The Kite Rider

Title: The Kite Rider Author: Geraldine McCaughrean Narrator: Full Cast; David Baker, Cynthia Bishop (narrator), Daniel Bostick, Bob Brophy, Bruce Coville, Ted Davenport, Galen Druke, Ann Marie Grathwol, Todd Hobin, Mimi K. Mead, Bill Molesky, Gerard Moses, Lauren Synger, Thea Van Der Ven ISBN: 9781932076387 (book on CD), 0780066238753 (hardcover) Pages: 272 pages Discs/CDs: 6 [...]

Ready Player One

Title: Ready Player One Author: Ernest Cline ISBN: 9780307913142 CDs/Discs: 13 CDs, 15.5 hours Pages: 374 pages Publisher/Date: Crown Publishers, Random House Audio, c2011. Awards: 2012 Alex Awards “You’re first instinct right now might be to log out and make a run for it,” Sorrento said. “I urge you not to make that mistake. Your [...]

The Night Circus

Title: The Night Circus Author: Erin Morgenstern Narrator: Jim Dale ISBN: 9780307938909 Pages: 387 pages Dics/Cds: 13.5 hours, 11 CDs Publisher/Date: Doubleday, c2011. Publication Date: Sept. 13, 2011 The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it, no paper notices on downtown posts and billboards, no mentions or advertisements in local newspapers. It is simply [...]

Sarah’s Key

Title: Sarah’s Key Author: Tatiana De Rosnay Narrator: Polly Stone ISBN: 9780312370848 Pages: 293 pages CDs/Discs: 8 CDs, 10 hours Publisher/Date: St. Martin’s Griffin, c2007. “I’m going to our secret place,” he whispered. “No!” she urged. “You’re coming with us, you must. She grabbed him, but he wriggled out of her grasp and slithered into [...]

The Son of Neptune

Title: The Son of Neptune Author: Rick Riordan Narrator: Joshua Swanson ISBN: 9780307916815 (book on CD) Pages: 521 pages Publisher/Date: Disney Hyperion Books, c2011. Discs/CDs: 11 CDs, 13 hours 30 minutes The snake-haired ladies were starting to annoy Percy. They should have died three days ago when he dropped a crate of bowling balls on [...]

A Monster Calls

Title: A Monster Calls Author: Patrick Ness Inspired by an idea by Siobhan Dowd Illustrator: Jim Kay Narrator: Jason Isaacs ISBN: 9780763655594 Pages: 205 pages CD/Discs: 4 CDs, 4 hours 1 minute plus a bonus disc of illustrations from the book. Publisher/Date: Candlewick Press, c2011. I have come to get you, Conor O’Malley, the monster said, [...]

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

Title: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Author: Jacqueline Kelly Narrator: Natalie Ross ISBN: 9781441802422 Discs/CDs: 8 CDs, 9 hours and 6 minutes Pages: 349 pages Publisher/Date: Brillance Audio, Henry Holt and Co., 2009. Being the only girl in the family, falling smack in the middle of six older and younger brothers, Calpurnia Virginia Tate is [...]

Inkheart

Title: Inkheart Author: Cornelia Funke Narrator: Lynn Redgrave ISBN: 0807220108 Pages: 534 pages Discs/CDs: 14 CDs, 15 hours 36 minutes Publisher/Date: Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group, c2003. Meggie has led a quiet life with her bookbinder father Mo, surrounded by books and reveling in the enjoyment they provide her. One [...]

100 Cupboards

Title: 100 Cupboards Author: N. D. Wilson Narrator: Russell Horton. ISBN: 9780375838811 Pages: 289 pages CDs/Discs: 5 CDs, 6 hours, 23 minutes Publisher/Date: Random House, c2007. “As a cloud of black smoke blew out the back of the saw, the chain blade spun into loud motion. He leaned the blade back and slowly lowered it [...]

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Title: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Author: Grace Lin Narrator: Janet Song ISBN: 9780307746047 Pages: 278 pages CDs/Discs: 4 CDs, 4 hours, 57 minutes Publisher/Date: Random House, Inc., Listening Library, c2010. Living with her mother and father in a small and sparse mountain village, young Minli toils with them over the land to yield the [...]