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Title: The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore

Author: Joan Lowery Nixon

Narrator: Julie Dretzin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-30-13

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Teens, Mysteries & Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

Christina Lattimores family is wealthy and powerful. She attends the best private high school. Yet Christina feels trapped by her familys expectations. Frustrated and angry at her situation, she pays little attention when a strange car follows her home one night. Its headlights are the last thing she remembers until she wakes up in captivity. Christina is terrified when she realizes kidnappers are holding her for ransom. But after her rescue, she faces an even greater shock. Her family thinks she was an accomplice in her own kidnapping! Can she convince them of her innocence?

Joan Lowery Nixon is called the grande dame of young adult mystery writers. Winner of four Edgar Awards, she captivates her fans with this suspenseful tale that explores issues of communication and trust. Narrator Julie Dretzin dramatically portrays Christinas thoughts as she struggles to clear her name.

Members Reviews:

Amazing

This went beyond my expectations!! I loved the way the narrator uses the accents in the story to describe the characters. It always had my mind working, thinking, and processing the all that happened in the book.

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Title: Kissing the Rain

Author: Kevin Brooks

Narrator: Dave John

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-30-13

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Teens, Mysteries & Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

Michael 'Moo' Nelson is an overweight 15-year-old who suffers relentless teasing from other kids. To find peace, he sits alone high on a bridge and watches traffic flow by. One day on the bridge, he witnesses a murder. When a gangster is framed by police for the crime, Moo faces a hard decision - help the corrupt police, or help a violent criminal? Kevin Brooks delivers an engaging novel that will keep listeners riveted until the end.

Members Reviews:

Disappointed

Very disappointed, having read and enjoyed an earlier book by Kevin Brooks.

Slow, ponderous story that the narrator did his best to enliven.

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Title: Colin Fischer

Author: Ashley E. Miller, Zack Stentz

Narrator: Jesse Eisenberg

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-12

Publisher: Listening Library

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 35 votes

Genres: Teens, Mysteries & Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

Solving crime, one facial expression at a time

Colin Fischer cannot stand to be touched. He does not like the color blue. He needs index cards to recognize facial expressions.

But when a gun is found in the school cafeteria, interrupting a female classmate's birthday celebration, Colin is the only for the investigation. It's up to him to prove that Wayne Connelly, the school bully and Colin's frequent tormenter, didn't bring the gun to school. After all, Wayne didn't have didn't have frosting on his hands, and there was white chocolate frosting found on the grip of the smoking gun....

Colin Fischer is a modern-day Sherlock Holmes, and his story - as told by the screenwriters of X-Men: First Class and Thor - is perfect for listeners who have graduated from Encyclopedia Brown and who are ready to consider the greatest mystery of all: what other people are thinking and feeling.

Critic Reviews:

"Colin Fischer is like an alien anthropologist stranded on Earth, with no choice but to master the local social codes and try to pass as human, or perish." (Lev Grossman, New York Times best-selling author of The Magicians)

Evok[es] Mark Haddons The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time . . . Readers will be drawn into the mystery and intrigued by Colins vision of the world. (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

love it

love it, although the footnotes can be disturbing and annoying sometimes. jesse's performance makes me feel he is collin himself.

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Title: The Silence of Murder

Author: Dandi Daley Mackall

Narrator: Emily Rankin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-09-12

Publisher: Listening Library

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 16 votes

Genres: Teens, Mysteries & Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

Seventeen-year-old Hope Long's life revolves around her brother Jeremy. So when Jeremy is accused of killing the town's beloved baseball coach, Hope's world begins to unravel. Everyone is convinced Jeremy did it, and since he hasn't spoken a word in 9 years, he's unable to defend himself. Their lawyer instructs Hope to convince the jury that Jeremy is insane, but all her life Hope has known that Jeremy's just different than other people - better, even. As she works to prove his innocence - joined by her best friend T.J. and the sheriff's son, Chase - Hope uncovers secrets about the murder, the townspeople, her family, and herself.

She knows her brother isn't the murderer. But as she comes closer to the truth, she's terrified to find out who is.

Members Reviews:

so good

this book was so good I would read it again it also always held my interest

slow start to the story

The book has a slow and boring beginning but finally gets interesting around chapter 7.

Listened to this because it was my daughters summer read

Enjoyed the story very much, easy to comprehend... Well written and easy to follow.. Great story line with interesting characters...

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Title: The Space Between Trees

Author: Katie Williams

Narrator: Emily Eiden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Teens, Mysteries & Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

Not your everyday coming-of-age novel. This story was supposed to be about Evie - how she hasn't made a friend in years, how she tends to stretch the truth (especially about her so-called relationship with college drop-out Jonah Luks), and how she finally comes into her own once she learns to just be herself. But it isn't. Because when her classmate Elizabeth "Zabet" McCabe's murdered body is found in the woods, everything changes and Evie's life is never the same again.

Members Reviews:

A Misfit with a Mystery on Her Hands

Ahhh... A story many teenagers could relate to: A 16-year old misfit, with no real friends, and a huge crush on a boy who barely acknowledges her presence.

Except! this story begins with a paper route in the middle of nowhere... and a murder.

The "bad girl" that our lonely heroine befriendsof course, it has to be the bad girl! is a great character. (I was rooting for them to hook up, instead of her and the boy).

"The Space Between Trees" is simply beautiful writing; author Katie Williams is a standout.

The remoteness of the location puts you in the forest, far away from everything. The title is a perfect fit.

Emily Eiden is a wonderful YA narrator. I'm so happy she read this book.

Gripping

What did you love best about The Space Between Trees?

The story, wonderfully told by Emily Eiden, captures and acts out teenage angst in a realistic (and shocking) way which makes it relatable and interesting.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Jonah Lukes - he was just a guy going about his business. He was a steady force in the plot that gave the story its foundation.

What does Emily Eiden bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

Emily's voice is a natural for the main character Evie, she read the part with ease. Emily is also skilled at bringing out the different characters in the story. You can hear the sarcasm, glee and rage in Hadley's altering moods. You can feel the sorrow of 'Zibette's father's loss. Emily clearly captured Evie's mother's narcissism. I gasped in horror at the yowl when Jonah got hurt.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Sometimes bad things happen to good people.

Any additional comments?

Worth the listen!

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Title: Because It Is My Blood

Author: Gabrielle Zevin

Narrator: Ilyana Kadushin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-20-12

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 70 votes

Genres: Teens, Mysteries & Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

Since her release from Liberty Children's Facility, Anya Balanchine is determined to follow the straight and narrow. Unfortunately, her criminal record is making it hard for her to do that. No high school wants her with a gun possession charge on her rap sheet. Plus, all the people in her life have moved on: Natty has skipped two grades at Holy Trinity, Scarlet and Gable seem closer than ever, and even Win is in a new relationship.

But when old friends return demanding that certain debts be paid, Anya is thrown right back into the criminal world that she had been determined to escape. Its a journey that will take her across the ocean and straight into the heart of the birthplace of chocolate where her resolve - and her heart - will be tested as never before.

Members Reviews:

Good second book

I thought it was a good second book in the series. I look forward to the next. I really like the narrator's voice.

Really good YA read with an interesting twist

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would recommend this book to a friend with children in the 11-17 age range. The story is an interesting one about a girl, who through no fault of her own, is faced with numerous, unpleasant situations. These come about because of the family into which she is born. The way she handles these events is what, in part, makes the story an exceptional one. This book is the follow up to Zevin's original story - All These Things I've Done, which introduces Anya and her life to the reader. I highly recommend both, but the reader should read/listen to All These Things I've Done first in order to get the most from the storyline.Because it is my Blood continues Anya's story. Drawing on lessons passed on to her from her parents (both of whom are murdered), her faith and her refusal to sacrifice her own morals, Anya faces the challenges thrown at her with grace and courage. My daughters are 12 and 14, and we listened to this story on the way to work/school. It is difficult to find books that are both interesting enough to capture their imagination without the other things that I usually find objectionable in much of today's YA offerings. This story hales back to those writers that are talented enough to write a story that doesn't need the objectionable stuff to appeal to young adults today. My daughters literally did not want to get out of the car in the mornings because they wanted to hear what happened next in the story. As a mom, I appreciate the nod towards family loyalty, faith and doing what is right in the face of adversity, even when it is not necessarily the easiest, or fairest, option. As a mother with daughters, I approve of the strength Anya shows in defending herself, as well as those she loves.

What did you like best about this story?

It is difficult to find books that are both interesting enough to capture their imagination without the other things that I usually find objectionable in much of today's YA offerings. This story hales back to those writers that are talented enough to write a story that doesn't need the objectionable stuff to appeal to young adults today

What about Ilyana Kadushins performance did you like?

Ilyana brought the characters to life.

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Title: Hide and Seek

Subtitle: The Lying Game #4

Author: Sara Shepard

Narrator: Cassandra Morris

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-31-12

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 92 votes

Genres: Teens, Mysteries & Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

"My friends and I used to play lying games. Now my twin sister is living one.

"When I was alive, my family seemed picture-perfect. My adoptive parents adored me, and my little sister, Laurel, copied my every move. But now that my long-lost twin, Emma, has taken my place to solve my murder, we're both learning just how flawed my family really is.

"Laurel is shooting Emma nasty looks and sneaking around with my ex-boyfriend. And it turns out my parents are keeping a huge secret - could it be the reason I'm dead?

"How far would they go to keep the truth buried? No one can harm me now, but Emma is still fair game. And if she's not careful, she'll end up buried, too...."

From Sara Shepard, the number-one New York Times best-selling author of the Pretty Little Liars books, comes a riveting series about secrets, lies, and killer consequences.

Members Reviews:

possibly more addictive than PLL!

These books are highly addictive. They are full of the same mystery, drama and cliffhangers you would expect in PLL, but I think she does a much better job with this series in terms of its story telling. The whole premise is really creative I've never read anything like it. I'm also big fan of Cassandra Morris' audiobooks, and so of course I think she does a great job with the lying game series.

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Title: Acceleration

Author: Graham McNamee

Narrator: Scott Brick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-02-12

Publisher: Listening Library

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 24 votes

Genres: Teens, Mysteries & Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

It's a hot, hot summer, and in the depths of the Toronto Transit Authority's Lost and Found, 17-year-old Duncan is cataloging lost things and sifting through accumulated junk. And between Jacob, the cranky old man who runs the place, and the endless dusty boxes overflowing with stuff no one will ever claim, Duncan's just about had enough. Then he finds a little leather book. It's a diary filled with the dark and dirty secrets of a twisted mind, a serial killer stalking his prey in the subway. And Duncan can't make himself stop reading.

What would you do with a book like that? How far would you go to catch a madman? And what if time was running out....

Members Reviews:

Great Read

I love this book. Really amazing to listen to. This is my new favorite book and author.

4 stars.

I was frequently smiling during this book - which is rare.

Theres mystery wondering if and how they will ever find the psychopath. Theres edge of your seat suspense toward the end. The ending was good for the good guys and bad for the bad guy. This is great for young adults and older. Its about half the length of a regular novel.

What I found most entertaining were thoughts, dialogue, and actions of three 17-year-old boys. That is why I was smiling so much. One example: when Wayne and Duncan go to the local swimming pool their habit is: as soon as they enter, they cannonball jump into the water at the same time in a way to maximize splashing the sunbathers. When they come up and see angry looks glaring at them, they say sorry.

I had a few minor complaints.

The book is told in first person by Duncan. One time the author used second person which threw me. Duncan was talking about golf putting and said Im getting pretty good at it in case youre wondering. By saying youre it added me to the story which did not belong. I did not like the feeling. Im watching. Im not supposed to be having a conversation with him.

Some months before the story begins, a girl Mia drowned. Duncan was nearby and felt guilt or something bad. What happened was not described. I wanted to know more.

The same thing with Duncans former girlfriend Kim. I wanted to know why they broke up. Just a little, a sentence or two would do.

NARRATOR:

This is a personal preference thing. I dont enjoy Scott Brick as a narrator. He has an arrogance or too much self confidence that comes through when he reads. I prefer someone like Frank Muller who projects a sense of wonder about whats going on.

Genre: mystery suspense, young adult mystery suspense

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Titel: Divergent - Die Bestimmung (Die Bestimmung 1)

Autor:: Veronica Roth

Erzähler: Laura Maire

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 6 hrs and 33 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 04-19-12

Herausgeber: Der Hörverlag

Bewertung: 3 von 5 von 4 Stimmen

Kategorien: Teens, Mysteries & Thrillers

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Die preisgekrönte Sprecherin Laura Maire (Deutscher Hörbuchpreis 2011 als Beste Interpretin) macht die emotionale Kraft dieser großen düsteren Zukunftsvision perfekt hör- und fühlbar.

Kritik Bewertungen:

Die Lektüre ist in jedem Fall faszinierend. Und ganz am Ende ist das auch ein Buch über das Erwachsenwerden an sich.

-- Ostthüringer Zeitung

Atmosphäre, die unter die Haut geht. Eine Handlung, die sämtliche Nerven wie Drahtseile spannt. [...] Eine anhaltende Explosion der Lesegefühle.

-- Literaturschock.de

Hier verbinden sich Gruselmotive mit Fantasy und Science Fiction zu einem unterhaltsamen und überzeugenden Ganzen, das mehr ist als seine Teile.

-- Eselsohr

Mitglieder Bewertungen:

die Bestimmung stimmt

Es ist eigentlich eine gute Übung, um deutsch zu verbessern! Es war leicht zu verstanden, und ich empfehle dieses Buch!

Sehr Gut Buch

Es ist ein sehr gut Buch! Ich habe es beide in Englisch und Deutsch gelesen. Ich hoffe, Sie genießen es auch.

I'm delighted to be able to get german versions of popular Y/A fiction ...

I'm delighted to be able to get copies of popular fiction in German language books (both hard copy and Kindle versions). I saw Divergent with my 13 year old daughter, who had already read the trilogy in English, and despite my disinclination to see a film about a dystopian world it, I enjoyed the movie and came out of the theater with the desire to read the books. My daughter and I are both students of the German language, so I opted for the German version of this book - in part for myself, but also as an excuse to exercise my daughter's German.

My daughter and I sit together several times a week and she reads a couple of pages out loud a sentence or two at a time with my daughter translating what she just read in her own words. Her previous knowledge of the material makes the work easier for her and I enjoy revisiting the story in the process. I have both hard cover and Kindle versions of the Divergent Series as well as the Bestimmung series, so while my daughter is reading from her hard copy of Divergent, I can follow along on my Kindle and easily toggle back and forth between versions to check the quality of her translation effort. This is great father/daughter time and productive to boot...

Die Bestimmung is not a 100% word for word translation of Divergent. I find it interesting that the translator of the book quite often substitutes English colloquialisms for German ones and at times rewrites whole sentences with a slightly different meaning. This makes it more interesting and fun to compare the versions. When I read the series the first time, I didn't shuffle back and forth between languages, so I didn't discover this until I started working on the books with my daughter. Now I'm rereading both side by side myself just to enjoy the differences.

If you've never heard of Divergent or Die Bestimmung and want a review of the story line itself, I suggest you read other reviews here or at Amazon.de for that. I'll simply say that these are popular young adult fare - think Harry Potter and Hunger Games, and you enjoy dystopian novels, you'll find the story engaging. I like this issue the best and the third book of the trilogy the least - for my money the ending wasn't very satisfying.

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Title: The Book of Blood and Shadow

Author: Robin Wasserman

Narrator: Emily Janice Card

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-10-12

Publisher: Listening Library

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 40 votes

Genres: Teens, Mysteries & Thrillers

Publisher's Summary:

It was like a nightmare, but there was no waking up. When the night began, Nora had two best friends and an embarrassingly storybook one true love. When it ended, she had nothing but blood on her hands and an echoing scream that stopped only when the tranquilizers pierced her veins and left her in the merciful dark.

But the next morning, it was all still true: Chris was dead. His girlfriend, Adriane, Nora's best friend, was catatonic. And Max, Nora's sweet, smart, soft-spoken Prince Charming, was gone. He was also - according to the police, according to her parents, according to everyone - a murderer.

Desperate to prove his innocence, Nora follows the trail of blood, no matter where it leads. It ultimately brings her to the ancient streets of Prague, where she is drawn into a dark web of secret societies and shadowy conspirators, all driven by a mad desire to possess something that might not even exist. For buried in a centuries-old manuscript is the secret to ultimate knowledge and communion with the divine; it is said that he who controls the Lumen Dei controls the world.

Unbeknownst to her, Nora now holds the crucial key to unlocking its secrets. Her night of blood is just one piece in a puzzle that spans continents and centuries. Solving it may be the only way she can save her own life.

Critic Reviews:

Readers who enjoy fast-paced, bloody, historically inflected thrillers in the vein of Dan Brown will be riveted. (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Totally Unique and Complex YA

Whoa! Talk about a hook! The Book of Blood and Shadow starts off with a bang. From the first sentence, I definitely knew something creepy was going on and that I needed to know more about it. Let me tell you right now: the hook was not a trap. Every bit of this book is so good.

Robin Wasserman has managed to write an original YA story, by which I mean one that's not remotely like the standard YA book. Nora, for example, is not your standard YA heroine. She's not absurdly clutzy, but she is incredibly intelligent, as in a genius at Latin. Nor is Nora particularly attractive; she's kind of average looking. Her hair is mousy brown, her nose too large for her face and she doesn't wear makeup almost ever. In short, she looks like a lot of girls, rather than some super shiny-haired YA cover girl. This makes her so much easier to relate to.

Then there's her storybook love. Well, he's not your usual guy fare either. The perfect-ish guy is her best friend, Chris, who's dating her other best friend. Her boyfriend is Max, who she thought was creepy for quite a while after first meeting at him. Apparently, he stares a lot, perhaps to a Maureen Johnson-esque degree. Max wears glasses and is totally socially awkward, very much not your usual YA hero.

Actually, this book has a lot more in common with novels like The Rule of Four. Both focus on academic research of an old text about which very little is known. Where Caldwell and Thomason's book is solely historical fiction though, Wasserman has added a paranormal element. In some books, paranormal is overdone and melodramatic. Here it creates the perfect creepy, gothic atmosphere.