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Title: Welcome to Camden Falls

Subtitle: Main Street, Book 1

Author: Ann M. Martin

Narrator: Ariadne Meyers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-08-08

Publisher: Scholastic Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 22 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Flora and Ruby do not want to move to Camden Falls. But they don't really have a choice - their parents are dead and their grandmother, Min, is taking them in. Min runs a sewing store, Needle & Thread, at the heart of Main Street in Camden Falls. There, Flora and Ruby become friends with Olivia, who likes to organize things, and Nikki, who lives on the wrong side of the tracks. Even if Flora and Ruby never expected it to, Camden Falls becomes their home.

©2007 Ann M. Martin; (P)2007 Scholastic Inc.

Editorial Reviews:

The first entry in the Main Street series by Ann M. Martin (The Baby-Sitters Club) introduces us to Flora and Ruby, two preteen sisters who move to Camden Falls to live with their grandmother after the death of their parents.

Given a rounded, youthful-sounding performance by Ariadne Meyers, Welcome to Camden Falls follows these grieving sisters as they make new friends, including next-door neighbor Olivia, and Nikki, who comes from a rougher part of town.

Meyers brings Martins rich cast of characters to life with an array of voices and is convincing in her portrayals of both young and old characters.

Members Reviews:

Have not read this book yet

but if it's anything like the rest of the books in the series it will be well worth reading. I purchased this book to finish out the series that I bought at a local store for 80% off. I have enjoyed all the other books and will be passing them along to my 8 yr old niece for her birthday. Would recommend the series to anyone.

My 10 years old child listens to to it every night at bedtime.

I got this book on CD for my 10 years old child for Christmas. She listens to it every night when she goes to bed. It gives her imagination and creativity to be in the characters' shoes, especially the older sister, since my child has a younger sibling of her own. I will highly recommend this book/CD.

wonderful unique series

Main Street is another delightful series by Ann M Martin, full of characters and their stories.

I admire Ann because she shows children real life, in a sweet way. I think this book was almost a teensy bit depressing sometimes though and I feel very sad whenever I think of Robby being teased in the shop :(

Amazing!!!

Sad and happy at the same time and for the same reason!!! This book is a wonder- Ann M Martin writes her best!!!

Sad but great!

I actually went backwards with this series odd enough! Anyways, this book was great! It had a heartbreaking storyline but then it really was just an amazing book when you got to know the characters.

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Title: Who Was First?

Author: Russell Freedman

Narrator: L. J. Ganser

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-23-07

Publisher: Listening Library

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

As artifacts are unearthed and analyzed, the story of human presence in the Americas continues to unfold. Looking deeper and deeper into the past, acclaimed nonfiction writer Russell Freedman tells this evolving story, touching on such evidence as Viking runes, Chinese legends, Mayan stonework, and mysterious objects found in New England. Thoroughly researched and impeccably documented, Who Was First? is a compelling account of many discoverers of the Americas.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Thought invoking and informative.

Five Stars

My daughter needed this book for a report and it was exactly what she needed..

Didn't hear any complaints (and believe me I would) so assume they are happy.

Purchased for school. Didn't hear any complaints (and believe me I would) so assume they are happy.

Great introduction to the "Discovery" of America

The lay-out is attractive, type-face is easy to read, and the information provides a comprehensive introduction, appropriate for use for students from grades 5 and up.

Loved it

I loved it! The book was filled with so much factual information. It is very good to use in a history class.

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Title: Nancy Drew Girl Detective

Subtitle: Dressed to Steal

Author: Carolyn Keene

Narrator: Rebecca Rogers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-03-07

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 41 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Watch for the new Nancy Drew movie, in theaters June 15!

Critic Reviews:

"One thing is most certainly true, the country changed and Nancy Drew did too, with the exception that she is and was America's most loved teenage female gumshoe." (Cheryl and Joseph Homme, The Art of Popular Children's Books)

Members Reviews:

Good Try

Not as good as the original series. A little too much modernizing. Somethings should be left as they were.

fashion is dangerous

What did you love best about Nancy Drew Girl Detective?

I lke how Nancy's friends come to her aid in solving crimes.

What did you like best about this story?

the ending

What about Rebecca Rogerss performance did you like?

I thought she was good

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, it took a few days to listen to, but I like listen to book while i'm coloring or working in the garden.

Any additional comments?

the plot one the best Nancy Drew books and read about 14 of her books. I like these and the hardy boys.

Amazing!!!

This book is AMAZING!!!!! You should get this and all the other Nancy drew books. I'm not giving out any spoilers. The Nancy Drew books are for middle readers and over. This is a thrilling, edge on the seat, story, as well as all the others Nancy Drew books. You should get this book and all others. Even adults like Nancy Drew! This book is AMAZING and all others are to!

stupid

Wouldn't recommend it to anyone. My young daughter's love Nancy Drew so we downloaded this book. It's definatly NOT the same. She had no morals and we didn't finish it.

NOT for kids

Awful. many times I had to stop the tape and explain to my kids this is not ethical behavior my nancy drew. breaking and entering, lying, etc are the norm is this book. A FAR cry from the original books......

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Title: The River at Green Knowe

Subtitle: The Green Knowe Chronicles, Book Three

Author: L.M. Boston

Narrator: Simon Vance

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-23-07

Publisher: Listen & Live Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

In this, the third book, Tolly and his grandmother are away (presumably in Cornwall). Two women have rented the house for the summer and ask three children to stay. Ida is the niece of one of the women; Ping and Oskar are refugees. The children are turned loose on the river, where they have many fine and imaginative adventures.

Critic Reviews:

"Magic and mystery combine....Boston is an effortless stylist and her magic seems as simple as breathing." (The Washington Post)

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Whatever the book in the Series. they are each one magical in it's own way.

Five Stars

Wonderful kids book that adults can also enjoy.

Messing About on the River

A friend of mine, the principal of a school where I once taught, used to speak highly of Lucy M. Boston's Green Knowe books. I sometimes looked for them in bookstores, but I had no luck. I could never find them on the web. Every so often, I would see brief references to the series in books on children's literature. They remained elusive to me. But recently, I stumbled across _The River at Green Knowe_ (1959) in the Chattanooga Public Library. I immediately checked it out.

Two maiden women on the upper side of middle aged rent the Green Knowe mansion on an island in an English river. They decide (for reasons not terribly clear) to take in a niece and two displaced boys for the summer. The women have a simple philosophy about raising children. They are like cats: "You only needed to feed them and turn them out" (13). They will take care of themselves. This, of course, makes it possible for Ida, Oskar, and Ping to have all sorts of adventures in a canoe on the river. Here they are early in the morning, before others are astir:

[The world] felt tilted, with the moon in the unexpected part of the sky, because it was setting, and the growing light of dawn was farther east than she had ever seen it before, as if the points of the compass had been displaced. The bullocks were asleep, so were the swans. No smoke came from any cottage chimney, no birds moved. A vivid red fox cantered across the field with a moorhen in his mouth. Only the water was loud. (37)

Later, there is an encounter of a more fantastical nature, with some winged horses on an island:

After this [the horses] accepted all the children. They let themselves be handled. They nibbled themselves under their wings. They had immensely long manes and tails and their ears twitched like mouse whiskers. As the darkness shifted into less than dark, the chilren saw each other's faces and hardly recognized them. Ping stood leaning his head against the leading horse's neck and its black mane fell around his face so that he looked like a witch girl, his teeth showing white as he smiled with great joy. Oskar looked like a lean prophet absolutely believing the impossible. He was nearly crying. Ida's grey eyes were black because they were all pupil. She was curled up between the legs of a winged foal that lay on the ground. (78-79)

A theme running through the novel is that of _displacement_. The children are displaced. But they also encounter other creatures and people on the river who are displaced: a baby cygnet, an owl in an ivy-covered manse, a hermit who has left the city to live in a riverside treehouse, the winged horses, and a family of giants.

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Title: Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator

Author: Jennifer Allison

Narrator: Jessica Almasy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-25-06

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 56 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Gilda Joyce is a zany 13-year-old psychic who's always trying to contact her dead father. But while visiting relatives in San Francisco, she encounters a different ghost.

©2005 Jennifer Allison; (P)2005 Recorded Books

Critic Reviews:

"The recent death of Gilda's father and Juliet's psychological problems give the story a heft that elevates it above the typical middle-grade mystery or ghost story. Stylistically, the writing is occasionally over the top, but give this book high marks for substance." (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

Great tween story

My daughter loves this book. I think she has listened to it a hundred times over. She likes the character Gilda because she is "a little weird." The book is funny as when Gilda dresses up and tries to pass herself off as a grown-up. The book is thrilling as when they are looking for a ghost. It's everything a tween girl will love. Mine has since gone on to read the other Gilda Joyce books (can't wait for the audio) and is looking forward to the author writing another.

Too dark and disturbing for my tween

After reading the other reviews, I decided to get this audio book for my 10 year old. I couldn't sleep, so I listened to it before she got to it and it was a good thing! This book focuses on a person that commits suicide and then becomes a ghost that haunts her neice. Definitely a subject that I am not ready to go in depth on with my daughter. It was an interesting book, just be aware before you give it to your kid.

Wonderfully entertaining!

This listen kept me interested through the entire book. It made you smile and this book never slowed down. It is really a kids (pre-teen to teen) book but as an adult it was just a really fun listen.

excellent for young readers

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator or publisher

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Title: The Loud Silence of Francine Green

Author: Karen Cushman

Narrator: Anaka Shockley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-23-06

Publisher: Listening Library

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

That is, until Sophie Bowman transfers into her class at All Saints School for Girls. Fearless, articulate, and passionate, Sophie questions authority and protests injustice. She not only doesn't care about getting in trouble, she actually seems to be looking for it. And she's happy to be Francine's best friend.

The nuns think Sophie is a bad influence on Francine. Francine thinks just the opposite. Because of Sophie, Francine finds herself worrying about things that never bothered her before: the atom bomb, free speech, Communists, the blacklist...and deciding, for the first time, that she wants to be heard.

Critic Reviews:

"Sure to provoke lively class discussion, this will easily absorb independent readers in search of a rich, satisfying story about early adolescence." (Booklist)

"Cushman creates another introspective female character who is planted firmly in her time and who grows in courage [and] self-awareness." (School Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

It was totally cool!

I like the story .It's very flashy and it shows what life was like in the 50's during McCarthyism,The Cold War and Hollywood.I hope that other people like this book as much as I have

period piece

Francine Green is an eighth grader who is coming of age in the McCarthy era. Her Catholic school and strict father do not permit her to challenge authority, at least not until new student Sophie Bowman comes along. Sophie has been raised in a more liberal family, and has a strong nonconformist streak. If she was a character in "Dead Poets Society," she'd probably be the first to leap up on her desk. Not having the luck to have a teacher like Robin Williams, she is frequently punished by the nuns and shunned by the other students, even those who rebel in their own way. However, she and Francine become fast friends and together, they practice dance steps, skip school and attend a movie premiere in hopes of seeing their crush, Montgomery Clift.

When Sophie's father's friend, a Hollywood actor, is blacklisted, Francine

begins to seriously question some of her previously held ideas. As the adults around her worry about nuclear war and Communism, it is left up to her to find her voice on more personal matters. Recommended.

Interesting but...

My almost -10yr old: I liked the Loud Silence of Francine Green. The book was gripping and it was hard to put down. I found that the book was repetitive - Sophie gets in trouble over and over again and Francine Green doesn't stick up for Sophie or herself. Throughout the book, Francine asks questions and never gets her answers, which I thought was frustrating. The author started scenes at the end - lots of loose ends - and the nothing is really resolved. I ended the book asking if there was a sequel.

The Loud Silence of Francine Green

Francine Green wishes she could be like the Hollywood movie stars she adores because "they always knew what to say." Francine however, never knows what to say and in Los Angeles in 1949, that isn't necessarily a bad thing. That's not to say Francine doesn't have "unplumbed depths". She has a lot on her mind, she's just learning how to put it into words, and when the appropriate time to do so is.

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Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (BBC Children's Classics)

Author: Lewis Carroll

Narrator: Roy Hudd, Sarah-Jane Holm, David Bamber, Full Cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-17-06

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Down into the world of the Mad Hatter and the March Hare, the Duchess, the Cheshire Cat, and the Mock Turtle. Down into Wonderland, where an ordinary little girl can have the most extraordinary adventures. Lewis Carroll's classic tale has been translated into more languages than almost any book, and remains a perennial favourite worldwide.

With David Bamber as the splendid White Rabbit, Roy Hudd as the Mad Hatter, and Sarah-Jane Holm as Alice, the spellinding and fantastic story sparkles with nonsensical life in this full-cast dramatisation.

Members Reviews:

Alice in Wonderland dramatised version

While this was an excellent dramatisation my homeschholed children for whom I downloaded it (aged 6, 12, 13, 14) found it difficult to understand what was going on a lot of the ;time. It was very busy! In hindsite, they would have got more out of a straight reading.

Great Listen

I am very much enjoying listening to the book. All of the narrators have done a fantastic job.

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Title: The Purple Emperor

Author: Herbie Brennan

Narrator: Gerard Doyle

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-13-05

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 124 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

The emperor of the enchanted Faerie Realm has been murdered and now Pyrgus, his son, is the Emperor Elect. As Pyrgus contemplates his new responsibilities as emperor, his father's body is stolen! Hairstreak, evil leader of the Faeries of the Night, and his wicked henchmen have resurrected it as a zombie and plan to take control of the kingdom. Pyrgus and his courageous sister Holly Blue are banished from the realm and stripped of their magical powers.

©2005 Herbie Brennan (P)2005 Recorded Books, LLC

Members Reviews:

Much better than Faire Wars

This book is what Faire Wars (book 1 in the series) should have been. It is a great story about a parallel universe involving fairies. It has a great twist that is not expected. Better for Pre-teen & teenagers than children. The mundane, irrelevant events of the analog (earthly) world are limited to only those that are related to the story.

an entertaining sequel

This was an overall satisfying listen. I think this book is more promising to people who are familiar with the first book (Faerie Wars); however, even to those new to the series, I think the action in the story and the intrigue of the story are engaging. Also, Gerard Doyle is a great narrator!

Great Series!

A very good read. Excellent sequel! The demons are back. The prince is up to new and exciting ways of completely messing everything up. And yes, once again everyone is out to get him, but for some completely new reasons and with some excitingly unexpected methods. You've got to read this!

an oldie but goodie

loved reading this book when I was in high school and now im enjoying it again 6 years later.

Enjoyable

While I had not read the previous book, I thoroughly enjoyed this one. There was a lot going on without ever leaving me too much on the edge of my seat.

I found the resolution to each conflict satisfying. I am looking for more books by this author.

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Title: Winter Danger

Author: William O. Steele

Narrator: RIchard Brewer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-13-05

Publisher: Listen & Live Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Caje Amis and his father are mountain folk, they live off the land and have few interactions with more sophisticated people. But at the onset of an especially harsh winter, the two take shelter with distant relatives. The adjustment to their new life is an easy one for Caje, but impossible for his father, and the elder Amis ends up abandoning his son and vanishing into the cold! From Newbery Award winning author, William O. Steele, comes this Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner!

©1954 William O. Steele; (P)2005 Listen & Live Audio, Inc.

Critic Reviews:

"Distinguished...makes us feel deeply." (The New York Times Book Review)

Members Reviews:

Winter Danger

A wonderful classic. I'm sure my little one will enjoy reading it...after I read it. A great gift for those special children.

Great

Thank you very much. My mother will enjoy this and I will also. It was in great shape when I received it.

Great Reading. Never Outdated

I read Mr. Steele when I was a child and remember his well written books years later. He does a wonderful job illustrating the scenes and provides an excellent opportunity to tell todays youth of how it was like to live back then. Great Reading....never outdated

Read more books like this one.

I first picked this up at a used book store on the recommendation of the owner. It hit the mark perfectly for my 12 year old. He is not a strong reader, and doesn't take easily to books. He found this one impossible to put down! It is Jack London, at a lower level, and so healthy for young male readers today when so much of what is written is not positive and productive to a young man's mind. Kids should be reading more books like this one.

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Title: I Was a Rat!

Author: Philip Pullman

Narrator: Philip Pullman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-21-05

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

"I was a rat!" So insists Roger. Maybe it's true. But what is he now? A terrifying monster rampaging in the sewers? The Daily Scourge is sure of it. A money-spinning fairground freak? He is to Mr. Tapscrew. A champion wriggler and a downy card? That's what Billy hopes. Or just an ordinary small boy, though a little ratty in his habits? Only three people believe this version of the story. Only one of them knows who Roger really is. And luckily a story about her can sell even more newspapers than one about a rat-boy.

©1999 Philip Pullman; (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Critic Reviews:

"I Was a Rat! can't help being cheerful, and laughter is never far away." (New York Times Book Review)

"A witty romp with fairy tale roots." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

A tale for children

A tale about a boy who claims to have been a rat and finds himself in a world where everyone misunderstands his intentions or wants to take advantage of him.

It is apparent from the start, that this story was written for younger children. The sentences were fairly short and simple and the story moved in a linear way. So it took a while for me to really dig the story. However, underneath it all lies a biting commentary on sensational journalism. And at the end there awaits a fun and surprising resolution, so it is worth to give the book a shot, especially since it is so short.