29 Best Death & Dying Books
Death & Dying is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Death & Dying audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 29 Death & Dying audiobooks below.
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Dear Life
- By: DEAR LIFE Rachel Clarke
- Narrator: DEAR LIFE Rachel Clarke
- Length: 11 hours 14 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: September 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.48(1909 ratings)
4.48(1909 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USD“Rachel Clarke’s authentic narration achieves the most important thing in audio production. It allows the author’s humanity to shine and her written words to be transformed into a moving listening experience…Whether“Rachel Clarke’s authentic narration achieves the most important thing in audio production. It allows the author’s humanity to shine and her written words to be transformed into a moving listening experience…Whether end-of-life medicine is one of your interests or not, this audiobook will deepen your connection with others and your deepest self.” — AudioFile Magazine
In Dear Life, palliative care specialist Dr. Rachel Clarke recounts her professional and personal journey to understand not the end of life, but life at its end.
This program is read by the author.Death was conspicuously absent during Rachel’s medical training. Instead, her education focused entirely on learning to save lives, and was left wanting when it came to helping patients and their families face death. She came to specialize in palliative medicine because it is the one specialty in which the quality, not quantity of life truly matters.
In the same year she started to work in a hospice, Rachel was forced to face tragedy in her own life when her father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He’d inspired her to become a doctor, and the stories he had told her as a child proved formative when it came to deciding what sort of medicine she would practice. But for all her professional exposure to dying, she remained a grieving daughter.
Dear Life follows how Rachel came to understand–as a child, as a doctor, as a human being–how best to help patients in the final stages of life, and what that might mean in practice.A Macmillan Audio production from Thomas Dunne Books
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Orphans of the Tide #2: Shipwreck Island
- By: Struan Murray
- Narrator: Laura Rollins
- Length: 7 hours 48 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: December 13, 2022
- Language: English
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4.47(13 ratings)
4.47(13 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDLoyalties are tested in this sequel to Orphans of the Tide, a smart, unique middle grade read perfect for fans of Wildwood or The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Ellie and Seth know more than most people do about living amongst gods. Ellie, an inventorLoyalties are tested in this sequel to Orphans of the Tide, a smart, unique middle grade read perfect for fans of Wildwood or The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
Ellie and Seth know more than most people do about living amongst gods. Ellie, an inventor with a tragic past, was once forced to become the human Vessel for the most wicked god of all, the Enemy; Seth, a mysterious boy with no memories, has just discovered that he’s actually a god himself.
So when they escape the City and all of its inhabitants who want them dead, they hope to find a new island–free of gods–to call home.
Months on a homemade raft have stretched their patience with each other, but at last they spot land–and when they arrive, it seems like every bit the paradise they’d been dreaming of.
But the tropical island has its secrets just as the City did, and Ellie and Seth are faced with impossible questions about who they can trust and who they can’t–including each other.
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The Wolf’s Curse
- By: Jessica Vitalis
- Narrator: Emily Lawrence
- Length: 6 hours 59 minutes
- Publisher: Greenwillow Books
- Publish date: September 21, 2021
- Language: English
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4.35(257 ratings)
4.35(257 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USD“I am obsessed with this story!”–Erin Entrada Kelly, author of the Newbery Honor Book We Dream of Space “Boldly tells readers to take a closer look at the stories they’re told–not to mention at the wolves that“I am obsessed with this story!”–Erin Entrada Kelly, author of the Newbery Honor Book We Dream of Space
“Boldly tells readers to take a closer look at the stories they’re told–not to mention at the wolves that might be lurking in the shadows. A clear-eyed, big-hearted fable of compassion, friendship, and love.”–Anne Ursu, author of The Real Boy
“A lyrical tale of loss and survival, tradition and belief, in which tension and secrets build like a towering wave.”–Diane Magras, author of The Mad Wolf’s Daughter
“A fable as polished and timeless as a fine wooden toy.”–Catherine Gilbert Murdock, author of the Newbery Honor Book The Book of Boy
Shunned by his fearful village, a twelve-year-old apprentice embarks on a surprising quest to clear his name, with a mythic–and dangerous–wolf following closely at his heels. Jessica Vitalis’s debut is a gorgeous, voice-driven literary fantasy about family, fate, and long-held traditions. The Wolf’s Curse will engross readers of The Girl Who Drank the Moon and A Wish in the Dark.
Gauge’s life has been cursed since the day he cried Wolf and was accused of witchcraft. The Great White Wolf brings only death, Gauge’s superstitious village believes. If Gauge can see the Wolf, then he must be in league with it.
So instead of playing with friends in the streets or becoming his grandpapa’s partner in the carpentry shop, Gauge must hide and pretend he doesn’t exist. But then the Wolf comes for his grandpapa. And for the first time, Gauge is left all alone, with a bounty on his head and the Wolf at his heels.
A young feather collector named Roux offers Gauge assistance, and he is eager for the help. But soon the two–both recently orphaned–are questioning everything they have ever believed about their village, about the Wolf, and about death itself.
Narrated by the sly, crafty Wolf, Jessica Vitalis’s debut novel is a vivid and literary tale about family, friendship, belonging, and grief. The Wolf’s Curse will captivate readers of Laurel Snyder’s Orphan Island and Molly Knox Ostertag’s The Witch Boy.
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Being Clem
- By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Narrator: Dion Graham
- Length: 4 hours 50 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: August 03, 2021
- Language: English
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4.31(207 ratings)
4.31(207 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDClem can make anybody, even his grumpy older sisters, smile with his jokes. But when his family receives news that his father has died in the infamous Port Chicago disaster, everything begins to fall apart. Clem’s mother is forced to workClem can make anybody, even his grumpy older sisters, smile with his jokes. But when his family receives news that his father has died in the infamous Port Chicago disaster, everything begins to fall apart. Clem’s mother is forced to work long, tough hours as a maid for a wealthy white family. Soon Clem can barely recognize his home–and himself. Can he live up to his father’s legacy? In her award-winning trilogy, Lesa Cline-Ransome masterfully recreates mid-twentieth century America through the eyes of three boys: Langston, Lymon, and, now, Clem. Exploring the impact of the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, Jim Crow laws, and much more, Lesa’s work manages at once to be both an intimate portrait of each boy and his family as well as a landscape of American history.
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Playing Through the Turnaround
- By: Mylisa Larsen
- Narrator: James Fouhey
- Length: 5 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: Clarion Books
- Publish date: October 11, 2022
- Language: English
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4.3(61 ratings)
4.3(61 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDIn a timely, insightful story told with sparkling wit and heart, young musicians protesting plans for budget cuts navigate miscalculations, indifferent adults, and unexpected loss as they discover the power of speaking out and the value ofIn a timely, insightful story told with sparkling wit and heart, young musicians protesting plans for budget cuts navigate miscalculations, indifferent adults, and unexpected loss as they discover the power of speaking out and the value of listening.
“A brave and dazzling debut, this timely novel is a blueprint for hope.”–Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medalist and best-selling author of The One and Only Ivan
“Keen and clear and fiercely funny.”–Linda Sue Park, Newbery Medalist and best-selling author of A Long Walk to Water
“Brilliant, sharp, comic, poignant, and true.”– Gary D. Schmidt, two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The Wednesday Wars
“A splendid novel filled with honesty and heart.”–Karina Yan Glaser, best-selling author of the Vanderbeekers series.
Fifth period is hands down the best time of day in Connor U. Eubanks Middle School, because that’s when Mr. Lewis teaches Jazz Lab. So his students are devastated when their beloved teacher quits abruptly. Once they make a connection between budget cuts and Mr. Lewis’s disappearance, they hatch a plan: stop the cuts, save their class.
Soon, they become an unlikely band of crusaders, and their quest quickly snowballs into something much bigger–a movement involving the whole middle school. But the adults in charge seem determined to ignore their every protest. How can the kids make themselves heard?
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Orphans of the Tide
- By: Struan Murray
- Narrator: Georgina Campbell
- Length: 8 hours 59 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: December 14, 2021
- Language: English
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4.29(345 ratings)
4.29(345 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDAn ancient myth looms over a powerful new friendship in this debut middle grade fantasy packed with Hugo Cabret charm. The City is the only home that Ellie has ever known. She’s always been told that there is nothing to see beyond the shoresAn ancient myth looms over a powerful new friendship in this debut middle grade fantasy packed with Hugo Cabret charm.
The City is the only home that Ellie has ever known. She’s always been told that there is nothing to see beyond the shores of her small, salty island.
That is, until a mysterious boy washes in with the tide, trapped inside the belly of a whale.
The citizens of the City believe he’s ruled by the Enemy–the legendary god who drowned the whole world–come again to cause untold chaos. Only Ellie believes that the boy is innocent.
To save him, Ellie must prove that he’s not who they think he is–even if that means revealing her own dangerous secret.
Fans of Wildwood and The Mysterious Benedict Society will be enthralled by this inventive and adventurous take on a modern classic.
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Swing Sideways
- By: Nanci Turner Steveson
- Narrator: Tara Sands
- Length: 6 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: May 03, 2016
- Language: English
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4.25(376 ratings)
4.25(376 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDPerfect for fans of Bridge to Terabithia and Walk Two Moons, this debut middle grade novel is the story of two girls and the unforgettable summer in which they learn about true friendship and loss. Annie has been promised a summer of freedom in thePerfect for fans of Bridge to Terabithia and Walk Two Moons, this debut middle grade novel is the story of two girls and the unforgettable summer in which they learn about true friendship and loss.
Annie has been promised a summer of freedom in the country. Freedom from a difficult school year, freedom from her fake “friends” back in the city, and, most of all, freedom from her mom’s life-governing spreadsheets and rigid schedules.
When Annie meets California, who is visiting her grandfather’s farm, it seems she has found the perfect partner for the summer she’s always craved. Especially when California offers Annie a real-life adventure: if she and Annie can find the ponies her mom rode as a girl, surely it will remind her mom how wonderful the farm is–and fix what’s broken between her mom and her grandfather.
But Annie’s summer of freedom is sprinkled with secrets, and everything she has learned about bravery and love will be put to the test when the truth behind the ultimate secret changes her life forever.
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Black Bird, Blue Road
- By: Sofiya Pasternack
- Narrator: Rebecca Gibel
- Length: 7 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: Versify
- Publish date: September 20, 2022
- Language: English
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4.24(185 ratings)
4.24(185 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDIn this historical fantasy novel, praised as a “rich, omen-filled journey that powerfully shows love and its limits*” and “propulsive, wise, and heartbreaking,”** Ziva will do anything to save her twin brother Pesah from hisIn this historical fantasy novel, praised as a “rich, omen-filled journey that powerfully shows love and its limits*” and “propulsive, wise, and heartbreaking,”** Ziva will do anything to save her twin brother Pesah from his illness–even facing the Angel of Death himself. From Sydney Taylor Honor winner and National Jewish Book Award finalist Sofiya Pasternack.
Pesah has lived with leprosy for years, and the twins have spent most of that time working on a cure. Then Pesah has a vision: The Angel of Death will come for him on Rosh Hashanah, just one month away.
So Ziva takes her brother and runs away to find doctors who can cure him. But when they meet and accidentally free a half-demon boy, he suggests paying his debt by leading them to the fabled city of Luz, where no one ever dies–the one place Pesah will be safe.
They just need to run faster than The Angel of Death can fly…
(*Publishers Weekly, starred review; **Kirkus Reviews, starred review)
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
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Crossing the Stream
- By: Elizabeth-Irene Baitie
- Length: 6 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: June 08, 2021
- Language: English
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4.22(45 ratings)
4.22(45 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDAto hasn’t visited his grandmother’s house since he was seven. He’s heard the rumors that she’s a witch, and his mother has told him that he must never sit on the old couch on her porch. Now here he is, on that exact couch,Ato hasn’t visited his grandmother’s house since he was seven. He’s heard the rumors that she’s a witch, and his mother has told him that he must never sit on the old couch on her porch. Now here he is, on that exact couch, with a strangelooking drink his grandmother has given him, wondering if the rumors are true. What’s more, there’s a freshly dug hole in her yard that Ato suspects may be a grave meant for him.
Meanwhile, at school, Ato and his friends have entered a competition to win entry to Nnoma, the island bird sanctuary that Ato’s father helped create. But something is poisoning the community garden where their project is housed, and Ato sets out to track down the culprit. In doing so, he brings his estranged mother and grandmother back together, and begins healing the wounds left on the family by his father’s death years before.
And that hole in the yard? It is a grave, but not for the purpose Ato feared, and its use brings a tender, celebratory ending to this deeply felt and universal story of healing and love from one of Ghana’s most admired children’s authors.
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A Comb of Wishes
- By: Lisa Stringfellow
- Narrator: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 5 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: Quill Tree Books
- Publish date: February 08, 2022
- Language: English
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4.21(352 ratings)
4.21(352 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDSet against the backdrop of Caribbean folklore, Lisa Stringfellow’s spellbinding middle grade debut tells of a grieving girl and a vengeful mermaid and will enchant readers who loved Kacen Callender’s Hurricane Child or Christian McKaySet against the backdrop of Caribbean folklore, Lisa Stringfellow’s spellbinding middle grade debut tells of a grieving girl and a vengeful mermaid and will enchant readers who loved Kacen Callender’s Hurricane Child or Christian McKay Heidicker’s Scary Stories for Young Foxes.
Ever since her mother’s death, Kela feels every bit as broken as the shards of glass, known as “mermaid’s tears,” that sparkle on the Caribbean beaches of St. Rita. So when Kela and her friend Lissy stumble across an ancient-looking comb in a coral cave, with all she’s already lost, Kela can’t help but bring home her very own found treasure.
Far away, deep in the cold ocean, the mermaid Ophidia can feel that her comb has been taken. And despite her hatred of all humans, her magic requires that she make a bargain: the comb in exchange for a wish.
But what Kela wants most is for her mother to be alive. And a wish that big will exact an even bigger price…
Don’t miss the novel that Newbery-winning author Kelly Barnhill calls “one of the most promising works of fiction in a long time”!
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Mockingbird
- By: Kathryn Erskine
- Narrator: Kathryn Erskine
- Length: 4 hours 24 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: April 15, 2010
- Language: English
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4.2(27400 ratings)
4.2(27400 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0012.99 USDIn Mockingbird-a poignant gem by acclaimed author Kathryn Erskine-a talented young artist struggles to overcome a disability. Diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, 10-year-old Caitlin faces a range of social and emotional challenges. TheIn Mockingbird-a poignant gem by acclaimed author Kathryn Erskine-a talented young artist struggles to overcome a disability. Diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, 10-year-old Caitlin faces a range of social and emotional challenges. The unexpected death of her caring brother makes matters even worse, but will the memory of his words of wisdom and the help of a compassionate counselor be enough to enable her to connect with others? “Erskine’s moving and insightful masterpiece delivers a compelling message for all.”-Publishers Weekly
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Modern Loss
- By: Rebecca Soffer
- Narrator: Meredith Mitchell
- Length: 7 hours 40 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 23, 2018
- Language: English
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4.19(783 ratings)
4.19(783 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDInspired by the website that the New York Times hailed as “redefining mourning,” this book is a fresh and irreverent examination into navigating grief and resilience in the age of social media, offering comfort and community for copingInspired by the website that the New York Times hailed as “redefining mourning,” this book is a fresh and irreverent examination into navigating grief and resilience in the age of social media, offering comfort and community for coping with the mess of loss through candid original essays from a variety of voices.
At a time when we mourn public figures and national tragedies with hashtags, where intimate posts about loss go viral and we receive automated birthday reminders for dead friends, it’s clear we are navigating new terrain without a road map.
Let’s face it: most of us have always had a difficult time talking about death and sharing our grief. We’re awkward and uncertain; we avoid, ignore, or even deny feelings of sadness; we offer platitudes; we send sympathy bouquets whittled out of fruit.
Enter Rebecca Soffer and Gabrielle Birkner, who can help us do better. Each having lost parents as young adults, they co-founded Modern Loss, responding to a need to change the dialogue around the messy experience of grief. Now, in this wise and often funny book, they offer the insights of the Modern Loss community to help us cry, laugh, grieve, identify, and–above all–empathize.
Soffer and Birkner, along with forty guest contributors including Lucy Kalanithi, singer Amanda Palmer, and CNN’s Brian Stelter, reveal their own stories on a wide range of topics including triggers, sex, secrets, and inheritance. Each contribution provides a unique perspective on loss as well as a remarkable life-affirming message.
Brutally honest and inspiring, Modern Loss invites us to talk intimately and humorously about grief, helping us confront the humanity (and mortality) we all share. Beginners welcome.
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Near the Exit
- By: Lori Erickson
- Narrator: Lori Erickson
- Length: 5 hours 47 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: August 27, 2019
- Language: English
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4.11(174 ratings)
4.11(174 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDAfter her brother died unexpectedly and her mother moved into a dementia-care facility, spiritual travel writer and Episcopal deacon Lori Erickson felt called to a new quest: to face death head-on, with the eye of a tourist and the heart of aAfter her brother died unexpectedly and her mother moved into a dementia-care facility, spiritual travel writer and Episcopal deacon Lori Erickson felt called to a new quest: to face death head-on, with the eye of a tourist and the heart of a pastor. Blending memoir, spirituality, and travel, Near the Exit examines how cultures confront and have confronted death by investigating Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, Mayan temples, Colorado cremation pyres, Day of the Dead celebrations, Maori settlements, and tourist-destination graveyards. Erickson reflects on mortality and how life is made more precious by accepting it. Through her personal journey and her travels, Erickson maintains that one of the most life-affirming things we can do is to invite death alone for the ride.
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Aviva vs. the Dybbuk
- By: Mari Lowe
- Length: 5 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: February 22, 2022
- Language: English
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4.08(325 ratings)
4.08(325 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDA long ago “accident.” An isolated girl named Aviva. A community that wants to help, but doesn’t know how. And a ghostly dybbuk, that no one but Aviva can see, causing mayhem and mischief that everyone blames on her. That is theA long ago “accident.” An isolated girl named Aviva. A community that wants to help, but doesn’t know how. And a ghostly dybbuk, that no one but Aviva can see, causing mayhem and mischief that everyone blames on her.
That is the setting for this suspenseful novel of a girl who seems to have lost everything, including her best friend Kayla, and a mother who was once vibrant and popular, but who now can’t always get out of bed in the morning.
As tensions escalate in the Jewish community of Beacon with incidents of vandalism and a swastika carved into new concrete poured near the synagogue … so does the tension grow between Aviva and Kayla and the girls at their school,
and so do the actions of the dybbuk grow worse.Could real harm be coming Aviva’s way? And is it somehow related to the “accident” that took her father years ago?
Aviva vs. the Dybbuk is a compelling, tender story about friendship and community, grief and healing, and one indomitable girl who somehow manages to connect them all.
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Dark Archives
- By: Megan Rosenbloom
- Length: 6 hours 58 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: October 20, 2020
- Language: English
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4.06(3352 ratings)
4.06(3352 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDOn bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if you held it in your hand? In Dark Archives, MeganOn bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if you held it in your hand?
In Dark Archives, Megan Rosenbloom seeks out the historic and scientific truths behind anthropodermic bibliopegy?the practice of binding books in this most intimate covering. Dozens of such books live on in the world’s most famous libraries and museums. Dark Archives exhumes their origins and brings to life the doctors, murderers, innocents, and indigents whose lives are sewn together in this disquieting collection. Along the way, Rosenbloom tells the story of how her team of scientists, curators, and librarians test rumored anthropodermic books, untangling the myths around their creation and reckoning with the ethics of their custodianship.
A librarian and journalist, Rosenbloom is a member of The Order of the Good Death and a cofounder of their Death Salon, a community that encourages conversations, scholarship, and art about mortality and mourning. In Dark Archives?captivating and macabre in all the right ways?she has crafted a narrative that is equal parts detective work, academic intrigue, history, and medical curiosity: a book as rare and thrilling as its subject.
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It’s the End of the World as I Know It
- By: Matthew Landis
- Narrator: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 5 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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4.04(452 ratings)
4.04(452 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDDerrick is sure that doomsday is coming, and he’s prepping to survive—whether his friends believe him or not—in this middle-grade novel for fans of Gary Schmidt, Gordon Korman, and Jack Gantos. Ever since his mother was killed inDerrick is sure that doomsday is coming, and he’s prepping to survive—whether his friends believe him or not—in this middle-grade novel for fans of Gary Schmidt, Gordon Korman, and Jack Gantos.
Ever since his mother was killed in the line of duty in Iraq, Derrick has been absolutely certain that the apocalypse is coming. And he’s prepared: he’s got plenty of canned goods, he’s fully outfitted with HAZMAT suits, and he’s building himself a sturdy fallout shelter. When his neighbor Misty insists on helping with the shelter, Derrick doesn’t think it’s such a good idea. Misty’s just had a kidney transplant, and her reaction to her brush with death is the opposite of Derrick’s: where Derrick wants to hide, Misty wants to see and do everything. But as confident as Misty is, Derrick’s doomsday fears just keep getting worse. When Derrick’s promised apocalypse day begins with a very strange disaster, Derrick and Misty have to figure out a way to survive—especially when the end of the world as they know it looks nothing like they expected.
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Fire on Headless Mountain
- By: Iain Lawrence
- Length: 5 hours 37 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: August 23, 2022
- Language: English
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4.03(32 ratings)
4.03(32 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDSeparated from his siblings in the midst of a dangerous forest fire, 11-year-old Virgil must find a way to survive using only his wits and the lessons his late mother taught him about the wilderness. Virgil is making his older siblings trek to aSeparated from his siblings in the midst of a dangerous forest fire, 11-year-old Virgil must find a way to survive using only his wits and the lessons his late mother taught him about the wilderness.
Virgil is making his older siblings trek to a mountain lake on a trip unlike any they have taken before. They carry precious cargo: the ashes of their beloved mother, who asked that her remains be scattered at her favorite spot. But when a forest fire is sparked by a bolt of lightning at the exact moment when their van breaks down, the journey quickly turns to disaster.
While the oldest, Josh, is gone to find help, Virgil and his sister, Kaitlyn, spot fleeing animals and soon see flames flickering above the tree line. Once the sky begins to darken with the haze of burning timber, Virgil finds himself separated from his sister and left alone in the wilderness. He isn’t sure he can make it, but with the memory of his late mother, a science teacher, and all her lessons to guide him, he quickly learns that not everything has a perfect explanation and survival starts with letting go.
Fire on Headless Mountain showcases not only the overwhelming beauty and terrifying power of nature, but also the gift of memory when facing great emotional and physical trials. Lessons on ecosystems and fire safety are also seamlessly interwoven into this thrilling adventure tale.
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Finding Orion
- By: John David Anderson
- Narrator: Graham Halstead
- Length: 9 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: Walden Pond Press
- Publish date: May 07, 2019
- Language: English
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4.03(965 ratings)
4.03(965 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDThe acclaimed author of Ms. Bixby’s Last Day and Posted returns with an unforgettable tale of love and laughter, of fathers and sons, of what family truly means, and of the ways in which we sometimes need to lose something in order to findThe acclaimed author of Ms. Bixby’s Last Day and Posted returns with an unforgettable tale of love and laughter, of fathers and sons, of what family truly means, and of the ways in which we sometimes need to lose something in order to find ourselves.
Rion Kwirk comes from a rather odd family. His mother named him and his sisters after her favorite constellations, and his father makes funky-flavored jellybeans for a living. One sister acts as if she’s always on stage, and the other is a walking dictionary. But no one in the family is more odd than Rion’s grandfather, Papa Kwirk.
He’s the kind of guy who shows up on his motorcycle only on holidays handing out crossbows and stuffed squirrels as presents. Rion has always been fascinated by Papa Kwirk, especially as his son–Rion’s father–is the complete opposite. Where Dad is predictable, nerdy, and reassuringly boring, Papa Kwirk is mysterious, dangerous, and cool.
Which is why, when Rion and his family learn of Papa Kwirk’s death and pile into the car to attend his funeral and pay their respects, Rion can’t help but feel that that’s not the end of his story. That there’s so much more to Papa Kwirk to discover.
He doesn’t know how right he is.
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Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
- By: Wendy Mass
- Narrator: Wendy Mass
- Length: 9 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: May 23, 2008
- Language: English
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4.02(18293 ratings)
4.02(18293 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDJeremy Fink has big plans for this summer with his best friend Lizzy, a notorious troublemaker (and no, he does not have a secret crush on her). He has everything he needs within a few blocks of his home so he never has to leave his littleJeremy Fink has big plans for this summer with his best friend Lizzy, a notorious troublemaker (and no, he does not have a secret crush on her). He has everything he needs within a few blocks of his home so he never has to leave his little neighborhood. And this summer, he officially becomes a teenager. A mysterious box engraved with the words THE MEANING OF LIFE: For Jeremy Fink To Open On His 13th Birthday arrives in the mail from Jeremy’s long-departed father. The four keys needed to open the box are lost, setting Jeremy and Lizzy off on a quest to find them somewhere in the vastness of New York City. Along the way, they soon discover something about themselves in their search for the keys to the meaning of life. Author Wendy Mass is a recipient of the ALA’s Schneider Family Award. She delights young audience with her quirky characters that are easy to relate to. “Well-written and captivating; the reader gets a chance to discover the meaning of life as well and will not be disappointed.”-Kliatt
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Fatal Deception
- By: Michael Bowker
- Narrator: John Slattery
- Length: 6 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2003
- Language: English
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4(35 ratings)
4(35 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.95 USDAt first glance, the events in this audiobook may seem equal parts science fiction and legal thriller. Unfortunately, this is a true story of blinding greed, cruel deceit, unfortunate circumstance, and powerful human tragedy. It has villains andAt first glance, the events in this audiobook may seem equal parts science fiction and legal thriller. Unfortunately, this is a true story of blinding greed, cruel deceit, unfortunate circumstance, and powerful human tragedy. It has villains and heroes, but it does not yet have a good ending.
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Something’s wrong in Libby, Montana. Residents are dying at a rate sixty times higher than the national average from a battery of insidious diseases, and they will continue to suffer for decades to come. The cause: a so-called miracle mineral that generations of families felt thankful for, until they discovered that the “miracle” was too good to be true — and that the town’s disturbing mortality rate was hardly an accident.
The scope of the treachery goes far beyond Libby. Even before the dust had settled following the September 11 terrorist attacks, those who live and work in lower Manhattan were voicing well-founded concerns about air quality around Ground Zero. Tests conducted at the site yielded conflicting results — and possibly evidence of a continuing corporate and governmental cover-up that mirrors a pattern of deception threatening not only the physical health of millions of Americans but the financial stability of our economy.
In 1989, the EPA banned the manufacture, importation, processing, and distribution of commercial asbestos — but the ban didn’t hold. Asbestos is big business, rivaling tobacco in its profitability. By 1991, powerful corporate lobbyists succeeded in having the ban overturned. Today, asbestos remains an ingredient in more than three thousand products on sale in the United States and many more that are exported to developing nations around the globe. -
The Witch, The Sword, and the Cursed Knights
- By: Alexandria Rogers
- Narrator: Marisa Calin
- Length: 10 hours 34 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 06, 2022
- Language: English
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3.99(173 ratings)
3.99(173 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDPerfect for fans of The School for Good and Evil and A Tale of Magic…, this Barnes & Noble Children’s Book Award finalist and Amazon Best Book of the Month is a charming fantasy debut that puts a new spin on the legend of CamelotPerfect for fans of The School for Good and Evil and A Tale of Magic…, this Barnes & Noble Children’s Book Award finalist and Amazon Best Book of the Month is a charming fantasy debut that puts a new spin on the legend of Camelot
Twelve-year-old Ellie can’t help that she’s a witch, the most hated member of society. Determined to prove her worth and eschew her heritage, Ellie applies to the Fairy Godmother Academy–her golden ticket to societal acceptance. But Ellie’s dreams are squashed when she receives the dreaded draft letter to serve as a knight of King Arthur’s legendary Round Table. She can get out of the draft–but only if she saves a lost cause.
Enter Caedmon, a boy from Wisconsin struggling with the death of his best friend. He first dismisses the draft as ridiculous; magic can’t possibly exist. But when Merlin’s ancient magic foretells his family’s death if he doesn’t follow through, he travels to the knights’ castle, where he learns of a wicked curse leeching the knights of their power.
To break the curse, Ellie and Caedmon must pass a series of deathly trials and reforge the lost, shattered sword of Excalibur. And unless Ellie accepts her witch magic and Caedmon rises to become the knight he’s meant to be, they will both fail–and the world will fall to the same darkness that brought King Arthur and Camelot to ruin. -
Sky Rider
- By: Nancy Springer
- Narrator: Nancy Springer
- Length: 2 hours 40 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: May 23, 2008
- Language: English
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3.99(145 ratings)
3.99(145 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0010.99 USDEver since Dusty’s mom died, life has been rough. Dusty’s dad is remote and angry, and a car accident has permanently injured Dusty’s back. No matter how much support her classmates in high school offer, nothing can bring back theEver since Dusty’s mom died, life has been rough. Dusty’s dad is remote and angry, and a car accident has permanently injured Dusty’s back. No matter how much support her classmates in high school offer, nothing can bring back the happy family life she remembers. Now Dusty is facing another loss. Her horse, Tazz, has become crippled and will be put down. But one night, a curiously pale boy appears in the barn and rides away on Tazz. When Dusty learns that a high school boy has been killed recently, she is determined to discover the connection between the boy’s death, her father’s rage, and the figure who took Tazz away. In Sky Rider, the ALA award-winning author of Toughing It creates a supernatural thriller that will hold the attention of even the most reluctant reader. Narrator Christina Moore’s performance captures the conflicting emotions that swirl through Dusty as she searches for the truth.
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Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves
- By: L. M. Elliott
- Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 6 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
- Publish date: March 22, 2022
- Language: English
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3.99(322 ratings)
3.99(322 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDIn this moving and timeless story, award-winning author L. M. Elliott captures life on the U.S. homefront during World War II, weaving a rich portrait of a family reeling from loss and the chilling yet hopeful voyage of fighting for what matters,In this moving and timeless story, award-winning author L. M. Elliott captures life on the U.S. homefront during World War II, weaving a rich portrait of a family reeling from loss and the chilling yet hopeful voyage of fighting for what matters, perfect for fans of The War That Saved My Life.
Days after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Hitler declared war on the U.S., unleashing U-boat submarines to attack American ships. Suddenly, the waves outside Louisa June’s farm aren’t for eel-fishing or marveling at wild swans or learning to skull her family’s boat–they’re dangerous, swarming with hidden enemies.
Her oldest brothers’ ships risk coming face-to-face with U-boats. Her sister leaves home to weld Liberty Boat hulls. And then her daddy, a tugboat captain, and her dearest brother, Butler, are caught in the crossfire.
Her mama has always swum in a sea of melancholy, but now she really needs Louisa June to find moments of beauty or inspiration to buoy her. Like sunshine-yellow daffodils, good books, or news accounts of daring rescues of torpedoed passengers.
Determined to help her Mama and aching to combat Nazis herself, Louisa June turns to her quirky friend Emmett and the indomitable Cousin Belle, who has her own war stories–and a herd of cats–to share. In the end, after a perilous sail, Louisa June learns the greatest lifeline is love.
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Death Need Not Be Fatal
- By: Malachy McCourt
- Narrator: Malachy McCourt
- Length: 8 hours 19 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: May 16, 2017
- Language: English
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3.98(46 ratings)
3.98(46 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDBefore he runs out of time, Irish bon vivant Malachy McCourt shares his views on death – sometimes hilarious and often poignant – and on what will or won’t happen after his last breath is drawn. During the course of his life,Before he runs out of time, Irish bon vivant Malachy McCourt shares his views on death – sometimes hilarious and often poignant – and on what will or won’t happen after his last breath is drawn.
During the course of his life, Malachy McCourt practically invented the single’s bar; was a pioneer in talk radio, a soap opera star, a best-selling author; a gold smuggler, a political activist, and a candidate for governor of the state of New York.
It seems that the only two things he hasn’t done are stick his head into a lion’s mouth and die. Since he is allergic to cats, he decided to write about the great hereafter and answer the question on most minds: What’s so great about it anyhow?
In Death Need Not Be Fatal, McCourt also trains a sober eye on the tragedies that have shaped his life: the deaths of his sister and twin brothers; the real story behind Angela’s famous ashes; and a poignant account of the death of the man who left his mother, brothers, and him to nearly die in squalor. McCourt writes with deep emotion of the staggering losses of all three of his brothers, Frank, Mike, and Alphie. In his inimitable way, McCourt takes the grim reaper by the lapels and shakes the truth out of him.
As he rides the final blocks on his Rascal scooter, he looks too at the prospect of his own demise with emotional clarity and insight. In this beautifully rendered memoir, McCourt shows us how to live life to its fullest, how to grow old without acting old, and how to die without regret.
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Bad Call
- By: Mike Scardino
- Narrator: Daniel Thomas May
- Length: 7 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: July 17, 2018
- Language: English
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3.98(406 ratings)
3.98(406 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDAn adrenaline-fueled read that will stay with you long after you turn the final page, Bad Call is a “compulsively readable, totally unforgettable” memoir about working on a New York City ambulance in the 1960s (James Patterson). Bad CallAn adrenaline-fueled read that will stay with you long after you turn the final page, Bad Call is a “compulsively readable, totally unforgettable” memoir about working on a New York City ambulance in the 1960s (James Patterson).... Read moreBad Call is Mike Scardino’s visceral, fast-moving, and mordantly funny account of the summers he spent working as an “ambulance attendant” on the mean streets of late-1960s New York.
Fueled by adrenaline and Sabrett’s hot dogs, young Mike spends his days speeding from one chaotic emergency to another. His adventures take him into the middle of incipient race riots, to the scene of a plane crash at JFK airport and into private lives all over Queens, where New Yorkers are suffering, and dying, in unimaginable ways. Learning on the job, Mike encounters all manner of freakish accidents (the man who drank Drano, the woman attacked by rats, the man who inflated like a balloon), meets countless unforgettable New York characters, falls in love, is nearly murdered, and gets an early and indelible education in the impermanence of life and the cruelty of chance.
Action-packed, poignant, and rich with details that bring Mike’s world to technicolor life, Bad Call is a gritty portrait of a bygone era as well as a bracing reminder that, though “life itself is a fatal condition,” it’s worth pausing to notice the moments of beauty, hope, and everyday heroism along the way.
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Bump
- By: Matt Wallace
- Narrator: Almarie Guerra
- Length: 5 hours 51 minutes
- Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
- Publish date: January 26, 2021
- Language: English
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3.97(216 ratings)
3.97(216 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDA moving and triumphant middle grade contemporary debut from award-winning author Matt Wallace about a heroic young girl–who dreams of becoming a pro wrestler–learning to find courage and fight for what she loves. Perfect for fans ofA moving and triumphant middle grade contemporary debut from award-winning author Matt Wallace about a heroic young girl–who dreams of becoming a pro wrestler–learning to find courage and fight for what she loves. Perfect for fans of Kelly Yang, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds’ Track series!
MJ knows what it means to hurt. Bruises from gymnastics heal, but big hurts–like her dad not being around anymore–don’t go away. Now her mom needs to work two jobs, and MJ doesn’t have friends at school to lean on.
There is only one thing MJ loves: the world of professional wrestling. She especially idolizes the luchadores and the stories they tell in the ring. When MJ learns that her neighbor, Mr. Arellano, runs a wrestling school, she has a new mission in life: join the school, train hard, and become a wrestler.
But trouble lies ahead. After wrestling in a showcase event, MJ attracts the attention of Mr. Arellano’s enemy at the State Athletic Commission. There are threats to shut the school down, putting MJ’s new home–and the community that welcomed her–at risk. What can MJ do to save her new family?
* A Junior Library Guild Selection * Banks Street Best Children’s Books of the Year *
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A Hundred Horses
- By: Sarah Lean
- Narrator: Mandy Williams
- Length: 3 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
- Publish date: January 07, 2014
- Language: English
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3.97(297 ratings)
3.97(297 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDNell is not happy about spending her school vacation with relatives she doesn’t know. Expecting nothing more than silly little cousins and boring farm life, she sneaks along a special suitcase that once belonged to her father. In it, sheNell is not happy about spending her school vacation with relatives she doesn’t know. Expecting nothing more than silly little cousins and boring farm life, she sneaks along a special suitcase that once belonged to her father. In it, she knows, are the parts of a music box and sixteen miniature painted horses, and she thinks maybe she can fit them all back together.
But the countryside has unexpected surprises. When a half-wild and mysterious girl named Angel steals Nell’s suitcase, the two girls are united in an adventure of Angel’s devising. Nighttime meetings and a horse that might just be magical pique Nell’s curiosity, and soon she may find a way to put together the mystery of who Angel truly is, understand the legends about the herd of a hundred horses, and also discover something special about herself.
Sarah Lean, acclaimed author of A Dog Called Homeless, explores the power of friendship, family, and the truth of belonging in this tale with a touch of magic about two girls, an old farm, and the most special of a hundred horses.
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How It Went Down
- By: Kekla Magoon
- Narrator: Kekla Magoon
- Length: 7 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: December 12, 2014
- Language: English
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3.95(6129 ratings)
3.95(6129 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDWhen sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson dies from two gunshot wounds, his community is thrown into an uproar. Tariq was black. The shooter, Jack Franklin, is white. In the aftermath of Tariq’s death, everyone has something to say, but no twoWhen sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson dies from two gunshot wounds, his community is thrown into an uproar. Tariq was black. The shooter, Jack Franklin, is white. In the aftermath of Tariq’s death, everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events line up. Day by day, new twists further obscure the truth. Tariq’s friends, family, and community struggle to make sense of the tragedy, and to cope with the hole left behind when a life is cut short. In their own words, they grapple for a way to say with certainty: This is how it went down.
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Speed of Life
- By: Carol Weston
- Narrator: Kristin Condon
- Length: 8 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: September 12, 2017
- Language: English
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3.92(927 ratings)
3.92(927 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDWhen Sofia lost her mother eight months ago, her friends were 100% there for her. But now it’s a new year, and they’re ready for Sofia to move on. The problem is that Sofia can’t bounce back-she can’t recharge like aWhen Sofia lost her mother eight months ago, her friends were 100% there for her. But now it’s a new year, and they’re ready for Sofia to move on. The problem is that Sofia can’t bounce back-she can’t recharge like a cellphone. She decides to write Dear Kate, an advice columnist for Fifteen Magazine, and is surprised to receive a fast reply. Soon, the two are exchanging emails, and Sofia opens up and spills all, including a few worries that are totally embarrassing. But it turns out that not even advice columnists have all the answers. One day, Sofia learns a secret that flips her world upside down: Dear Kate shows up on her doorstep…with her dad…as his girlfriend… A novel about love, family, grief, and growing up, Speed of Life is the heartbreaking, heartwarming story of a girl who thinks her life is over when it’s really just beginning.
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