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  • The Hardy Boys: The Missing Chums, chapters 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15
    Apr 15 2026

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    Frank and Joe have an idea that their missing chums, Chet Morton and Biff Hooper, may have gone out to Blacksnake Island and run into trouble, so they head out to the island in their boat, Sleuth. Yes, there certainly is trouble on the island, and it doesn’t just come from the venomous blacksnakes that frequent the place. There are dangerous caves and unscrupulous outlaws as well! Can Frank and Joe do anything to save their friends?

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    1 h y 3 m
  • The Hardy Boys: The Missing Chums, chapters 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10
    Mar 12 2026

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    Chet and Biff are missing! Can they have perished in the huge storm? Of course, Frank and Joe want to go out on their motorboat, the Sleuth, to try to find some evidence of their missing friends, but when their cantankerous old great-aunt Gertrude comes to visit, those plans might need to be put aside, as Aunt Gertrude highly disapproves of “little boys going out on boats.” How can the Hardy boys just sit back and hope their friends somehow arrive back home?

    To find out, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.

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    59 m
  • The Hardy Boys: The Missing Chums, chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
    Mar 2 2026

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    Here is the first episode in the FOURTH Hardy Boys’ book: The Missing Chums. When Chet Morton and Biff Hooper decide to take Biff’s father’s new motorboat on a trip up the Atlantic coast, the only thing that would make it better would be if Frank and Joe Hardy could join them. But they can’t. They have to stay at home in Bayport while their father is away on an important detective case. There are some strange things going on around town, however. Three suspicious looking men almost make Biff have a serious accident in the new boat, and then the same shifty men are seen at the side of the road by Chet Morton’s house for no good reason. Is there something going on that the boys should investigate?

    To find out, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.

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    1 h y 1 m
  • Nancy Drew: The Hidden Staircase, Chapters 9, 10, 11, and 12
    Jan 16 2026

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    Not even a threatening note will stop determined young Nancy Drew from keeping her commitment to visit the two maiden ladies who live in the Turnbull Mansion. She wants to help them figure out who is trying to scare them and make them think their house is haunted. Nancy tries and tries, but is there really a secret passage or hidden panel in the house? And where is Carson Drew, Nancy’s father? He said he would telegraph when she should meet him at the railway station, but Nancy hasn’t heard from him yet. Nancy is growing concerned.

    Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.

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    43 m
  • Nancy Drew: The Mystery at Lilac Inn: Chapters 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25
    Jan 5 2026

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    Oh, the scrapes Nancy Drew gets herself in! At the beginning of this episode, we find her gagged, and bound hand and foot as a captive of three scoundrels: Tom Tozzle, Bud Mason, and the particularly mean Mary Mason, who seems to have a personal antipathy toward Nancy. How can she ever extricate herself from their clutches? Here is the final, exciting segment of Nancy Drew in The Mystery at Lilac Inn!

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    53 m
  • Nancy Drew: The Mystery at Lilac Inn: Chapters 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20
    Jan 5 2026

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    If Nancy Drew is anything, she is a good friend to those in need. Emily Crandall certainly needs a good friend to help restore her inheritance and, if possible, clear her guardian, Mrs. Willoughby, from suspicion of the jewel theft. Nancy is doing all she can, even following the tiniest whiff of a clue no matter where it leads. But is Nancy brave, or is she foolhardy when she sneaks into the dilapidated house in Dockville where three hardened criminals are discussing their latest heist?

    Now, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.

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    54 m
  • Nancy Drew: The Mystery at Lilac Inn: Chapters 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15
    Jan 5 2026

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    Do you remember the sullen and rather rude girl who applied to become the housekeeper for the Drew family? Well, Mary Mason is back in the story! How could this rather shabbily dressed young woman have found enough money to purchase expensive dresses and other clothing items? Nancy has a faint suspicion that there may be some connection between Mary’s extravagant spending and the robbery at Lilac Inn. Now if she can only find some common thread!

    Now, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.

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    53 m
  • Nancy Drew: The Mystery at Lilac Inn: Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10
    Jan 5 2026

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    Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker.

    Somehow, Nancy Drew just can’t seem to avoid becoming involved in a thrilling mystery. With the puzzling disappearance of the Crandall jewels on her mind, Nancy is determined to help her friend regain her inheritance. But unlike other mysteries, this situation seems to have sprouted into an overabundance of clues, any one of which could lead to some sort of resolution. Finally, in an attempt to give her mind a rest from the confusing situation, Nancy goes shopping, and finds yet another strange piece that may or may not fit into the mysterious events at Lilac Inn.

    Now, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.

    Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life!
    Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

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    55 m