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The Hero Next Door audiobook
- Category: Juvenile Fiction, Short Stories
- Length: 1 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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The Hero Next Door Audiobook Summary
From We Need Diverse Books, the organization behind Flying Lessons & Other Stories, comes another middle-grade short story collection–this one focused on exploring acts of bravery–featuring some of the best own-voices children’s authors, including R. J. Palacio (Wonder), Rita Williams-Garcia (One Crazy Summer), Linda Sue Park (A Long Walk to Water), and many more.
Not all heroes wear capes. Some heroes teach martial arts. Others talk to ghosts. A few are inventors or soccer players. They’re also sisters, neighbors, and friends. Because heroes come in many shapes and sizes. But they all have one thing in common: they make the world a better place.
Published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books, this vibrant anthology features thirteen acclaimed authors whose powerful and diverse voices show how small acts of kindness can save the day. So pay attention, because a hero could be right beside you. Or maybe the hero is you.
AUTHORS INCLUDE: William Alexander, Joseph Bruchac, Lamar Giles, Mike Jung, Hena Khan, Juana Medina, Ellen Oh, R. J. Palacio, Linda Sue Park and Anna Dobbin, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Ronald L. Smith, Rita Williams-Garcia, and short-story contest winner Suma Subramaniam
Audiobook Table of Contents:
FOREWORD by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, read by Adenrele Ojo
MINNOWS AND ZOMBIES by Rita Williams-Garcia, read by Caitlin Gold
ONE WISH by Ronald L. Smith, read by Dominic Hoffman
THE ASSIST by Linda Sue Park and Anna Dobbin, read by Kirby Heyborne
HOME by Hena Khan, read by Erin Cahill
ELLISON’S CORNUCOPIA: A LOGAN COUNTY STORY by Lamar Giles, read by Kristen Ariza
RESCUE by Suma Subramaniam, read by Renee Dorian
THE SAVE by Joseph Bruchac, read by Chris Browning
LOS ABUELOS, TWO BRIGHT MINDS by Juana Medina, read by Laura Ortiz
THROWN by Mike Jung, read by Maxwell Glick
A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND by Cynthia Leitich Smith, read by Taylor Meskimen
EVERLY’S OTHERWORLDLY DILEMMA by Ellen Oh, read by Dylan Moore
REINA MADRID by Suma Subramaniam, read by Frankie Corzo
GO FISH by William Alexander, read by Mike Chamberlain
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The Hero Next Door Full Details
| Length | 1 hours 42 minutes |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
| Release date | April 28, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9781984884671 |
Subjects
The publisher of the The Hero Next Door is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: diversity books for kids, diverse childrens books, short stories, short stories for kids, superhero books, superhero, chapter books for kids age 9-12, kids books ages 9-12, books for kids age 9 12, books for boys age 9 12, books for girls age 9 12, 3rd grade reading books, 5th grade books, 5th grade reading books, books for 9 year old boys, books for 9 year old girls, books for 10 year old boys, books for 10 year old girls, super hero, super hero books, super heros, superhero book, diverse books, anthologies, Juvenile Fiction, Short Stories, Juvenile Fiction, Social Issues, Adolescence The BISAC Subject Code is Juvenile Fiction, Short Stories
Additional info
The publisher of the The Hero Next Door is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Listening Library. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9781984884671.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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