises there is someone close by, someone who is watching over him and helping him to stay alive.
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A rare gem
- By BK Stubbs on 04-24-17
By: Michael Morpurgo
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Swell
- A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening
- By: Liz Clark
- Narrated by: Liz Clark
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Captain Liz Clark spent her youth dreaming of traveling the world by sailboat and surfing remote waves. When she was 22, she met a mentor who helped turn her desire into reality. Embarking on an adventure that most only fantasize about, she set sail from Santa Barbara, California, as captain of her 40-foot sailboat, Swell, headed south in search of surf, self, and the wonder and learning that lies beyond the unbroken horizon.
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such a disapointment
- By Mikel marchant on 01-21-20
By: Liz Clark
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Fourteen
- A Daughter's Memoir of Adventure, Sailing, and Survival
- By: Leslie Johansen Nack
- Narrated by: Leslie Johansen Nack
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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Winner of three independent book awards: NIEA, Readers' Favorites and Beverly Hills Book Awards. Obsessed with sailing, Leslie Nack's larger-than-life Norwegian father has a dream to live on a sailboat and show his three daughters the world. And although it takes years, in 1975 he finally completes his preparation and sets his sights on French Polynesia.
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Great Narrative!
- By Gabriela O. on 02-10-19
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Boat Girl
- A Memoir of Youth, Love, and Fiberglass
- By: Melanie Neale
- Narrated by: Lia Frederick
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Boat Girl is the heartbreaking memoir of growing up aboard a sailboat. Throughout the 1980's and 90's, Melanie's family lived aboard a 47-foot sailboat, spending their summers along the US East Coast and their winters in the Bahamas. But the cruising life was not all fun in the sun. The family had to work hard to pay for their way of life. They dodged hurricanes, overzealous federal agents and bullying land-kids. And they endured a boatload of family drama.
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a remarkable story of a remarkable lady.
- By Wayne E Willis on 10-13-19
By: Melanie Neale
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Safe Harbor
- By: Luanne Rice
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
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Artist Dana Underhill has always been a free spirit, traveling the world, filling her canvases with the mysterious colors of the seas she and her sister have sailed since childhood. Then on a calm, moonlit night an inexplicable “accident” occurs and Dana is called home to Hubbard’s Point to become a mother to her two young nieces, a challenge unlike any she’s ever known. As Dana and the girls struggle to begin a new life - and to find the truth about what happened to Dana’s sister and brother-in-law - help comes in the person of an old childhood friend.
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Slow to start but great read!
- By Lori L on 07-19-20
By: Luanne Rice
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Christmas in Camelot
- By: Mary Pope Osborne
- Narrated by: Mary Pope Osborne
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
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Inspired by the Celtic legend and the spirit of the imagination, Christmas in Camelot is Mary Pope Osborne's gift to young listeners everywhere. It begins with a simple invitation to spend Christmas Eve in Camelot, a magical place that exists only in myth and fantasy. What Jack and Annie don't know is that the invitation will send them on a quest to save Camelot itself, not from destruction, but from being forgotten forever.
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Fabulous Story and Well Read
- By Marie on 12-24-06
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Saltwater Buddha
- A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea
- By: Jaimal Yogis
- Narrated by: Danny Hughes
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
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Fed up with teenage life in the suburbs, Jaimal Yogis ran off to Hawaii with little more than a copy of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha and enough cash for a surfboard. His journey is a coming-of-age saga that takes him from communes to monasteries, from the warm Pacific to the icy New York shore. Equal parts spiritual memoir and surfer's tale, this is a chronicle of finding meditative focus in the barrel of a wave and eternal truth in the great, salty blue.
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RIpoff Audio Recording
- By Tracey on 03-22-19
By: Jaimal Yogis
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Maiden Voyage
- By: Tania Aebi, Bernadette Brennan
- Narrated by: Tania Aebi
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
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Tania Aebi was an unambitious 18-year-old, a bicycle messenger in New York City by day, a Lower East Side barfly at night. In short, she was going nowhere - until her father offered her a challenge: Tania could choose either a college education or a 26-foot sloop. The only catch was that if she chose the sailboat, she'd have to sail around the world - alone. She chose the boat, and for the next two and a half years and 27,000 miles, it was her home.
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Wonderful and Inspiring Story
- By Nate Stephens on 01-09-23
By: Tania Aebi, and others
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Hound of the Sea
- Wild Man. Wild Waves. Wild Wisdom.
- By: Garrett McNamara, Karen Karbo
- Narrated by: Rudy Sanda
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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Big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara set the world record for the sport, surfing a 78-foot wave in Nazare, Portugal, in 2011, a record he smashed two years later at the same break. Propelled by the challenge and promise of bigger, more difficult waves, this adrenaline-fueled loner and polarizing figure travels the globe to ride the most dangerous swells the oceans have to offer, from calving glaciers to hurricane swells. But what motivates McNamara to go to such extremes - to risk everything for one thrilling ride?
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Awesome Story and Narration.
- By oregonlife on 10-16-18
By: Garrett McNamara, and others
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A Salty Piece of Land
- By: Jimmy Buffett
- Narrated by: John David Souther
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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If Tully Mars had known what he was getting himself into when he agreed to help find the lost lens belonging to the lighthouse on Cayo Loco, well, he might never have agreed to help in the first place. Then again, maybe he simply would have taken a slightly longer nap before setting off on his wild adventure. And it isn't just Tully, whom Buffett fans will remember well from Jimmy's best-selling Tales from Margaritaville, on the madcap quest.
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ParrotHead Reading
- By RockyToTheMoon on 12-20-04
By: Jimmy Buffett
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Escaping the Giant Wave
- By: Peg Kehret
- Narrated by: Terry Bregy
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
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Thirteen-year-old Kyle thought spending a vacation on the Oregon coast with his family would be great. He'd never flown before, and he'd never seen the Pacific Ocean. But Kyle's vacation becomes a nightmare when he's babysitting his sister BeeBee and an earthquake hits. Can Kyle and BeeBee outwit and outrun nature's fury to save themselves from tsunami terror?
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Wrong Narrator
- By Lifeisshort on 09-16-14
By: Peg Kehret