YA Fiction audiobooks

Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood

By: Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Narrated by: Robert Ramirez

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults, 2005
–Young Adult Library Services Association

A young adult novel Latino-style–the year is 1969. America is at war, “Hollywood” is a dirt-poor Chicano barrio in small town America, and Sammy and Juliana, about to head into their senior year, are in love.

Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood is a Chicano ode to... Read more

King Dork

By: Frank Portman

Narrated by: Lincoln Hoppe

Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

As John Green, New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars said, “King Dork will rock your world.” The cult favorite from Frank Portman, aka Dr. Frank of the Mr. T. Experience, is a book like nothing ever done before--King Dork literally has something for everyone: At least a half-dozen mysteries, love, mistaken identity, girls,... Read more

Born to Rock

By: Gordon Korman

Narrated by: Billy Hammond

Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Leo Caraway-high school senior, president of the Young Republicans club, 4.0 GPA, future Harvard student-had his entire future perfectly planned out. That was, until the X factor. As in Marion X. McMurphy, aka King Maggot, the lead singer of Purge, the most popular, most destructive band punk rock has ever seen. He's also Leo's biological... Read more

The Princess Diaries, Volume VII: Party Princess

By: Meg Cabot

Narrated by: Clea Lewis

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Princesses just want to have fun.
This spring, Mia’s determined to have a good time, despite the fact that the student government over which she presides is suddenly broke. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it) Grandmère has an elaborate scheme to simultaneously raise money, catapult Mia to theatrical fame, and link her... Read more

Fly on the Wall

By: E. Lockhart

Narrated by: Caitlin Greer

Length: 4 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

At the Manhattan High School for the Arts, where everyone is “different” and everyone is “special,” Gretchen Yee feels ordinary. She’s the kind of girl who sits alone at lunch, drawing pictures of Spider-Man, so that she won’t have to talk to anyone; who has a crush on Titus but won’t do anything about it; who has no one to hang out with when... Read more

A Brief Chapter In My Impossible Life

By: Dana Reinhardt

Narrated by: Mandy Siegfried

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Simone’s starting her junior year in high school. Her mom’s a lawyer for the ACLU, her dad’s a political cartoonist, so she’s grown up standing outside the organic food coop asking people to sign petitions for worthy causes. She’s got a terrific younger brother and amazing friends. And she’s got a secret crush on a really smart and funny guy–who... Read more

The Tenth Power

By: Kate Constable

Narrated by: Lina Patel

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Calwyn used to be exceptional. She was the most talented of all the chanters of Tremaris, and she’d fought hard to become their leader. But then there was an accident, and the magic inside her went silent. Where there once was power, now there is nothing. Her whole life–the future she had planned with Darrow–has somehow slipped away.
All Calwyn... Read more

The Water Mirror

By: Kai Meyer

Narrated by: Toby Longworth

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

In Venice, magic is not unusual. Merle is apprenticed to a magic mirror maker, and Serafin–a boy who was once a master thief–works for a weaver of magic cloth. Now, Venice is under siege by the Egyptian Empire; its terrifying mummy warriors and flying sunbarks are waiting to strike. All that protects the Venetians is the Flowing Queen. Nobody... Read more

Small Steps

By: Louis Sachar

Narrated by: McClarin, Curtis

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

The young adult follow-up to the bestselling Newbery Award book and movie sensation, Holes.

 Two years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is home in Austin, Texas, trying to turn his life around. But it's hard when you have a record and everyone expects the worst from you. The only person who believe in Armpit is Ginny, his... Read more

The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp

By: Rick Yancey

Narrated by: Paul Michael

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

Alfred Kropp was just trying to survive high school when his guardian uncle gets him roped into a suspicious get-rich-quick scheme that changes his life forever: stealing Excalibur—the legendary sword of King Arthur. But after Alfred unwittingly delivers the sword into the hands of a man with enormously evil intentions, he sets off on an... Read more

So Yesterday

By: Scott Westerfeld

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

We are all around you.
You don’t think about us much, because we are invisible. Well, not exactly invisible. A lot of us have hair dyed in four colors, or wear five-inch platform sneakers, or carry enough metal in our skin that it’s a hassle getting on an airplane. Quite visible, actually, come to think of it.
But we don’t wear signs saying what... Read more

Born Confused

By: Tanuja Desai Hidier

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Length: 14 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Dimple Lala doesn't know what to think. Her parents are from India, and she's spent her whole life resisting their traditions. Then suddenly she gets to high school and everything Indian is trendy. Now things are more complicated than ever. At seventeen, she's still recovering from a year-old break up and her best friend isn't around the way she... Read more

Avalon High

By: Meg Cabot

Narrated by: Debra Wiseman

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

I recognized him at once–not just because he was so tall, and there aren’t a lot of guys who are taller than me, but also because he had such a distinctive face. Not handsome, really. But attractive. And nice. And strong-looking.
The weirdest part was, he seemed to recognize me, too, even though he could only have seen me for, like, five seconds... Read more

The Second Summer of the Sisterhood

By: Ann Brashares

Narrated by: Amy Povich

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The second novel in the wildly popular #1 New York Times bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, from the author of The Whole Thing Together and The Here and Now.

With a bit of last summer’s sand in the pockets, the Traveling Pants and the sisterhood who wears them—Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen—embark on their second summer... Read more

Farmer Giles of Ham

By: J. R. R. Tolkien

Narrated by: Derek Jacobi

Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Tolkien’s acclaimed modern classic ‘fairie’ tale, read by Derek Jacobi. Farmer Giles of Ham is one of Tolkien’s most popular stories, full of wit and humour, set in the days when giants and dragons walked the earth. He did not look like a hero. He was fat and red-bearded and enjoyed a slow, comfortable life. Then... Read more

Elsewhere

By: Gabrielle Zevin

Narrated by: Cassandra Morris

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Welcome to Elsewhere. It is usually warm with a breeze, the sun and the stars shine brightly, and the beaches are marvelous. It’s quiet and peaceful here. And you can’t get sick or any older. Curious to see new paintings by Picasso? Swing by one of Elsewhere’s museums. Need to talk to someone about your problems? Stop by Marilyn Monroe’s... Read more

Girl, (Nearly) 16: Absolute Torture

By: Sue Limb

Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Just when things were going so well.

Jess had the perfect summer planned: She and Fred, lounging in the park, gazing into one another’s eyes and engaging in witty repartee. It was going to be so romantic. And then her maddening mum stepped in: She suddenly announced a two-week “road trip” to Cornwall to visit Jess’s dad, something Jess might have... Read more

The Dark Flight Down

By: Marcus Sedgwick

Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm

Length: 4 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In the morning you should think
You might not last unto the night
In the evening you should think
You might not last unto the morn
Boy has survived the terrors of life with the magician Valerian, dark magic, and deadly chases, but he is still on the run. Now, as the City lies frozen, he is captured and incarcerated in the Emperor Frederick’s... Read more

The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming

By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Narrated by: James Langton

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Anand’s mentor and spiritual guide, the Master Healer Abhaydatta, seems to be in grave danger. Should he simply convey this information to his elders and waste precious time or should he take matters into his own hands?

Readers familiar with Anand from Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s acclaimed novel, The Conch Bearer, will know what choice he makes.... Read more

Antes de Ser Libres

By: Julia Alvarez

Narrated by: Maria Siccardi

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Now available in Spanish, the book Horn Book called “a realistic and compelling account of a girl growing up too quickly while coming to terms with the cost of freedom.” 

I wonder what it would be like to be free? Not to need wings because you don’t have to fly away from your country?

From award-winning author Julia Alvarez comes the story of... Read more

Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch (Book 1)

By: Joseph Delaney

Narrated by: Christopher Evan Welch

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Warning: Not to be listened to after darkCapturing witches, Binding boggarts, Driving away ghostsFor years, Old Gregory has been the Spook for the county, ridding the local villages of evil. Now his time is coming to an end. But who will take over for him? Twenty-nine apprentices have tried -- some floundered, some fled, some failed to stay... Read more

The Kingdom Keepers

By: Ridley Pearson

Narrated by: Gary Littman

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Using a cutting-edge technology called DHI - which stands for both Disney Host Interactive and Daylight Hologram Imaging - Finn Whitman, an Orlando teen, and four other kids are transformed into hologram projections that guide guests through the park. The new technology turns out, however, to have unexpected effects that are both thrilling and... Read more

Best Foot Forward

By: Joan Bauer

Narrated by: Kathe Mazur

Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

I’m a real ace at arguing with myself. Take a subject like Tanner Cobb.
On the one hand, he stole.
On the other, he helped his little brother read and count.
Then again, he stole shoes in front of his little brother.
But, he brought the shoes back and offered to make up for what he’d done.
My mind said, Don’t trust him.
... Read more

Ready or Not

By: Meg Cabot

Narrated by: Ariadne Meyers

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

ALL-AMERICAN GIRL 2: READY OR NOT finds Samantha Madison, everyone's favorite national heroine, dealing with life as the girlfriend of the first son, but also her cheerleader sister's romantic problems as well.


"A compelling story with a strong plot line, a little teen angst, a little romance, and great dialogue - and narrator Ariadne Meyers... Read more