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Accidents of Nature
Seventeen-year-old Jean begins to question her role in the world while attending a summer camp for children with disabilities. Lamia skillfully portrays both the interior voice and exterior (disabled) voice of Jean, as well as those of other disabled campers.- Realistic Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9780805076349
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Airborn
Matt, a cabin boy aboard the great airship Aurora, rescues a hot air balloonist who dies ranting about flying mammals sending Matt and the balloonist's granddaughter on an exciting and dangerous quest. Narration by Kelly and the Full Cast Family keeps the suspense building and makes the characters real.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9781933322537
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Anansi Boys
Fat Charlie's life takes a decidedly peculiar turn when he discovers that his recently deceased father was the trickster god, Anansi. Humor, greed, and supernatural goings-on combined with Lenny Henry's brilliant characterizations make this a perfect choice for high school listeners.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9780792738428
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Best Foot Forward
Jenna accepts the responsibility of her new job at a shoe store and matures as she deals with a reckless, irresponsible new hire. Mazur's clear narration sounds perfectly teen-like, enhancing the reality of the story, making it believable and authentic.- Realistic Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9780142406908
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Blood Red Horse: Book One of the deGranville Trilogy
A remarkable horse changes the lives of all who come close to him in this sweeping saga of the Crusades. Mash's narration takes a richly imagined historical landscape and makes this enormous mélange of themes seem very intimate.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9781419356063
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A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life
When 16-year-old Simone meets her biological mother Rivka, she learns about her own history as well. Full of teen angst, emotions, and doubts and a narrator who employs just the right voice and pacing.- Realistic Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9781606860878
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The Burning Bridge (The Ranger's Apprentice)
Will, a 15-year-old orphan and ward of the castle, has always dreamed of battleschool. Instead, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger, Halt. Keating sets the narrative pace effectively, creates distinct characters, and injects a great deal of humor into the story.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9781428110533
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Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #1: Wolf Brother
Torak must seek his prophetic future in a prehistoric, magical world. McKellan's voice is like a musical instrument in this unvoiced reading that relies entirely on pitch, pacing, and inflection for the differentiation of characters and the creation of remarkable atmosphere.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9780752868035
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Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #2: Spirit Walker
Torak must seek his prophetic future in a prehistoric, magical world. McKellan's voice is like a musical instrument in this unvoiced reading that relies entirely on pitch, pacing, and inflection for the differentiation of characters and the creation of remarkable atmosphere.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9780752872827
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Dairy Queen
With her father recovering and her mother working as a school principal, D.J. is forced to take over all of the back-breaking farm labor. Moore's authentic Midwestern voicing captures D.J.'s innocence, first love, passion for football, and sarcastic humor.- Realistic Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9780739336120
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The Death Collector
Three young people attempt to stave off diabolical world domination plotted by a wealthy industrialist. Pacey takes the Victorian mystery, horror, and melodrama to great heights in this gripping, partially-voiced performance that leaves listeners on the edge of their seats.- Horror, Thriller
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9780739335642
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Elsewhere
Killed by a hit-and-run driver, 15-year-old Liz Hall finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where she must adjust to her new status and figure out how to live. Filled with thought provoking imagery this novel is enlivened by Morris's heartfelt narration.- Fantasy
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9780307282408
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The Gatekeepers #1: Raven's Gate
Matt is a troubled 14-year-old boy learning to deal with a dangerous gift. Prebble's outstanding narration keeps the tension high and the adventure moving right along in these two installments of a series with all the right ingredients: magic, action, and suspense.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9781423724957
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The Gatekeepers #2: Evil Star
Matt is a troubled 14-year-old boy learning to deal with a dangerous gift. Prebble's outstanding narration keeps the tension high and the adventure moving right along in these two installments of a series with all the right ingredients: magic, action, and suspense.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9781429403214
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Gingerbread
Follow the exploits of off-beat San Francisco teen Cyd Charisse as she searches for the meaning of life. Montbertrand flawlessly expresses the voice of a sensitive teen hellion in two touching, irreverent, and clever tales.- Realistic Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9781428130326
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Heat
Michael Arroyo's dream is to make it to the Little League World series and play on the same field as his beloved Yankees. Listeners will instantly connect with the characters that Andino fills with personality and originality.- Realistic Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9780307285980
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The Last Apprentice: Curse of the Bane
Thomas Ward is a Spook's apprentice; he sees things others can't see, he must rid the towns of all things nasty, ghostly and ghastly, and he will learn to live a life of solitude. Welch does an extraordinary job of bringing every character to life, creating the perfect sweet and urgent voice for the main character and many distinctive and eerie voices for the other characters.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9780061140426
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The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch
Thomas Ward is a Spook's apprentice; he sees things others can't see, he must rid the towns of all things nasty, ghostly and ghastly, and he will learn to live a life of solitude. Welch does an extraordinary job of bringing every character to life, creating the perfect sweet and urgent voice for the main character and many distinctive and eerie voices for the other characters.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9780060824020
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Looking for Alaska
Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash. Woodman captures the essence of Miles Halter and his situation, leaving listeners stunned and heart broken.- Realistic Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9781423324447
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Perfect
Following the death of her father, 13-year-old Isabelle uses bulimia as a way to avoid grief. Ferland's narration accurately portrays Isabelle's journey to recovery.- Realistic Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9781419370182
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Private Peaceful
Thomas Peaceful and his older brother Charlie do everything together in their small English village before World War I takes over their lives. Woodman's fully-voiced reading portrays the nuances of Tommo's development in a series of flashbacks that give a powerful glimpse at the horrific effects of war.- Realistic Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9780439636483
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Ptolemy's Gate (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 3)
Nathaniel has become an influential government minister, but things are not going well and he has worn Bartimaeus to within an inch of his essence. Jones expertly reprises his roles as the supercilious Nathaniel, the thoughtful Kitty, and the supremely sarcastic djinni, Bartimaeus.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9780307285720
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The Ruins of Gorlan (The Ranger's Apprentice)
Will, a 15-year-old orphan and ward of the castle, has always dreamed of battleschool. Instead, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger, Halt. Keating sets the narrative pace effectively, creates distinct characters, and injects a great deal of humor into the story.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9781419393990
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Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood
In late 1960's New Mexico, Sammy struggles with love, school, and everyday relationships while trying to figure out where he's headed in life as his friends get drafted, succumb to drugs, and fight the establishment. Listeners will find themselves rooting for these barrio kids, brought to left by Ramirez's authentic interpretation.- Historical Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9780307283917
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Shrimp
Follow the exploits of off-beat San Francisco teen Cyd Charisse as she searches for the meaning of life. Montbertrand flawlessly expresses the voice of a sensitive teen hellion in two touching, irreverent, and clever tales.- Realistic Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9780689866128
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So Much to Tell You
She watches; she dreams. She sees more than they realize. She has worries and fears, hopes and desires. She may be someone you know. Hosking's straightforward teen voice stays with the listener long after the story ends.- Realistic Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9781740937191
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Stop the Train!
Pioneers struggle to survive the Oklahoma Land Rush when the railroad refuses to connect their town with the rest of the country. A full cast of talented narrators and rousing musical accompaniment takes listeners back in time to the settling of the West.- Realistic Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9781933322421
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Travel Team
Cut from the traveling basketball team for being too short, Danny learns his true worth as a player when his absentee father returns to coach a team of misfits. Wyman's reading transports listeners courtside as the sports action unfolds.- Realistic Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9780307283771
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Twilight
When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human. Kadushin's understated performance adds just the right touch to this delicious vampire tale.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9780307282965
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Urchin of the Riding Stars (Mistmantle Chronicles)
On a night of Riding Stars—an event that always seems to warn of something big—an orphaned squirrel falls from the sky and is adopted by the creatures of Mistmantle. Sachs does an extraordinary job bringing a whole forest full of swashbuckling critters to life.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9780307206770
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The Witch's Boy
A grotesque foundling, longing for riches and revenge, turns against the witch who sacrificed her magic to raise him. O'Hare's matter-of-fact narration gives voice to Lump and his adoptive mother and their inability to express their love for each other.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9780739336083
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The Wrong Hands
British teen Graham Sinclair was born with grotesque hands that hold a strange and mysterious talent. Morton's accurate Yorkshire accent makes a good story great, beautifully portraying a bright, observant, yet somewhat naïve young man.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2007
- ISBN: 9780739336076