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The Ship We Built
By: Lexie Bean
Narrated by: Lexie Bean
Length: 8 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
Sometimes I have trouble filling out tests when the name part feels like a test too...When I write letters, I love that you have to read all of my thoughts and stories before I say any name at all. You have to make it to the very end to know. Rowan has too many secrets to write down in the pages of a diary. And if he did, he wouldn't want anyone... Read more
View audiobookMartin McLean, Middle School Queen
By: Alyssa Zaczek
Narrated by: Daniel Henning
Length: 6 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
In this bighearted middle-grade debut, Martin McLean struggles to find his voice—and his inner diva—as he navigates friendship, family, first crushes, and a whole lot of glitter.
Seventh-grader Martin McLean has always been surrounded by people who can express themselves. His mother is an artist, his colorful Tío Billy works in theater, and... Read more
The Unbelievable Oliver and the Sawed-in-Half Dads
By: Pseudonymous Bosch
Narrated by: Marc Thompson
Length: 2 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
In this second hilarious installment of the series that Kirkus called "ridiculous fun," Oliver is performing at a wedding rehearsal when one of the grooms goes missing in the middle of his magic act!
Oliver is new to the magical arts. In fact, he has only performed one act so far, and that one was interrupted by a theft-in-progress that he, his... Read more
Rick
By: Alex Gino
Length: 3 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
From the award-winning author of Melissa, the story of a boy named Rick who needs to explore his own identity apart from his jerk of a best friend.Rick's never questioned much. He's gone along with his best friend Jeff even when Jeff's acted like a bully and a jerk. He's let his father joke with him about which hot girls he might want to date... Read more
View audiobookThe Backstagers and the Final Blackout
By: Andy Mientus
Narrated by: Andy Mientus
Length: 3 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
The Backstagers are back for a thrilling third act! They’ve dealt with the ghost haunting their theater and faced off against the sinister siblings trying to steal the famous Designer’s Journal during their production of Tammy, but now, a mysterious masked man has taken all the ancient theater artifacts that they’ve collected. They don’t know... Read more
View audiobookThe Backstagers and the Theater of the Ancients
By: Andy Mientus
Narrated by: Andy Mientus
Length: 3 hours
Abridged: No
After all the backstage ghost drama during Phantasm, things are quiet for the Backstagers of the St. Genesius School Drama Club—too quiet. But when that quiet is filled by a mysterious voice that haunts the Backstagers day and night, they set off on a globetrotting adventure to discover the ancient secrets of the legendary artifacts of the... Read more
View audiobookThe Only Black Girls in Town
By: Brandy Colbert
Narrated by: Jeanette Illidge
Length: 7 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
From award-winning YA author Brandy Colbert comes a debut middle-grade novel about the only two Black girls in town who discover a collection of hidden journals revealing shocking secrets of the past.
Beach-loving surfer Alberta has been the only Black girl in town for years. Alberta's best friend, Laramie, is the closest thing she has to a... Read more
Birdie and Me
By: J. M. M. Nuanez
Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
Length: 6 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
* "Belongs alongside Holly Goldberg Sloan's Counting by 7s, Cindy Baldwin's Where the Watermelons Grow, and Ali Benjamin's The Thing about Jellyfish. Highly recommended."--School Library Journal, starred review
An emotional and uplifting debut about a girl named Jack and her gender creative little brother, Birdie, searching for the place where... Read more
Middle School's a Drag, You Better Werk!
By: Greg Howard
Narrated by: Michael Crouch
Length: 7 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
In this heartfelt and hilarious new novel from Greg Howard, an enterprising boy starts his own junior talent agency and signs a thirteen-year-old aspiring drag queen as his first client.
Twelve-year-old Mikey Pruitt--president, founder, and CEO of Anything, Inc.--has always been an entrepreneur at heart. Inspired by his grandfather Pap Pruitt,... Read more
Hazel's Theory of Evolution
By: Lisa Jenn Bigelow
Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney
Length: 7 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the Lambda Literary Award!The Thing About Jellyfish meets Raymie Nightingale in this tender middle grade novel from Lisa Jenn Bigelow, acclaimed author of Drum Roll, Please.Hazel knows a lot about the world. That’s because when she’s not hanging with her best friend, taking care of her dog, or helping care for the goats on her family's... Read more
View audiobookThe Best at It
By: Maulik Pancholy
Narrated by: Maulik Pancholy
Length: 6 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Stonewall Honor Book!From award-winning actor Maulik Pancholy comes a hilarious and heartfelt middle grade debut about a gay Indian American boy coming into his own. One of Time Out's “LGBTQ+ books for kids to read during Pride Month”, this is perfect for fans of Tim Federle’s Nate series.
Rahul Kapoor is heading into seventh grade in a small... Read more
Freeing Finch
By: Ginny Rorby
Narrated by: Maybe Burke
Length: 7 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
From the author of Hurt Go Happy, winner of ALA's Schneider Family Book Award, comes Freeing Finch, the inspiring story of a transgender girl and a stray dog who overcome adversity to find love, home, and a place to belong. When her father leaves and her mother passes away soon afterward, Finch can't help feeling abandoned. Now she's stuck... Read more
View audiobookGracefully Grayson
By: Ami Polonsky
Narrated by: Emily Beresford
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
What if who you are on the outside doesn't match who you are on the inside?
Grayson Sender has been holding onto a secret for what seems like forever: "he" is a girl on the inside, stuck in the wrong gender's body. The weight of this secret is crushing, but sharing it would mean facing ridicule, scorn, rejection, or worse.Despite the risks,... Read more
Technically, You Started It
By: Lana Wood Johnson
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
A hilarious, snarky, and utterly addicting #ownvoices debut that explores friendship, sexual orientation, mental health, and falling in love (even if things might be falling apart around you).When a guy named Martin Nathaniel Munroe II texts you, it should be obvious who you're talking to. Except there's two of them (it's a long story),... Read more
View audiobookZenobia July
By: Lisa Bunker
Narrated by: Taylor Meskimen
Length: 7 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
The critically acclaimed author of Felix Yz crafts a bold, heartfelt story about a trans girl solving a cyber mystery and coming into her own.
Zenobia July is starting a new life. She used to live in Arizona with her father; now she's in Maine with her aunts. She used to spend most of her time behind a computer screen, improving her impressive... Read more
Hurricane Season
By: Nicole Melleby
Narrated by: Stina Nielsen
Length: 6 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
This debut novel-about taking risks and facing danger, about love and art, and about growing up and coming out-will make its way straight into your heart. Fig, a sixth grader, wants more than anything to see the world as her father does. The once-renowned pianist, who hasn't composed a song in years and has unpredictable good and bad days, is... Read more
View audiobookWhere the Heart Is
By: Jo Knowles
Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
Length: 6 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
If home is where the heart is, what would happen if you lost it? Compassion and humor infuse the story of a family caught in financial crisis and a girl struggling to form her own identity.It’s the first day of summer and Rachel's thirteenth birthday. She can't wait to head to the lake with her best friend, Micah. But as summer unfolds, every... Read more
View audiobookWhat Does a Princess Really Look Like
By: Mark Loewen
Narrated by: Christina M. Martin
Length: 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Chloe dreams of being a ballerina princess. But today she is not practicing her twirls. Today, she crafts her very own princess. The project quickly becomes more than a simple princess drawing. Chloe discovers that princesses are not just about beauty and glitter. They are strong, vocal, and determined. And, as she shares her work with her two... Read more
View audiobookA Plan for Pops
By: Heather Smith
Narrated by: Christian Down
Length: 7 minutes
Abridged: No
"A positive and realistic representation of both a wheelchair user and an elderly, interracial gay male couple." —Kirkus Reviews
"A beautiful and uplifting book." —School Library Journal
Lou spends every Saturday with Grandad and Pops. They walk to the library hand in hand, like a chain of paper dolls. Grandad reads books about science and... Read more
The Whispers
By: Greg Howard
Narrated by: Kivlighan de Montebello & Robin Miles
Length: 5 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
A middle grade debut that's a heartrending coming-of-age tale, perfect for fans of Bridge to Terabithia and Counting By 7s.
Eleven-year-old Riley believes in the whispers, magical fairies that will grant you wishes if you leave them tributes. Riley has a lot of wishes. He wishes bullies at school would stop picking on him. He wishes Dylan, his... Read more
Sylvie and the Christmas Ghost
By: Foxglove Lee
Narrated by: Madeleine Mayfair
Length: 3 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Every family has its ghosts...It's December 1994 and Sylvie's spending Christmas in a small Canadian town while her father renovates the creepy old house he grew up in. According to local lore, the house is haunted. The whole town is so obsessed with spotting a spirit they camp out on the front lawn eating hot dogs, snacking on popcorn, and... Read more
View audiobookNate Expectations
By: Tim Federle
Narrated by: Tim Federle
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
“The Nate series by Tim Federle is a wonderful evocation of what it’s like to be a theater kid. Highly recommended.” —Lin-Manuel Miranda, star and creator of the musical, Hamilton
“An exceptional swan song for a beloved character.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Third time’s a charm! Nate Foster returns home to Jankburg, Pennsylvania, to face... Read more
The Backstagers and the Ghost Light
By: Andy Mientus
Narrated by: Andy Mientus
Length: 3 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
The stage crew at St. Genesius Prep—or Backstagers, as they like to call themselves—are ready for whatever the theater world can throw their way: the madness of tech week, inevitable prop malfunctions, and all the paranormal activity that goes on behind the scenes. Luckily Jory, Hunter, Sasha, Beckett, and Aziz are up for the job! But lately,... Read more
View audiobookHurricane Child
By: Kacen Callender
Length: 4 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
Prepare to be swept up by this exquisite novel that reminds us that grief and love can open the world in mystical ways.Twelve-year-old Caroline is a Hurricane Child, born on Water Island during a storm. Coming into this world during a hurricane is unlucky, and Caroline has had her share of bad luck already. She's hated by everyone in her... Read more
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