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Title: Pigeon Post

Subtitle: Swallows and Amazons Series

Author: Arthur Ransome

Narrator: Alison Larkin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-06-10

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 44 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

The crew's on holiday, and they turn their energies to mining for gold, aided by pigeon messengers Homer, Sophocles, and Sappho. The adventurers comb the nearby hills for a fabled lost claim, while being shadowed by a mysterious figure they dub "squashy hat". Undeterred by drought, sudden brushfires, and the continuing presence of Squashy Hat, the young prospectors persevere in their quest - with surprising results.

Full of the dangers and dark adventures of old mines and forgotten claims, Pigeon Post has an irresistible appeal to the persistent explorer in every child.

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Title: King of the Wind

Author: Marguerite Henry

Narrator: David McCallum

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-14-10

Publisher: Listening Library

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 53 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

He was named "Sham" for the sun, this golden red stallion born in the Sultan of Morocco's stone stables. Upon his heel was a small white spot, the symbol of speed. But on his chest was the symbol of misfortune. Although he was as swift as the desert winds, Sham's proud pedigree would be scorned all his life by cruel masters and owners.

This is the classic story of Sham and his friend, the stable boy Agba. Their adventures take them from the sands of the Sahara to the royal courts of France and, finally, to the green pastures and stately homes of England. For Sham was the renowned "Godolphin Arabian" whose blood flows through the veins of almost every superior Thoroughbred. Sham's speed - like his story - has become legendary.

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Title: Sunwing

Author: Kenneth Oppel

Narrator: John McDonough

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 06-04-10

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 27 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Shade, a young silverwing bat, is searching the countryside for his father when he discovers a huge glass building. When he flies inside, he finds a forest haven where, safe from predatory owls, hundreds of bats are finally living in the sunlight. But when he tries to find an exit, Shade quickly realizes that instead of a paradise, the building is really a prison. From there, bats are taken to laboratories, where they are fitted with bombs and used in human warfare. Even as Shade manages to escape, he knows that the fate of his entire species is in great peril. Its up to him to foil the dark force that plots against the silverwings.

Sunwing is the exciting continuation of Silverwing, which was lauded by Smithsonian magazine as a tour-de-force of fantasy. With John McDonoughs dramatic narration, Shade and his world soar with colorful life.

Critic Reviews:

"Although this story will be better appreciated by listeners familiar with the first book - and fan's of that book will certainly want to hear this one - this sequel stands on its own." (School Library Journal)

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Title: An Elephant in the Garden

Author: Michael Morpurgo

Narrator: Fiona Clarke

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-27-10

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 66 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Its 1944. Elizabeth's father is fighting with the German army on the eastern front. Her mother works at Dresden zoo, where her favourite animal is a young elephant named Marlene. When the zoo director tells her the dangerous animals must be shot to prevent them running amok when the town is bombed, Elizabeth's mother moves Marlene into the back garden to save her.and then the bombs start to fall.

Their home destroyed, Elizabeth and her family must flee the bombed-out city and through the wintery landscape, all the while avoiding the Russian troops who are drawing ever closer. It would be hard enough, without an elephant in tow.

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Title: The Night Fairy

Author: Laura Amy Schlitz

Narrator: Michal Friedman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-09-10

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Newbery Medal winner Laura Amy SchlitzNew York Times best-selling author of Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! and A Drowned Maidens Haircreates a magnificent tale about a tiny night fairy who loses her wings and can no longer fly. As Flory the fledgling fairy soars through the dark sky, a ravenous bat bites off her wings. Injured yet determined to live, shes willing to do what it takes to surviveeven if it means befriending a hungry squirrel and becoming a day fairy.

Critic Reviews:

"Newbery-winner Schlitz writes with strength of vision and delicate precision of word choice. A far cry from the conventionally sweet, whimsical stories about diminutive fairies, this tale begins with violence and ends with redemption. In between is an imaginative adventure story in a familiar, yet exotic landscape." (Booklist)

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Title: The Dragon in the Sock Drawer

Subtitle: Dragon Keepers, Book 1

Author: Kate Klimo

Narrator: Walter M. Mayes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-20-09

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 16 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Soon the two kids are at Emmy's beck and call, trying to figure out what to feed her. An Internet search leads them to the library and then back to the Internet, where they find a strange Web site called foundadragon.org. Here Jesse and Daisy discover that the little dragon's hatching means that they are now Dragon Keepers, and not only do they have to feed Emmy but they also have to keep her safe from the villainous Saint George, who has kept himself alive over centuries by drinking dragons' blood.

In The Dragon in the Sock Drawer, the first in a new series, author Kate Klimo has cleverly imagined what it would be like if a couple of modern-day kids had to raise a dragon.

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Title: The King's Fifth

Author: Scott O'Dell

Narrator: Jonathan Davis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-17-09

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 63 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

While awaiting trial for murder and withholding from the king the obligatory fifth of the gold found in Cibola, Esteban, a 17-year-old cartographer, recalls his adventures with a band of conquistadors.

©1966 Scott O'Dell; (P)2009 Audible, Inc.

Critic Reviews:

"The writing is subtly beautiful, often moving, and says more than may be caught in one reading." (Horn Book)

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Title: Jacob Have I Loved

Author: Katherine Paterson

Narrator: Moira Kelly

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-18-09

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 54 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Growing up on a tiny Chesapeake Bay island in the early 1940s, angry Louise reveals how Caroline robbed her of everything: her hopes for schooling, her friends, her mother, even her name. While everyone pampered Caroline, Wheeze (her sister's name for her) began to learn the ways of the watermen and the secrets of the island, especially of old Captain Wallace, who had mysteriously returned after 50 years.

The war unexpectedly gave this independent girl a chance to fulfill her childish dream to work as a watermen alongside her father. But the dream did not satisfy the woman she was becoming. Alone and unsure, Louise began to fight her way to a place where Caroline could not reach.

Renowned author Katherine Paterson here chooses a little-known area off the Maryland shore as her setting for a fresh telling of the ancient story of an elder twin's lost birthright.

Critic Reviews:

"A novel of special brilliance." (New York Times Book Review)

"Simply irresistible." (Publishers Weekly)

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Title: Parvana's Journey

Author: Deborah Ellis

Narrator: Meera Simhan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-11-09

Publisher: Listening Library

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 45 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

The children travel together, forging a kind of family out of sheer need. The strength of their bond makes it possible to survive the most desperate conditions.

Royalties from this book will go toward an education fund for Afghan girls in Pakistani refugee camps.

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Title: Change-Up

Subtitle: Mystery at the World Series

Author: John Feinstein

Narrator: John Feinstein

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-11-09

Publisher: Listening Library

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 22 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Teen reporters Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson are covering baseball's World Series, and during the course of an interview with a new hot pitcher, they discover more than a few contradictions in his life story. What's he hiding? An embarrassing secret? A possible crime? Let the investigation begin!

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