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- Otherwise Known as De Fawg Pin
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From the author of The Magic Circle, Zel, and Stones in Water.
Who is that handsome green stranger? None of the pond dwellers has ever seen the peculiar new frog before. They found him sitting in a pile of human clothes outside the hag’s house. What a strange frog he is!
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Critic Reviews
“The frog prince motif has inspired many books, but few as original as this novel.” (Booklist)
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"Readers will enjoy this funny fairy tale, but they will also learn about what makes frogs different from toads, why they have two vocal sacs, and how the whole mating thing works." (School Library Journal)
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Story5 out of 5 stars 46
From Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Katherine Rundell comes an exciting new novel about a group of kids who must survive in the Amazon after their plane crashes. Fred, Con, Lila, and Max are on their way back to England from Manaus when the plane they're on crashes and the pilot dies upon landing. For days they survive alone, until Fred finds a map that leads them to a ruined city, and to a secret.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is awsome
- By Richard Cahill on 03-30-20
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Ragweed
- By: Avi
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 59
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Story5 out of 5 stars 58
Ragweed the mouse is four months old and anxious to see the world. So he says goodbye to his family and friends in the Woodlands and, following the advice of a friendly vole, makes his way to the big city: Amperville. In Amperville, Ragweed sees things he’s never seen before - like cats! In particular, he comes face-to-face with Silversides, founder and president of F.E.A.R. (Felines Enraged About Rodents). Silversides wants to make sure mice know their place in the world. With new friends Clutch, a skateboarding mouse with green hair, and Blinker, a pet mouse longing for freedom, Ragweed takes a stand against F.E.A.R.
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5 out of 5 stars
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perfect for our second reading
- By Amazon Customer on 01-17-23
By: Avi
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Nurk
- The Strange, Surprising Adventures of a (Somewhat) Brave Shrew
- By: Ursula Vernon
- Narrated by: Bill Knowlton
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story5 out of 5 stars 22
Nurk is a quiet homebody of a shrew. But when a mysterious plea for help arrives in the mail, he invokes the spirit of his fearless warrior-shrew grandmorther, Surka, and sets off to find the sender. It seems the prince of the dragonflies has been kidnapped, and Nurk is his last hope for rescue. Such a mission would be daunting for even the biggest, baddest, and bravest of shrews, and Nurk is neither big nor bad, and only a little brave. But he does his very best - and hopes his grandmother would be proud.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it!
- By D L on 01-27-23
By: Ursula Vernon
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Grump
- The (Fairly) True Tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
- By: Liesl Shurtliff
- Narrated by: Paul Fox
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 69
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 69
Ever since he was a dwarfling, Borlen (nicknamed "Grump") has dreamed of visiting The Surface, so when opportunity knocks, he leaves his cavern home behind. At first, life above-ground is a dream come true. Queen Elfrieda Veronika Ingrid Lenore (E.V.I.L.) is the best friend Grump always wanted, feeding him all the rubies he can eat and allowing him to rule at her side in exchange for magic and information. But as time goes on, Grump starts to suspect that Queen E.V.I.L. may not be as nice as she seems....
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4 out of 5 stars
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This was a really creative retelling of Snow White
- By Erica Richardson on 11-03-21
By: Liesl Shurtliff
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The Last Wild
- By: Piers Torday
- Narrated by: Oliver Hembrough
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
In a world where animals no longer exist, twelve-year-old Kester Jaynes sometimes feels like he hardly exists either. Locked away in a home for troubled children, he's told there's something wrong with him. So when he meets a flock of talking pigeons and a bossy cockroach, Kester thinks he's finally gone crazy. But the animals have something to say. And they need him. The pigeons fly Kester to a wild place where the last creatures in the land have survived.
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4 out of 5 stars
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My ela project book
- By Anonymous User on 01-03-22
By: Piers Torday
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Ninth Ward
- By: Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Narrated by: Sisi Aisha Johnson
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 98
Acclaimed novelist Jewell Parker Rhodes is an American Book Award winner. Rhodes’ Ninth Ward is a stunning tale set against the horrors of Hurricane Katrina. Orphaned 12-year-old Lanesha lives with Mama Ya-Ya, the midwife who birthed her, in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. Although Lanesha is different—able to see ghosts like that of her dead mother—she never feels unloved, an empowerment that helps her survive the devastating storm.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The only thing worse than narrator is story itself
- By Erin on 02-13-13
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Tiger Lily
- By: Jodi Lynn Anderson
- Narrated by: Cassandra Morris
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 197
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 179
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Story4 out of 5 stars 180
Before Peter Pan belonged to Wendy, he belonged to the girl with the crow feather in her hair.... Fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily doesn't believe in love stories or happy endings. Then she meets the alluring teenage Peter Pan in the forbidden woods of Neverland and immediately falls under his spell.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Delightful New Angle on Peter Pan
- By LCNanny on 09-17-14
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Horizon
- Horizon, Book 1
- By: Scott Westerfeld
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 58
When a plane crash-lands in the Arctic, eight young survivors step from the wreckage expecting to see nothing but ice and snow. Instead they find themselves lost in a strange jungle with no way to get home and little hope of rescue. Food is running out. Water is scarce. And the jungle is full of threats unlike anything the survivors have ever seen before - from razor-beaked shredder birds to carnivorous vines and much, much worse.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just great
- By Anonymous User on 11-29-19
By: Scott Westerfeld
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The Frog Princess
- By: E. D. Baker
- Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 354
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 222
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 223
Princess Emma will do just about anything to get out of marrying the self-centered Prince Jorge. So when she meets a frog named Eadric who claims, of course, to be a prince, she decides to give him a kiss and see what happens. Bad idea. The frog stays a frog, and worse still, Emma turns into a frog herself. It turns out only the person who cast the spell can break it, so Emma and Eadric are soon hopping along trying to find the witch who can make them human again.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable for the whole family
- By Queenoid on 11-08-06
By: E. D. Baker
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Dragon Kin: Sapphire & Lotus
- The Dragon Kin Series, Book 1
- By: Audrey Faye, Shae Geary
- Narrated by: Erin Moon
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 58
The ancient prophecy speaks of the five, those who will come to save all of dragonkind. Like most prophecies, it leaves out a lot of the important details. The very ordinary elf girl who runs for the hills - and gets lost in a forest instead. The dragon egg, precariously perched high in a tree on a dark winter's night. And what happens when egg meets girl.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Short!
- By Spencer on 03-14-18
By: Audrey Faye, and others
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The Spindlers
- By: Lauren Oliver
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4 out of 5 stars 44
One night when Liza went to bed, Patrick was her chubby, stubby, candy-grubbing and pancake-loving younger brother, who irritated and amused her both, and the next morning, when she woke up, he was not. In fact, he was quite, quite different. When Liza's brother, Patrick, changes overnight, Liza knows exactly what has happened: The spindlers have gotten to him and stolen his soul. She knows, too, that she is the only one who can save him. To rescue Patrick, Liza must go Below, armed with little more than her wits and a broom.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Sweet magical story w/humor
- By Small Town Girl on 03-04-13
By: Lauren Oliver
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Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg
- By: Gail Carson Levine
- Narrated by: Hannah Gordon
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
Prilla, the newest fairy to arrive in Never Land, is so odd that Never Land itself isn't certain whether to let her into Fairy Haven. Prilla shakes hands when she meets other fairies, and she says "Pleased to meet you", instead of "Fly with you". What's more, she calls Tinker Bell Miss Bell. Altogether, she acts more like a Clumsy than a self-respecting Never fairy should.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Far too violent
- By Catherine on 10-24-16
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Midnight Robber
- By: Nalo Hopkinson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 488
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 443
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 442
It's Carnival time and the Caribbean-colonized planet of Toussaint is celebrating with music, dance, and pageantry. Masked "Midnight Robbers" waylay revelers with brandished weapons and spellbinding words. To young Tan-Tan, the Robber Queen is simply a favorite costume to wear at the festival - until her power-corrupted father commits an unforgiveable crime. Suddenly, both father and daughter are thrust into the brutal world of New Half-Way Tree....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Even Through the Dimensions, Girls Are Not Safe
- By mary on 12-11-12
By: Nalo Hopkinson
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Island of Fog, Book 1
- By: Keith Robinson
- Narrated by: Fred Wolinsky
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
A lonely, foggy island is home to eight families. Twelve-year-old Hal and his friends have always wondered what happened all those years ago on the mainland, that unseen place Out There beyond the fog, and after an astonishing discovery in the woods the children are more determined than ever to find out what their parents are hiding. But their lives are turned upside down when Abigail reveals her closely guarded secret. According to her the children are slowly changing into monsters!
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3 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining!!
- By Natalie @ ABookLoversLife on 07-18-18
By: Keith Robinson
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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Anne Heche
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,307
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,920
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,919
Anne Heche reads The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, the story of nine-year-old Trisha McFarland who gets lost in the woods while on a walk with her family. Boston Red Sox closing pitcher Tom Gordon becomes Trisha's imaginary companion - and the key to her survival against an unidentified someone (or some thing) leaving death and destruction in its wake.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Amber Alert
- By Tango on 03-22-15
By: Stephen King
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The Water Horse
- By: Dick King-Smith
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Parker
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 714
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 600
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 595
When eight-year-old Kirstie brings home a strange egg from the Scottish shore, her family never expects it to hatch. But the next day, Kirstie discovers a baby sea monster swimming in her bathtub! Part horse, part toad, part turtle and part crocodile, he's the oddest-looking creature Kirstie's family has ever seen. Only Kirstie's grandfather knows what the beastie really is: a Water Horse! This lovable creature is the perfect pet. The only trouble is, he can't stop growing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is a good book about a sea monster!
- By frequent warehouse Customer on 10-15-09
By: Dick King-Smith
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Above World
- Above World, Book 1
- By: Jenn Reese
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 90
Thirteen-year-old Aluna has lived her entire life under the ocean, just like all of the Coral Kampii in the City of Shifting Tides. But after remaining hidden from the Above World for centuries, her colony is in trouble, its survival in doubt : the tech that allows the Kampii to breathe underwater is beginning to fail, and many Kampii have already died. Yet the colony’s elders, including Aluna’s father, are unwilling to venture to the dry and dangerous Above World to search for answers. So it’s up to Aluna and her friend Hoku to face the terrors of land to find a solution.
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2 out of 5 stars
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2 1/2 stars...4 stars if your a Tween...
- By LINCOLN on 11-21-17
By: Jenn Reese