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Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!

Voices from a Medieval Village

by Laura Amy Schlitz ...

Narrated by Christina Moore, Firdous Bamji, Katherine Kellgren, Greg Steinbruner, Bianca Amato, John Keating, Charlotte Parry ...

Unabridged

1 hour 30 min

Laura Amy Schlitz wrote the Newbery Medal winner Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! for the students at the school where she is a librarian. The 22 monologues introduce readers to everyone in a medieval village, from the town half-wit, to Nelly the Sniggler, to the Lord's daughter. ... Read more

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Laura Amy Schlitz wrote the Newbery Medal winner Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! for the students at the school where she is a librarian. The 22 monologues introduce readers to everyone in a medieval village, from the town half-wit, to Nelly the Sniggler, to the Lord's daughter.
... Read more

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The Magic Thief

by Sarah Prineas ...

Narrated by Greg Steinbruner ...

Unabridged

7 hours 33 min

Discover the fantasy and wonder of The Magic Thief, the first book in Sarah Prineas’s acclaimed middle grade fantasy series! Diana Wynne Jones, author of Howl's Moving Castle, said: ""I couldn't put it down. Wonderful, exciting stuff.""In a city that runs on a dwindling supply of magic, a young boy is drawn into a life of wizardry and adventure. Conn should have dropped dead the day he picked ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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Discover the fantasy and wonder of The Magic Thief, the first book in Sarah Prineas’s acclaimed middle grade fantasy series! Diana Wynne Jones, author of Howl's Moving Castle, said: ""I couldn't put it down. Wonderful, exciting stuff.""In a city that runs on a dwindling supply of magic, a young boy is drawn into a life of wizardry and adventure. Conn should have dropped dead the day he picked
... Read more

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Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues

by Donald J. Sobol ...

Narrated by Greg Steinbruner ...

Series series Encyclopedia Brown
Unabridged

2 hours 38 min

When the Mystery Writers of America bestowed a Special Edgar Award on Donald J. Sobol's Encyclopedia Brown series, its reputation as a classic of children's literature was assured. This fun read finds 10-year-old Leroy Brown (known to the people of his town as Encyclopedia Brown) honing his impressive detective skills. ... Read more

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When the Mystery Writers of America bestowed a Special Edgar Award on Donald J. Sobol's Encyclopedia Brown series, its reputation as a classic of children's literature was assured. This fun read finds 10-year-old Leroy Brown (known to the people of his town as Encyclopedia Brown) honing his impressive detective skills.
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The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

by Tom Angleberger ...

Narrated by Mark Turetsky, Greg Steinbruner, Julia Gibson, Charlotte Parry, Jonathan Todd Ross ...

Series series Origami Yoda
Unabridged

2 hours 12 min

A journalist and fiction author, Tom Angleberger has a knack for capturing the lives of today's youth. In The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, socially awkward Dwight shows up to school one morning waving a green finger puppet. Strange enough, but then Dwight starts talking in a funny voice and doling out advice. Is it the puppet, or is it Dwight? And will paper Yoda be able to help Dwight convince ... Read more

$13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A journalist and fiction author, Tom Angleberger has a knack for capturing the lives of today's youth. In The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, socially awkward Dwight shows up to school one morning waving a green finger puppet. Strange enough, but then Dwight starts talking in a funny voice and doling out advice. Is it the puppet, or is it Dwight? And will paper Yoda be able to help Dwight convince
... Read more
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The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett: An Origami Yoda Book

by Tom Angleberger ...

Narrated by Mark Turetsky, Ali Ahn, Eliza Foss, Jonathan Todd Ross, Greg Steinbruner, Jennifer Ikeda, Julia Gibson ...

Series series Origami Yoda
Unabridged

3 hours 33 min

Dark times have fallen on McQuarrie Middle School. Dwight's back - and not a moment too soon, as the gang faces the FunTime Menace: a new educational program designed to raise students' standardized test scores. Instead, it's driving everyone crazy with its obnoxious videos of Professor FunTime and his insidious singing calculator! When Principal Rabbski cancels the students' field trip - along ... Read more

$13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Dark times have fallen on McQuarrie Middle School. Dwight's back - and not a moment too soon, as the gang faces the FunTime Menace: a new educational program designed to raise students' standardized test scores. Instead, it's driving everyone crazy with its obnoxious videos of Professor FunTime and his insidious singing calculator! When Principal Rabbski cancels the students' field trip - along
... Read more
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Emperor Pickletine Rides the Bus

by Tom Angleberger ...

Narrated by Tom Angleberger, Mark Turetsky, Ali Ahn, Jennifer Ikeda, Julia Gibson, Greg Steinbruner, Jonathan Todd Ross ...

Series series Origami Yoda
Unabridged

3 hours 50 min

The final Origami Yoda case file from the kids at McQuarrie Middle School! After successfully fighting to save their field trip in Princess Labelmaker to the Rescue!, Tommy and the gang prepare for a well-earned day of fun and adventure in Washington, DC . . . but of course it won't be that easy! This trip to the nation's capital will be full of shifting alliances and betrayals, carsickness and ... Read more

$13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The final Origami Yoda case file from the kids at McQuarrie Middle School! After successfully fighting to save their field trip in Princess Labelmaker to the Rescue!, Tommy and the gang prepare for a well-earned day of fun and adventure in Washington, DC . . . but of course it won't be that easy! This trip to the nation's capital will be full of shifting alliances and betrayals, carsickness and
... Read more
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Larklight

A Rousing Tale of Dauntless Pluck in the Farthest Reaches of Space

by Philip Reeve ...

Narrated by Greg Steinbruner ...

Unabridged

8 hours 47 min

Author Philip Reeve was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize Children's Book Award. In 1851 a mysterious visitor to Art Mumby's space home has plans for a calamity that will destroy not only the entire British Empire, but also the known universe. Can disaster be prevented with help from Art's irritating sister Myrtle, a few exotic space creatures, and an extraterrestrial pirate? "Both the story ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Author Philip Reeve was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize Children's Book Award. In 1851 a mysterious visitor to Art Mumby's space home has plans for a calamity that will destroy not only the entire British Empire, but also the known universe. Can disaster be prevented with help from Art's irritating sister Myrtle, a few exotic space creatures, and an extraterrestrial pirate? "Both the story
... Read more
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The Sentimentalists

by Johanna Skibsrud ...

Narrated by Celeste Ciulla, Greg Steinbruner, Joey Collins ...

Unabridged

5 hours 33 min

Johanna Skibsrud won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for this compelling debut novel. Napoleon Haskell lives in Casablanca, Ontario, on the shores of a man-made lake that covers the remains of the former town. When his daughter's life unravels, she retreats to Casablanca and is soon immersed in the complicated family stories that lurk below the surface of everyday life. ... Read more

$18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Johanna Skibsrud won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for this compelling debut novel. Napoleon Haskell lives in Casablanca, Ontario, on the shores of a man-made lake that covers the remains of the former town. When his daughter's life unravels, she retreats to Casablanca and is soon immersed in the complicated family stories that lurk below the surface of everyday life.
... Read more
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Starcross

An Intergalactic Adventure of Spies and Time Travel

by Philip Reeve ...

Narrated by Greg Steinbruner ...

Unabridged

7 hours 33 min

Winner of the Gold NestlE Smarties Book Prize, Philip Reeve received five starred reviews for Larklight. The extraordinary adventure of that book continues in Starcross, as Art and Myrtle receive an ominous warning from an ancient superhuman (their mum). The solar system is on the brink of invasion-from highly intelligent hats from the future! ". a romp that lives up to the standard set by ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Winner of the Gold NestlE Smarties Book Prize, Philip Reeve received five starred reviews for Larklight. The extraordinary adventure of that book continues in Starcross, as Art and Myrtle receive an ominous warning from an ancient superhuman (their mum). The solar system is on the brink of invasion-from highly intelligent hats from the future! ". a romp that lives up to the standard set by
... Read more
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The Magic Thief: Home

by Sarah Prineas ...

Narrated by Greg Steinbruner ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Magic Thief
Unabridged

7 hours 28 min

The Magic Thief: Home, the fourth book in the acclaimed Magic Thief series, finds new wizard Conn back where he started—accused of being a thief.Despite successfully securing a balance between the competing magics of Wellmet, Conn is not happy. Duchess Rowan has promoted him to ducal magister, but the other wizards see him only as a thief.But something sinister is brewing, as magicians' locus ... Read more

$23.99 USD

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The Magic Thief: Home, the fourth book in the acclaimed Magic Thief series, finds new wizard Conn back where he started—accused of being a thief.Despite successfully securing a balance between the competing magics of Wellmet, Conn is not happy. Duchess Rowan has promoted him to ducal magister, but the other wizards see him only as a thief.But something sinister is brewing, as magicians' locus
... Read more

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The Tragedy of Arthur

by Arthur Phillips ...

Narrated by David Aaron Baker, Joey Collins, Peter Jay Fernandez, Greg Steinbruner, Jacques Roy, Luis Moreno, Ginger Eckert, Julia Gibson, John McDonough, Jordan Reeves, Jordan Kaplan ...

Unabridged

14 hours 7 min

Best-selling author Arthur Phillips won critical acclaim for his novels Prague and The Egyptologist, and Publishers Weekly called him a "master manipulator" for his ability to write fiction spun out of imagination and illusion. In The Tragedy of Arthur, Phillips tells the (mostly) true story of being asked to write the introduction to a lost Shakespeare play entitled The Most Excellent and ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Best-selling author Arthur Phillips won critical acclaim for his novels Prague and The Egyptologist, and Publishers Weekly called him a "master manipulator" for his ability to write fiction spun out of imagination and illusion. In The Tragedy of Arthur, Phillips tells the (mostly) true story of being asked to write the introduction to a lost Shakespeare play entitled The Most Excellent and
... Read more
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Princess Labelmaker to the Rescue

by Tom Angleberger ...

Narrated by Ali Ahn, Mark Turetsky, Julia Gibson, Jennifer Ikeda, Jonathan Todd Ross, Greg Steinbruner, Eliza Foss, Jenny Selig ...

Series series Origami Yoda
Unabridged

3 hours 22 min

At McQuarrie Middle School, the war against the FunTime Menace-aka test prep-wages on. Our heroes have one battle under their belts, and they' ve even found a surprising ally in Jabba the Puppett. But to defeat the Dark Standardized Testing Forces they' re going to need an even bigger, even more surprising ally: Principal Rabbski. But with great forces-aka the school board-pushing her from above, ... Read more

$13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

At McQuarrie Middle School, the war against the FunTime Menace-aka test prep-wages on. Our heroes have one battle under their belts, and they' ve even found a surprising ally in Jabba the Puppett. But to defeat the Dark Standardized Testing Forces they' re going to need an even bigger, even more surprising ally: Principal Rabbski. But with great forces-aka the school board-pushing her from above,
... Read more