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Guys Read: Heroes & Villains

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 27 mins)
• By Jon Scieszka - editor
• Narrated By Michael Curran-Dorsano, David DeSantos, Lucien Dodge, and others
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Heroes & Villains, the seventh volume in Jon Scieszka's Guys Read Library of Great Reading, is chock-full of adventure featuring an array of characters - with and without capes. Featuring 10 all-new, original stories that run the gamut from fantasy to contemporary adventure to nonfiction, and featuring 11 of the most acclaimed, exciting writers for kids working today, this collection is the perfect book for you, whether you use your powers for good - or evil.

Guys Read: True Stories

• UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 56 mins)
• By Jon Scieszka, Jim Murphy, Elizabeth Partridge, and others
• Narrated By Bruce Thomas, Hillary Huber, Robin Weigert, and others
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A star-studded group of award-winning nonfiction authors and journalists provides something for every listener, all aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Compiled and edited by real-life literature legend Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: True Stories is a mind-blowing collection of essays, biographies, travelogues, and more, all proving that the truth is most definitely out there.

Dead End in Norvelt

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 16 mins)
• By Jack Gantos
• Narrated By Jack Gantos
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Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt is a novel about an incredible two months for a kid named Jack Gantos, whose plans for vacation excitement are shot down when he is "grounded for life" by his feuding parents, and whose nose spews bad blood at every little shock he gets. But plenty of excitement (and shocks) are coming Jack's way once his mom loans him out to help a fiesty old neighbor with a most unusual chore - typewriting obituaries filled with stories about the people who founded his town.

Guys Read: Thriller

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 37 mins)
• By Jon Scieszka
• Narrated By Bronson Pinchot, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Steve West, and others

The second volume in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading is chock-full of mystery, intrigue, and nefarious activity. Featuring some of the best writers around, and compiled by certified guy Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: Thriller is a pulse-pounding collection of brand-new short stories, each one guaranteed to keep you riveted until the final page.

Boy

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 11 mins)
• By Roald Dahl
• Narrated By Dan Stevens

Where did Roald Dahl get all of his wonderful ideas for stories? From his own life, of course! As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fascinating and fiendishly funny. Did you know that Roald Dahl nearly lost his nose in a car accident? Or that he was once a chocolate candy tester for Cadbury's? Have you heard about his involvement in the Great Mouse Plot of 1924? If not, you don't yet know all there is to know about Roald Dahl.

Guys Read: Terrifying Tales

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 35 mins)
• By Jon Scieszka
• Narrated By Vikas Adam, Paul Boehmer, Andrew Eiden

Eleven masters of suspense - Kelly Barnhill, Michael Buckley, Adam Gidwitz, Adele Griffin and Lisa Brown, Claire Legrand, Nikki Loftin, Daniel José Older, Dav Pilkey, R. L. Stine, and Rita Williams-Garcia - have come together to bring you a bone-chilling collection of original ghost stories, perfect for sharing around the campfire, listening under the covers with a flashlight, and scaring your friends' pants off.

Guys Read: Other Worlds

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 10 mins)
• By Jon Scieszka, Tom Angleberger, Eric S. Nylund, and others
• Narrated By John Morgan, Jesse Bernstein, Tessa Aberjonois, and others
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Welcome to Other Worlds, the fourth volume in the Guys Read Library. Prepare yourself for 10 trips into the unknown, as 10 of your favorite writers spin tales of fantasy and science fiction the likes of which you have never imagined. Compiled by National Ambassador for Children's Literature (and Secret Ambassador for the Intergalactic Alliance) Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: Other Worlds is the most exciting collection of stories on this - or any other - planet.

Spy School: Spy School Series, Book 1

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 1 min)
• By Stuart Gibbs
• Narrated By Gibson Frazier
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Ben Ripley may only be in middle school, but he's already pegged his dream job: CIA or bust. Unfortunately for him, his personality doesn't exactly scream "secret agent". In fact Ben is so awkward, he can barely get to school and back without a mishap. Because of his innate nerdiness, Ben is not surprised when he is recruited for a magnet school with a focus on science - but he's entirely shocked to discover that the school is actually a front for a junior CIA academy.

The Terrible Two

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 22 mins)
• By Mac Barnett, Jory John
• Narrated By Adam Verner

Miles Murphy had it made. He lived in a great town near the ocean, he had two best friends, and most importantly, he had a reputation for being his town's best prankster. All of which explains why he's not happy to bemoving to Yawnee Valley, a sleepy town that's famous for one thing and one thing only: cows. Worse than that, Miles quickly discovers that Yawnee Valley already has a prankster - and a great one. If Miles is going to take the title from this mystery kid, he'll have to raise his game.

Guys Read: The Sports Pages

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 24 mins)
• By Jon Scieszka
• Narrated By Robertson Dean, Christian Rummel, Mike Rylander
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A lineman with something to prove. A vendetta against a baseball legend. The rise of a real-life NHL all-star. The luckiest grapefruit in sports history. Open up The Sports Pages, the third volume in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading, and you're in for all of this and more. From fiction to nonfiction, from baseball to mixed martial arts and everything in between, these are 10 stories about the rush of victory and the crush of defeat on and off the field. Compiled by kid-lit all-star Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: The Sports Pages is a thrilling collection of brand-new short stories.

When You Reach Me

• UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 19 mins)
• By Rebecca Stead
• Narrated By Cynthia Holloway

By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhood. They know where it's safe to go, like the local grocery store, and they know whom to avoid, like the crazy guy on the corner.

But things start to unravel. Sal gets punched by a new kid for what seems like no reason, and he shuts Miranda out of his life. The apartment key that Miranda's mom keeps hidden for emergencies is stolen. And then Miranda finds a mysterious note.

Guys Write for Guys Read: Boys' Favorite Authors Write About Being Boys

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 20 mins)
• By Jon Scieszka, Chris Crutcher, Stephen King, and others
• Narrated By Greg Abbey

This fast-paced, high-energy collection of short works features today's most popular writers and illustrators writing about what it means to be a guy. Contributors include Chris Crutcher, Stephen King, Matt Groening, Daniel Pinkwater, Neil Gaiman, and many more.

Ghost

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 29 mins)
• By Jason Reynolds
• Narrated By Guy Lockard
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Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team - a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves.

Liesl & Po

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 55 mins)
• By Lauren Oliver, Kei Acedera
• Narrated By Jim Dale
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Liesl lives in a tiny attic bedroom, locked away by her cruel stepmother. Her only friends are the shadows and the mice - until one night a ghost appears from the darkness. It is Po, who comes from the Other Side. Both Liesl and Po are lonely, but together they are less alone. That same night, an alchemist's apprentice, Will, bungles an important delivery. He accidentally switches a box containing the most powerful magic in the world with one containing something decidedly less remarkable. Will's mistake has tremendous consequences for Liesl and Po....

Space Case

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 28 mins)
• By Stuart Gibbs
• Narrated By Gibson Frazier
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Like his fellow lunarnauts - otherwise known as Moonies - living on Moon Base Alpha, twelve-year-old Dashiell Gibson is famous the world over for being one of the first humans to live on the moon. And he's bored out of his mind. Kids aren't allowed on the lunar surface, meaning they're trapped inside the tiny moon base with next to nothing to occupy their time - and the only other kid Dash's age spends all his time hooked into virtual reality games.

The Island of Dr. Libris

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 9 mins)
• By Chris Grabenstein
• Narrated By Kirby Heyborne
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Billy's spending the summer in a lakeside cabin that belongs to the mysterious Dr. Libris. But something strange is going on. Besides the security cameras everywhere, there's Dr. Libris' private bookcase. Whenever Billy opens the books inside, he can hear sounds coming from the island in the middle of the lake. The clash of swords. The twang of arrows. Sometimes he can even feel the ground shaking. It's almost as if the stories he's reading are coming to life!

Book Scavenger

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 17 mins)
• By Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
• Narrated By Jessica Almasy
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For 12-year-old Emily, the best thing about moving to San Francisco is that it's the home city of her literary idol: Garrison Griswold, book publisher and creator of the online sensation Book Scavenger (a game where books are hidden in cities all over the country and clues to find them are revealed through puzzles). Upon her arrival, however, Emily learns that Griswold has been attacked and is now in a coma, and no one knows anything about the epic new game he had been poised to launch.

Fish in a Tree

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 44 mins)
• By Lynda Hunt
• Narrated By Kathleen McInerney
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Ally has been smart enough to fool a lot of smart people. Every time she lands in a new school, she is able to hide her inability to read by creating clever yet disruptive distractions. She is afraid to ask for help; after all, how can you cure dumb? However, her newest teacher Mr. Daniels sees the bright, creative kid underneath the trouble maker. With his help, Ally learns not to be so hard on herself and that dyslexia is nothing to be ashamed of.

The Blackthorn Key

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 21 mins)
• By Kevin Sands
• Narrated By Ray Panthaki
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London, 1665. Fourteen-year-old Christopher Rowe is apprenticed to master apothecary Benedict Blackthorn. In Blackthorn's shop, Christopher learns the delicate secrets of transforming simple ingredients into powerful medicines, potions and weapons. His beloved master guides him with a firm, steady hand - instilling him with confidence and independence that prove increasingly vital as Christopher learns of a mysterious cult preying on the most learned men in London.

The Worst Class Trip Ever

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 57 mins)
• By Dave Barry
• Narrated By Todd Haberkorn
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In this hilarious novel, written in the voice of eighth-grader Wyatt Palmer, Dave Barry takes us on a class trip to Washington, DC. Wyatt, his best friend, Matt, and a few kids from Culver Middle School find themselves in a heap of trouble - not just with their teachers, who have long lost patience with them - but from several mysterious men they first meet on their flight to the nation's capital.

Upside-Down Magic #1

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 8 mins)
• By Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, Emily Jenkins
• Narrated By Rebecca Soler
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Nory Horace is nine years old. She's resourceful, she's brave, she likes peanut butter cookies. Also, she's able to transform into many different animals. Unfortunately, Nory's shape-shifting talent is a bit wonky. And when she flunks out of her own father's magic academy, Nory's forced to enter public school, where she meets a group of kids whose magic is, well, different.

The Fourteenth Goldfish

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 3 mins)
• By Jennifer L. Holm
• Narrated By Georgette Perna
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Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked change. She misses fifth grade. She misses her old best friend. She even misses her dearly departed goldfish. Then one day a strange boy shows up. He’s bossy. He’s cranky. And weirdly enough...he looks a lot like Ellie’s grandfather, a scientist who’s always been slightly obsessed with immortality. Could this pimply boy really be Grandpa Melvin? Has he finally found the secret to eternal youth?

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

• UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 7 mins)
• By James Patterson
• Narrated By Bryan Kennedy

Rafe Kane has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the mix. Luckily, he's got an ace plan for the best year ever, if he can pull it off. With his best friend Leonardo the Silent awarding him points, Rafe tries to break every rule in his school's oppressive Code of Conduct. Chewing gum in class - 5,000 points! Running in the hallway - 10,000 points! Pulling the fire alarm - 50,000 points!

Ms. Bixby's Last Day

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 47 mins)
• By John David Anderson
• Narrated By Jesse Bernstein, Ramon de Ocampo, Maxwell Glick
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Everyone knows there are different kinds of teachers. The boring ones, the mean ones, the ones who try too hard, the ones who stopped trying long ago. The ones you'll never remember and the ones you want to forget. Ms. Bixby is none of these. She's the sort of teacher who makes you feel like school is somehow worthwhile. Who recognizes something in you that sometimes you don't even see in yourself. Who you never want to disappoint. What Ms. Bixby is is one of a kind.