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Title: Wizards at War

Subtitle: Young Wizard Series, Book 8

Author: Diane Duane

Narrator: Christina Moore

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-07-06

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 244 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Nita and Kit return from their wizardly holiday and are looking forward to getting back to their everyday routine. But there's trouble brewing. A strange darkness of the mind and heart is about to befall the older wizards of the world, stealing away their power. Soon the young wizards of Earth and many other planets find themselves forced to defend wizards and nonwizards alike against an invasion of a kind they've never imagined. But mere defense won't be enough to combat the evil afoot. With their alien teammates, Nita, Kit, and Dairine must race to search worlds known and unknown for the secret weapon the Powers that Be have promised them, before the minions of the sinister Lone Power find it first. And then, for the first time in millennia, the wizards must go to war.

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Title: When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

Author: Kimberly Willis Holt

Narrator: Will Patton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-06-06

Publisher: Listening Library

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 110 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

National Book Award, Young People's Literature, 1999

It's tough for Toby when his mother leaves home to become a country singer. And Toby takes it hard when his best friend Cal's older brother goes off to fight in Vietnam. But now their sleepy town is about to get an even bigger jolt with the arrival of Zachary Beaver, billed as the fattest boy in the world. Toby is in for a summer unlike any other, a summer sure to change his life.

Critic Reviews:

"Holt...sets her heartwarming and carefully crafted novel during 1971, but her message of tolerance is one that contemporary readers will appreciate." (Publishers Weekly)

"Will Patton is exceptional in his narration. His voice is firm and sincere, with a deliberate slowness that gives import to the motif of watching and inevitable change. His pauses allow the listener to reflect on the story's events and the understandings and friendships that develop and deepen because of them. Don't miss this recording!" (AudioFile)

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Title: The Journey

Subtitle: Guardians of Ga'Hoole, Book Two

Author: Kathryn Lasky

Narrator: Pamela Garelick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-10-06

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 74 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

The journey is long and harrowing. When Soren and his friends finally arrive at the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, they will be tested in ways they never dreamed and face challenges they never imagined. If they can learn from their leaders and from one another, they will soon become true Ga'Hoolian owls, honest and brave, wise and true.

Critic Reviews:

"Fantasy [lover]s will enjoy the adventure." (Publishers Weekly)

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Title: Gideon the Cutpurse

Author: Linda Buckley-Archer

Narrator: Gerard Doyle

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-17-06

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 495 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Historical detail comes alive as debut author Linda Buckley-Archer weaves the 18th century trials of Gideon, Kate, and Peter with the modern-day worries of their parents and the wily investigator trying to piece together the children's disappearance. A time-travel tale in the tradition of Mark Twain with a touch of Back to the Future, the first audiobook of the Gideon trilogy introduces listeners to a modern genre all its own.

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Title: Dragon's Breath

Author: E.D. Baker

Narrator: Katherine Kellgren

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-30-05

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 102 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

No sooner have Emma and Eadric turned back into humans (from being frogs) than Emma's mother flies into a panic. Aunt Grassina is distracted because she's found her true love turned into an otter, and Emma's magic is so out of control she sends herself to the dungeon by mistake. The neighboring kingdom has chosen this moment to attack, and if Emma can't get Grassina's mind back on protecting the kingdom, life as they know it in Greater Greensward will be in peril. From underwater sea monsters to fire-breathing dragons, this witty pair of young friends manages to sweet-talk, cajole, and race their way to victory. But when it looks as if everything will finally work out, disaster strikes, and Emma finds that magic is not enough; it takes real bravery and a strong, new friendship to succeed.

©2003 E.D. Baker (P)2003 Recorded Books, LLC

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Title: Leaping Beauty

Author: Gregory Maguire

Narrator: Gregory Maguire

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-29-04

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 151 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Zany animals of all species run through these fractured tales with alarming speed and dexterity. Who would have thought that the ageless, exquisite Cinderella could be recast as the silly story of an enormous yet lovable elephant who plods along to the ball with glass pie plates on her feet; or that Sleeping Beauty, that most regal of all fairy tales, could be twisted into the story of a frog with a most unusual and promising dance career? Get ready to meet a gorilla queen and a psycho chimp, seven giant giraffes, and one very bad walrus.

Critic Reviews:

"A delightful collection." (Booklist)

"Maguire raises fractured fairy tales to a new level of silliness in this laugh-out-loud collection." (Publishers Weekly)

"In his first narration of his own work, Gregory Maguire whips up an array of clever voices for the cast of creatures in Leaping Beauty....Maguire thoroughly enjoys himself on this collection as he plays for laughs. His timing and character voices are pitch-perfect for the text." (AudioFile)

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Title: A House of Tailors

Author: Patricia Reilly Giff

Narrator: Blair Brown

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-29-04

Publisher: Listening Library

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 33 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Endless tiny stitches, button holes, darts. Since she was tiny, she's worked in her family's dressmaking business, where the sewing machine is a cranky member of the family.

When 13-year-old Dina leaves her small town in Germany to join her uncle's family in Brooklyn, she turns her back on sewing. Never again! But looking for a job leads her right back to the sewing machine. Why did she ever leave home? Here she is, still with a needle and thread, and homesick to boot.

She didn't know she could be this homesick, but she didn't know she could be so brave either, as she is standing up to an epidemic, then to a fire. She didn't know she could grow so close to her new family or to Johann, the young man from the tailor's shop. And she didn't know that sewing would reveal her own wonderful talent, and her future.

In Dina, the beloved writer Patricia Reilly Giff has created one of her most engaging and vital heroines. Readers will enjoy seeing 1870s Brooklyn through Dina's eyes, and share her excitement as she discovers a new world.

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Title: Colibri

Author: Ann Cameron

Narrator: Jacqueline Kim

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-25-04

Publisher: Listening Library

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

When she was young, Uncle consulted fortune-tellers who told him that Rosa would bring him luck, a treasure big enough to last him all his life. So he's kept her with him. Together, they have traveled from town to town in the highlands of Guatemala, scraping out a living, hoping to find the treasure. Eight years have passed, and Rosa has turned 12. No treasure has been found, and Uncle has almost given up hope. When he turns angry and desperate, danger threatens Rosa from all sides, but especially from Uncle himself.

Critic Reviews:

"Cameron layers her compelling story with vivid descriptions of setting and weaves into the narrative the complexities inherent in the blending of Mayan and latino cultures and religious practices....A well-written and engrossing read." (School Library Journal)

"The taut, chilling suspense and search for riches will keep readers flying through the pages. But it's Cameron's beautiful language and Rosa's larger identity quest that make this novel extraordinary." (Booklist)

"Achieving an almost hypnotic intensity, this taut novel invites readers to sample both savory and bitter flavors of Guatemalan culture as Cameron creates a melting pot of mixed values, religions, and races....Moving and suspenseful." (Publishers Weekly)

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Title: The Patchwork Girl of Oz

Author: L. Frank Baum

Narrator: full cast

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-21-04

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 21 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

After a doll made out of a patchwork quilt is brought to life by a magician, she must find a way to break a spell that has turned two victims into motionless statues. A boy, the Patchwork Girl, and Bungle the glass cat go on a mission to find the ingredients for a charm that will transform the people back to life.

Familiar Oz characters and delightful new creatures join in the whimsical adventures that take place in the magical Land of Oz.

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Title: The Wizard's Dilemma

Subtitle: Young Wizard Series, Book 5

Author: Diane Duane

Narrator: Christina Moore

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-25-03

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 277 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

The Wizard's Dilemma is the fifth title in Diane Duane's New York Times best-selling Wizardry series. Christina Moore vividly conveys Nita's teenage angst, fear, and courage in these wonderful tales of magic and mischief that have delighted readers for almost 20 years. Before there was Harry, there was Nita!

Critic Reviews:

"A multi-layered, psychological novel filled with very credible teen angst, morality, and an intriguing blend of science fiction and fantasy....Narrated by veteran actress Christina Moore, the delivery is superb." (School Library Journal)

"Duane has the gift of presenting spirituality without sectarianism or sentimentality....Powerful and satisfying on many levels." (Kirkus)

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