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- List: Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
- List: Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
A fledgling cartoonist, Arnold Spirit Jr., or Junior as he's known on the rez, leaves his Spokane Indian Reservation high school after throwing his 30-year-old geometry textbook at his teacher. Reading his own work with appropriate pacing and true emotion, Alexie explores major issues of belonging and leaving your community, life and death, and the value of friendship. -
Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian
This story immerses listeners in a world populated with fairies, trolls, and Opal Koboi -- Artemis Fowl's archenemy. Nathaniel Parker's energetic performance conveys the rollicking adventures listeners have come to expect from Artemis Fowl. -
Elijah of Buxton
Mirron Willis enthralling, richly authentic narration of Christopher Paul Curtis' award-winning novel, transports listeners to a historic Canadian settlement of former slaves as 11-year-old Elijah Freeman confronts the realities of slavery. -
The Fault in Our Stars
This recording perfectly captures the mercurial characters of Hazel Grace and Augustus, teens whose chance meeting in a cancer support group surprises them both as they embark on an emotional roller coaster of a journey. -
Five, Six, Seven, Nate!
Nate is back and headed to Broadway with a part in E.T.: the Musical, but drama follows as Nate has to navigate power-hungry stars, rigorous rehearsals, and a strange secret admirer. Charged with an energy and bravado, Federle infuses Nate and the supporting characters with so much life that listeners can't helped but being charmed by this coming of age story. -
Ghetto Cowboy
Twelve-year-old Cole grows from near-delinquent to responsible teen and passionate horseman as he helps his father and the cowboys save their endangered stables in inner-city Philadelphia. Neri's captivating tale, inspired by real-life black urban cowboys, resonates in Jackson's rich baritone performance. -
In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber
Jacky Faber and her classmates at the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston are kidnapped while on a school outing and transported in the hold of a slave ship bound for the slave markets of North Africa. -
The Knife of Never Letting Go: Chaos Walking
Todd Hewitt is the last boy in a town of all men. In a town where everyone can hear each other's thoughts what kind of secrets can be kept?
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Monstrous Beauty
Alternating storylines link Hester to a 300-year-old curse on the women in her family, which began when a mermaid gave up her fins for a man's love. Kellgren artfully clarifies shifts between past and present. A bonus narrator interview reveals how she researched and created the individualized soundscape for this production. -
Nation
Narrator Stephen Briggs' crisp, precise British narration artfully enhances Terry Pratchett's survival story focusing on 13-year-old Mau and British teen Daphne, the sole survivors of a tsunami. -
Okay for Now
Doug's miserable life includes a new town and a dysfunctional family until the works of Audubon help him see that his life might just be “okay.” Narrator Hoppe wears this audiobook like Doug's beloved baseball jacket and his empathetic performance echoes long after the last word. -
Peace, Locomotion
Through Dion Graham's heartfelt performance, Lonnie Collins shares hopes for peace in letters to his beloved sister, heightening the lyrical narrative of Jacqueline Woodson's story. -
The Poet X
Award-winning slam poet Elizabeth Acevado infuses her debut novel with palpable energy as she reads this coming-of-age tale. Acevado's raw, rhythmic delivery is perfect for performing the novel's free-verse poems, which describe Xiomara Barista's transformation from an obedient young girl to a free-thinking young woman in Harlem. -
Revolution
An angry, grieving seventeen-year-old musician facing expulsion from her prestigious Brooklyn private school travels to Paris to complete a school assignment and uncovers a diary written during the French revolution by a young actress attempting to help a tortured, imprisoned little boy--Louis Charles, the lost king of France. -
Sadie
Part true crime podcast part revenge road trip, “Sadie” is the story of a young girl as she seeks vengeance for her sister's murder. The full ensemble cast brings together more than thirty voices, with Rebecca Soler authentically capturing Sadie's stutter and angry, tortured emotions while Dan Bittner gives voice to radio journalist West McCray as he tries to piece together what has happened to Sadie. -
The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place
The girls of St. Etheldreda's School for Young Ladies seize their chance for freedom and independence when faced with the sudden death of their imperious headmistress. With gentleness and precision, Entwistle brings forth the acerbic wit and unique personalities which populate this wicked cozy mystery. -
The Scorpio Races
The stakes are high for Sean and Puck in their islands' annual race of savage water horses. Narrators West and Hardingham's lyrical narration evokes the atmosphere of a rugged island culture forever bound to fearsome mythical creatures. -
Scowler
During a freak meteorite storm, Ry's convict father escapes to terrorize his family. This triggers the return of Ry's imaginary friends who once saved him from terrible abuse. In dark tones that range from whispers to screams, narrator Kirby Heyborne will haunt listeners with this tale of psychological and physical horror. -
The True Meaning of Smekday
Bahni Turpin gives an unforgettable performance, seamlessly slipping into the voices of wiseacre eighth-grader, Gratuity Tip Tucci, and her alien Boov companion as they embark on a rollicking road trip to track down Tip's missing mother and save the planet. A laugh-out-loud presentation of Adam Rex's popular satire. -
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
Bluesy harmonica music introduces Dion Graham's smooth baritone voice, eloquently returning listeners to the era of Negro League baseball in Kadir Nelson's award-winning book. -
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
One cold night in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two teens, both named Will Grayson, are about to cross paths. As their worlds collide and intertwine, they find their lives going in new and unexpected directions. Macleod Andrews and Nick Podehl give brilliant performances in this story of identity, friendship and falling in love. Listeners will be riveted from the opening bars to the final triumphant notes.