19 Best Asia, Juvenile Fiction Books
Asia, Juvenile Fiction is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Asia, Juvenile Fiction audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 19 Asia, Juvenile Fiction audiobooks below.
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Where Three Oceans Meet
- By: Rajani LaRocca
- Narrator: Subhadra Newton
- Length: 16 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: October 12, 2021
- Language: English
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4.48(366 ratings)
4.48(366 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.99 USDSejal, Mommy, and Pati travel together to the southern tip of India. Along the way, they share meals, visit markets, and catch up with old friends. For Pati, the trip retraces spaces she knows well. For Mommy, it’s a return to the place sheSejal, Mommy, and Pati travel together to the southern tip of India. Along the way, they share meals, visit markets, and catch up with old friends. For Pati, the trip retraces spaces she knows well. For Mommy, it’s a return to the place she grew up. For Sejal, it’s a discovery of new sights and sounds. The family finds their way to Kanyakumari, where three oceans meet, delighting in making it to the end of the earth together. This own-voices story celebrates the beauty of India and the enduring love of family.
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Brother’s Keeper
- By: Julie Lee
- Length: 7 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: July 21, 2020
- Language: English
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4.33(1071 ratings)
4.33(1071 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDCan two children escape North Korea on their own? North Korea, 1950. Twelve-year-old Sora Pak and her family live under an iron set of rules: No travel without a permit. No criticism of the government. No absences from communist meetings. RepeatCan two children escape North Korea on their own?
North Korea, 1950. Twelve-year-old Sora Pak and her family live under an iron set of rules: No travel
without a permit. No criticism of the government. No absences from communist meetings. Repeat
slogans. Don’t trust your neighbors. Don’t speak your mind. You are being watched.There is no hope for escape … until war breaks out between North and South Korea. Suddenly there
is chaos, and everyone is fleeing. The Paks’ plan to get to freedom is simple: they will walk hundreds of
miles from their tiny mountain village to the South Korean city of Busan.But when a bombing changes everything, Sora must get herself and her eight-year-old brother,
Youngsoo, to South Korea alone–across rivers, over mountains, around enemy soldiers and border
guards, and even through Pyongyang itself, all while staving off frostbite and starvation. Can two
children survive three hundred miles of war zone in winter?Haunting, timely, and beautiful, this harrowing novel–inspired by the experiences of the author’s
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Max Einstein: Rebels with a Cause
- By: James Patterson
- Narrator: Andrea Emmes
- Length: 4 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 09, 2019
- Language: English
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4.32(703 ratings)
4.32(703 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.98 USD“A fast-paced, science-filled caper.” —The Wall Street JournalMax Einstein is the first and only children’s adventure series officially approved by the Albert Einstein Archives. Max Einstein’s typical day is not your“A fast-paced, science-filled caper.” —The Wall Street JournalMax Einstein is the first and only children’s adventure series officially approved by the Albert Einstein Archives. Max Einstein’s typical day is not your average 12-year-old’s. She…– TEACHES classes at a New York college– Dodges KIDNAPPING attempts with her best friends– Goes on SECRET MISSIONS for her billionaire boss– Has a MYSTERIOUS CONNECTION to Albert EinsteinJust a day in the life of the Change Makers Institute’s top agent! What does an Irish town and a village in India have in common? A water crisis that only a group of kid geniuses can fix! Max and her CMI friends attempt to use their smarts to find solutions, but it’s hard to save the world when you’re trying not to be kidnapped! A greedy corporation with an eye on capturing Max seems to know their every move. It’s almost like the bad guys have a spy inside the Change Makers…... Read more -
The Rent Collector
- By: Camron Wright
- Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 7 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.26(34685 ratings)
4.26(34685 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDBased on true events. Sang Ly lives at Cambodia’s city dump and is grateful she can help earn a living for her family by sifting through the trash for recyclables and things that can be repaired and sold. On a good day, she can earn enough toBased on true events.
Sang Ly lives at Cambodia’s city dump and is grateful she can help earn a living for her family by sifting through the trash for recyclables and things that can be repaired and sold. On a good day, she can earn enough to buy food for her family. She needs enough good days so she can pay the rent collector, Sopeap–a grumpy old woman who shows no mercy and who is willing to evict any tenant who can’t pay their rent on time.
When Sang Ly is unable to pay her rent for the month, she fears her family will have to leave the dump and their shanty home, a place where her only possessions can be carried in two hands. Little does she know that a discarded children’s book found among the mounds of trash would save her. When Sopeap sees the book lying on Sang Ly’s cardboard bed, her mood changes. Sang Ly offers her the book if she is allowed to keep her family at the dump.
An unlikely friendship develops between the two women, and Sang Ly learns that Sopeap knows how to read–something that Sang Ly has always wanted to learn. Being able to read could transform Sang Ly’s world beyond the predictable confines of the dump and lead to a future with possibilities and hope. But the rent collector has a secret and tragic past, one that will not be easy for Sang Ly to navigate.
With the help of her supportive husband, Ki Lim, and a helpful and humorous boy, Lucky Fat, Sang Ly embarks on a life-changing journey to give her young son, Nisay, a better life and future. The Rent Collector is about the power of literacy, the influence of the past, and finding hope, resiliency, and empowerment in the face of seemingly endless hardship.
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A Circle of Elephants
- By: Eric Dinerstein
- Length: 6 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: February 15, 2019
- Language: English
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4.24(115 ratings)
4.24(115 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDFrom the author of What Elephants Know, a 2017 ALA Notable Children’s Book and winner of the 2017 South Asia Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, comes this stunning companion novel about the complex relationship betweenFrom the author of What Elephants Know, a 2017 ALA Notable Children’s Book and winner of the 2017 South Asia Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, comes this stunning companion novel about the complex relationship between people and nature coexisting in the Borderlands of 1970s Nepal. Thirteen-year-old Nandu lives in the newly established Royal Elephant Breeding Center on the edge of the jungle. Here, the King’s elephants are to be raised under the protective watch of the stable. Nandu-along with his adoptive father Subba-sahib, his mentors, friends, and the rest of the elephant drivers-is tested by man and nature as earthquakes, drought, wild herds, and rumors of poachers threaten the Center. When Nandu’s world is thrown into turmoil, so, too, is the world of Hira Prasad, the Center’s powerful bull elephant. An unbreakable bond of brotherhood drives Nandu and Hira Prasad together as they struggle to maintain the delicate natural order of life in the Borderlands. Dinerstein’s poetic prose and scientific expertise come together in this breathtaking tale that transports the reader to the center of dangerous conflicts and heartbreaking friendships.
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Dumpling Days
- By: Grace Lin
- Narrator: Grace Lin
- Length: 6 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: March 23, 2012
- Language: English
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4.21(2266 ratings)
4.21(2266 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDWith her inspired works, acclaimed author Grace Lin has earned a Geisel Honor and a Newbery Honor. In Dumpling Days, Pacy’s family travels to Taiwan for a month. This is Pacy’s first trip to Taiwan, so she’s extremely excited. ButWith her inspired works, acclaimed author Grace Lin has earned a Geisel Honor and a Newbery Honor. In Dumpling Days, Pacy’s family travels to Taiwan for a month. This is Pacy’s first trip to Taiwan, so she’s extremely excited. But soon, she realizes that everything about this trip is difficult: speaking the language, following her art teacher’s directions-even making friends. Fortunately, it’s not long before Pacy sees that the trip isn’t all bad-and that the family bonding that occurs makes everything else worthwhile.
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Tikki Tikki Tembo
- By: Arlene Mosel
- Narrator: Marcia Gay Harden
- Length: 20 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: July 21, 2009
- Language: English
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4.2(63281 ratings)
4.2(63281 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.001.99 USDThis humorous retelling of a favorite folktale recounts how the Chinese came to give their children short names. Beautifully illustrated, this perfect read-aloud storybook is one adults and children will enjoy sharing together again and again.WhenThis humorous retelling of a favorite folktale recounts how the Chinese came to give their children short names. Beautifully illustrated, this perfect read-aloud storybook is one adults and children will enjoy sharing together again and again.When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.
Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo is the name of a mother’s first, and most honored, son. It means, “the most wonderful thing in the whole wide world!”
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Sumokitty
- By: David Biedrzycki
- Length: 10 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: August 13, 2019
- Language: English
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4.17(809 ratings)
4.17(809 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.007.99 USDWatch out, mice! This cat is a sumo champion! A stray kitty gets a job in a sumo stable, chasing mice in exchange for food. But when eating like a sumo wrestler slows our feline hero down, he realizes he must train like a wrestler, too. Through hardWatch out, mice! This cat is a sumo champion! A stray kitty gets a job in a sumo stable, chasing mice in exchange for food. But when eating like a sumo wrestler slows our feline hero down, he realizes he must train like a wrestler, too. Through hard work and perseverance–and with a little help from a big buddy–SumoKitty is born! A funny and heartwarming story inspired by the Japanese saying “Fall down seven times, stand up eight.”
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When My Name Was Keoko
- By: Linda Sue Park
- Narrator: Linda Sue Park
- Length: 6 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: July 03, 2015
- Language: English
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4.14(5807 ratings)
4.14(5807 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDKoreans Sun-hee and her brother Tae-yul must study Japanese language and culture in school. The symbols of their beloved Korea-like its flag and the rose of Sharon tree-can never be displayed or mentioned in public. When the Emperor of Japan decreesKoreans Sun-hee and her brother Tae-yul must study Japanese language and culture in school. The symbols of their beloved Korea-like its flag and the rose of Sharon tree-can never be displayed or mentioned in public. When the Emperor of Japan decrees that all Koreans must take Japanese names, Sun-hee and Tae-yul become Keoko and Nobuo. But as World War II explodes all around them, Sun-hee and Tae-yul wage their own war to stay true to their family, their country, and themselves.
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Inside Out and Back Again
- By: Thanhhà Lai
- Narrator: Thanhha Lai
- Length: 2 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: February 10, 2012
- Language: English
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4.13(48902 ratings)
4.13(48902 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0010.99 USDVietnam-born author Thanhha Lai bursts onto the literary scene with Inside Out & Back Again-her National Book Award-winning debut. Written in rich, free-verse poems, this moving tale follows a young Vietnamese girl as she leaves her war-tornVietnam-born author Thanhha Lai bursts onto the literary scene with Inside Out & Back Again-her National Book Award-winning debut. Written in rich, free-verse poems, this moving tale follows a young Vietnamese girl as she leaves her war-torn homeland for America in 1975. With Saigon about to fall to the communists, 10-year-old HA, her mother, and brothers are forced to flee their beloved city and head to the United States. But living in a new country isn’t easy for HA, and she finds adapting to its strange customs ever challenging.
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A Place to Belong
- By: Cynthia Kadohata
- Narrator: Jennifer Ikeda
- Length: 8 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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4.08(1227 ratings)
4.08(1227 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDFive starred reviews! “Another gift from Kadohata to her readers.” —Booklist (starred review) A Japanese American family, reeling from their ill treatment in the Japanese imprisonment camps, gives up their American citizenship toFive starred reviews!
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“Another gift from Kadohata to her readers.” —Booklist (starred review)
A Japanese American family, reeling from their ill treatment in the Japanese imprisonment camps, gives up their American citizenship to move back to Hiroshima, unaware of the devastation wreaked by the atomic bomb in this piercing and all too relevant look at the aftermath of World War II by Newbery Medalist Cynthia Kadohata.
World War II has ended, but while America has won the war, twelve-year-old Hanako feels lost. To her, the world, and her world, seems irrevocably broken.
America, the only home she’s ever known, imprisoned then rejected her and her family–and thousands of other innocent Americans–because of their Japanese heritage, because Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Japan, the country they’ve been forced to move to, the country they hope will be the family’s saving grace, where they were supposed to start new and better lives, is in shambles because America dropped bombs of their own–one on Hiroshima unlike any other in history. And Hanako’s grandparents live in a small village just outside the ravaged city.
The country is starving, the black markets run rampant, and countless orphans beg for food on the streets, but how can Hanako help them when there is not even enough food for her own brother?
Hanako feels she could crack under the pressure, but just because something is broken doesn’t mean it can’t be fixed. Cracks can make room for gold, her grandfather explains when he tells her about the tradition of kintsukuroi–fixing broken objects with gold lacquer, making them stronger and more beautiful than ever. As she struggles to adjust to find her place in a new world, Hanako will find that the gold can come in many forms, and family may be hers. -
Morning Sun in Wuhan
- By: Ying Chang Compestine
- Narrator: Nancy Wu
- Length: 3 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: Clarion Books
- Publish date: November 08, 2022
- Language: English
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4.03(188 ratings)
4.03(188 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USDWhat was the pandemic of the century like at the start? This swift, gripping novel captures not only the uncertainty and panic when COVID first emerged in Wuhan, but also how a community banded together. Weaving in the tastes and sounds ofWhat was the pandemic of the century like at the start? This swift, gripping novel captures not only the uncertainty and panic when COVID first emerged in Wuhan, but also how a community banded together.
Weaving in the tastes and sounds of the historic city, Wuhan’s comforting and distinctive cuisine comes to life as the listener follows 13-year-old Mei who, through her love for cooking, makes a difference in her community. Written by an award-winning author originally from Wuhan. 
Grieving the death of her mother and an outcast at school, thirteen-year-old Mei finds solace in cooking and computer games. When her friend’s grandmother falls ill, Mei seeks out her father, a doctor, for help, and discovers the hospital is overcrowded. As the virus spreads, Mei finds herself alone in a locked-down city trying to find a way to help.
Author Ying Chang Compestine draws on her own experiences growing up in Wuhan to illustrate that the darkest times can bring out the best in people, friendship can give one courage in frightening times, and most importantly, young people can make an impact on the world. Listeners can download Mei’s tantalizing recipes and cook them at home. 
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
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Mangoes, Mischief, and Tales of Friendship
- By: Chitra Soundar
- Narrator: Vikas Adam
- Length: 2 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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4.01(213 ratings)
4.01(213 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDBeing a wise and just ruler is no easy task. That’s what Prince Veera discovers when he and his best friend, Suku, are given the opportunity to preside over the court of his father, King Bheema. Some of the subjects’ complaints areBeing a wise and just ruler is no easy task. That’s what Prince Veera discovers when he and his best friend, Suku, are given the opportunity to preside over the court of his father, King Bheema. Some of the subjects’ complaints are easily addressed, but others are much more challenging. How should they handle the case of the greedy merchant who wishes to charge people for enjoying the smells of his sweets? And can they prove that an innocent man cannot possibly spread bad luck? Will Prince Veera and Suku be able to settle the dispute between a man and his neighbor to whom he sells a well–but not the water in it? Or solve the mystery of the jewels that have turned into pickles? These eight original tales by Chitra Soundar task Veera and Suku with outwitting the kingdom’s greediest, wiliest subjects. Are the two clever boys up to the challenge?
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Mulan Live Action Novelization
- By: Elizabeth Rudnick
- Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 6 hours 19 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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3.95(351 ratings)
3.95(351 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDA thrilling novelization that takes listeners back inside the world of Walt Disney Studios’ live action Mulan film to relive the adventures with their favorite characters, old and new. LOYAL. BRAVE. TRUE. Curious and drawn to adventure, MulanA thrilling novelization that takes listeners back inside the world of Walt Disney Studios’ live action Mulan film to relive the adventures with their favorite characters, old and new.
LOYAL. BRAVE. TRUE.
Curious and drawn to adventure, Mulan struggles to meet her village’s traditional standards. After a disastrous visit with the Matchmaker, Mulan worries she will never be able to bring her family thehonor they deserve.
But when the Emperor decrees that one man from every family must join the army to face a dangerous threat to China, Mulan decides to disguise herself as a man and take her father’s place. Now Mulan must hide her secret as she trains alongside her fellow soldiers. With the enemy drawing nearer, will Mulan become the hero China needs?
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Listen, Slowly
- By: Thanhhà Lai
- Narrator: LuLu Lam
- Length: 7 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: February 17, 2015
- Language: English
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3.89(5939 ratings)
3.89(5939 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDThis remarkable and bestselling novel from Thanhha Lai, author of the National Book Award-winning and Newbery Honor Book Inside Out & Back Again, follows a young girl as she learns the true meaning of family. Listen, Slowly is a New York TimesThis remarkable and bestselling novel from Thanhha Lai, author of the National Book Award-winning and Newbery Honor Book Inside Out & Back Again, follows a young girl as she learns the true meaning of family.
Listen, Slowly is a New York Times Book Review Notable Book and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year!
A California girl born and raised, Mai can’t wait to spend her vacation at the beach. Instead, she has to travel to Vietnam with her grandmother, who is going back to find out what really happened to her husband during the Vietnam War.
Mai’s parents think this trip will be a great opportunity for their out-of-touch daughter to learn more about her culture. But to Mai, those are their roots, not her own. Vietnam is hot, smelly, and the last place she wants to be. Besides barely speaking the language, she doesn’t know the geography, the local customs, or even her distant relatives. To survive her trip, Mai must find a balance between her two completely different worlds.
Perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia and Linda Sue Park, Listen, Slowly is an irresistibly charming and emotionally poignant tale about a girl who discovers that home and culture, family and friends, can all mean different things.
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The Walled City
- By: Ryan Graudin
- Narrator: Eugene Kim
- Length: 10 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: November 04, 2014
- Language: English
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3.87(5773 ratings)
3.87(5773 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.98 USDThere are three rules in the Walled City: Run fast. Trust no one. Always carry your knife. Right now, my life depends completely on the first. Run, run, run. Jin, Mei Yee, and Dai all live in the Walled City, a lawless labyrinth run by crime lordsThere are three rules in the Walled City: Run fast. Trust no one. Always carry your knife. Right now, my life depends completely on the first. Run, run, run.... Read moreJin, Mei Yee, and Dai all live in the Walled City, a lawless labyrinth run by crime lords and overrun by street gangs. Teens there traffic drugs or work in brothels–or, like Jin, hide under the radar. But when Dai offers Jin a chance to find her lost sister, Mei Yee, she begins a breathtaking race against the clock to escape the Walled City itself. -
Half a World Away
- By: Cynthia Kadohata
- Narrator: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 4 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2014
- Language: English
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3.82(1832 ratings)
3.82(1832 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0011.99 USDA kid who considers himself an epic fail discovers the transformative power of love when he deals with adoption in this novel from Cynthia Kadohata, winner of the Newbery Medal (Kira-Kira) and the National Book Award (The Thing AboutA kid who considers himself an epic fail discovers the transformative power of love when he deals with adoption in this novel from Cynthia Kadohata, winner of the Newbery Medal (Kira-Kira) and the National Book Award (The Thing About Luck).
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Eleven-year-old Jaden is adopted, and he knows he’s an “epic fail.” That’s why his family is traveling to Kazakhstan to adopt a new baby–to replace him, he’s sure. And he gets it. He is incapable of stopping his stealing, hoarding, lighting fires, aggressive running, and obsession with electricity. He knows his parents love him, but he feels…nothing.
When they get to Kazakhstan, it turns out the infant they’ve traveled for has already been adopted, and literally within minutes are faced with having to choose from six other babies. While his parents agonize, Jaden is more interested in the toddlers. One, a little guy named Dimash, spies Jaden and barrels over to him every time he sees him. Jaden finds himself increasingly intrigued by and worried about Dimash. Already three years old and barely able to speak, Dimash will soon age out of the orphanage, and then his life will be as hopeless as Jaden feels now. For the first time in his life, Jaden actually feels something that isn’t pure blinding fury, and there’s no way to control it, or its power.
From camels rooting through garbage like raccoons, to eagles being trained like hunting dogs, to streets that are more pothole than pavement, the vivid depictions in Half a World Away create “an inspiring story that celebrates hope and second chances” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). -
A Sliver of Moon and a Shard of Truth
- By: Chitra Soundar
- Narrator: Deepti Gupta
- Length: 1 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: September 13, 2022
- Language: English
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3.71(13 ratings)
3.71(13 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDClever Prince Veera and his best friend, Suku, are back in a vibrant new collection of stories riddled with surprises. When the prince’s great uncle, Raja Apoorva, invites the boys to the summer festival in Peetalpur, Prince Veera and Suku areClever Prince Veera and his best friend, Suku, are back in a vibrant new collection of stories riddled with surprises. When the prince’s great uncle, Raja Apoorva, invites the boys to the summer festival in Peetalpur, Prince Veera and Suku are excited to compete in the games. It’s no easy feat to make the peahen sing (when peahens can’t sing) or defeat the country’s champion wrestler, but Raja Apoorva’s riddles prove the ultimate test of the boys’ wit and wisdom. Who owns the tree that provides the palace figs? What intruder dared pull the Raja’s beard? And what are the secrets of the holy man and the astronomer? Packed with glorious trickster tradition and wise-cracking dialogue, these festive tales of two fast-thinking friends will captivate listeners of all ages.
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A Million Shades of Gray
- By: Cynthia Kadohata
- Narrator: Keith Nobbs
- Length: 4 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2010
- Language: English
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3.63(1039 ratings)
3.63(1039 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.95 USDY’Tin is brave. No one in his village denies that‚Äîhis mother may wish that he‚Äôd spend more time on school work than on elephant training, but still she knows that it takes a great deal of courage and calm to deal with elephants theY’Tin is brave.
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No one in his village denies that‚Äîhis mother may wish that he‚Äôd spend more time on school work than on elephant training, but still she knows that it takes a great deal of courage and calm to deal with elephants the way that Y’Tin does. He is almost the best trainer in the village‚Äîand, at twelve-years old, he‚Äôs certainly the youngest. Maybe he‚Äôll even open up his own school some day to teach other Montagnards how to train wild elephants? That was the plan anyway‚Äîback before American troops pulled out of the Vietnam War, back before his village became occupied by Viet Cong forces seeking revenge, back before Y’Tin watched his life change in a million terrible ways.
Now, his bravery is truly put to the test: he can stay in his village, held captive by the Viet Cong or he can risk his life (and save his elephant‚Äôs) by fleeing into the jungle. The Montagnards know their surroundings well. After all, this is why Y’Tin‚Äôs village had become loyal US allies during the war, having been tapped by Special Forces for their tracking skills and familiarity with the jungle. But that also means that Y’Tin knows how unsafe it can be‚Äîand how much danger he is in if he chooses to head out with no destination in mind.
At once heartbreaking and full of hope, Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Kadohata‚Äôs exploration into the depth of the jungle and the not-so-distant past brings us close to a world few people know about‚Äîand none will ever forget. Y’Tin‚Äôs story is one of lasting friendships, desperate choices and all that we lose when we are forced to change.
Cliff Weitzman
Cliff Weitzman is a dyslexia advocate and the CEO and founder of Speechify, the #1 text-to-speech app in the world, totaling over 100,000 5-star reviews and ranking first place in the App Store for the News & Magazines category. In 2017, Weitzman was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for his work making the internet more accessible to people with learning disabilities. Cliff Weitzman has been featured in EdSurge, Inc., PC Mag, Entrepreneur, Mashable, among other leading outlets.
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