Bestsellers
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Projekt 1065
- A Novel of World War II
- By: Alan Gratz
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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It's the height of World War II. Michael O'Shaunessey, son of the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany, lives with his family in Berlin. But Michael, like his parents, is a spy....
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Great story, more designed for young adults 10-14
- By Dennis Larocque on 08-26-18
By: Alan Gratz
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Readers Edition)
- By: William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer
- Narrated by: Korey Jackson
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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This is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village....
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if You Try, You Can Do Anything!
- By Customer789 on 04-14-24
By: William Kamkwamba, and others
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The Last Days of Jesus
- His Life and Times
- By: Bill O'Reilly
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Packed with fascinating details, this fast-paced narrative will transport listeners back in time....
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Happy Easter, Bill
- By Mel on 04-08-14
By: Bill O'Reilly
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Father and I Were Ranchers
- Little Britches # 1
- By: Ralph Moody
- Narrated by: Cameron Beierle
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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The Moody family moves from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch....
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Very dissappointed , too much cussing.
- By Lovelessnomore on 05-29-15
By: Ralph Moody
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Brown Girl Dreaming
- By: Jacqueline Woodson
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Woodson
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s....
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Memoir of a childhood, in verse.
- By Adam Shields on 02-18-19
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Hitler's Last Days
- The Death of the Nazi Regime and the World's Most Notorious Dictator
- By: Bill O'Reilly
- Narrated by: Bill O'Reilly - introduction, Robert Petkoff
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Hitler's Last Days is a gripping account of the death of one of the most reviled villains of the 20th century - a man whose regime of murder and terror haunts the world even today....
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2/3 end of WW2 1/3 Demise of Hitler~4 STAR
- By Molly on 09-02-15
By: Bill O'Reilly
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Projekt 1065
- A Novel of World War II
- By: Alan Gratz
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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It's the height of World War II. Michael O'Shaunessey, son of the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany, lives with his family in Berlin. But Michael, like his parents, is a spy....
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Great story, more designed for young adults 10-14
- By Dennis Larocque on 08-26-18
By: Alan Gratz
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Readers Edition)
- By: William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer
- Narrated by: Korey Jackson
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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This is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village....
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if You Try, You Can Do Anything!
- By Customer789 on 04-14-24
By: William Kamkwamba, and others
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The Last Days of Jesus
- His Life and Times
- By: Bill O'Reilly
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Packed with fascinating details, this fast-paced narrative will transport listeners back in time....
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Happy Easter, Bill
- By Mel on 04-08-14
By: Bill O'Reilly
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Father and I Were Ranchers
- Little Britches # 1
- By: Ralph Moody
- Narrated by: Cameron Beierle
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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The Moody family moves from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch....
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Very dissappointed , too much cussing.
- By Lovelessnomore on 05-29-15
By: Ralph Moody
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Brown Girl Dreaming
- By: Jacqueline Woodson
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Woodson
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s....
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Memoir of a childhood, in verse.
- By Adam Shields on 02-18-19
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Hitler's Last Days
- The Death of the Nazi Regime and the World's Most Notorious Dictator
- By: Bill O'Reilly
- Narrated by: Bill O'Reilly - introduction, Robert Petkoff
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Hitler's Last Days is a gripping account of the death of one of the most reviled villains of the 20th century - a man whose regime of murder and terror haunts the world even today....
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2/3 end of WW2 1/3 Demise of Hitler~4 STAR
- By Molly on 09-02-15
By: Bill O'Reilly
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I Survived the Joplin Tornado, 2011
- I Survived, Book 12
- By: Lauren Tarshis
- Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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A catastrophic tornado struck Joplin, Missouri, in 2011. It was part of a larger tornado outbreak in the spring of that year and reached a maximum width of nearly one mile during its path....
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The story keeps you interested!
- By Salsa Bug on 09-28-17
By: Lauren Tarshis
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I Will Always Write Back
- How One Letter Changed Two Lives
- By: Martin Ganda, Caitlin Alifirenka, Liz Welch
- Narrated by: Chukwudi Iwuji, Emily Bauer
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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The New York Times best-selling true story of an all-American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe and the letter that changed both of their lives forever. It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place....
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Got a pen pal?
- By THoward on 03-19-17
By: Martin Ganda, and others
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George Müller: The Guardian of Bristol's Orphans
- By: Geoff Benge, Janet Benge
- Narrated by: Tim Gregory
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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George Muller stared at the beggar girl. She was no older than five and was piggybacking her little brother. Her mother had died in the cholera epidemic sweeping England. Her father had never returned from the mines....
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Amazing biography and narration!
- By evanlindauer on 06-22-16
By: Geoff Benge, and others
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Bomb
- The Race to Build - and Steal - the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
- By: Steve Sheinkin
- Narrated by: Roy Roy Samuelson
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific race that spanned three continents....
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Clear and Concise History of the First Bomb
- By Chrissie on 10-18-13
By: Steve Sheinkin
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Boy
- By: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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Listened and Read This a Few Times!
- By Dylan on 05-25-16
By: Roald Dahl
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My Lost Freedom
- A Japanese American World War II Story
- By: George Takei
- Narrated by: George Takei
- Length: 36 mins
- Unabridged
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February 19, 1942. George Takei is four years old when his world changes forever. Two months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares anyone of Japanese descent an enemy of the United States....
By: George Takei
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I Survived the Children's Blizzard, 1888
- I Survived, Book 16
- By: Lauren Tarshis
- Narrated by: Andrew Eiden
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The Schoolhouse Blizzard, also known as the Children's Blizzard or the Great Blizzard of 1888 caught people completely by surprise and resulted in 235 fatalities, including several children in one-room schoolhouses....
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The best in the "I Survived" series...
- By Tracy G on 09-17-18
By: Lauren Tarshis
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Rush Revere and the American Revolution
- Time-Travel Adventures with Exceptional Americans
- By: Rush Limbaugh
- Narrated by: Rush Limbaugh
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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The American Revolution has begun - and Rush Revere, liberty the horse, and the time-traveling crew are ready to ride into the action....
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Rush Revere books.... EXCELLENT!!
- By Smitty on 09-26-17
By: Rush Limbaugh
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Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition
- By: Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space....
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Excellent for everyone to read
- By R. Robinson on 06-25-19
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My Life with the Chimpanzees
- By: Jane Goodall
- Narrated by: Jane Goodall
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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From the time she was a girl, Jane Goodall dreamed of a life spent working with animals. Finally she had her wish. When she was 26 years old, she ventured into the forests of Africa to observe chimpanzees in the wild....
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Love Jane, message & superbly crafted soundscapes!
- By Deb Tyler on 06-25-20
By: Jane Goodall
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I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871
- I Survived, Book 11
- By: Lauren Tarshis
- Narrated by: Nicholas Dressel
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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In the next book of the I Survived series, one boy will struggle to stay alive as the great city of Chicago burns....
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Good but scary
- By Hbh on 10-04-22
By: Lauren Tarshis
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Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime
- By: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Gladys Aylward, a housemaid from England, dared to trust God in the face of dire and seemingly hopeless circumstances. Her amazing adventure of faith and determination is one of the truly great missionary stories of our era....
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Good book for youth
- By Jackie O. on 01-05-15
By: Janet Benge, and others
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I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944
- I Survived, Book 18
- By: Lauren Tarshis
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, author Lauren Tarshis shines a spotlight on the story of the Normandy landings, the largest seaborne invasion in history and foundation for the Allied victory in World War II....
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Paul's patriotism
- By Lauren Bacon on 03-21-24
By: Lauren Tarshis
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The Story of the Bible, Volume II
- The New Testament
- By: TAN Books
- Narrated by: Kevin Gallagher
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Children should not just hear the Bible, but experience it....
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Great even for young children
- By MamaW on 03-23-16
By: TAN Books
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The Education of Little Tree
- By: Forrest Carter
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The Education of Little Tree tells of a boy orphaned very young, who is adopted by his Cherokee grandmother and half-Cherokee grandfather in the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee....
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Grabs Your Heartstrings
- By L. Pegher on 07-02-15
By: Forrest Carter
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Woodsong
- By: Gary Paulsen
- Narrated by: Gary Paulsen
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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The award-winning creator of popular survival stories turns his attention to his own real life adventures in Minnesota and Alaska as he prepares for the grueling Iditarod sled dog race....
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Turn off the music!
- By Janet on 04-10-16
By: Gary Paulsen
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C.S. Lewis: Master Storyteller
- By: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
- Narrated by: Tim Gregory
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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From his earliest childhood, C.S. Lewis loved to hear and tell stories. Persuaded that stories could reveal the truth about the real world in a unique way, the literature professor would write more than thirty books....
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Great
- By Rob Murphy on 07-20-23
By: Janet Benge, and others
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Going Solo
- By: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Superb stories, daring deeds, fantastic adventures! Going Solo is the action-packed tale of Roald Dahl's exploits as a World War II pilot. Learn all about his encounters with the enemy, his worldwide travels, the life-threatening injuries he sustained in a plane accident....
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Live of a master, read beautifully
- By Bel on 06-04-16
By: Roald Dahl
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This Country of Ours, Complete Set
- Stories of Explorers and Pioneers, Virginia, New England, the Middle and Southern Colonies, the French in America, the Struggle for Liberty and the United States Under the Constitution
- By: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
- Narrated by: David Thorn, Bobbie Frohman
- Length: 20 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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In This Country of Ours, H. E. Marshall tells the story of America from the start of the settlements, to 1912, ending with the presidency of Woodrow Wilson....
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Interesting, but....
- By Holly M. DiNardo on 01-19-17
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The Day the President Was Shot
- The Secret Service, the FBI, a Would-Be Killer, and the Attempted Assassination of Ronald Reagan
- By: Bill O'Reilly
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 3 hrs
- Unabridged
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The year was 1981. Just two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan was shot after leaving a speaking engagement in Washington, DC....
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Rawhide Is Down!
- By Tyler 963 on 01-21-22
By: Bill O'Reilly
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Who Was George Washington?
- By: Roberta Edwards, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. He has been called the father of our country for leading America through its early years. Washington also served in two major wars during his lifetime: the French and Indian War and the American Revolution....
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Everything!
- By Kiersten Noyes on 03-23-24
By: Roberta Edwards, and others
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Who Is Shaquille O'Neal?
- Who Was?
- By: Ellen Labrecque, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Reginald James
- Length: 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Shaquille O'Neal discovered his love of basketball while spending time in an afterschool program called the Boys & Girls Club of America. Standing over six feet tall by the time he turned 11 years old, Shaq—as he is affectionately known—continued to practice the game....
By: Ellen Labrecque, and others
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Quantum Physics for Beginners
- Introduction to Essential Theories, the Behavior of Matter, and How it's Changing Our Lives
- By: Pantheon Space Academy
- Narrated by: Grant Benker
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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My beginner's book is your ticket to one of the coolest and most mysterious subjects out there. This isn't your average physics book. It's a portal to understanding the stuff that makes up... well, everything....
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Great book everyone should list
- By Dmom on 06-19-23
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Who Is Michael Jordan?
- Who Was?
- By: Kirsten Anderson, Who HQ
- Narrated by: William DeMeritt
- Length: 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Meet the man who changed the game forever. Michael Jordan has always been competitive - even as a young boy, he fought for attention. His need to be the best made him a star player on his college basketball team and helped him become an NBA legend....
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Wish there was more about his personal life.
- By Jon on 11-17-22
By: Kirsten Anderson, and others
Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
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Finding Langston
- By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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When 11-year-old Langston's mother dies in 1946, he and his father leave rural Alabama for Chicago's brown belt as a part of what came to be known as the Great Migration. It's lonely in the small apartment with just the two of them, and Langston is bullied at school. But his new home has one fantastic thing. Unlike the whites-only library in Alabama, the local public library welcomes everyone. There, hiding out after school, Langston discovers another Langston, a poet whom he learns inspired his mother enough to name her only son after him.
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I loved it so much
- By Jessica Roman on 08-31-20
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The Game of Silence
- By: Louise Erdrich
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Her name is Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop, and she lives on an island in Lake Superior. It is 1850 and the lives of the Ojibwe have returned to a familiar rhythm: they build their birchbark houses in the summer, go to the ricing camps in the fall to harvest and feast, and move to their cozy cedar log cabins near the town of LaPointe before the first snows.
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Beautiful book
- By Winona Nelson on 05-03-17
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The Bomb
- By: Theodore Taylor
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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The winner of the Scott O’Dell Award, The Bomb is a powerful history lesson and a gripping tale of suspense that no listener will ever forget. In 1946, 16-year-old Sorry Rinamu watches as U.S. Navy warships appear off the coast of Bikini Island. The U.S. Government wants to test the deadly power of the atomic bomb—and Sorry’s island has been chosen as the test site. The young man knows he must stop the Americans from dropping the bomb—even if it means defying orders from the U.S. Government and risking his own life.
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Bull Run
- By: Paul Fleischman
- Narrated by: Paul Fleischman
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Bull Run was the site of the first battle of the Civil War. This book creates an intimate tapestry of stories from blacks and whites, adults and children, leaders and families from the North and South. Broken dreams and bloodshed take you back to the front lines of the Battle of Bull Run.
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Great book!
- By LaShanda on 07-04-16
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Dash
- By: Kirby Larson
- Narrated by: Kathy Hsieh
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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New from Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson, the moving story of a Japanese American girl who is separated from her dog upon being sent to an incarceration camp during WWII. Although Mitsi Kashino and her family are swept up in the wave of anti-Japanese sentiment following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Mitsi never expects to lose her home - or her beloved dog, Dash. But, as World War II rages and people of Japanese descent are forced into incarceration camps, Mitsi is separated from Dash, her classmates, and life as she knows it.
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everything
- By Andrew Zetterman on 03-13-24
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Beyond the Bright Sea
- By: Lauren Wolk
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie, Lauren Wolk
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The moving story of an orphan, determined to know her own history, who discovers the true meaning of family. Twelve-year-old Crow has lived her entire life on a tiny, isolated piece of the starkly beautiful Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts. Abandoned and set adrift in a small boat when she was just hours old, Crow’s only companions are Osh, the man who rescued and raised her, and Miss Maggie, their fierce and affectionate neighbor across the sandbar.
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Depth
- By Cherie N on 12-03-17
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Finding Langston
- By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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When 11-year-old Langston's mother dies in 1946, he and his father leave rural Alabama for Chicago's brown belt as a part of what came to be known as the Great Migration. It's lonely in the small apartment with just the two of them, and Langston is bullied at school. But his new home has one fantastic thing. Unlike the whites-only library in Alabama, the local public library welcomes everyone. There, hiding out after school, Langston discovers another Langston, a poet whom he learns inspired his mother enough to name her only son after him.
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I loved it so much
- By Jessica Roman on 08-31-20
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The Game of Silence
- By: Louise Erdrich
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Her name is Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop, and she lives on an island in Lake Superior. It is 1850 and the lives of the Ojibwe have returned to a familiar rhythm: they build their birchbark houses in the summer, go to the ricing camps in the fall to harvest and feast, and move to their cozy cedar log cabins near the town of LaPointe before the first snows.
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Beautiful book
- By Winona Nelson on 05-03-17
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The Bomb
- By: Theodore Taylor
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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The winner of the Scott O’Dell Award, The Bomb is a powerful history lesson and a gripping tale of suspense that no listener will ever forget. In 1946, 16-year-old Sorry Rinamu watches as U.S. Navy warships appear off the coast of Bikini Island. The U.S. Government wants to test the deadly power of the atomic bomb—and Sorry’s island has been chosen as the test site. The young man knows he must stop the Americans from dropping the bomb—even if it means defying orders from the U.S. Government and risking his own life.
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Bull Run
- By: Paul Fleischman
- Narrated by: Paul Fleischman
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Bull Run was the site of the first battle of the Civil War. This book creates an intimate tapestry of stories from blacks and whites, adults and children, leaders and families from the North and South. Broken dreams and bloodshed take you back to the front lines of the Battle of Bull Run.
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Great book!
- By LaShanda on 07-04-16
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Dash
- By: Kirby Larson
- Narrated by: Kathy Hsieh
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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New from Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson, the moving story of a Japanese American girl who is separated from her dog upon being sent to an incarceration camp during WWII. Although Mitsi Kashino and her family are swept up in the wave of anti-Japanese sentiment following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Mitsi never expects to lose her home - or her beloved dog, Dash. But, as World War II rages and people of Japanese descent are forced into incarceration camps, Mitsi is separated from Dash, her classmates, and life as she knows it.
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everything
- By Andrew Zetterman on 03-13-24
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Beyond the Bright Sea
- By: Lauren Wolk
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie, Lauren Wolk
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The moving story of an orphan, determined to know her own history, who discovers the true meaning of family. Twelve-year-old Crow has lived her entire life on a tiny, isolated piece of the starkly beautiful Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts. Abandoned and set adrift in a small boat when she was just hours old, Crow’s only companions are Osh, the man who rescued and raised her, and Miss Maggie, their fierce and affectionate neighbor across the sandbar.
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Depth
- By Cherie N on 12-03-17
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Dead End in Norvelt
- By: Jack Gantos
- Narrated by: Jack Gantos
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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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 utopian town.
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Can't believe it won the Newberry...
- By Jan on 02-06-12
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Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
- By: Harriette Gillem Robinet
- Narrated by: Andrea Johnson
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Twelve-year-old Pascal can hardly believe his ears. His older, run-away brother has returned to the plantation with an amazing story: President Lincoln has freed the slaves. Not only that, each newly-freed family can have 40 acres of land and maybe a mule, just for the asking. Now all Pascal and his brother have to do is sneak away from their angry master - and find out where the government is giving away farmland.
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Great book!
- By LM on 09-09-23
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Full of Beans
- By: Jennifer L. Holm
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne, Jennifer L. Holm
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
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Grown-ups lie. That's one truth Beans knows for sure. He and his gang know how to spot a whopper a mile away, because they are the savviest bunch of barefoot conchs (that means "locals") in all of Key West. Not that Beans really minds. It's 1934, the middle of the Great Depression. With no jobs on the island and no money anywhere, who can really blame the grown-ups for telling a few tales? Besides, Beans isn't anyone's fool. In fact he has plans. Big plans. And the consequences might surprise even Beans himself.
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- By Joane on 11-04-23
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The Green Glass Sea
- By: Ellen Klages
- Narrated by: Julie Dretzin
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
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This first novel from Nebula Award-winning short story writer Ellen Klages was picked as a Junior Library Guild selection and named a Book Sense Number-One Children's Pick. It follows a young girl named Dewey, whose father is part of a super-secret project in 1943 Los Alamos. Dewey, a gifted scientist herself, slowly realizes the implications of "the gadget" her father is working on. She and Suze, another Los Alamos child, find comfort in each other's friendship.
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Wonderful!
- By Rita on 12-08-08
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The Hired Girl
- By: Laura Amy Schlitz
- Narrated by: Rachel Botchan
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Ever since the untimely death of her mother, 14-year-old Joan Skraggs has been desperately unhappy. Under the thumb of her cruel father and three sullen brothers, Joan lives like a servant on their farm just outside of Lancaster, forever cooking, cleaning, and attending to the many demands of the home. But she has little freedom and less support from her family for her love of reading and blossoming interest in education.
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I loved this book! Recommend it to everyone!
- By Gail Hayes on 07-19-16
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The Fighting Ground
- By: Avi
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
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Jonathan’s older brother is away fighting with General Washington in Pennsylvania. But at 13, Jonathan is too young to fight. Still too young. Then one morning, April 3, 1778, the tavern bell sounds, calling men to arms. Eager to prove his mettle, with blood pounding in his ears, Jonathan joins the gathering men at the tavern to hear the news. With a 12-pound, six-foot-long flintlock musket loaned to him by the tavern keeper, Jonathan finds a place in with the other men, marching to battle.
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Unbelievable events, dangerous ideas, ant-war
- By Susan M. "Suzy" Oliver on 09-11-14
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Jip, His Story
- By: Katherine Paterson
- Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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They tell Jip he tumbled off the back of a wagon when he was small, and no one ever came back for him. He never had a reason to question this tale - but then a stranger shows up and begins asking about him around town. Who is this man, and could he possibly know something about Jip's past?
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Morning Girl
- By: Michael Dorris
- Narrated by: Eliza, Reilly Duggan
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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Through the alternating voices of 12-year-old Morning Girl and her younger brother Star Boy, we step into the extraordinarily rich lives of an indigenous family on a Bahamian Island in 1492, just as their paradise is about to be discovered and a new world order begins to take shape.
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thoughtful and reflective
- By Laura H on 04-06-06
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One Crazy Summer
- By: Rita Williams-Garcia
- Narrated by: Sisi Aisha Johnson
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Eleven-year-old Delphine and her younger sisters Vonetta and Fern travel to Oakland to meet their mother, Cecil, who abandoned their family years earlier. But even when Cecil gets them to her house, she shows no interest and seems to view them as nothing but a nuisance.
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Great family road trip book!
- By Iris J. Scott Love on 03-16-16
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Out of the Dust
- By: Karen Hesse
- Narrated by: Marika Mashburn
- Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
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Billie Jo has a great deal to forgive: Her father for causing the accident that killed her mother; her mother for leaving when Billie Jo needed her most; and herself for being the cause of her own sorrow. Daddy's too wrung out to help her, and there's no one else to care. So at 14, Billie Jo must heal herself - even if it means tearing up her roots and leaving behind everything she's ever known.
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Excellent story! Fast read!
- By Rebecca on 10-08-12
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The River Between Us
- By: Richard Peck
- Narrated by: Lina Patel, Daniel Passer
- Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Richard Peck is a master of stories about people in transition, but perhaps never before has he told a tale of such dramatic change as this one, set during the first year of the Civil War. The whole country is changing in 1861, even the folks from a muddy little Illinois settlement on the banks of the Mississippi. Here, 15-year-old Tilly Pruitt frets over the fact that her brother is dreaming of being a soldier and that her sister is prone to supernatural visions.
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Love Peck's way of writing about history!
- By Corbett Harrison -- The Always Write & WritingFix Websites on 09-03-12
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The Land
- By: Mildred D. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Ever since running away at the age of fourteen, Paul-Edward, the son of a white landowner and a black slave, has had one dream: to own land every bit as good as his daddy's. While growing up, Paul-Edward loved, and feared, his father, but he loved the land unconditionally. Then, after a rash act of youthful rebellion, he leaves his family behind and vows to succeed on his own. However, for anyone black coming of age in 1880's Mississippi, this is no simple goal.
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Totally Awsome Story!
- By DECLO 68 on 06-19-04
Time Travel With Historical Fiction
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Heart of a Samurai
- By: Margi Preus
- Narrated by: James Yaegashi
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Praised as “a timeless tale” by Booklist in a starred review, this Newbery Honor book by Margi Preus explores the cultural divide between the East and West circa 1841. When Manjiro, a Japanese teenager, is thrown from his fishing boat during a storm, he’s rescued by an American whaling ship. Befriending the ship’s captain, Manjiro decides to travel with the crew to Massachusetts. But years later, when Manjiro attempts to return to his homeland, he’s imprisoned as an outsider
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Wonderful !
- By Kimberly on 02-21-16
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Stella by Starlight
- By: Sharon M. Draper
- Narrated by: Heather Alicia Simms
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Stella lives in the segregated South - in Bumblebee, North Carolina, to be exact about it. Some stores she can go into. Some stores she can't. Some folks are right pleasant. Others are a lot less so. To Stella, it sort of evens out, and heck, the Klan hasn't bothered them for years. But one late night, later than she should ever be up, much less wandering around outside, Stella and her little brother see something they're never supposed to see, something that is the first flicker of change to come, unwelcome change by any stretch of the imagination.
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Perfect marriage of voice and text
- By Anne Macdonell on 03-01-15
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Esperanza Rising
- By: Pam Munoz Ryan
- Narrated by: Trini Alvarado
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Esperanza Ortega possesses all the treasures a young girl in Aguascalientes, Mexico could want. But a sudden tragedy shatters that dream, forcing Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp. There they confront the challenges of hard work, acceptance by their own people, and economic difficulties brought on by the Great Depression. Pam Munoz Ryan eloquently portrays the Mexican workers' plight in this abundant and passionate novel.
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GET THIS BOOK RIGHT NOW
- By Laura on 04-14-16
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Al Capone Does My Shirts
- By: Gennifer Choldenko
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Murderers, mob bosses, and convicts . . . these guys are not your average neighbors. Unless you live on Alcatraz. It's 1935 and 12-year-old Moose Flanagan and his family have just moved to the infamous island that's home to criminals like notorious escapee Roy Gardner, Machine Gun Kelly, and of course, Al Capone. Now Moose has to try to fit in at his new school, avoid getting caught up in one of the warden's daughter's countless plots, and keep an eye on his sister Natalie, who's not like other kids.
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worth the read!
- By Drew Rice on 05-08-18
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The War That Saved My Life
- By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn't waste a minute - she sneaks out to join him. So begins a new adventure of Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan.
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Great historical Fiction -- 2016 Newbery Honor
- By Mel on 01-05-17
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The Inquisitor's Tale
- Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
- By: Adam Gidwitz, Benjamin Bagby
- Narrated by: Adam Gidwitz, Vikas Adam, Mark Bramhall, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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1242. On a dark night, travelers from across France cross paths at an inn and begin to tell stories of three children: William, an oblate on a mission from his monastery; Jacob, a Jewish boy who has fled his burning village; and Jeanne, a peasant girl who hides her prophetic visions. They are accompanied by Jeanne’s loyal greyhound, Gwenforte...recently brought back from the dead. As the narrator collects their tales, the story of these three unlikely allies begins to come together.
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Interesting but religious
- By SerenityH on 06-24-17
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Heart of a Samurai
- By: Margi Preus
- Narrated by: James Yaegashi
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Praised as “a timeless tale” by Booklist in a starred review, this Newbery Honor book by Margi Preus explores the cultural divide between the East and West circa 1841. When Manjiro, a Japanese teenager, is thrown from his fishing boat during a storm, he’s rescued by an American whaling ship. Befriending the ship’s captain, Manjiro decides to travel with the crew to Massachusetts. But years later, when Manjiro attempts to return to his homeland, he’s imprisoned as an outsider
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Wonderful !
- By Kimberly on 02-21-16
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Stella by Starlight
- By: Sharon M. Draper
- Narrated by: Heather Alicia Simms
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Stella lives in the segregated South - in Bumblebee, North Carolina, to be exact about it. Some stores she can go into. Some stores she can't. Some folks are right pleasant. Others are a lot less so. To Stella, it sort of evens out, and heck, the Klan hasn't bothered them for years. But one late night, later than she should ever be up, much less wandering around outside, Stella and her little brother see something they're never supposed to see, something that is the first flicker of change to come, unwelcome change by any stretch of the imagination.
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Perfect marriage of voice and text
- By Anne Macdonell on 03-01-15
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Esperanza Rising
- By: Pam Munoz Ryan
- Narrated by: Trini Alvarado
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Esperanza Ortega possesses all the treasures a young girl in Aguascalientes, Mexico could want. But a sudden tragedy shatters that dream, forcing Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp. There they confront the challenges of hard work, acceptance by their own people, and economic difficulties brought on by the Great Depression. Pam Munoz Ryan eloquently portrays the Mexican workers' plight in this abundant and passionate novel.
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GET THIS BOOK RIGHT NOW
- By Laura on 04-14-16
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Al Capone Does My Shirts
- By: Gennifer Choldenko
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Story
Murderers, mob bosses, and convicts . . . these guys are not your average neighbors. Unless you live on Alcatraz. It's 1935 and 12-year-old Moose Flanagan and his family have just moved to the infamous island that's home to criminals like notorious escapee Roy Gardner, Machine Gun Kelly, and of course, Al Capone. Now Moose has to try to fit in at his new school, avoid getting caught up in one of the warden's daughter's countless plots, and keep an eye on his sister Natalie, who's not like other kids.
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worth the read!
- By Drew Rice on 05-08-18
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The War That Saved My Life
- By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Story
Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn't waste a minute - she sneaks out to join him. So begins a new adventure of Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan.
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Great historical Fiction -- 2016 Newbery Honor
- By Mel on 01-05-17
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The Inquisitor's Tale
- Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
- By: Adam Gidwitz, Benjamin Bagby
- Narrated by: Adam Gidwitz, Vikas Adam, Mark Bramhall, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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1242. On a dark night, travelers from across France cross paths at an inn and begin to tell stories of three children: William, an oblate on a mission from his monastery; Jacob, a Jewish boy who has fled his burning village; and Jeanne, a peasant girl who hides her prophetic visions. They are accompanied by Jeanne’s loyal greyhound, Gwenforte...recently brought back from the dead. As the narrator collects their tales, the story of these three unlikely allies begins to come together.
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Interesting but religious
- By SerenityH on 06-24-17
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I Survived the Children's Blizzard, 1888
- I Survived, Book 16
- By: Lauren Tarshis
- Narrated by: Andrew Eiden
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The Schoolhouse Blizzard, also known as the Children's Blizzard or the Great Blizzard of 1888 caught people completely by surprise and resulted in 235 fatalities, including several children in one-room schoolhouses. What made the storm so deadly was the timing, the suddenness, and the brief spell of warmer weather that preceded it. Lauren Tarshis will place a resilient 11-year-old character in the midst of this deadly blizzard, fighting their way out.
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The best in the "I Survived" series...
- By Tracy G on 09-17-18
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Bird in a Box
- By: Andrea Davis Pinkney
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, S'Von Ringo, JB Adkins
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Otis, Willie, and Hibernia are three children with a lot in common: they've all lost a loved one, they each have secret dreams, and they won't stop fighting for what they want. And they're also a lot like their hero, famed boxer Joe Louis. Throughout this moving novel, their lives gradually converge to form friendship, family, and love. Their trials and triumphs echo those of Joe Louis, as he fights to become the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion.
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Turtle in Paradise
- By: Jennifer L. Holm
- Narrated by: Becca Battoe
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Life isn't like the movies, and 11-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple. She's smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending. After all, it's 1935, and jobs and money and sometimes even dreams are scarce. So when Turtle's mama gets a job housekeeping for a lady who doesn't like kids, Turtle says goodbye without a tear and heads off to Key West, Florida, to stay with relatives she's never met.
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Older story
- By Donna Thomas-McNeely on 03-21-13
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The Hero Two Doors Down
- Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend
- By: Sharon Robinson
- Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla, Lisa Reneé Pitts
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Stephen Satlow is an eight-year-old boy living in Brooklyn, New York, which means he only cares about one thing - the Dodgers. Steve and his father spend hours reading the sports pages and listening to games on the radio. Aside from an occasional run-in with his teacher, life is pretty simple for Steve. But then Steve hears a rumor that an African-American family is moving to his all-Jewish neighborhood. It's 1948 and some of his neighbors are against it. Steve knows this is wrong. His hero, Jackie Robinson, broke the color barrier in baseball the year before.
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it was amazing. It was one of my favorite types
- By Anonymous User on 12-17-18
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Guys Read: True Stories
- By: Jon Scieszka, Jim Murphy, Elizabeth Partridge, and others
- Narrated by: Bruce Thomas, Hillary Huber, Robin Weigert, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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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.
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Dear America: Cannons at Dawn
- By: Kristiana Gregory
- Narrated by: Ilyana Kadushin
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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We join Abigail Stewart half a year after The Winter of Red Snow ended, in January of 1779. Her father has enlisted in the Continental Army, and when a devastating fire destroys Abby’s home, she, her mother, and siblings must make their way to Philadelphia, then on to the Continental Army camp to be near Abby’s father. The winters are brutally cold, food is scarce, and the anguish of war is ever present. But not all is desperate. Abby meets many new friends, including a young soldier named Willie Campbell. As romance blooms, Abby wonders if the war will ever end.
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Best book ever
- By cbanerjee on 12-27-16
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One Crazy Summer
- By: Rita Williams-Garcia
- Narrated by: Sisi Aisha Johnson
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Eleven-year-old Delphine and her younger sisters Vonetta and Fern travel to Oakland to meet their mother, Cecil, who abandoned their family years earlier. But even when Cecil gets them to her house, she shows no interest and seems to view them as nothing but a nuisance.
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Great family road trip book!
- By Iris J. Scott Love on 03-16-16
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A Single Shard
- By: Linda Sue Park
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
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Tree-ear is an orphan boy in a 12th-century Korean potters’ village. When he accidentally breaks a pot, he must work for the master to pay for the damage by setting off on a difficult and dangerous journey that will change his life forever.
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Don't miss this book
- By D. Court on 05-02-04
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When My Name Was Keoko
- By: Linda Sue Park
- Narrated by: Norm Lee, Jennifer Ikeda
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Korean Sun-hee and her brother, Tae-yul, must study Japanese language and culture in school. The symbols of their beloved Korea - like its flag and the rose of Sharon tree - can never be displayed or mentioned in public. When the emperor of Japan decrees that all Koreans must take Japanese names, Sun-hee and Tae-yul become Keoko and Nobuo. But as World War II explodes all around them, Sun-hee and Tae-yul wage their own war to stay true to their family, their country, and themselves.
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wonderful and Suspenseful
- By tarina on 02-21-16
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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1
- The Pox Party
- By: M.T. Anderson
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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He is a boy dressed in silks and white wigs and given the finest of classical educations. Raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers, the boy and his mother, a princess in exile from a faraway land, are the only people in their household assigned names. As the boy's regal mother, Cassiopeia, entertains the house scholars with her beauty and wit, young Octavian begins to question the purpose behind his guardians' fanatical studies.
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YA fiction at its very best
- By Ryan on 09-20-10
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Farmer Boy
- Little House, Book 2
- By: Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Narrated by: Cherry Jones
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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While Laura Ingalls grows up in a little house on the Western prairie, Almanzo Wilder is living on a big farm in New York State. Here Almanzo and his brother and sisters help with the summer planting and fall harvest. In winter there is wood to be chopped and great slabs of ice to be cut from the river and stored. Time for fun comes when the jolly tin peddler visits or, best of all, when the fair comes to town.
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7 year old boy's review
- By knittymama on 02-20-17
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The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
- By: Jacqueline Kelly
- Narrated by: Natalie Ross
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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The summer of 1899 is HOT in Calpurnia Virginia Tate's sleepy Texas town, and there aren't a lot of good ways to stay cool. Her mother has a new wind machine from town, but Callie might just have to resort to stealthily cutting off her hair, one sneaky inch at a time. She also spends a lot time at the river with her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist. It turns out that every drop of river water is teeming with life - all you have to do is look through a microscope!
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A Lovely Coming of Age Story
- By Julie on 03-13-12
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The Untold Story of Annie Turnbo Malone: Hair Care Millionaire
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Most people know about Madam C.J. Walker’s success selling hair care products for Black women in the early 1900s. Before she started her own business, though, she worked for Annie Turnbo Malone. Malone had built a huge business creating hair care and cosmetic products for Black women.
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The Untold Story of Larry Itliong: Labor Rights Hero
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You probably know that the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case was an important part of ending segregation in schools. But it wasn’t the only one. In 1947, Mendez v. Westminster helped end segregation in California’s schools. With key biographical information and related historical events, this Capstone Captivate book will uncover Mendez’s story and show how it connects to Brown v. Board of Education.
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In 1968, Arthur Ashe climbed his way to the top of the tennis world in a time filled with racial tension and segregation. But his success didn’t happen without help. Arthur’s close relationship with his younger brother, Johnnie, was key to Arthur becoming the first Black man to break the color barrier in men’s tennis.
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- By: Dr. Artika R. Tyner
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 15 mins
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Most people have heard about Rosa Parks’s brave actions that led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955. But there were other Black women who challenged segregation in transportation. Three years earlier, Sarah Keys Evans—a veteran—refused to give up her seat on a bus traveling through the South.
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The Untold Story of Sylvia Mendez: School Desegregation Pioneer
- First but Forgotten
- By: Leticia Gonzales
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 15 mins
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You probably know that the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case was an important part of ending segregation in schools. But it wasn’t the only one. In 1947, Mendez v. Westminster helped end segregation in California’s schools. With key biographical information and related historical events, this Capstone Captivate book will uncover Mendez’s story and show how it connects to Brown v. Board of Education.
By: Leticia Gonzales
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The Ashe Brothers
- How Arthur and Johnnie Changed Tennis Forever
- By: Judy Allen Dodson
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 8 mins
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In 1968, Arthur Ashe climbed his way to the top of the tennis world in a time filled with racial tension and segregation. But his success didn’t happen without help. Arthur’s close relationship with his younger brother, Johnnie, was key to Arthur becoming the first Black man to break the color barrier in men’s tennis.
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Christian Yelich: Baseball MVP
- Sports Illustrated Kids Stars of Sports
- By: Matt Chandler
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Outfielder Christian Yelich joined Little League when he was four and never stopped playing. From traveling teams when he was young to being drafted as a professional player, baseball was a priority for Yelich. He was named the National League’s MVP in 2018.
By: Matt Chandler
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Sky Brown: Skateboarding Phenom
- Sports Illustrated Kids Stars of Sports
- By: Cheryl Kim
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 15 mins
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At just 10 years of age, Sky Brown became the youngest professional skateboarder in the world. Instead of using a coach, she learns her tricks online. She’s not afraid to take risks and push limits.
By: Cheryl Kim
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Naomi Osaka: Grand Slam Champ
- Sports Illustrated Kids Stars of Sports
- By: Cheryl Kim
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 17 mins
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Naomi Osaka is the first Asian tennis player to hold the number one singles ranking in the Women's Tennis Association. She started to make a name for herself at 16 and is now known around the world. Osaka has defeated the toughest players in the league and her talent continues to rise each year.
By: Cheryl Kim
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Kevin Durant
- Basketball Champion (Stars of Sports)
- By: Matt Chandler
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Standing over 6 feet tall while in middle school, Kevin Durant seemed destined for basketball greatness. He was heavily recruited after high school and never folded to the pressure. From NBA rookie of the year to the NBA finals MVP, Durant has proven himself time and time again. This fresh biography from the Stars of Sports series breaks down his extraordinary list of accomplishments.
By: Matt Chandler
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Patrick Mahomes
- Football MVP (Stars of Sports)
- By: Matt Chandler
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Patrick Mahomes, the 2018 most valuable player in the National Football League, could have succeeded in any sport. Growing up, he played baseball, basketball, and football. After joining the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL, he broke record after record, including most passing yards and most passes completed in a single season. Learn all the facts on Mahomes's meteoric rise in the NFL in this exciting biography.
By: Matt Chandler
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Candace Parker
- Basketball Star (Stars of Sports)
- By: Shane Frederick
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 11 mins
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When Candace Parker beat out all the boys at the McDonald's All-American slam dunk contest in 2004, she became the first female player to win the event. In the years that followed, Parker's list of achievements became long and ever-growing. She was WNBA rookie of the year, a two-time WNBA most valuable player, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, and more. Parker is also a mother, broadcaster, and role model. Discover more about Parker's amazing life in this inspiring biography.
By: Shane Frederick
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Khalil Mack
- Football Dominator (Stars of Sports)
- By: Matt Chandler
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 14 mins
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As a kid Khalil Mack loved basketball, not football. He didn't even start playing football until his senior year of high school. That season he racked up 140 tackles, an amazing total. From then on, football became Mack's focus, and he proved to be a force on the gridiron. In the National Football League, he was named defensive player of the year in 2016, and today he is widely recognized as one of the most dominant players in the pro game. It's easy to see why in this engaging, hard-hitting biography.
By: Matt Chandler
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Alex Morgan
- Soccer Champion (Stars of Sports)
- By: Matt Chandler
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 15 mins
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Alex Morgan first joined a soccer team when she was 14 years old, quickly impressing her peers and coaches with her skills. From there, she grew to become a world-class soccer player, reaching incredible heights including a FIFA Women's World Cup championship and an Olympic gold medal. Learn about Alex's rise in soccer in this electric biography in the Stars of Sports series.
By: Matt Chandler
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Breanna Stewart: Pro Basketball MVP
- Sports Illustrated Kids Stars of Sports
- By: Matt Chandler
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 18 mins
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Breanna Stewart is a basketball superstar! She dominated in high school. Stewart then went on to play college ball for the UConn Huskies. From there she was tapped to play for Team USA in the Olympics—where she scored the last shot! Find out how Breanna overcame a difficult childhood to go on to achieve her dreams.
By: Matt Chandler
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Chadwick Boseman
- Influential People
- By: Aubrey Zalewski
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 8 mins
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Chadwick Boseman shot to fame with his lead role in the blockbuster film Black Panther. Find out more about his rise to stardom!
By: Aubrey Zalewski
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Ruby Bridges Takes Her Seat: Courageous Kid of the Civil Rights Movement
- Courageous Kids
- By: Myra Faye Turner
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 21 mins
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When 6-year-old Ruby Bridges and her mother went to William Frantz Elementary School on November 14, 1960, they arrived to find an angry crowd of white people shouting racist insults. For her safety, Ruby had to be escorted to school every day by U.S. Marshals. But despite the hateful attitudes of others, Ruby didn't miss a single day of school that year.
By: Myra Faye Turner
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Kendrick Lamar
- Influential People
- By: Martha London
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 8 mins
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Grammy-award-winning rap artist Kendrick Lamar uses his lyrics to speak on social issues facing African Americans today. Learn more about how he uses his musical talents to spread awareness.
By: Martha London
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Yara Shahidi
- Influential People
- By: Emily Hudd
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 6 mins
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Yara Shahidi has acted in popular TV shows and movies. Now, she uses her popularity to teach others about important issues. Learn more about her activism!
By: Emily Hudd