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Title: Origins and Overtures

Subtitle: Volume 1

Author: Mary Borsellino

Narrator: Angela Rysk

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-09-14

Publisher: Omnium Gatherum Media

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Teens, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publisher's Summary:

Sixteen-year-old Bette loves watching horror movies, seeing local bands play, and hanging out with her best friend Rose.

Jay, a student at Bette and Rose's school, has done his best to build a new life for himself after the devastating events of his childhood.

When Bette and Jay's lives crash headlong into the alluring, lethal underworld of the city's vampires, they're not afraid, but rather fascinated: could this subculture of hunters and predators, villains and heroes, finally be somewhere that they fit in?

And if it's not, can they get out alive?

Members Reviews:

A brilliant book

This is one of my favourite young adult books. The writing is clever, quick and attention grabbing. Phrases stick with you long after you've finished reading. The characters are genuine teenagers, and that's why I love it the most. They make mistakes, they act emotionally, and they are passionate. It's actually rare to see adolescents written anywhere near approaching reality nowadays, and I love that a book about vampires does it so well.

The vampire lore of this series is unusual and that's nice too. Its always enjoyable to see a well worn idea get innovated by a new writer. I think it will appeal to vampire fans and people who haven't traditionally been interested in vampire fiction.

For me, I wish these books had been around when I was a teen. To see queer teenagers portrayed so importantly, to see friendship being portrayed as something equally as important as romance, to see the freaks and the geeks be heroes but not in the way where it suggests that they are inherently superior to everyone around them.

This book gives me so many things that I didn't realise young adult fiction was missing, until it was presented to me. It gives characters with mental illness prominence, queer characters prominence, characters of colour prominence, and it does it so naturally, so well it makes me want to cheer with happiness.

I would recommend this book for anyone aged 12 and upwards, but especially for folks in the 12-18 age range. Because I think it could be life changing, life saving to see characters just like them portrayed as heroes, as regular people.

I can't wait for the rest of the series to be released in single novel format! I'll be getting each one.

punk goes vampire.

Teens these days live in a different world. One of darkness and the bright lights of technology, one of constant media bombardment and pressure to be a certain way, act a certain way. They have so much information to sort through, about the choices they can make, about their sexuality, their gender, the ways their upbringing screwed them over. Being a teenager is complicated.

Since Anne Rice subverted the spooky vampire and turned him sexy, fictional vampirism has represented to youths around the world the place they understand, between being new to everything and feeling incredibly old, the time of transition but feeling stagnant, the heightened emotions, the cravings, the discovery of a darker world. Mary Borsellino captures that metaphor perfectly in this, the first book of the Wolf House series, and brings a supernatural being that has become something of a joke back into the grim and sexy, even as she demonstrates she has a deft hand for writing realistic teenage dialogue and situations.

There are intelligent messages to be learned from Borsellino's protagonists.

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Title: Summer Camp of the Dead

Subtitle: Season 1, Volume 1

Author: Josh Hilden, Melanie Heins

Narrator: Amanda Friday

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-05-14

Publisher: Gorillas with Scissors Press

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Teens, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publisher's Summary:

Bryan is the oldest youth Ranger in his troop and Martha is a Junior Counselor at a summer camp for young children. When the dead begin to rise these two young people and their friends find themselves thrown onto their own devices with no adults to help them and dozens of small children to care for. Can these teenagers overcome the tropes of their age and rise to the occasion at The Summer Camp of the Dead.

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Title: The Beast with the Big Blue Belly

Subtitle: Wonder World, Part 2

Author: Robert W. Williams

Narrator: Darren Roebuck

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-22-14

Publisher: Robert W. Williams

Genres: Teens, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publisher's Summary:

The second book in the Wonder World series, for children ages 9-14, which follows the ongoing adventures of a group of five teens that find themselves stranded on an Earthlike planet on the other side of the Sun. Hear about their travels with the walking-stick aliens they befriend as they explore ancient alien cities and study the interesting life that can only be found on Wonder World.

Members Reviews:

This author would make Dr. Seuss proud

Wonder Word Part 2: The Beast with the Big Blue Belly. The in-depth descriptions make me want to go to Wonder World. To be able to wake up every day, have a new adventure, and disover new things. In this book you get to know the characters better and see just how special they all are.

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Title: Unofficial Space Captain

Subtitle: On-The-Go Short Stories

Author: Zhanna Hamilton

Narrator: Larry Anderson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-09-14

Publisher: ZhannaHamilton.com

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Teens, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publisher's Summary:

The On-The-Go Short Stories series is for busy people who prefer stories they can finish in one sitting. You can either read these stories or listen to their audio versions. Be entertained while in the car, taking care of errands, or anytime you need a mental break. This series offers a variety of genres, which includes stories for young adults. Enjoy the mystery and excitement of fiction without needing to commitment to entire novels.

"Unofficial Space Captain": What would you do if an alien race killed your best friend? Young cadet Xandra is struck with the reality that her trusted colleague has fallen victim to yet another attack from a ruthless alien race. In her struggle to deal with his loss, she finds a bold, yet risky way to avenge her friend.

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Titel: Grasland

Autor:: Marcus Hammerschmitt

Erzähler: Marcus Hammerschmitt

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 9 hrs and 53 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 04-16-14

Herausgeber: Marcus Hammerschmitt

Kategorien: Teens, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Wie fühlt es sich an, in eine Welt versetzt zu werden, von deren Existenz man bisher nichts geahnt hat? Die Jugendlichen Timo und Anna müssen diese Erfahrung machen. Im magischen Grasland gelten ganz andere Regeln als in ihrem normalen Alltag und schnell wird klar, welch eine Herausforderung das Abenteuer darstellt, in das sie buchstäblich Hals über Kopf hineingestürzt sind. Vielleicht wird nicht einmal ihre ganze Kraft ausreichen, um dieses Abenteuer zu bestehen...

©2014 Marcus Hammerschmitt (P)2014 Marcus Hammerschmitt

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Titel: Die Schattensurfer

Autor:: Hubert Wiest

Erzähler: Nina von Stebut

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 12 hrs and 53 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 04-15-14

Herausgeber: Lomoco Publishing

Kategorien: Teens, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Die vierzehnjährige Sansibar lebt in einer Welt, in der alle alles miteinander teilen. Auch ihre Gedanken. Diese werden im großen Netzwerk RUHL erfasst und gespeichert. Mit fünfzehn wird jeder in die Gemeinschaft RUHL aufgenommen und stellt seine Gedanken, Träume und Wünsche der Allgemeinheit zur Verfügung. Sansibar kann es kaum erwarten dazu zu gehören. So wie ihre beste Freundin. Sansibar lernt wie besessen für die Aufnahmeprüfung. Sie ist bereit, all ihre Gedanken und Erinnerungen mit dem mächtigen Netzwerk zu teilen. Nur eine nicht, ihre wichtigste: die letzten Momente mit ihrer verschwundenen Mutter.

Computergenie Luan ist fünfzehn und hat nur ein Ziel: Programmierer zu werden. Doch mit einem dummen Diebstahl ruiniert er seine ganze Zukunft und muss fliehen. Als sich Sansibars und Luans Wege kreuzen, behauptet Luan, Sansibar von früher zu kennen. Und obwohl sie sich daran nicht erinnern kann, beschließt sie Luan zu helfen. Vielleicht auch, weil seine tintenblauen Augen so unergründlich sind? Die Zeit drängt, plötzlich geht es um Leben und Tod. Luan ist überzeugt, dass Sansibar ihn verraten hat und ist kurz davor aufzugeben - da macht Kalawesi, der Besitzer eines Vergnügunsparks, Luan ein unglaubliches Angebot...

©2014 Lomoco Publishing Hubert Wiest (P)2014 Lomoco Publishing Hubert Wiest

Mitglieder Bewertungen:

Die Schattensurfer - I loved the book

It's an exciting read for boys as well as girls from 11 years upwards and I am sure some adults would enjoy it, too.

Luan's future seems lost after a theft, but suddenly he has an amazing opportunity to fulfill his dream of becoming a computer programmer and this leads him to the shadow city.

An engaging teenage novel about a future world of computer networks and the total control of society by RUHL, and the importance of secrets and friendship. Luan, his friends and Sansibar fight against the thought control and for their freedom.

It was a book hard to put down once you start reading. Too bad that there is only a German edition at the moment.

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Title: The Here and Now

Author: Ann Brashares

Narrator: Emily Rankin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-08-14

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Genres: Teens, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publisher's Summary:

Follow the rules. Remember what happened. Never fall in love.

This is the story of seventeen-year-old Prenna James, who immigrated to New York when she was twelve. Except Prenna didnt come from a different country. She came from a different time a future where a mosquito-borne illness has mutated into a pandemic, killing millions and leaving the world in ruins.

Prenna and the others who escaped to the present day must follow a strict set of rules: Never reveal where theyre from, never interfere with history, and never, ever be intimate with anyone outside their community. Prenna does as shes told, believing she can help prevent the plague that will one day ravage the earth. But everything changes when Prenna falls for Ethan Jarves.

Critic Reviews:

"A lightning-paced sci-fi time-travel romp that, much like a cinematic blockbuster, offers intrigue [and] romance... Brashares worldbuilding is solid, and she handles the time-travel elements with a fluid, cinematic ease." (Kirkus Reviews)

Members Reviews:

Interesting take on time travel

Time travel stories are hard to write and have them make sense. Branshares does a pretty good job with the explaining of how Prenna arrived in the current time. She wasn't an immigrant, she was a time traveler.

Ethan knows Prenna - not from the now, but from the past. When he meets up with her, he knows there's something special about her but doesn't pressure Prenna to tell the truth. Instead, he accompanies her on her mission to save the future.

I really liked the building of the relationship between Prenna and Ethan. However, with Prenna being on this super huge time relevant mission, I really felt that all of their side detours really took away from the urgency of what she was trying to do. It felt like there were two different stories happening within one plot.

Definitely a different style that I'm used to seeing from Branshares, but not a bad one. I did like it and I am interested in what happens next with these characters.

Ahhh... Time travel

Most novels (movies or shows) that involve time travel usually end awkwardly and a good portion have a tendency to end with "and it turns out she was her own grandmother".

I really love how the book set up the premise that no future is perfect for everybody. One future led to environmental ruin and another led to financial ruin. That we, as a people, are so spoiled now but how quickly it can spin out of control. There is a delicate balance between everything and even a single person (or their loss) can tip that balance over the edge.

What I really loved was the storyline of suppression. The people from the future are suppressed not only by the leaders that have come with them but also by the rules in which they are to live by. By the end of the novel the yolk of suppression is thrown off completely but then they are saddled with it once again.

The plot was, at time, somewhat messy, but that's expected when dealing with time travel. The ending leads me to believe that there will be a sequel.

Ann Brashares keeps writing my favorite books.

This book grabbed me from the very beginning and I could not put it down. I thought she'd hit her peak after "My Name Is Memory" because it was one of the best books I've ever read, but this followed suit. Incredible book, incredible author, and Ann Brashares truly is one of the greatest authors of our time.

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Title: NEBADOR Book Two: Journey

Author: J. Z. Colby

Narrator: Lumiere Players

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-27-14

Publisher: Nebador Archives

Genres: Teens, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publisher's Summary:

NEBADOR - the incredible journey of five young adults from poverty and oppression to respected citizenship in the wide universe....

This epic young-adult science fiction adventure continues as Ilika and his nine students make their way through the countryside as he teaches them. Tested by needy people, burned by steam, pounded by the ocean at high tide, and attacked by wild animals, they must find reserves of courage they didn't know they had. A disaster threatens to end their journey when it catches them in three separate groups. They all come to the first mountain pass transformed, hardly recognizing the people they once were.

Journey is the second book in the NEBADOR series. These stories are filled with wit-sharpening and skill-honing challenges - mental, emotional, and spiritual - for both the characters and the listener. It is truly a grand adventure in which the characters come to understand a beloved saying of the Nebador Transport Service: Personal power is the ability to stand on your own two feet, with a smile on your face, in the middle of a universe that contains a million ways to crush you.

Members Reviews:

Nebador Series are a gooo moral lesson for older children

The stories have solid and easily understood moral lessons. The character development of the team is on the surface tight and underneath somewhat shallow. The story line is usually the need to travel somewhere new to solve a people problem. I've read the entire series through V7 and found them interesting but not compelling, as at my "elder" age I found the characters behaviors and actions somewhat predictable. However, I read the series to see how far the captain could take his young crew in personal growth. I'd recommend this for older children and the "young at heart" adults.

Five Stars

Excellent book and characters. My son who loves to read loves this series. I highly recommend it!

The JOURNEY Continues!

If I have to make one complaint about this series, it has to be the fact it wasn't out ten years ago! It combines everything a young adult such as myself ten years ago would've wanted in a series; adventure and a survivalist journey, action and sci-fi elements, examples of human kindness and human cruelty, a simple medieval setting with a touch of romance! What's not to love?

After presenting such an original and absorbing story in the first novel of the Nebador series, a reader has to wonder if J.Z. Colby would be able to repeat this feat in Journey. Or would Book Two follow the same fate as many series and take a sudden downward spiral in the second novel? Well, I'm happy to report that no, Journey was not disappointing, and was packed with perhaps twice the excitement of its predecessor. Now that Ilika and his students no longer reside in the relative safety of a town inn, they're exposed to all the troubles the great outdoors has in store for them, from prowling thieves and superstitious rural peasants to rabid wolves and the occasional roaring forest fire!

If you enjoyed the first novel in the series, I'd definitely recommend you run out and grab yourself a copy of Journey, you won't be disappointed. Journey was no easier to put down than The Test.

The technology or "magic" which we were only exposed to hints of in Book One is finally being revealed in the sequel, though not to an extent that we're fully relieved of our curiosity for the mysterious devices.

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Titel: John & Maus

Untertitel: Zweiter Zyklus

Autor:: Michael Esser

Erzähler: Andreas Fröhlich

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 1 hr and 42 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 03-21-14

Herausgeber: Campfire Media

Kategorien: Teens, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Der Winter ist zu Ende. Der neue Frühling beginnt und John steht nach wie vor im Garten. Die Füße eingegraben versucht er - gemeinsam mit der Maus - herauszufinden, wie das Leben, das Universum und alles denn nun tatsächlich funktionieren - denn vieles ist bei näherer Betrachtung doch deutlich anders als es auf den ersten Blick erscheint. Dann geschehen unvorhergesehene Dinge - und dramatische Ereignisse nehmen ihren Lauf. John muss Entscheidungen treffen, die sein Leben verändern - ob er das will oder nicht - ob ihm das passt oder nicht. Das Leben scheint seinen eigenen, starken Willen zu haben...

©2013 Campfire Media (P)2013 Campfire Media

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Titel: John & Maus

Untertitel: Erster Zyklus

Autor:: Michael Esser

Erzähler: Andreas Fröhlich

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 1 hr and 25 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 03-13-14

Herausgeber: Campfire Media

Kategorien: Teens, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Die Geschichte eines Jungen, der wachsen will.

In der Schule haben sie gesagt, er sei klein. Das war schlimm. Er will nicht klein sein. Also strengt er sich an, schneller zu wachsen; doch was immer er auch versucht - es hilft nicht. Schließlich kommt er auf die Idee, es so zu machen wie die Bäume, denn die werden ja sehr groß. Größer als alle anderen Lebewesen. Er geht in den Garten, gräbt ein Loch, stellt sich hinein, schaufelt die Erde wieder über seine Füße, übergießt sich mit Wasser. Eine Maus beobachtet ihn dabei...

©2013 Campfire Media (P)2013 Campfire Media