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Asher, Jay
Thirteen Reasons Why
When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death. Read by Debra Wiseman.
5 sound discs (ca. 6 1/2 hrs.) 2007
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Cabot, Meg
Missing You
A few years ago, Jessica Mastrani was struck by lightning, gaining a special ability to find missing persons. When the government found out, she went to work. Finding terrorists and reuniting soldiers. Now, suddenly, Jessica's lost her powers. Not that she's complaining. But it's not so easy to become a normal teen again after being a part of so many exciting things like being featured on newscasts across the country. Then there's the super-hot, kind of social delinquent ex-boyfriend Jess left behind. There's one benefit to actually having psychic powers--you know when he's going to show up. Read by Johanna Parker.
5 sound discs (6 hr., 15 min.) 2007
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Card, Orson Scott
Ender's Game
An outstanding tale of the child-hero Ender Wiggin, who must fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race if mankind is to survive. Read by Stefan Rudnicki and Harlan Ellison.
9 sound discs (11 hrs. 11 min.) 2004
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Colfer, Eoin
Half Moon Investigations
Fletcher Moon, nicknamed Half Moon because of his shortness, must track down a conspiracy or be framed for a crime he did not committ. Read by Sean Patrick Reilly.
6 sound discs (7 hr., 17 min.) 2006
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Cooney, Caroline B.
Enter Three Witches : a Story of Macbeth
As a ward of the royal court, Mary has a behind-the-scenes view of the madness taking hold of the warrior and subsequent King Macbeth and his bride. And when Mary's father is executed for treason, Mary must use all of her cunning to escape the chaos unleashed by these power-hungry demagogues. Read by Charlotte Perry.
7 sound discs (7 hr., 30 min.) 2007
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Delaney, Joseph
Revenge of the Witch
Don't miss this- the first of a really gruesome, creepy and well written series. For years, Old Gregory has been the Spook for the county, ridding the local villages of evil. Now his time is coming to an end. But who will take over for him? Twenty-nine apprentices have tried--they have either floundered, fled, or been killed. Only Thomas Ward is left. He's the last hope; the last apprentice. Can Thomas succeed? Will he learn the difference between a benign witch and a malevolent one? Does the Spook's warning against girls with pointy shoes include Alice? And what will happen if Thomas accidentally frees Mother Malkin, the most evil witch in the county? Read by Christopher Evan Walsh.
5 sound discs (5 hr., 15 min.) 2006
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Dessen, Sarah
Just Listen
Isolated from friends who believe the worst because she has not been truthful with them, sixteen-year-old Annabel finds an ally in classmate Owen, whose honesty and passion for music help her to face and share what really happened at the end-of-the-year party that changed her life. Read by Jennifer Ikeda.
10 sound discs (12 hr.) 2006
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Doctorow, Cory
Little Brother
After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right. Read by Kirby Heyborne.
10 sound discs (11 hr., 54 min.) 2008
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Enthoven, Sam
The Black Tattoo
When his best friend, Charlie, is possessed by an ancient demon, fourteen-year-old Jack, accompanied by a girl with superhuman powers, battles all over London and into Hell to save him. Read by John Lee.
11 sound discs (3 hrs., 57 min.) 2006
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Foer, Jonathan Safran
Extremely Loud Incredibly Close
While struggling to come to terms with his father's death in the World Trade Center attacks, nine-year-old Oskar Schell searches New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key his father left behind. Oskar discovers much more than he could have imagined. Read by Jeff Woodman, Richard Ferrone and Barbara Caruso.
10 sound discs (11 hr.) 2005
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Frank, Anne
Anne Frank : the Diary of a Young Girl
The true story of a young Jewish girl, writing in her diary, reflects on her life in hiding in Amsterdam and the terrors of World War II. Read by Susan Adams.
8 sound discs (9 hr.) 1982
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Gaiman, Neil
M is for Magic
"A breathtaking collection of 10 tales that might chill or amuse readers- but always they embrace the unexpected. A teenage boy who has trouble talking to girls finds himself at an unusual party...A sinister jack-in-the-box haunts the lives of the children who owned it...A boy raised in a graveyard makes an incredible discovery...A stray cat fights a nightly battle to protect his adopted family from a terrible evil." [jacket flap] Just to highlight a few- all are read by Neil Gaiman.
5 sound discs (5 hr.) 2007
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Golden, Christopher
Body Bags
Jenny Blake, a freshman in college, gets a job at the campus hospital in the medical examiner's office. What she learns there draws her into a medical mystery with political ramifications. As Jenny struggles to find the truth, she makes herself the target of a sinister killer. Read by Julie Dretzin.
6 sound discs 2001
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Green, John
Paper Towns
When Margo Roth Spiegelman beckons Quentin Jacobsen in the middle of the night, dressed like a ninja and plotting an ingenious campaign of revenge, he follows her. Margo's always planned extravagantly, and, until now, she's always planned solo. After a lifetime of loving Margo from afar, things are finally looking up for Q; until day breaks and she vanishes. Read by Dan John Miller.
7 sound discs (ca. 8 hr.) 2008
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Hale, Shannon
Book of a Thousand Days
Fifteen-year-old Dashti, sworn to obey her sixteen-year-old mistress, the Lady Saren, shares Saren's years of punishment locked in a tower, then brings her safely to the lands of her true love, where both must hide who they are as they work as kitchen maids. Read by a full cast.
6 sound discs (ca. 7 hr., 30 min.) 2008
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Hale, Shannon
The Goose Girl
Princess Anidori, on her way to marry a prince she has never met, is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive until she can reveal her true identity and reclaim the crown that is rightfully hers. Read by Cynthia Bishop and The Full Cast family.
10 sound discs (10 hr.) 2008
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Hopkins, Ellen
Impulse
Three teens who meet at Reno, Nevada's Aspen Springs mental hospital after each has attempted suicide connect with each other in a way they never have with their parents or anyone else in their lives. Read by Laura Flanagan, Jeremy Guskin, Steve Coombs.
6 sound discs (ca. 6 3/4 hr.) 2009
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Jinks, Catherine
Evil Genius (Audiobook On CD)
Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy. Read by Justine Eyre.
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Larson, Kirby
Hattie Big Sky
For years, sixteen-year-old Hattie's been shuttled between relatives. Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, she courageously leaves Iowa to prove up on her late uncle's homestead claim near Vida, Montana. With a stubborn stick-to-itiveness, Hattie faces frost, drought and blizzards. Hattie forges ahead, sharing her adventures with her friends--especially Charlie, fighting in France--through letters and articles for her hometown paper. Read by Kirsten Potter.
7 sound discs (8 hr., 30 min.) 2007
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Lester, Julius
Day of Tears : a Novel in Dialogue
Emma has taken care of the Butler children since Sarah and Frances's mother, Fanny, left. Emma wants to raise the girls to have good hearts, as a rift over slavery has ripped the Butler household apart. Now, to pay off debts, Pierce Butler wants to cash in his slave assets, possibly including Emma. Read by a cast.
3 sound discs (3 hr.) 2006
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