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Title: Eve Hallows and the Book of Shrieks

Author: Robert Gray

Narrator: Anne Gill

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-11-13

Publisher: Robert Gray

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

For fourteen-year-old Eve Hallows, life can be summed up in one word-horrible. She has the most horrible friends.

She lives in a horrible old castle. Even her family is a bunch of horrible monsters. However, in the monster-inhabited world of Gravesville - a world where messages are sent through Ouija boards, jack-o'-lanterns get facials to suit their moods, and the worst thing Eve has to deal with are those annoying zombie tourists who overrun her favorite graveyard during the Halloween season - horrible means wonderful.

And everything for Eve is perfectly horrible. But her life is about to go head over heels when a mysterious group known as The Source starts terrorizing Gravesville.

Now she must move to the human world-where everything is opposite...and for Eve, that's absolutely adorable!

Members Reviews:

Wonderfully fun!

I loved this book. Be aware that there are a couple of character language quirks to get used to and a few typos, but nothing major or distracting. I won't bore you with a plot summary as I know other reviewers are fond of doing that. I was able to get this book about five and a half years ago when Amazon offered it for free and I just now reached it in my "to be read" list. I appreciate that this book has chapter demarations. Chapter demarcations make it so much easier to see how close you are to the end of a chapter and to find a stopping place when you need to do so. If you like light supernatural fiction with humor as well as suspense, I think you should have at it because I don't think you'll be disappointed. I can't wait to read the next one.

The Addams Family Goes Undercover

Here's the setup. Eve, a human, was left at the doorstep of a monster family. Adopted by the family, she was raised as a monster, (Dad's a shapeshifter, Mom's a gorgon, brother is a ghoul), in the family's graveyard-bordering manse in Graveside. Although it took a while, all of the monsters in Graveside have accepted Eve, and while she looks human she is one hundred percent monster at heart. But, monsters are being killed off, humans are suspected, and some family needs to go undercover in the human world in order to figure out what's going on. Eve and her family are sent off to go undercover and to solve the murderous mystery.

You can see why this is such a great premise. It subverts and reverses the more standard plots and it allows poor Eve to be a fish out of water who's now out of water again. It captures the heart of the hot mess that is an early teen girl and plays around with every teen angst convention. (New town, new school, new friends, clueless parents, fashion disasters, secret crush, leaving the old bff's). And, it adds a mystery/adventure/supernatural angle. And you get the diverting antics of the parents wildly misunderstanding the human world, which allows for a lot of sly commentary on the current state of that world.

This only works if the jokes aren't too dopey, (they go right up to the edge), the misunderstandings aren't too Amelia Bedelia inane, (they go right up to the edge), the puns aren't too insistent, (they go right up to the edge), and the plot isn't too convoluted, (it goes right up to the edge).

But the reader forgives all of that because Eve is a delightful heroine. She isn't whiny or overly dramatic.

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Title: The Creature from the 7th Grade: Sink or Swim

Author: Bob Balaban

Narrator: Bob Balaban

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-08-13

Publisher: Listening Library

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

There's a thief in town, and all signs point to 12-year-old Charlie Drinkwater. Once you spontaneously morph into a giant mutant dinosaur in the middle of the school day, people will suspect you of just about anything. Charlie's teachers decide that all he needs is a little discipline, so they make him join the swim team. The only problem is, Charlie is terrified of the water. (He's terrified of a lot of things). Charlie and his friends vow to apprehend the real criminal and clear Charlie's name. But when they discover who the actual thief is, Charlie's problems get a whole lot biggernot to mention slimier, scalier, and smellier!

Members Reviews:

Fun with a message

Almost as good as the first book. Stimulates an appreciation of fantasy. And the illustrations crystalize the content. Can't wait for the third book.

good read

My son really enjoyed this book.

I am very happy

Thanks for the good book

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Title: Odessa Again

Author: Dana Reinhardt

Narrator: Lisa Breitman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-14-13

Publisher: Listening Library

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Fourth grader Odessa Green-Light lives with her mom and her toad of a little brother, Oliver. Her dad is getting remarried, which makes no sense according to Odessa. If the prefix "re" means "to do all over again", shouldn't he be remarrying Mom? Meanwhile, Odessa moves into the attic room of their new house. One day she gets mad and stomps across the attic floor. Then she feels as if she is falling and lands...on the attic floor. Turns out that Odessa has gone back in time a whole day! With this new power she can fix all sorts of things - embarrassing moments, big mistakes, and even help Oliver be less of a toad. Her biggest goal: reunite Mom and Dad.

Members Reviews:

A Wondrous Book

For the last several days I've had that terrific feeling of knowing I had a good place to retreat to as soon as I could be done writing the bills and doing all the other everyday things an adult doesn't really want to do, the good place in this case being Odessa Again. Not only was it a wonderful escape hatch, but it also reminded me more than usually of the kind of books I loved losing myself in when I was much younger and making more frequent bicycle trips to the library. Odessa the character and Odessa the book are just plain winsome; you cannot help loving them both.

Time Travel to the Rescue

Odessa Again is an entertaining read about a fourth grader who is very unhappy with her parent's decision to get a divorce. Not only does she now live with one parent, she had to leave the house she grew up in, share a room with her brother in the new house where they live with their mother, and watch her father decide to marry someone else. What makes the book enjoyable is how Odessa responds to the trials and tribulations she faces along the way.

Odessa's methods of handling difficult situations becomes a bit easier for her when she accidentally discovers a way to go back in time. Once she figures out that she has this ability, she uses it to her advantage. There is a catch though; she can only go back in time 24 times. Odessa uses some of the trips wisely and some, well, not so much. Part of the fun in reading the book is learning when she will or will not make the decision to have a redo-day. Certain scenarios involve her with friends and classmates, including boys. Others incorporate how she is coping with her father's impending marriage. She gets tips and advice too from a neighbor, as well as a favorite uncle.

The author adeptly addresses the feelings of a child whose parents have divorced, yet the book is not just for this audience. I would recommend this book primarily to girls ages 9-11. It handles some serious topics in a friendly and realistic way, even though there is some fantasy and time travel too.

change is inevitable

I read this book to my six-year old, and the story caught his attention without a problem. Every time I stopped after a chapter, he wanted me to continue. I had to explain a few details to him along the way, but he enjoyed the story nonetheless; he especially liked Odessa, because she is cute, witty, and brave. Although Odessa's character is nothing like Jack and Annie from the Magic Tree House series, I did see a resemblance to their characters maturity-wise. In Pope's books, the children go back in time to learn from the past and help people; in Odessa's case, she goes back to improve her present.

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Title: Ryland's Footsteps

Author: Sally Prue

Narrator: David Rintoul

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-01-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Rye's life changes when his father is appointed as governor of one of the new penal colonies. With his parents, he moves to the island, where he expects to be the only child among colony officials, prisoners, and the native people, the offlanders. However, there are two other children there: Kris, who is the son of the offlander chief, and Stefanie, the daughter of one of the prisoners.

The three become uneasy friends despite their parents' very different agendas, and realize that they don't have to follow in their parents' footsteps. Through their friendship, they try to find a way forward for all the people of the island....

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Title: The Noonday Friends

Author: Mary Stolz

Narrator: Barbara Caruso

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-13-13

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

You never can do anything except on weekends, Simone complained. How can people be friends only on weekends?

Stiffening, Franny said, If you dont want to be friends, Simone, then all right.

Threatened, as she so often was, with tears, Franny, as she usually did, fought them back.

See if I care, she said airily.

Franny does care - a lot. But what can she do? Her mother works long hours at the laundromat, and her father cant seem to hold down a regular job. And who is going to clean the house and look after 4-year-old Marshall? It all falls on Frannys shoulders. But Franny will suffer any indignity - even her shabby clothes and not having enough lunch money - if her best friend Simone is on her side. But lately, Simone keeps taking about dopey rich Lila, and all the free time she has to play. How can Franny and Simone be friends if they never see each other?

Members Reviews:

An Exceptional Novel for Young Readers

Eleven-year-old Franny Davis has a hard life. Franny lives in a one-bedroom apartment with her two brothers and her parents. The family of five lives in nearly crushing poverty. They can't afford decent clothes or shoes, and often struggle to make groceries stretch the whole week. Franny's father is, at heart, an artist who bounces from low-wage job to low-wage job, with long stretches of unemployment in between. Mrs. Davis works in a laundry, and her meager salary not only supports the family, but also pays towards the old hospital bills that Mr. Davis incurred during a serious and lengthy illness a couple of years ago.

Franny must help her family by caring for her four-year-old brother, Marshall, after school and on weekends. Her twin brother, Jimmy, who instigates schoolyard fights and picks on Marshall, is little help. Because of her family obligations, Franny can't meet friends after school like other children. She savors her lunch periods with her only friend, Simone. Insecure, daydreaming Simone recognizes that studious, kind, and loyal Franny "has quality," but she is frustrated that Franny can't spend more time with her.

Simone and Franny are both a little fascinated and intimidated by Lila Wembleton, an only child whose father owns an apartment building. Franny and Simone's impoverished lives serve as a sharp contrast to Lila's. While both Franny and Simone are lucky just to have their own cots, since they both must share their bedrooms with multiple family members, Lila has her own lovely bedroom, dance lessons, stylish clothes, and, seemingly, anything else she wants. Franny's jealousy and fear of Lila increases when Simone and Franny have a falling-out, and Simone gravitates towards the rich girl as a substitute friend. Can Franny heal her relationship with Simone, and find the time to develop a social life of her own? Can Franny's father find and keep a job long enough to create some financial stability for his struggling family?

"The Noonday Friends" is an exceptional book for young readers. Mary Stolz manages to make every single character sympathetic. There are no one-dimensional personalities or bad guys in this book, even among those who cause problems for Franny and her family members. Mr. Horney, the shoe store owner who fires Mr. Davis, for example, isn't a hateful tyrant. He's just a lonely businessman trying to keep his store running.

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Title: The Summer of May

Author: Cecilia Galante

Narrator: Therese Plummer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-01-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Twelve-year-old May is living in a desolate situation with only her grandmother, who is depressed about the absence of Mays mother, and her father, who works long hours and is almost never around. Due to her circumstance and her resentment over having to live in a low-income neighborhood, May often finds herself picking fights and getting into trouble.

But when May is caught graffiti-ing her least favorite teachers classroom, she is faced with a choice: expulsion or one-on-one summer school with the teacher she most detests. Begrudgingly, May chooses summer school and ultimately learns that her teacher has a secret past - and might just hold the key to answers no one else will give May about her mother.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

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Great

I chose this rating of a 3 because I disliked all of the curse words but I did like the plot of the story. No one recommended it for me. I was in my local library looking for an interesting book and found this one. I got it on my device for when I don't know where the actual book is. Overall this was a great book and I recommend it for many people!

Amazing

This book was filled with real life problems in the world and it just makes you think twice about your life it's amazing

Compelling read

My 10 year old daughter and I read this aloud and really enjoyed it. Well written and compelling. Didn't want to put it down. Emotional ending.

A Truly Poignant Story

Young May feels anger, desertion and confusion after her mom leaves. To make matters worse, the adults who are supposed to step up and take care of her are trapped in their own sense of loss. Her grandma is depressed and barely leaves the bedroom. Her dad works a lot, but when he's home, they argue.

As a result, May lashes out, but takes it too far one day when she defaces school property by writing something nasty about her English teacher, Ms. Movado, whom she dislikes. Faced with expulsion or summer school with Ms. Movado, she reluctantly chooses the latter. Ms. Movado has May repaint the classroom and then takes her out on excursions to try to connect with her.

These side trips help May gain respect for Ms. Movado, who she learns dreams of becoming a writer and has a drawer full of rejection slips. After realizing that smart people can fail too, May doesn't feel as stupid. It's the first time it dawns on her that no one should give up on their dreams. They discuss Langston Hughes's poem "Harlem," which also talks about unfulfilled dreams. Ms. Movado asks May to come up with imagery to describe losing one's dreams. She describes being in an apartment filled with loved ones, except that all those people are in their rooms with doors shut. It's just the beginning of trying to turn her life around.

During another outing, May has a chance to learn about Ms. Movado's personal life. They are out by a waterfall when she tells May about a time when she and her best friend jumped from the falls into the water below. Unfortunately, her friend seriously hurt her back. The girl's parents disallowed any further communication between them, so that marked a sad ending to their friendship. On the ride back, May cries in front of Ms. Movado.

Cecilia Galante carefully uses May's journal to express her many thoughts. During one entry, May jots down a list of words to describe herself: empty, icky, jumbled.

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Title: Ivy Takes Care

Author: Rosemary Wells

Narrator: Emily Beresford

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-12-13

Publisher: Candlewick on Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

After her best friend, Annie, leaves for a fancy camp in New Hampshire, Ivy cant imagine how shes going to endure the long, hot Nevada summer with no one around but that pain-in-the-neck Billy Joe Butterworth next door and all those melancholy visitors to the Red Star Guest Ranch. Happily, an answer comes to Ivy in a flash of honey-colored topaz, and she cleverly hires herself out to take care of peoples farm animals or pets while theyre away.

So begins a summer of discovery for tenderhearted but sensible Ivy, who must win over the stubborn pony Chestnut, take on the challenge of training a puppy named Inca, and patiently court the trust of the magnificent but scarred racehorse Andromeda. All this while tending to her own private hurts and hopes and managing the hapless tagalong Billy Joe, who has a knack for trouble and accidents like nobody else!

Celebrated writer Rosemary Wells delivers a compassionately observed and exquisitely distilled novel set in the midcentury Southwest about a young heroine with an exceptional gift, a heart of gold, and a budding dream for her future.

Members Reviews:

Beyond the twaddle of your typical pre-teen book

This book was recommended by Sonlight. I read it before I gave it to my 9 year old daughter and loved it myself. One of those stories that you think about for days afterwards and wish you were still reading. A delightful tale of a young girl in Nevada who loves animals.

We are so sad that this is the only book

My two daughters and I listened to this in the car on our drives to and from school. We were ALL enthralled with this little girls adventures! We are so sad that this is the only book. Itâs perfect for a series.

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Title: Mind Over Matter

Subtitle: Unleashed, Book 2

Author: Ali Sparkes

Narrator: Tom Lawrence

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-17-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Gideon and Luke are spending some quality family time, playing at being normal teenagers. They have no reason to use their telekinetic powers in the small seaside town, and they have enough bodyguards to keep them safe, right? Wrong. A brutal killer is stalking them, and he has Gideon and Luke in his sights. The second in a sensational new series about a group of teenagers with special powers, from best-selling author Ali Sparkes.

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Title: The Deliverers

Subtitle: Sharky and the Jewel

Author: Gregory S. Slomba

Narrator: Jimm Singer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-16-13

Publisher: Gregory S. Slomba

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Twelve-year-old Eric Scott is called by Stig, a talking owl, to journey to another world to save a fishing village from a band of bloodthirsty pirates. Once there, Eric discovers that delivering the town is but one of the problems he'll have to solve.

Can a 12-year-old boy, a talking owl, a headstrong girl and an outcast dwarf save a village, much less an entire world? Find out as they set out on the journey of a lifetime to defeat an immortal pirate, face their fears, and fulfill an ancient prophecy.

Members Reviews:

A Great Story for Children of All Ages

Where does The Deliverers rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

What a wonderful story that takes the listener on a wonderful journey. I must give a big Kudos to the narrator. I am a big audio book listener and the narrator can make or break a great story. Jimm Singer does an excellent job delivering Gregory's Story. I highly recommend for the young reader listener or anyone who just wants to escape real life for a while

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Title: The Ordinary Animals

Author: Rune Matthew Woodman

Narrator: Rune Woodman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-21-12

Publisher: Rune Woodman

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

In his last year of primary school, Albert becomes lost while escaping from bullies. He finds himself in an underworld of stormwater drains and sewers, where he befriends an ageing rat, a small bird, and a crazy echidna. His new friends believe his visit is the fulfillment of a prophecy that he will save the animals from the control of the evil King Rat and his mistress, the Witch.

All Albert wants is to get home, but secretly the animals defy his wishes and set him on course with the prophecy.

Members Reviews:

Exceptional Listening

What made the experience of listening to The Ordinary Animals the most enjoyable?

The distinct voice used for each character,this made the book easier to understand.There is no confusion and you clearly know who is saying what.Beautifully read.

What other book might you compare The Ordinary Animals to and why?

Not something I can do having never read anything like this before.

What does Rune Woodman bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

Rune's voice is rich and clear, i have read/listened to hundreds of audiobooks and sometimes I have stopped listening due to the narrator,not on this occasion. I believe Rune has grasped each character and brought them to life.It was such an easy book to listen to that I readily encourage other audio fans to have a listen.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I was intrigued and wanted to know more.

Any additional comments?

Look forward to what comes next , Rune should narrate more books but especially his own.

Loved every second, especially the rainbows.

Would you listen to The Ordinary Animals again? Why?

Yes, of course. Because you listen to it and enjoy it, but I'm sure there's plenty I missed on the first listen.

What did you like best about this story?

I like the way all of the characters were portrayed as real people who also have feelings and motivation - especially the way Albert's parents and the bullies acted and reacted. I also like the way it showed the animals plight as something that might be real.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

A particularly memorable scene was early in the audiobook, where Albert had become lost and met the first animal. It felt like the beginning of his voyage, an important moment. It was from there that the wonder, the magic and the mystery began.

Any additional comments?

Can't wait for the next one!

The way stories should be told.

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

Yes I would recommend this to a friend. I was present with my nephew at a short reading by the author because I had already read the book. My nephew was transfixed and I thoroughly enjoyed it. We eagerly downloaded the book that evening!

Who was your favorite character and why?

When I read the book, Ekkie the cuddly echidna was easily the most likeable and the most enchanting of characters. But I found myself growing more and more fond of Anna, the revolutionary peach faced love bird, with every line uttered by the author. I chuckled everytime she spoke!

What does Rune Woodman bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

The story is made perfect by the excellent narration. The author of this book is the narrator which a rare treat. You get to see how the author sees the characters and how they differ from the way you picture them when you read the book.