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Step Out on Nothing
By: Byron Pitts
Narrated by: Byron Pitts
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
It was August 25, 2006, my first on-camera studio open for the CBS News broadcast 60 Minutes. Executive Producer Jeff Fager poked his head in the dressing room.” Good luck, Brotha! You’ve come a long way to get here. You’ve earned it.” …If only he knew. My mind flashed back to elementary school, when a therapist had informed my mother, “I’m... Read more
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Step Out on Nothing - Abridged
By: Byron Pitts
Narrated by: Byron Pitts
Length: 6 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: Yes
It was August 25, 2006, my first on-camera studio open for the CBS News broadcast 60 Minutes. Executive Producer Jeff Fager poked his head in the dressing room." Good luck, Brotha! You've come a long way to get here. You've earned it."
…If only he knew. My mind flashed back to elementary school, when a therapist had informed my mother, "I'm... Read more
Al Capone Shines My Shoes
By: Gennifer Choldenko
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
Length: 7 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
When I first moved here, I thought all the bad guys were on one side of the bars and all the good guys were on the other. But lately, I’ve begun to wonder . . .
Moose’s family moved to Alcatraz so his father could work as a guard and his sister could attend a special school in San Francisco. Living on an island with a few hundred no-name hit... Read more
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
By: Jack Gantos
Narrated by: Jack Gantos
Length: 2 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Joey Pigza can't sit still. He can't pay attention, he can't follow the rules, and he can't help it–especially when his meds aren't working. Joey's had problems ever since he was born, problems just like his dad and grandma have. And whether he's wreaking havoc on a class trip or swallowing his house key, Joey's problems are getting worse. In... Read more
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Healing and Preventing Autism
By: Jenny McCarthy & Jerry Kartzinel MD
Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
Length: 9 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Since 2006, autism has become the leading disorder affecting children in the United States. As children continue to be diagnosed at epidemic rates and parents struggle to find help, a school of DAN (Defeat Autism Now) pediatricians has been pioneering therapies and treatments that help reverse the effects of autism. DAN doctors have discovered... Read more
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Anything But Typical
By: Nora Raleigh Baskin
Narrated by: Tom Parks
Length: 3 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Jason Blake is an autistic 12-year-old living in a neurotypical world. Most days it’s just a matter of time before something goes wrong. But Jason finds a glimmer of understanding when he comes across PhoenixBird, who posts stories to the same online site as he does. Jason can be himself when he writes, and he thinks that PhoenixBird – her name... Read more
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Marcelo in the Real World
By: Francisco Stork
Narrated by: Lincoln Hoppe
Length: 10 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Marcelo Sandoval hears music that nobody else can hear–part of an autism-like condition that no doctor has been able to identify. But his father has never fully believed in the music or Marcelo’s differences, and he challenges Marcelo to work in the mailroom of his law firm for the summer. . . to join “the real world.”
There Marcelo meets... Read more
Things That Are
By: Andrew Clements
Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
Length: 4 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Popular children's author Andrew Clements scored a young adult hit with Things Hoped For. Things That Are continues the story of Bobby Phillips-the boy who woke up one day to find himself invisible-and his friend and confidante, a blind girl named Alicia. Bobby is returning from college visits in New York, and Alicia has decided to finally... Read more
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Mother Warriors
By: Jenny McCarthy
Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
Length: 5 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Stories of hope and recovery from a nation of parents of autistic children by the high-profile bestselling author ofLouder than WordsWhen Jenny McCarthy published the story of her successful efforts to save her son from autism, the response was tremendous, including a number-three rank on the New York Times bestseller list and an appearance on... Read more
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Joey Pigza Loses Control
By: Jack Gantos
Narrated by: Jack Gantos
Length: 3 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Everything seems to be coming together for Joey Pigza. His new meds are making his ADD more manageable, and he finally feel in control. But will he renewed relationship with his recovering-alcoholic father make him lose it all?
"Struggling to please everyone even as he sees himself hurtling toward disaster, Joey emerges as a sympathetic hero,... Read more
Harry's Pony
By: Barbara Ann Porte
Narrated by: Uncredited
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
Home for a pony.When Harry wins a pony in a contest, he is very excited. But Harry's father says that a pony can't live at their house, and Harry will have to find another place for it to stay. How will Harry find a good home for his pony? Read more
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The Door in the Wall
By: Marguerite de Angeli
Narrated by: Roger Rees
Length: 2 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Set in the fourteenth century, the classic story of one boy's personal heroism when he loses the use of his legs. Read more
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Feathers
By: Jacqueline Woodson
Narrated by: Sisi Aisha Johnson
Length: 2 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Frannie doesn't know what to make of the poem she's reading in school. She hasn’t thought much about hope. There are so many other things to think about. Each day, her friend Samantha seems a bit more “holy.” There is a new boy in class everyone is calling the Jesus Boy. And although the new boy looks like a white kid, he says he’s not white.... Read more
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Miss Spitfire
By: Sarah Miller
Narrated by: Terry Donnelly
Length: 6 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
Sarah Miller's accomplished debut presents a fictionalized account of Anne Sullivan's life and her time as Helen Keller's teacher. Arriving at Ivy Green in 1887, Anne was a partially blind orphan who had been tasked with teaching the difficult blind, deaf, and mute girl to communicate. Anne quickly learned, along with Helen, that "words are a... Read more
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The Story of My Life
By: Helen Keller
Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
Length: 4 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Helen Keller's triumph over blindness and deafness has become one of the most inspiring stories of our time. Popularized through plays and movies, it is an unparalleled chronicle of courage and a timeless testament to human strength. With sincerity and eloquence, Keller reveals her frustrations and rage, and takes the reader on the unforgettable... Read more
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Freak the Mighty
By: Rodman Philbrick
Narrated by: Elden Henson
Length: 3 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Meet Maxwell Kane, narrator of Freak the Mighty. He’s a timid soul stuck in the body of a teenage giant with size 14 shoes. Haunted by a dark secret in his past, he hides out in his basement room, avoiding the world. But when a new kid moves in next door Max’s life changes forever. The two outcasts form the ‘normal’ world team up to become... Read more
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Look Me in the Eye
By: John Elder Robison
Narrated by: Mark Deakins
Length: 9 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits–an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes–had earned him the label “social deviant.” No guidance came from his mother or his father. It was no wonder he... Read more
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Look Me in the Eye - Abridged
By: John Elder Robison
Narrated by: John Elder Robison
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits—an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother in them)—had earned him the label “social deviant.” No guidance came from his... Read more
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Rules
By: Cynthia Lord
Narrated by: Jessica Almasy
Length: 4 hours
Abridged: No
Catherine, a 12-year-old girl with big responsibilities, loves her autistic younger brother David. But she often feels that her parents, so focused on special care for him, forget that she exists, too.
Like most eight-year-old boys, David is a handful. He just doesn’t know when enough is enough, and in all the commotion Catherine feels ignored.... Read more
Crashing Through
By: Robert Kurson
Narrated by: Doug Ordunio
Length: 10 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Blinded at age three, Mike May defied expectations by breaking world records in downhill speed skiing, joining the CIA, and becoming a successful inventor, entrepreneur, and family man. He had never yearned for vision.
Then, in 1999, a chance encounter brought startling news: a revolutionary stem cell transplant surgery could restore May’s... Read more
Crashing Through - Abridged
By: Robert Kurson
Narrated by: Christopher Evan Welch
Length: 6 hours 1 minute
Abridged: Yes
BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive interview with Robert Kurson and Michael May
In his critically acclaimed bestseller Shadow Divers, Robert Kurson explored the depths of history, friendship, and compulsion. Now Kurson returns with another thrilling adventure–the stunning true story of one man’s heroic odyssey from blindness into sight.
Mike May spent his... Read more
Accidents of Nature
By: Harriet McBryde Johnson
Narrated by: Jenna Lamia
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Seventeen-year-old Jean has cerebral palsy and gets around in a wheelchair, but she’s always believed she’s just the same as everyone else. She goes to normal school and has normal friends. She’s never really known another disabled person before she arrives at Camp Courage. But there Jean meets Sara, who welcomes her to “Crip Camp” and nicknames... Read more
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Back in Action
By: David Rozelle
Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
Length: 6 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
They put a price on his head. They did everything they could to disrupt his mission. Finally, when an antitank mine tore off his right foot, the warriors of jihad in Iraq thought they had neutralized one of their most resourceful, determined foes. They were wrong.Refusing to let his injury stop him, Captain David Rozelle roared back into action,... Read more
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Granny Torrelli Makes Soup - Abridged
By: Sharon Creech
Narrated by: Donna Murphy
Length: 1 hour 46 minutes
Abridged: Yes
“A heartfelt novel celebrating friendship and family ties.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)Twelve-year-old Rosie and her best friend, Bailey, don’t always get along, that’s true. But Granny Torrelli seems to know just how to make things right again with her interesting stories and family recipes. She understands from experience that life's... Read more
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