Book Reviews
The Things She’s Seen by Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekiel Kwaymullina; read by Miranda Tapsell High School Listening Library Rev. 9/19 4 CDs 4.48 hrs. 978-1-9848-8440-4 $38.00 Tapsell provides a gripping performance of the Kwaymullinas’ Australia-set crime story about a mysterious fire at a children’s home, which is being investigated by...
The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta; read by Sophie Amoss and Brittany Pressley High School Listening Library Rev. 7/19 7 CDs 8.78 hrs. 978-0-5931-0356-2 $60.00 When Danny moves to Tempest, California, she falls in with a group of witches, the Grays, who need her to help bring back fellow...
Girl Gone Viral by Arvin Ahmadi; read by Jorjeana Marie High School Listening Library Rev. 9/19 9 CDs 10.4 hrs. 978-1-9848-8588-3 $65.00 High school coding genius Opal Hopper is looking to promote the hottest social media star in virtual reality in order to win a contest that will allow her...
The Line Tender by Kate Allen; read by Jenna Lamia Intermediate, Middle School Listening Library Rev. 3/19 6 CDs 7.37 hrs. 978-1-9848-4546-7 $50.00 Lucy’s mother, a renowned shark expert, died when Lucy was seven. Now another death shakes Lucy’s world, and she must make sense of this new grief as...
Best Babysitters Ever by Caroline Cala; read by Bahni Turpin, Sophie Amoss, and Almarie Guerra Intermediate, Middle School Listening Library Rev. 1/19 5 CDs 5.95 hrs. 978-0-5255-2413-7 $45.00 Determined to throw the best joint thirteenth birthday party ever, best friends Malia (the M is silent), Bree, and Dot are in...
The Whispers by Greg Howard; read by Kivlighan de Montebello and Robin Miles Intermediate, Middle School Listening Library Rev. 1/19 5 CDs 5.77 hrs. 978-1-9848-3840-7 $45.00 With his mom missing, Riley depends on the Whispers — fairylike beings with the ability to grant wishes, taken from a bedtime story his...
Toaff’s Way by Cynthia Voigt; read by Ariadne Meyers Intermediate Listening Library Rev. 9/18 5 CDs 5.9 hrs. 978-0-525-62479-0 $45.00 Separated from his family during a winter storm, Toaff, a young squirrel, resiliently sets out to find a new place to live. Over the course of the next three seasons,...
Grenade by Alan Gratz; read by Todd Haberkorn and Andrew Eiden Middle School, High School Scholastic Audio Rev. 11/18 5 CDs 5.42 hrs. 978-1-338-31100-6 $29.99 Set on the island of Okinawa during the American invasion, this WWII story begins by alternating viewpoints (voiced by two different actors) between Hideki, an...
The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty; read by Charlie Sanderson Intermediate Recorded Books Rev. 9/18 9 CDs 10.42 hrs. 978-1-9800-2728-7 $97.75 When she is ten years old, Bronte receives the news that her parents have been killed by pirates. According to their “faery cross-stitch”-bound will, Bronte...
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