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Cleary, Beverly
Ramona's World
Read by Stockard Channing. Follow the adventures of nine-year-old Ramona at home with big sister Beezus and baby sister Roberta, and at school in Mrs. Meacham's class. [An ALA Notable Children's Recording]
3 sound discs (ca. 2 hr., 59 min.) 1999
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Curtis, Christopher Paul
Elijah of Buxton
In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom. Read by Mirron Willis. [AudioFile's Best Audiobooks 2008]
8 sound discs (ca. 68 min. each) 2008
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Delaney, Joseph
Revenge of the Witch
Young Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son, starts work as an apprentice for the village spook, whose job is to protect ordinary folk from ghouls, boggarts, and all manner of wicked Can Thomas succeed? What does the Spook's warning against pretty girls and especially girls with pointy shoes have to do with anything? This book may result in nightmares and is only for those who want a really good scare. Read by Christopher Evan Welch. [AudioFile Earphone award]
5 sound discs (5 hr.) 2005
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DiCamillo, Kate
Because of Winn-Dixie
Read by Cherry Jones. Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie. [An ALA Notable Children's Recording]
2 sound discs (2 hr., 28 min.) 2001
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Funke, Cornelia Caroline
Igraine the Brave
The daughter of two magicians, twelve-year-old Igraine wants nothing more than to be a knight, and when their castle is attacked by a treacherous neighbor bent on stealing their singing magic books, Igraine has an opportunity to demonstrate her bravery. Read by Xanthe Elbrick. [AudioFile's Best Audiobooks 2008]
4 sound discs (4 hr., 25 min.) 2007
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Giff, Patricia Reilly
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Read by Hope Davis. A troublesome twelve-year-old orphan, staying with an elderly artist who needs her, remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home with a family that truly seemed to care about her. [An ALA Notable Children's Recording. Also by Patricia Giff- Nory Ryan's Song, an ALA Notable Children's Recording; Maggie's Door, an ALA Selected Audiobook for Young Adults; Lily's Crossing (Audie winner); and A House of Tailors, an ALA Notable Children's Recording.]
3 sound discs (3 hr., 18 min.) 2003
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Grogan, John
Marley : a Dog Like No other
Follow the life story of an exuberant Labrador retriever who gets into perpetual trouble and experiences a range of inspiring adventures. Read by Neil Patrick Harris. [An ALA Notable Children's Recording]
4 sound discs (4 hr.) 2007
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Hannigan, Katherine
Ida B
Read by Lili Taylor. In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school. [An ALA Notable Children's Recording]
3 sound discs (3 hr., 14 min.) 2004
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Horvath, Polly
Everything On a Waffle
Eleven-year-old Primrose recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in a small fishing village in British Columbia in the months after her parents are lost at sea. Read by Kathleen McInerney. [An ALA Notable Children's Recording. Also by Horvath- the Trolls, an ALA Notable Children's Recording.]
3 sound discs (3 hr., 14 min.) 2002
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Ibbotson, Eva
The Star of Kazan
After twelve-year-old Annika, a foundling living in late nineteenth-century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry, a woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live in a strangely decrepit mansion in Germany. Read by Patricia Connelly. [Audie winner and an ALA Notable Children's Recording.]
9 sound discs (10 hr., 15 min.) 2005
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Landy, Derek
Skulduggery Pleasant
When twelve-year-old Stephanie Edgely inherits her weird uncle's estate, she must join forces with ace detective Skulduggery Pleasant, a walking, talking, fire-throwing skeleton mage, to save the world from the Faceless Ones. Read by Rupert Degas. [An ALA Notable Children's Recording and a 2008 Odyssey Honor Audio]
6 sound discs (7.5 hrs.) 2007
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Lisle, Janet Taylor
Black Duck
Years afterwards, Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport, Rhode Island, his family and his best friend's family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control the local rum-smuggling trade. Read by David Ackroyd. [An ALA Notable Children's Recording]
5 sound discs (5 hr., 30 min.) 2007
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Matthews, L. S. (Laura S.)
Fish
As fighting in a war torn country closes in on the village where Tiger's parents have been working, the three of them and a mysterious guide set out on a difficult journey to safety. Read by Jenna Lamia. [An ALA Notable Children's Recording]
3 sound discs (3 hr., 14 min.) 2004
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McDonald, Megan
Judy Moody Declares Independence
Read by Kate Forbes. After learning about the American Revolution on a family trip to Boston, MA, Judy Moody makes her own Declaration of Independence and tries to prove that she is responsible enough to have more freedoms such as a higher allowance and her own bathroom. [An ALA Notable Children's Recording]
2 sound discs (1 hr., 45 min.) 2005
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McKay, Hilary
Saffy's Angel
Read by Julia Sawalha. After learning that she was adopted, thirteen-year-old Saffron's relationship with her eccentric, artistic family changes until they help her go back to Italy where she was born to find a special memento of her past. [An ALA Notable Children's Recording]
4 sound discs (4 hr., 29 min.) 2004
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Park, Linda Sue
A Single Shard
Read by Graeme Malcolm. Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself. [An ALA Selected Audiobook for Young Adults and an ALA Notable Children's Recording]
3 sound discs (3 hr., 12 min.) 2002
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Patron, Susan.
The Higher Power of Lucky
Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life. Read by Cassandra Campbell. [An ALA Notable Children's Recording]
3 sound discs (3 hr., 38 min.) 2007
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Pennypacker, Sara
Clementine
While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building. Read by Jessica Almasy. [An ALA Notable Children's Recording]
2 sound discs (1 hr., 30 min.) 2007
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Schlitz, Laura Amy
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! : Voices from a Medieval Village
A medieval village is more than just lords and ladies. In this particular village there are also Nelly the Sniggler, Edgar the Falconer's son, Mogg--daughter of the town villein, and the town's resident half-wit. Read by Christina Moore and a full cast. [AudioFiles Best Audiobooks 2008 & Best Voices 2008]
2 sound discs (1 hr., 15 min.) 2008
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Springer, Nancy
The Case of the Missing Marquess : an Enola Holmes Mystery
Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, must travel to London in disguise to unravel the disappearance of her missing mother and elude her older brothers to keep her freedom. Read by Katherine Kellgren. [AudioFiles Best Voices 2008]
216 p. 2006
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