29 Best Death & Dying, Juvenile Fiction Books
Death & Dying, Juvenile Fiction is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Death & Dying, Juvenile Fiction audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 29 Death & Dying, Juvenile Fiction audiobooks below.
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World Made of Glass
- By: Ami Polonsky
- Narrator: Jennifer Nittoso
- Length: 5 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: January 17, 2023
- Language: English
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4.62(31 ratings)
4.62(31 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDA heartbreaking, heart-mending novel of love, grief, friendship, and community. March 1987. The FDA has just approved AZT as the first drug to treat AIDS. But it’s too late for Iris’s dad. He’s dying, confined to a hospital bed inA heartbreaking, heart-mending novel of love, grief, friendship, and community.
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March 1987. The FDA has just approved AZT as the first drug to treat AIDS. But it’s too late for Iris’s dad. He’s dying, confined to a hospital bed in the apartment he shares with his boyfriend, J.R. (who Iris hates), four floors above Iris and her mom. Soon, all Iris has left of her kind, loving dad are memories, photos, and a binder full of the poems they used to exchange.
As Iris navigates her rage and grief, she resolves to speak out against the rampant fear, misinformation, and prejudice surrounding AIDS–and find the pieces of Dad that she never knew before. In the process, she discovers surprising sides to J.R., the joy of true friendship, and the power of her own voice in school and at home.
Award-winning author Ami Polonsky has crafted a lyrical, tender, earth-shattering novel that will stay with you long after you’ve turned the last page. -
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise
- By: Dan Gemeinhart
- Narrator: Khristine Hvam
- Length: 9 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: January 08, 2019
- Language: English
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4.48(18811 ratings)
4.48(18811 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USD*Winner of a Parents’ Choice Gold Award*A 2020 Audie Awards Finalist “Khristine Hvam’s narration is as heartfelt as the story of 12-year-old Coyote Sunrise…Both the story and Hvam’s distinctive narration will linger in*Winner of a Parents’ Choice Gold Award*
A 2020 Audie Awards Finalist“Khristine Hvam’s narration is as heartfelt as the story of 12-year-old Coyote Sunrise…Both the story and Hvam’s distinctive narration will linger in listeners’ minds.” — AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner
Five years.That’s how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived on the road in an old school bus, criss-crossing the nation.
It’s also how long ago Coyote lost her mom and two sisters in a car crash.
Coyote hasn’t been home in all that time, but when she learns that the park in her old neighborhood is being demolished–the very same park where she, her mom, and her sisters buried a treasured memory box–she devises an elaborate plan to get her dad to drive 3,600 miles back to Washington state in four days…without him realizing it.
Along the way, they’ll pick up a strange crew of misfit travelers. Lester has a lady love to meet. Salvador and his mom are looking to start over. Val needs a safe place to be herself. And then there’s Gladys…
Over the course of thousands of miles, Coyote will learn that going home can sometimes be the hardest journey of all…but that with friends by her side, she just might be able to turn her “once upon a time” into a “happily ever after.”
Praise for The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise:
“If Katherine Applegate says a book “just plain makes you want to hug the world,” you know there’s magic there. And if you have narrator Khristine Hvam delivering a warm, slightly twangy performance as said book’s travel-worn protagonist, then that’s a listening experience not to be missed.” – Paste.com
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The Invisible String
- By: Patrice Karst
- Narrator: Patrice Karst
- Length: 12 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: November 05, 2019
- Language: English
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4.48(1819 ratings)
4.48(1819 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.001.98 USDWith over a million copies sold, this accessible, bestselling picture book phenomenon about the unbreakable connections between loved ones has healed a generation of readers–children and adults alike–and has been updated with newWith over a million copies sold, this accessible, bestselling picture book phenomenon about the unbreakable connections between loved ones has healed a generation of readers–children and adults alike–and has been updated with new illustrations and an afterword from the author. Also available: Spanish edition (El hilo invisible) and a companion workbook (The Invisible String Workbook).
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Parents, educators, therapists, and social workers alike have declared The Invisible String the perfect tool for coping with all kinds of separation anxiety, loss, and grief. In this relatable and reassuring contemporary classic, a mother tells her two children that they’re all connected by an invisible string. “That’s impossible!” the children insist, but still they want to know more: “What kind of string?” The answer is the simple truth that binds us all: An Invisible String made of love. Even though you can’t see it with your eyes, you can feel it deep in your heart, and know that you are always connected to the ones you love. Does everybody have an Invisible String? How far does it reach? Does it ever go away? This heartwarming picture book for all ages explores questions about the intangible yet unbreakable connections between us, and opens up deeper conversations about love.
Recommended and adopted by parenting blogs, bereavement support groups, hospice centers, foster care and social service agencies, military library services, church groups, and educators, The Invisible String offers a very simple approach to overcoming loneliness, separation, or loss with an imaginative twist that children easily understand and embrace, and delivers a particularly compelling message in today’s uncertain times. This special paperback edition includes vibrant new illustrations and an introduction from the author.
“This book is a beautiful way to begin to try, as parents, to instill in children the impenetrable power of the heart, the energy of love, and the flow that can be felt from the grace in every moment.” –Tony Robbins -
Valentine Crow & Mr Death
- By: Jenni Spangler
- Narrator: Benjamin Isaac
- Length: 6 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
- Publish date: January 01, 2023
- Language: English
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4.45(11 ratings)
4.45(11 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0013.99 USDIt’s not always easy being Death: a witty and gloriously gothic tale of friendship and discovery from bestselling Jenni Spangler. Twelve-year-old Valentine Crow has lived his entire life at the Foundling Hospital. Now, he and his best friendIt’s not always easy being Death: a witty and gloriously gothic tale of friendship and discovery from bestselling Jenni Spangler.
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Twelve-year-old Valentine Crow has lived his entire life at the Foundling Hospital. Now, he and his best friend Philomena are leaving to begin their new lives as apprentices – but Valentine has been assigned to Death himself. Valentine finds himself in an impossible situation when his best friend’s name appears on the list of souls to take. Can he fight Death to save her soul, or does fate have other ideas?
Distinctive, warm and funny, the highly-acclaimed Jenni Spangler returns with a richly imagined world perfect for listeners of The Beast and the Bethany and Lemony Snickett. -
Dan Unmasked
- By: Chris Negron
- Narrator: Josh Hurley
- Length: 8 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: July 28, 2020
- Language: English
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4.44(50 ratings)
4.44(50 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDThis heartfelt middle grade debut about grief, creativity, and the healing power of friendship shows that not all heroes wear capes and is perfect for fans of John David Anderson and Ali Benjamin. Whether they’re on the baseball field or inThis heartfelt middle grade debut about grief, creativity, and the healing power of friendship shows that not all heroes wear capes and is perfect for fans of John David Anderson and Ali Benjamin.
Whether they’re on the baseball field or in Nate’s basement devouring the newest issue of their favorite comic book, Dan and Nate are always talking. Until they’re not.
After an accident at baseball practice, Nate’s fallen into a coma. And if Dan ever wants to talk to Nate again, he’s got to take a page out of his hero Captain Nexus’s book, and do whatever it takes to save the day.
But heroes have powers–and without Nate, all Dan has is a closet stuffed with comics and a best-friend-shaped hole in his heart. There’s no way a regular kid can save the day all on his own. Right?
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The Hunt for the Nightingale
- By: Sarah Ann Juckes
- Narrator: Sam Stafford
- Length: 3 hours 48 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.43(37 ratings)
4.43(37 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0013.99 USDDiscover the healing power of nature in one boy’s heartbreaking and hopeful journey back from the wilderness.Bird fact no. 30: a nightingale song is one of the most beautiful sounds on the planet. Ten-year-old Jasper has been waiting allDiscover the healing power of nature in one boy’s heartbreaking and hopeful journey back from the wilderness.
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Bird fact no. 30: a nightingale song is one of the most beautiful sounds on the planet.
Ten-year-old Jasper has been waiting all spring for his beloved nightingale to return to his garden and sing. But it’s not there, and neither is his sister, Rosie. His parents seem sad and preoccupied, so gathering his courage, his backpack and his treasured Book of Birds, Jasper sets out alone on a walk to find them both. The expedition takes Jasper through town and country, meeting a host of characters who are also searching for lost things. Helping his new friends, Jasper begins to see that he may not find what he is looking for when he reaches the journey’s end, but even in the darkest of moments, a nightingale’s song can be heard somewhere.
A love letter to the natural world, Sarah Ann Juckes’ stunning middle grade novel will leave you with tears in your eyes and a heart full of hope. For fans of Pax, Wonder and Wild Child. -
Maggie Vaults Over the Moon
- By: Grant Overstake
- Narrator: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 6 hours 0 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
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4.41(30 ratings)
4.41(30 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDSee what can happen when you follow your dreams! Maggie Steele is a gritty farm girl from tiny Grain Valley, Kansas, who pours her broken heart into the daring, dangerous sport of pole-vaulting. Driven by a secret she cannot share with anyone,See what can happen when you follow your dreams!
Maggie Steele is a gritty farm girl from tiny Grain Valley, Kansas, who pours her broken heart into the daring, dangerous sport of pole-vaulting. Driven by a secret she cannot share with anyone, Maggie finds herself on a quest to soar far higher than critics think a girl should ever go. Unflinching in its exploration of teenage grief and filled with brilliant descriptions of a breathtaking, beautiful sport, Maggie Vaults Over the Moon is a powerful and rewarding story for middle-grade readers and adults.
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Just Like That
- By: Gary D. Schmidt
- Length: 11 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: January 05, 2021
- Language: English
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4.39(2037 ratings)
4.39(2037 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDMeryl Lee Kowalski arrives at a Maine boarding school, haunted by personal loss. Matt Coffin hides out on the coast, attempting to evade a violent criminal. As war rages overseas and young people at home demand change, Meryl Lee and Matt begin toMeryl Lee Kowalski arrives at a Maine boarding school, haunted by personal loss. Matt Coffin hides out on the coast, attempting to
evade a violent criminal. As war rages overseas and young people at home demand change, Meryl Lee and Matt begin to face their
demons and make fresh choices–singly, together, and with the help of unexpected friends.Set in the 1960s in the world of Gary D. Schmidt’s award-winning novels The Wednesday Wars and Okay for Now, this timeless story of grief, growth, and change is full of heart and humor.
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A Duet for Home
- By: Karina Yan Glaser
- Narrator: Sura Siu
- Length: 6 hours 19 minutes
- Publisher: Clarion Books
- Publish date: April 05, 2022
- Language: English
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4.36(994 ratings)
4.36(994 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDFrom the New York Times best-selling creator of the Vanderbeekers series comes a triumphant tale of friendship, healing, and the power of believing in ourselves told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children livingFrom the New York Times best-selling creator of the Vanderbeekers series comes a triumphant tale of friendship, healing, and the power of believing in ourselves told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homeless shelter. As their friendship grows over a shared love of classical music, June and Tyrell confront a new housing policy that puts homeless families in danger.
It’s June‚Äôs first day at Huey House, and as if losing her home weren‚Äôt enough, she also can‚Äôt bring her cherished viola inside. Before the accident last year, her dad saved tip money for a year to buy her viola, and she‚Äôs not about to give it up now. Tyrell has been at Huey House for three years and gives June a glimpse of the good things about living there: friendship, hot meals, and a classical musician next door. Can he and June work together to oppose the government, or will families be forced out of Huey House before they are ready?
 
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Lolo’s Light
- By: Liz Garton Scanlon
- Length: 5 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: October 04, 2022
- Language: English
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4.35(118 ratings)
4.35(118 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDThis is a truth about growing up. Once in your life, sometime after your first memory but before you can drive a car, something is going to happen to you that doesn’t happen to anyone else you know. It might be something good. It might beThis is a truth about growing up.
Once in your life, sometime after your first memory but before you can drive a car, something is going to happen to you that doesn’t happen to anyone else you know. It might be something good. It might be something bad, or special, or funny, or shocking.
For Millie, it’s something really sad. Lolo, her neighbors’ infant daughter, dies–unexpectedly, suddenly, inexplicably–on the night Millie babysits.
There’s nothing she could have done. There’s nothing she can do now. So how does she go on?
She does what you’ll do. She finds her way.
This poignant and profound coming-of-age story portrays a tragic experience of responsibility and its poisonous flip side: guilt. Cathartic and important, it’s an honest and empathetic portrait of a girl at her most vulnerable–a mess of grief,
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love, and ultimately, acceptance–who must reckon with those most difficult of demons: death … and life. -
August Isle
- By: Ali Standish
- Narrator: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 8 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: April 16, 2019
- Language: English
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4.32(523 ratings)
4.32(523 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USD*A Junior Library Guild Selection* From critically acclaimed author Ali Standish (The Ethan I Was Before), the story of one girl’s journey to a magical seaside town, where she uncovers her family’s long hidden secrets and ultimately*A Junior Library Guild Selection*
From critically acclaimed author Ali Standish (The Ethan I Was Before), the story of one girl’s journey to a magical seaside town, where she uncovers her family’s long hidden secrets and ultimately finds truth and redemption.
Fans of Sharon Creech and Rebecca Stead will be captivated by this story filled with warm humor, mystery, whimsy, and characters you can’t let go. A modern classic in the making!
For years, Miranda has stared at postcards of August Isle, Florida. The town where her mother spent her summers as a girl. The town that Miranda has always ached to visit. She just never wanted it to happen this way.
When she arrives on the Isle, alone and uncertain, to stay the summer with an old friend of her mother’s, Miranda discovers a place even more perfect than she imagined. And she finds a new friend in Sammy, “Aunt” Clare’s daughter.
But there is more to August Isle than its bright streets and sandy beaches, and soon Miranda is tangled in a web of mysteries. A haunted lighthouse. An old seafarer with something to hide. A name reaching out from her mother’s shadowy past.
As she closes in on answers, Miranda must reckon with the biggest question of all: Is she brave enough to face the truth she might uncover?
“A beautifully written story. An emotional journey of family, friendship, loss, and healing.” —Kirkus
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The Secret Sunshine Project
- By: Benjamin Dean
- Narrator: Amanda Shodeko
- Length: 6 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.3(126 ratings)
4.3(126 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0013.99 USDA heart-warming story of kindness, courage and love in all its forms from the award-winning author of Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow. Perfect for 9+ readers and fans of Elle McNicoll, Lisa Thompson and Onjali Rauf. ‘A huge, shiningA heart-warming story of kindness, courage and love in all its forms from the award-winning author of Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow. Perfect for 9+ readers and fans of Elle McNicoll, Lisa Thompson and Onjali Rauf.
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‘A huge, shining kaleidoscope of joy’- L.D. Lapinski, author of THE STRANGEWORLDS TRAVEL AGENCY
Bea’s family are happy. Like, really happy. Like, kind of gross but also cute happy. So when they visit London Pride together and have the ultimate day out, Bea doesn’t think her family could possibly get any happier. But a year later, a grey cloud is following Bea’s family around. Dad has passed away, and without him around they have no choice but to pack their bags and move to the countryside to live with Gran.
With Bea’s big sister, Riley, taking the news hard, Bea will do anything to cheer her up. So with the help of new friends, The Secret Sunshine Project is formed – Bea’s plan to bring Pride to the countryside and a smile back to Riley’s face. There’s just one teeny tiny problem – the village mayor. A grumpy old woman who’s on a mission to rain on Bea’s parade . . .
Praise for The Secret Sunshine Project:
‘Warm-hearted and cheering, with a dash of sparkle’ – Guardian
‘Vibrant, funny and wise – a book to savour’ – Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of THE GIRL OF INK AND STARS
‘Funny, fresh and full of heart’ – Katie Tsang, co-author of DRAGON MOUNTAIN
‘Wonderful, warm-hearted stories full of characters to care about’ – Andy Shepherd, author of THE BOY WHO GREW DRAGONS
‘Fizzes with positive, feel-good energy’ – Steven Butler, author of THE NOTHING TO SEE HERE HOTEL
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Ten Thousand Tries
- By: Amy Makechnie
- Narrator: Michael Crouch
- Length: 8 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: September 30, 2021
- Language: English
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4.3(278 ratings)
4.3(278 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDTwelve-year-old Golden Maroni is determined to channel his hero, soccer superstar Lionel Messi, and become captain of his soccer team and master of his eighth grade universe… especially since his home universe is spiraling out of orbit. OffTwelve-year-old Golden Maroni is determined to channel his hero, soccer superstar Lionel Messi, and become captain of his soccer team and master of his eighth grade universe… especially since his home universe is spiraling out of orbit. Off the field, Golden’s dad, once a pro soccer player himself, is now battling ALS, a disease that attacks his muscles, leaving him less and less physically able to control his body every day. And while Mom says there’s no cure, Golden is convinced that his dad can beat this, just like any opponent. They just have to try. Golden knows that to perfect a skill you have to put ten thousand tries in, so he’s convinced that if he can put that much effort in, on and off the field, he can stop everything from changing. But when his dad continues to decline and his constant pushing starts to alienate his friends and team, Golden is forced to confront the idea that being master of your universe might not mean being in control of everything. What if it means letting go of the things you can’t control so you can do the most good for the things you can?
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The Canyon’s Edge
- By: Dusti Bowling
- Narrator: Casey Holloway
- Length: 3 hours 5 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 08, 2020
- Language: English
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4.28(5150 ratings)
4.28(5150 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDHatchet meets Long Way Down in this heartfelt and gripping novel in verse about a young girl’s struggle for survival after a climbing trip with her father goes terribly wrong. One year after a random shooting changed their family forever,Hatchet meets Long Way Down in this heartfelt and gripping novel in verse about a young girl’s struggle for survival after a climbing trip with her father goes terribly wrong.
One year after a random shooting changed their family forever, Nora and her father are exploring a slot canyon deep in the Arizona desert, hoping it will help them find peace. Nora longs for things to go back to normal, like they were when her mother was still alive, while her father keeps them isolated in fear of other people. But when they reach the bottom of the canyon, the unthinkable happens: A flash flood rips across their path, sweeping away Nora’s father and all of their supplies.
Suddenly, Nora finds herself lost and alone in the desert, facing dehydration, venomous scorpions, deadly snakes, and, worst of all, the Beast who has terrorized her dreams for the past year. If Nora is going to save herself and her father, she must conquer her fears, defeat the Beast, and find the courage to live her new life.
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How to Disappear Completely
- By: Ali Standish
- Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky
- Length: 9 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: April 28, 2020
- Language: English
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4.28(367 ratings)
4.28(367 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USD“When Emma discovers the first spot, ‘like a tiny bright moon’ on her left foot, she’s at the funeral of her grandmother, who had been her best friend as well. The diagnosis is vitiligo, a skin condition triggered by stress.“When Emma discovers the first spot, ‘like a tiny bright moon’ on her left foot, she’s at the funeral of her grandmother, who had been her best friend as well. The diagnosis is vitiligo, a skin condition triggered by stress. Creating a large multigenerational cast, Standish knits an absorbing story of loss, identity, and human connections. A rewarding, realistic novel, illuminated by magical elements.” —Booklist (starred review)
Wonder meets Some Kind of Happiness in this powerful tween novel from Ali Standish, author of the Carnegie Medal nominee The Ethan I Was Before and August Isle.
While her grandmother was alive, Emma’s world was filled with enchantment. But now Gram is gone, and suddenly strange spots are appearing on Emma’s skin. Soon, she’s diagnosed with vitiligo–a condition that makes patches of her skin lose their color–and the magic in her world is suddenly replaced with school bullies and doctor appointments.
But when Emma writes one last story in the journal she shared with Gram, something strange happens. Someone writes back to her, just like Gram used to. Who’s writing to Emma? And just what is her story going to be, now that everything is so different?
Award-winning author Ali Standish explores the ways life transforms us, and how we learn to let go of what we must while still holding fast to who we are.
“Seamlessly blending childhood wonder with the slow lessons of maturity, this tale succeeds in celebrating curiosity, thoughtfulness, and collaboration, centering on relatable characters who welcome readers into their world.” —Publishers Weekly
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The Crossover
- By: Kwame Alexander
- Narrator: Kwame Alexander
- Length: 2 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: July 11, 2014
- Language: English
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4.26(49673 ratings)
4.26(49673 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0010.99 USDFourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health. Review Quotes: “This novel in verse is rich in character and relationships. . . . PoetFourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health. Review Quotes: “This novel in verse is rich in character and relationships. . . . Poet Alexander deftly reveals the power of the format to pack an emotional punch.” –“Kirkus, ” starred review “Alexander fully captures Josh’s athletic finesse and coming-of-age angst in a mix of free verse and hip-hop poetry that will have broad appeal. . . . This will inspire budding players and poets alike.” –“Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, “starred review “The poems dodge and weave with the speed of a point guard driving for the basket, mixing basketball action with vocabulary-themed poems, newspaper clippings, and Josh’s sincere first-person accounts that swing from moments of swagger-worth triumph to profound pain.” –“Publishers Weekly, “starred review
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The Shape of Thunder
- By: Jasmine Warga
- Narrator: Reena Dutt
- Length: 7 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: Balzer + Bray
- Publish date: May 11, 2021
- Language: English
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4.24(2953 ratings)
4.24(2953 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDAn extraordinary new novel from Jasmine Warga, Newbery Honor-winning author of Other Words for Home, about loss and healing–and how friendship can be magical. Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living nextAn extraordinary new novel from Jasmine Warga, Newbery Honor-winning author of Other Words for Home, about loss and healing–and how friendship can be magical.
Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year.
Despite living next door to each other, they exist in separate worlds of grief. Cora is still grappling with the death of her beloved sister in a school shooting, and Quinn is carrying the guilt of what her brother did.
On the day of Cora’s twelfth birthday, Quinn leaves a box on her doorstep with a note. She has decided that the only way to fix things is to go back in time to the moment before her brother changed all their lives forever–and stop him.
In spite of herself, Cora wants to believe. And so the two former friends begin working together to open a wormhole in the fabric of the universe. But as they attempt to unravel the mysteries of time travel to save their siblings, they learn that the magic of their friendship may actually be the key to saving themselves.
The Shape of Thunder is a deeply moving story, told with exceptional grace, about friendship and loss–and how believing in impossible things can help us heal.
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Many Points of Me
- By: Caroline Gertler
- Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky
- Length: 6 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: Greenwillow Books
- Publish date: January 12, 2021
- Language: English
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4.23(387 ratings)
4.23(387 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USD“Sensitive and thoughtful–a story about loss, friendship, and the beauty of self-discovery.”–Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal-winning author of When You Reach Me When Georgia finds a secret sketch her late father–a famed“Sensitive and thoughtful–a story about loss, friendship, and the beauty of self-discovery.”–Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal-winning author of When You Reach Me
When Georgia finds a secret sketch her late father–a famed artist–left behind, the discovery leads her down a path that may reshape everything holding her family and friends together. Caroline Gertler’s debut is a story about friendship, family, grief, and creativity. Fans of Rebecca Stead’s Goodbye Stranger, Dan Gemeinhart’s The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, and E. L. Konigsburg’s From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler will find a new friend in Georgia.
Georgia Rosenbloom’s father was a famous artist. His most well-known paintings were a series of asterisms–patterns of stars–that he created. One represented a bird, one himself, and one Georgia’s mother. There was supposed to be a fourth asterism, but Georgia’s father died before he could paint it. Georgia’s mother and her best friend, Theo, are certain that the last asterism would’ve been of Georgia, but Georgia isn’t so sure. She isn’t sure about anything anymore–including whether Theo is still her best friend.
Then Georgia finds a sketch her father made of her. One with pencil points marked on the back–just like those in the asterism paintings. Could this finally be the proof that the last painting would have been of her?
Georgia’s quest to prove her theory takes her around her Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City and to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which was almost a second home to Georgia, having visited favorite artists and paintings there constantly with her father. But the sketch leads right back to where she’s always belonged–with the people who love her no matter what.
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The Elephant Girl
- By: James Patterson
- Narrator: Krystel Roche
- Length: 4 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: July 25, 2022
- Language: English
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4.17(414 ratings)
4.17(414 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDJames Patterson and award-winning author Ellen Banda-Aaku deliver an unforgettable story of a girl, an elephant, and their life-changing friendship. Clever, sensitive Jama likes elephants better than people. While her classmatesJames Patterson and award-winning author Ellen Banda-Aaku deliver an unforgettable story of a girl, an elephant, and their life-changing friendship.
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Clever, sensitive Jama likes elephants better than people. While her classmates gossip–especially about the new boy, Leku–twelve-year-old Jama takes refuge at the watering hole outside her village. There she befriends a baby elephant she names Mbegu, Swahili for seed.
When Mbegu’s mother, frightened by poachers, stampedes, Jama and Mbegu are blamed for two deaths–one elephant and one human. Now Leku, whose mysterious and imposing father is head ranger at the conservancy, may be their only lifeline.
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Tears of A Tiger
- By: Sharon M. Draper
- Narrator: Sharon M. Draper
- Length: 3 hours 48 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: October 10, 2008
- Language: English
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4.16(14351 ratings)
4.16(14351 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0012.99 USDCoretta Scott King award-winner and National Teacher of the Year, Sharon M. Draper uses a brilliant variety of styles and voices to tell this compelling first story of her Hazelwood High trilogy. The night that changes everything in Andy’sCoretta Scott King award-winner and National Teacher of the Year, Sharon M. Draper uses a brilliant variety of styles and voices to tell this compelling first story of her Hazelwood High trilogy. The night that changes everything in Andy’s life begins as a great time. His basketball team wins a big game, and he and his best friend have some cold brews stashed in the car, just waiting for the rolling party to begin. Nothing anyone can say or do afterwards will convince Andy that what happens next isn’t his fault.
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Chasing Redbird
- By: Sharon Creech
- Narrator: Jenna Lamia
- Length: 5 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: March 10, 2009
- Language: English
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4.09(11645 ratings)
4.09(11645 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USD“Intriguing, delightful, and touching.” —School Library Journal (starred review) “Creech’s best yet.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) It started out as an ordinary summer. But the minute“Intriguing, delightful, and touching.” —School Library Journal (starred review)
“Creech’s best yet.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
It started out as an ordinary summer. But the minute thirteen-year-old Zinny discovered the old, overgrown trail that ran through the woods behind her family’s house, she realized that things were about to change.
It was her chance to finally make people notice her, and to have a place she could call her very own. But more than that, Zinny knew that the trail somehow held the key to all kinds of questions. And that the only way to understand her family, her Aunt Jessie’s death, and herself, was to find out where it went.
From Newbery Medal-winning author Sharon Creech comes a story of love, loss, and understanding, an intricately woven tale of a young girl who sets out in search of her place in the world–and discovers it in her own backyard.
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
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Pay Attention, Carter Jones
- By: Gary D. Schmidt
- Length: 5 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: February 05, 2019
- Language: English
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4.06(2211 ratings)
4.06(2211 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDBestselling author Gary D. Schmidt tells a coming-of-age story with the light touch of The Wednesday Wars, the heart of Okay for Now, and the unique presence of a wise and witty butler. Carter Jones is astonished early one morning when he finds aBestselling author Gary D. Schmidt tells a coming-of-age story with the light touch of The Wednesday Wars, the heart of Okay for Now, and the unique presence of a wise and witty butler. Carter Jones is astonished early one morning when he finds a real English butler, bowler hat and all, on the doorstep-one who stays to help the Jones family, which is a little bit broken. In addition to figuring out middle school, Carter has to adjust to the unwelcome presence of this new know-it-all adult in his life and navigate the butler’s notions of decorum. And ultimately, when his burden of grief and anger from the past can no longer be ignored, Carter learns that a burden becomes lighter when it is shared. Sparkling with humor, this insightful and compassionate story will resonate with readers who have confronted secrets of their own.
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The Miraculous
- By: Jess Redman
- Narrator: Christopher Gebauer
- Length: 6 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: July 30, 2019
- Language: English
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4.03(788 ratings)
4.03(788 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDIn the tradition of heartwrenching and hopeful middle grade novels such as Bridge to Terabithia comes Jess Redman’s stunning debut about a young boy who must regain his faith in miracles after a tragedy changes his world. Eleven-year-oldIn the tradition of heartwrenching and hopeful middle grade novels such as Bridge to Terabithia comes Jess Redman’s stunning debut about a young boy who must regain his faith in miracles after a tragedy changes his world.
Eleven-year-old Wunder Ellis is a miracologist. In a journal he calls The Miraculous, he records stories of the inexplicable and the extraordinary. And he believes every single one. But then his newborn sister dies, at only eight days old. If that can happen, then miracles can’t exist. So Wunder gets rid of The Miraculous. He stops believing.
Then he meets Faye–a cape-wearing, outspoken girl with losses of her own. Together, they find an abandoned house by the cemetery and a mysterious old woman who just might be a witch. The old woman asks them for their help. She asks them to believe. And they go on a journey that leads to friendship, to adventure, to healing–and to miracles.
The Miraculous is Jess Redman’s sparkling debut audiobook about facing grief, trusting the unknown, and finding brightness in the darkest moments.
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Bridge to Terabithia
- By: Katherine Paterson
- Narrator: Robert Sean Leonard
- Length: 3 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: August 18, 2009
- Language: English
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4.03(129432 ratings)
4.03(129432 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.005.99 USDThis beloved Newbery Medal-winning novel by bestselling author Katherine Paterson is a modern classic of friendship and loss. Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. And he almost is, until theThis beloved Newbery Medal-winning novel by bestselling author Katherine Paterson is a modern classic of friendship and loss.
Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. And he almost is, until the new girl in school, Leslie Burke, outpaces him. The two become fast friends and spend most days in the woods behind Leslie’s house, where they invent an enchanted land called Terabithia. One morning, Leslie goes to Terabithia without Jess and a tragedy occurs. It will take the love of his family and the strength that Leslie has given him for Jess to be able to deal with his grief.
Bridge to Terabithia was also named an ALA Notable Children’s Book and has become a touchstone of children’s literature, as have many of Katherine Paterson’s other novels, including The Great Gilly Hopkins and Jacob Have I Loved.
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The Girl with the Ghost Machine
- By: Lauren DeStefano
- Narrator: Lauren DeStefano
- Length: 3 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: June 06, 2017
- Language: English
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4(273 ratings)
4(273 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0010.99 USDWhat if a machine could bring back the ones we love? From New York Times bestseller Lauren DeStefano comes a captivating middle grade tale of loss, love and hope. In this beautiful and poignant novel, acclaimed author Lauren DeStefano tells a storyWhat if a machine could bring back the ones we love? From New York Times bestseller Lauren DeStefano comes a captivating middle grade tale of loss, love and hope. In this beautiful and poignant novel, acclaimed author Lauren DeStefano tells a story love and loss, and what it means to say goodbye. When Emmaline Beaumont’s father started building the ghost machine, she didn’t expect it to bring her mother back from the dead. But by locking himself in the basement to toil away at his hopes, Monsieur Beaumont has become obsessed with the contraption and neglected the living, and Emmaline is tired of feeling forgotten. Nothing good has come from building the ghost machine, and Emmaline decides that the only way to bring her father back will be to make the ghost machine work.or destroy it forever.
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The Girl and the Witch’s Garden
- By: Erin Bowman
- Narrator: Piper Goodeve
- Length: 6 hours 55 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: November 05, 2020
- Language: English
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3.97(516 ratings)
3.97(516 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDMallory Estate is the last place twelve-year-old Piper Peavey wants to spend her summer vacation. The grounds are always cold, the garden out back is dead, a mysterious group of children call the property home, and there’s a rumor that MelenaMallory Estate is the last place twelve-year-old Piper Peavey wants to spend her summer vacation. The grounds are always cold, the garden out back is dead, a mysterious group of children call the property home, and there’s a rumor that Melena M. Mallory–the owner of the estate and Piper’s wealthy grandmother–is a witch. But when Piper’s father falls ill, Mallory Estate is exactly where she finds herself. The grand house and its garden hold many secrets–some of which may even save her father–and Piper will need to believe in herself, her new friends, and magic if she wants to unlock them before it’s too late.
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Bigger Than a Dream
- By: Jef Aerts
- Narrator: Stephanie Willing
- Length: 11 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: November 03, 2020
- Language: English
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3.94(73 ratings)
3.94(73 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.99 USDPeople fear death (apparently just a tiny bit less than public speaking). We don’t know how to talk about it, especially to children, and we’re afraid to bring it up for fear of making people sadder.Yet children, especially, havePeople fear death (apparently just a tiny bit less than public speaking). We don’t know how to talk about it, especially to children, and we’re afraid to bring it up for fear of making people sadder.Yet children, especially, have questions, and this incredibly gentle and surprisingly light story is full of both comfort and vividly imagined answers. The first one gives the story its title: A boy hears the voice of his sister calling him one day, a sister he’s never met because she died before he was born. The sister in the faded photograph on the wall. So that night he asks his mother what death is like and she tells him, It’s like dreaming, only bigger.That’s lovely, but he still has questions, which it turns out his sister can answer! On a dreamy, carefree adventure they ride their bikes together, (not always on the ground), visiting places that were special to her when she was alive. And she talks to him in the older sister, teasing, straightforward, loving way that is exactly what he needs. (It turns out that death is not the only thing that can be Bigger Than a Dream.)
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Edward’s Eyes
- By: Patricia MacLachlan
- Narrator: Milo Ventimiglia
- Length: 1 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2007
- Language: English
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3.93(1588 ratings)
3.93(1588 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0010.99 USDJake is a part of an extraordinary family. He has a life filled with art, music, and long summer nights on the Cape. He has hours and days and months of baseball. But, more than anything in this world, Jake knows he has Edward. From the moment heJake is a part of an extraordinary family.
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He has a life filled with art, music, and long summer nights on the Cape. He has hours and days and months of baseball. But, more than anything in this world, Jake knows he has Edward. From the moment he was born, Jake knew Edward was destined for something. Edward could make anyone laugh and everyone think. During one special year, he became the only one in the neighborhood who could throw a perfect knuckleball. It was a pitch you could not hit. That same year, Jake learned there are also some things you cannot hold.
Patricia MacLachlan, one of the most beloved children’s book authors writing today, has painted a deeply stirring, delicately lyrical portrait of a child, a son, a family, and a brother. Through Edward’s eyes, we see what gifts all of these things truly are to those around them, and how those gifts live on and grow. -
Denis Ever After
- By: Tony Abbott
- Narrator: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 8 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
- Publish date: July 24, 2018
- Language: English
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3.92(225 ratings)
3.92(225 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDWritten by award-winning author Tony Abbott and perfect for fans of The Ethan I Was Before and The Thing About Jellyfish, this bittersweet middle grade novel follows the ghost of Denis Egan as he teams up with his living twin brother to solve theWritten by award-winning author Tony Abbott and perfect for fans of The Ethan I Was Before and The Thing About Jellyfish, this bittersweet middle grade novel follows the ghost of Denis Egan as he teams up with his living twin brother to solve the mystery of his death.
Denis Egan is dead.
He’s okay with that. It’s been five years since he died, and the place where souls go is actually pretty nice. Sure, there are some things about his life and how it ended he can’t quite recall, but that’s how it’s supposed to be. Remembering could prevent Denis from moving on to whatever’s next.
However, something is standing in his way. His twin brother Matt can’t let go of him, and as long as the living are holding on to his memory, Denis can’t rest in peace.
To uncover the truth about what happened that day five years before, Denis returns to his hometown and teams up with Matt. But visiting for too long has painful consequences for Denis, and Matt’s renewed interest in his brother’s passing is driving a wedge between his still-grieving parents.
Can the two boys solve the mystery of Denis’s death without breaking apart the family he’s left behind?
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