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Seedfolks, Paul Fleischman

Seedfolks

by Paul Fleischman

Rent: $7.46

A vacant lot, rat-infested, and filled with garbage, looked like no place for a garden. E...

Unabridged: 1 hr 28 min
Narrator: various narrators
Published: 11/01/2011
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Sold, Patricia McCormick

Sold

by Patricia McCormick

Rent: $6.99

Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small hut on a mountai...

Unabridged: 3 hr 42 min
Narrator: Justine Eyre
Published: 11/26/2012
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The Wave Based on a True Story by Ron Johns-the classroom experiment that went too far, Todd Strasser

The Wave

by Todd Strasser

Rent: $6.49

The Wave is based on a true incident that occured in a high school history class in Palo ...

Unabridged: 3 hr 40 min
Narrator: Michael Crouch
Published: 10/01/2019
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Canyons, Gary Paulsen

Canyons

by Gary Paulsen

Rent: $6.36

Two boys, separated by the canyons of time and two vastly different cultures, face the ch...

Abridged: 2 hr 40 min
Narrator: Peter Coyote
Published: 07/05/2000
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Crazy Lady, Jane Leslie Conly

Crazy Lady

by Jane Leslie Conly

Rent: $6.36

Increasingly alienated from his widowed father, Vernon joins his friends in ridiculing th...

Unabridged: 3 hr 31 min
Narrator: Ed Begley, Jr.
Published: 07/05/2000
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The Gospel According to Larry, Janet Tashjian

The Gospel According to Larry

by Janet Tashjian

Rent: $6.36

Josh Swensen is not your average 17-year-old. At the age of two, he was figuring out alge...

Unabridged: 2 hr 45 min
Narrator: Jesse Eisenberg
Published: 04/13/2004
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A Summer to Die, Lois Lowry

A Summer to Die

by Lois Lowry

Rent: $7.96

Acclaimed author Lois Lowrys first novel, A Summer to Die is a poignant and perceptive ta...

Unabridged: 3 hr 26 min
Narrator: Andi Arndt
Published: 12/16/2014
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Between the Lines, Nikki Grimes

Between the Lines

by Nikki Grimes

Rent: $6.49

This thought-provoking companion to Nikki Grimes' Coretta Scott King Award-winning Bronx ...

Unabridged: 3 hr 58 min
Narrator: Cherise Boothe
Published: 02/13/2018
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What I Leave Behind, Alison McGhee

What I Leave Behind

by Alison McGhee

Rent: $5.99

“An artful exercise in melancholy…Every reader will love openhearted Will.&r...

Unabridged: 1 hr 29 min
Narrator: Michael Crouch
Published: 05/15/2018
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The Learner's Plight A Novella, Muhammad Hamza Shah

The Learner's Plight

by Muhammad Hamza Shah

Rent: $3.99

TELL-ALL INSIGHT INTO THE LIFE OF A STRUGGLING TEEN.Gavin Hawthorne has recently emigrate...

Unabridged: 1 hr 13 min
Narrator: John William
Published: 08/26/2020
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Stoner & Spaz, Ronald Koertge

Stoner & Spaz

by Ronald Koertge

Rent: $8.16

For sixteen-year-old Ben Bancroft – a kid with cerebral palsy, no parents, and an o...

Unabridged: 2 hr 56 min
Narrator: Josh Hamilton
Published: 01/28/2003
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Zitface, Emily Howse

Zitface

by Emily Howse

Rent: $5.99

Thirteen-year-old Olivia Hughes has always considered herself a lucky girl. She knows wha...

Unabridged: 4 hr 38 min
Narrator: Kate Reinders
Published: 12/04/2012
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The First Part Last, Angela Johnson

The First Part Last

by Angela Johnson

Rent: $6.96

Bobby is a typical urban New York City teenager--impulsive, eager, restless. For his sixt...

Unabridged: 1 hr 42 min
Narrator: Khalipa Oldjohn
Published: 08/24/2004
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Broken, CJ Lyons

Broken

by CJ Lyons

Rent: $5.99

All she wants is a normal life.Diagnosed with a rare and untreatable heart condition, Sca...

Unabridged: 7 hr 48 min
Narrator: Amy McFadden
Published: 11/05/2013
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Watched, CJ Lyons

Watched

by CJ Lyons

Rent: $7.49

When hackers can hijack any cellphone or computer webcam, no one is safe—including ...

Unabridged: 7 hr 32 min
Narrator: Luke Daniels
Published: 11/04/2014
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Telling Christina Goodbye, Lurlene McDaniel

Telling Christina Goodbye

by Lurlene McDaniel

Rent: $6.96

Trisha Thompson and her best friend Christina are having a great senior year. Trisha and ...

Abridged: 2 hr 30 min
Narrator: Ashley Albert
Published: 09/14/2004
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Ants and Elephants, Bob Jordan

Ants and Elephants

by Bob Jordan

Rent: $5.99

Ants and Elephants is a story about a 12-year-old-boy named Wil who is bullied by Big Mik...

Unabridged: 1 hr 34 min
Narrator: Bob Jordan
Published: 04/01/2014
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Just a Normal Tuesday, Kim Turrisi

Just a Normal Tuesday

by Kim Turrisi

Rent: $6.18

What begins as just a normal Tuesday becomes a day that will shatter sixteen-year-old Ka...

Unabridged: 6 hr 47 min
Narrator: Sabryn Rock
Published: 10/03/2017
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Eagles Fly Alone Vol.1, Olivier Laurent

Eagles Fly Alone Vol.1

by Olivier Laurent

Rent: $4.62

Spencer Davis is a young man that has dreams of becoming a professional basketball player...

Unabridged: 1 hr 9 min
Eagles Fly Alone #1
Narrator: Olivier Laurent
Published: 09/09/2020
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Denim Diaries 2 Grown in Sixty Seconds, Darrien Lee

Denim Diaries 2

by Darrien Lee

Rent: $8.46

After seventeen-year-olds Patrice and DeMario spend one intimate yet careless night toget...

Unabridged: 3 hr 53 min
The Denim Diaries Series #1
Narrator: Mishi LaChappelle
Published: 07/28/2020
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American Racism Paradox The History of Racism in America, from Birth to the Present Day. Between Strong Powers and Inequality, Seymour Abrahams

American Racism Paradox

by Seymour Abrahams

Rent: $7.46

From slavery to George Floyd, discover the history of racism in the USA, from its beginni...

Unabridged: 4 hr 40 min
Narrator: Robbin Wilkinson
Published: 08/13/2020
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Everything To Live For, Steven Roberts

Everything To Live For

by Steven Roberts

Rent: $2.46

When a distraught high school senior decides to end his own life, he is surprised to meet...

Unabridged: 23 min
Narrator: Jeannie Lin
Published: 05/07/2021
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Survival Kit, Anniken Hansen Haga

Survival Kit

by Anniken Hansen Haga

Rent: $5.96

When the dead prowl the streets of Oslo, survivors Kit and Shadia have to get out of ther...

Unabridged: 7 hr 29 min
Narrator: Khristine Hvam
Published: 01/05/2021
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OUT OF THE DARKNESS A NOVEL, Jeanne Fortune

OUT OF THE DARKNESS

by Jeanne Fortune

Rent: $5.49

From a complicated Haitian life to heart surgery to homelessness, Cynthia Josaphat’...

Unabridged: 7 hr 23 min
Narrator: Grace Bjarnson
Published: 01/25/2022
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Just Remember, Donna Blaber

Just Remember

by Donna Blaber

Rent: $3.59

Em Rogers life changes forever when she gets her first after-school detention. If she'd k...

Unabridged: 2 hr 39 min
Just #2
Narrator: Naomi Barton
Published: 09/28/2021
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Ice Cream Clouds, Vered Kaminsky

Ice Cream Clouds

by Vered Kaminsky

Rent: $2.96

The people who lived in that small village, were quiet and immersed in their thought.So, ...

Unabridged: 7 min
Self-Reliance Books for Kids Series #2
Narrator: Victoria Feinerman...
Published: 04/13/2020
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The Trouble in Me, Jack Gantos

The Trouble in Me

by Jack Gantos

Rent: $6.49

This fiery autobiographical novel captures a pivotal week or two in the life of fourteen...

Unabridged: 4 hr 54 min
Narrator: Jack Gantos
Published: 09/01/2015
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Top of the Hill Learning to Think and Grow Rich at Napoleon Hill High School, Jim Stovall

Top of the Hill

by Jim Stovall

Rent: $5.96

Napoleon Hill was born in the 19th century, changed the world in the 20th century, and is...

Unabridged: 3 hr 43 min
Narrator: Kevin Clay
Published: 11/06/2017
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One Season of Hope An Adventure in Tolerance and Forgiveness, Jim Stovall

One Season of Hope

by Jim Stovall

Rent: $6.46

Best-selling author Jim Stovall's latest offering and first title of his Homecoming Histo...

Unabridged: 3 hr 37 min
Narrator: Rich Germaine
Published: 03/13/2015
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Without Separation Prejudice, Segregations, and the Case of Roberto Alvarez, Maya Gonzalez

Without Separation

by Maya Gonzalez

Rent: $4.99

Roberto Alvarez’s world changed the day he could no longer attend Lemon Grove Gramm...

Unabridged: 19 min
Narrator: Christopher Salaza...
Published: 04/05/2022
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When God Says No Two Friends bounded together by the promise, never to let one another go, Reina Sasaki

When God Says No

by Reina Sasaki

Rent: $8.08

When Rie decided to walk into the sea, she was saved by a mysterious girl named Ryoka. Th...

Unabridged: 13 hr 16 min
Narrator: Keira Grace
Published: 05/01/2022
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Zack Delacruz Me and My Big Mouth, Jeff Anderson

Zack Delacruz

by Jeff Anderson

Rent: $7.49

Zack Delacruz is unnoticed at his middle school—and that's just the way he likes it...

Unabridged: 3 hr 41 min
Zack Delacruz #1
Narrator: Zac Aleman
Published: 05/17/2022
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A Night to Remember, Morgan Matson

A Night to Remember

by Morgan Matson

Rent: $6.49

Poppy Pullman has her life all planned out. Her social media is carefully curated. Her ...

Unabridged: 3 hr 25 min
Narrator: Laura Knight Keati...
Published: 06/28/2022
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Just My Luck, Jeff Anderson

Just My Luck

by Jeff Anderson

Rent: $7.49

Zack Delacruz is back—and this time he has a crush! Zach really wants to meet Abhi...

Unabridged: 3 hr 54 min
Zack Delacruz #2
Narrator: Zac Aleman
Published: 07/26/2022
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Upstaged, Jeff Anderson

Upstaged

by Jeff Anderson

Rent: $7.49

Zack is back—and taking on the school play! Bah humbug! Zack Delacruz wants to wi...

Unabridged: 4 hr 5 min
Zack Delacruz #3
Narrator: Zac Aleman
Published: 08/16/2022
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The Promise, Ravi Ranjan Goswami

The Promise

by Ravi Ranjan Goswami

Rent: $2.74

James was exhausted and bleary-eyed. He had gone to the bar to remove his tiredness. He f...

Unabridged: 12 min
Narrator: Ravi Ranjan Goswam...
Published: 08/02/2021
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A Strange Companion, Lisa Manterfield

A Strange Companion

by Lisa Manterfield

Rent: $5.96

Kat Richardson isn’t running away from grief; she’s just hiding out in a gloo...

Unabridged: 7 hr 57 min
Narrator: Lisa Manterfield
Published: 11/10/2021
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Denim Diaries 4 Broken Promises, Darrien Lee

Denim Diaries 4

by Darrien Lee

Rent: $8.46

Jumping double-dutch is 12-year-old Tiffany’s favorite pastime. She’s the mos...

Unabridged: 4 hr 21 min
The Denim Diaries Series #1
Narrator: Rhyan Neco
Published: 02/23/2021
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Speech Therapy No More, Heather Graham

Speech Therapy No More

by Heather Graham

Rent: $2.49

Eli, a longed-for child, is born to David and Kathy Coolman. David and Kathy are abs...

Unabridged: 37 min
Narrator: Stella June
Published: 03/02/2021
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You Don't Know Me Like That, ReShonda Tate Billingsley

You Don't Know Me Like That

by ReShonda Tate Billingsl...

Rent: $7.49

She dishes celebrity dirt no one else dares. But now, Maya Morgan is about to get a taste...

Unabridged: 4 hr 25 min
Rumor Central #2
Narrator: Jasmin Walker
Published: 09/28/2021
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Real as It Gets, ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Real as It Gets

by ReShonda Tate Billingsl...

Rent: $7.49

She can uncover the biggest celebrity secrets. But now Maya Morgan's hottest story ever i...

Unabridged: 4 hr 25 min
Rumor Central #3
Narrator: Jasmin Walker
Published: 11/30/2021
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Self Affirmations How To Use Affirmations to Change Your Life, Karen Horowitz

Self Affirmations

by Karen Horowitz

Rent: $3.96

Depression. Anxiety. Low Self-Esteem.All of these and more can severely hinder your produ...

Unabridged: 2 hr 7 min
Narrator: Ashleigh Binder
Published: 06/06/2021
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The Bully Exposed Dealing with Bullies at Work, Jonas Warstad

The Bully Exposed

by Jonas Warstad

Rent: $6.48

As testified by a psychology professor, The Bully Exposed is a complete guide to dealing ...

Unabridged: 1 hr 37 min
Narrator: Greg Zarcone
Published: 07/01/2015
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Castle Rock, Thomas C. Procter

Castle Rock

by Thomas C. Procter

Rent: $6.74

CASTLE ROCK is a historical young-adult love story that began within the turmoil accompan...

Unabridged: 5 hr 2 min
Narrator: Ann Richardson
Published: 05/30/2022
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We Are All So Good at Smiling, Amber McBride

We Are All So Good at Smiling

by Amber McBride

Rent: $6.49

This audiobook features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun that is...

Unabridged: 3 hr 45 min
Narrator: Amber McBride
Published: 01/10/2023
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Doctor Dyslexia Dude, Inshirah Robinson

Doctor Dyslexia Dude

by Inshirah Robinson

Rent: $2.96

Doctor Dyslexia Dude is a compelling story of an African-American boy who is also a color...

Unabridged: 11 min
Narrator: Inshirah Robinson
Published: 04/24/2023
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Emo Reality The Biography of Teenage Borderline Personality Disorder, Jerold Daniels

Emo Reality

by Jerold Daniels

Rent: $5.98

When Lina’s idyllic childhood descends into mental chaos in her teenage years, Lina...

Unabridged: 7 hr 36 min
Narrator: Alex Swan
Published: 07/28/2023
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Dear Kane; What I Wish We Would Have Said, Sharon K Angelici

Dear Kane; What I Wish We Would H...

by Sharon K Angelici

Rent: $2.49

Do the words that we say in front of our children build them up or tear them down? This s...

Unabridged: 45 min
Narrator: Jen Tidwell
Published: 08/19/2021
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All That It Ever Meant, Blessing Musariri

All That It Ever Meant

by Blessing Musariri

Rent: $7.49

MATI’S MOTHER IS DEAD; her father has withdrawn; her sister, Chichi, is acting out;...

Unabridged: 4 hr 45 min
Narrator: Kudzanayi Chiwawa
Published: 08/01/2023
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Diary of Broken Kids, Julia Panfylova

Diary of Broken Kids

by Julia Panfylova

Rent: $7.49

Aliona Volkova is a rich 16-year-old who is feeling pressed from all sides: her bestie ha...

Unabridged: 11 hr 5 min
Narrator: Julia Panfylova
Published: 09/05/2023