Children & Young Adults General
A Great and Terrible Beauty
By: Libba Bray
After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.
Published: Jan 2004
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Abridged
Narrator: Joanna Wyatt
Heroes of the Valley
By: Jonathan Stroud
Halli Sveinsson has grown up in the House of Svein, listening to the legends of the heroes as all his forefathers did. His is a peaceful society where the violence of the past has been outlawed and disputes are settled by the Council. But...
Published: Jan 2009
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: David Thorn
Discs: 9
The Prophet of Yonwood (Ember)
By: Jeanne Duprau
When 11-year-old Nickie Randolph arrives in Yonwood, North Carolina, she finds a town ruled by religion and prophecy, strong notions about sin and goodness, and a house filled with mysteries. THE PROPHET OF YONWOOD, the long-awaited prequel to...
Published: Apr 2006
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Becky Ann Baker
Discs: 5
Twits
By: Roald Dahl
'If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until it looks so ugly you can hardly bear to look at it.'How do you...
Published: Feb 2006
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Simon Callow
Ghosthunter and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost: Ghosthunters #1 (Ghosthunters)
By: Cornelia Funke
Timid nine-year-old Tom Tomsky reluctantly agrees to help professional ghostbuster Hetty Camomile dispel an IRG (Incredibly Revolting Ghost) from an old house, while also dealing with the ASG (Averagely Spooky Ghost) living in his cellar and his...
Published: Jul 2006
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: John Beach
Discs: 2
Captivate
By: Carrie Jones
Zara and her friends knew they hadn't solved the pixie problem for good. Far from it. The king's needs grow deeper every day he's stuck in captivity, while his control over his people gets weaker. It's made him vulnerable. And now there's a new king...
Published: Jan 2010
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Julia Whelan
Discs: 7
Miracle on 49th Street
By: Mike Lupica
Josh Cameron is basketball royalty–MVP of the Championship Boston Celtics and a media darling with a spotless reputation. He's got it all, including something he never even knew he had: a daughter.Twelve-year-old Molly Parker catches Josh off...
Published: Oct 2006
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Michele Santopietro
Discs: 5
Endymion Spring
By: Matthew Skelton
BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive interview with Matthew Skelton about the origins of Endymion Spring.'You've stumbled on to something much larger than you can possibly imagine.'In the dead of night, a cloaked figure drags a heavy box through...
Published: Aug 2006
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Richard Easton
Discs: 8
The Last Siege
By: Jonathan Stroud
When three lonely teenagers--Emily, Simon, and the enigmatic Marcus--break into the forbidden interior of the keep of a castle in an attempt to feel the power of occupation, their playful re-enactment unexpectedly plunges them into a nightmare....
Published: Sep 2006
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: David Thorn
Discs: 6
The River
By: Gary Paulsen
We want you to do it again.' These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two years earlier, Brian was stranded alone in the wilderness for 54 days with nothing but a small hatchet. Yet he survived. Now the government...
Published: Apr 2005
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Peter Coyote
Discs: 3
Twisted
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
High school senior Tyler Miller used to be the kind of guy who faded into the background—average student, average looks, average dysfunctional family. But since he got busted for doing graffiti on the school, and spent the summer doing outdoor...
Published: Mar 2007
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Mike Chamberlain
Discs: 5
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover (Gallagher Girls)
By: Ally Carter
When Cammie Morgan arrives at her friend Macey's five star hotel for the Democratic National Convention — where Macey's father is about to receive the vice presidential nomination — she thinks she's in for an exciting end to her summer break. ...
Published: Jun 2009
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Rena(c)E Raudman
Discs: 6
Uncommon Criminals (A Heist Society Novel)
By: Ally Carter
Katarina Bishop has worn a lot of labels in her short life. Friend. Niece. Daughter. Thief. But for the last two months she's simply been known as the girl who ran the crew that robbed the greatest museum in the world. That's why Kat isn't surprised...
Published: Jun 2011
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Angela Dawe
Discs: 1
Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story
By: Mary Downing Hahn
Twelve-year-old Molly and her ten-year-old brother, Michael, have never liked their younger stepsister, Heather. Ever since their parents got married, she's made Molly and Michael's life miserable. Now their parents have moved them all to the country...
Published: Feb 2009
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Ellen Grafton
Discs: 4
Under The Jolly Roger
By: La Meyer
A Pirate at heart, unlikely heroine Jacky Faber returns to sea in a truly swashbuckling tale filled with good humor, wit, and courage. After Leaving the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston--under dire circumstances, of course--Jacky...
Published: Sep 2008
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Katherine Kellgren
The Midnight Twins
By: Jacquelyn Mitchard
Merry is bubbly, outgoing, and optimistic.Mally is thoughtful, solitary, and independent.The twins think of themselves as one. They dream the same dreams, experience the same emotions, and even share a language nobody else can...
Published: Jul 2008
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Emily Durante
Discs: 6
A Season of Gifts
By: Richard Peck
The return of one of children's literature's most memorable characters is a gift indeed. The eccentric, forceful, big-hearted Grandma Dowdel is the star of the Newbery Medal–winning A Year Down Yonder and Newbery Honor–winning A Long Way from...
Published: Sep 2009
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
The Game of Sunken Places
By: M. T. Anderson
When Brian and Gregory receive an invitation to stay at a distant relative's strange mansion . . . well, they should know better than to go. Trips to distant relatives' strange mansions rarely go well. And this mansion is even stranger than most....
Published: Dec 2005
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Marc Cashman
Discs: 6
Blood Tide: A Never Land Book (Never Land Adventure) (Never Land Adventure)
By: Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
When an earthquake strikes Never Land Island, things begin to go terribly wrong. A mysterious barrel washes ashore and falls into the hands of Captain Hook, who hatches an evil plan. The once-peaceful mermaids, who have always been friends to the...
Published: Sep 2008
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Jim Dale
If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period
By: Gennifer Choldenko
For Kirsten McKenna, the world is crumbling. Her parents are barely speaking to each other, and her best friend has come under the spell of the school’s queen bee, Brianna. Only Kirsten’s younger science-geek sister is on her...
Published: Oct 2007
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Little Brother
By: Cory Doctorow
Marcus, a.k.a "w1n5t0n," is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high...
Published: May 2010
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Kirby Heyborne
Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story
By: Mary Downing Hahn
Twelve-year-old Molly and her ten-year-old brother, Michael, have never liked their younger stepsister, Heather. Ever since their parents got married, she's made Molly and Michael's life miserable. Now their parents have moved them all to the country...
Published: Feb 2009
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Ellen Grafton
Once Upon A Marigold
By: Jean Ferris
Happily-ever-after turned upside down, inside out, and completely over the top! Christian is gaga for Princess Marigold. He's just a commoner, though, and no match for royalty. Heck, he lives in a cave with a troll! And now he's discovered another...
Published: May 2007
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Carrington Macduffie
Everything on a Waffle
By: Polly Horvath
Haven't you ever just known something deep in your heart without reason?Primrose Squarp simply knows her parents did not perish at sea during a terrible storm, but try convincing the other residents of Coal Harbour on that score. For all...
Published: Feb 2008
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Kathleen McInerney
Weedflower
By: Cynthia Kadohata
After twelve-year-old Sumiko and her Japanese-American family are relocated from their flower farm in southern California to an internment camp on a Mojave Indian reservation in Arizona, she helps her family and neighbors, becomes friends with a...
Published: Mar 2006
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Kimberly Farr
Discs: 5
Fairies and the Quest for Never Land
By: Gail Carson Levine
Gwendolyn Carlisle loves fairies, perhaps too much. On her birthday, she receives the precious "kiss" necklace which has been passed down from mother to daughter ever since Peter Pan gave it to Wendy Darling. That night, Gwendolyn has the...
Published: Jun 2010
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Rosalyn Landor
Operation Yes
By: Sara Lewis Holmes
PLAN A Bo is going to behave for his new teacher. His father, an Air Force colonel, says so. Gari is going to live peacefully with her cousin. Her mother, an Army nurse, says so. Miss Loupe is going to teach her class language arts, social studies,...
Published: Jan 2011
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Jessica Almasy
Discs: 6
Everything for a Dog
By: Ann M. Martin
Grade Level: 4-6 Age Level: 9-11 Listening Level: Grades 4-6 Bone and his sister, Squirrel, are stray dogs born in a shed. Left mother-less as puppies, the two dogs survive together for a while, but are soon wrenched apart, and Bone must now go on,...
Published: Sep 2009
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Discs: 5
Bras and Broomsticks (Bras & Broomsticks Trilogy)
By: Sarah Mlynowski
Everyone needs a little magic. Especially 14-year-old Rachel. Not only did her younger sister, Miri, inherit her mother's ample bosom (so not fair), it turns out that her little sis is also a witch! Of course, there's a chance that Rachel is a...
Published: Feb 2005
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Ariadne Meyers
Discs: 7
The Keys to the Kingdom #1: Mister Monday
By: Garth Nix
Strange things begin happening after Arthur Pengaligon dreams of a strange figure who hands him a key shaped like a minute hand. A winged man-dog tries to invade his house. A sleeping sickness falls over the city. And then there's the weird new...
Published: Mar 2010
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Allan Corduner