YA Fiction audiobooks

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party

By: M. T. Anderson

Narrated by: Peter Francis James

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

He is a boy dressed in silks and white wigs and given the best of classical educations. Raised by a mysterious group of rational philosophers known only by numbers, the boy and his mother–a princess in exile from a faraway land–are the only people in their household assigned names. As the boy’s regal mother, Cassiopeia, entertains the house... Read more

Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood

By: Ann Brashares

Narrated by: Angela Goethals

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The fourth and final 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 unraveled embroidery and fraying hems, the Traveling Pants are back for one last, glorious summer. It’s a summer that will forever change the lives of Lena,... Read more

Speak

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

Narrated by: Mandy Siegfried, Ashley C. Ford, Jason Reynolds...

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

"Speak up for yourself―we want to know what you have to say."

From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to... Read more

Monkey Town

By: Ronald Kidd

Narrated by: Ashley Albert

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

School is out in the summer of 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee. For Frances Robinson, a fifteen-year-old daydreamer with a crush on her teacher, John T. Scopes, summer vacation promises tennis, and Coca-Colas from her father's drug store. But when Frances's father, the school board chairman, has Scopes arrested for teaching evolution, the sleepiest... Read more

Samurai Shortstop

By: Alan Gratz

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Tokyo, 1890. High school can be brutal, even in turn-of-the-century Japan.

From his first day at boarding school, Toyo Shimada sees how upperclassmen make a sport out of terrorizing the first-years. Still, he’s taken aback when the seniors keep him from trying out for the baseball team–especially after he sees their current shortstop. Toyo isn’t... Read more

Miracle on 49th Street

By: Mike Lupica

Narrated by: Michele Santopietro

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Josh Cameron is basketball royalty–MVP of the Championship Boston Celtics and a media darling with a spotless reputation. He’s got it all, including something he never even knew he had: a daughter.
Twelve-year-old Molly Parker catches Josh off guard. Molly claims her mother, Jen, revealed his true identity before losing her battle with cancer. Of... Read more

Terrier

By: Tamora Pierce

Narrated by: Susan Denaker

Length: 15 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Hundreds of years before Alanna first drew her sword in Tamora Pierce’s memorable debut, Alanna: The First Adventure, Tortall had a heroine named Beka Cooper–a fierce young woman who fights crime in a world of magic. This is the beginning of her story, her legend, and her legacy. . . .
Beka Cooper is a rookie with the law-enforcing Provost’s... Read more

Saint Iggy

By: K. L. Going

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

When Iggy Corso gets kicked out of high school, there’s no one for him to tell. His mother has gone off, his father is stoned on the couch, and because the phone’s been disconnected, even the social worker can’t get through. So he leaves a note and goes out to make something of his life, but that’s not so easy when you’re sixteen, live in public... Read more

The Black Tattoo

By: Sam Enthoven

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 13 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Jack’s best friend, Charlie, is in serious trouble, possessed by an ancient demon called the Scourge who plans to use Charlie to bring about its evil ends—which, unfortunately, involve the destruction of the entire universe.

Now Jack and the butt-kicking, sword-wielding Esme must contend with floating sharks, intelligent jelly, oversized... Read more

The Ice Dragon

By: George R. R. Martin

Narrated by: Maggi-Meg Reed

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The Ice Dragon is an enchanting tale of courage and sacrifice for listeners of all ages by the wildly popular author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Song of Ice and Fire series, George R.R. Martin.

In the world of A Song of Ice and Fire, the ice dragon was a creature of legend and fear, for no man had ever tamed one. When it flew overhead,... Read more

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

By: John Boyne

Narrated by: Michael Maloney

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

BONUS FEATURE: Conversation between the author and the editor, David Fickling.

Berlin 1942

When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing... Read more

London Calling

By: Edward Bloor

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Martin Conway comes from a family filled with heroes and disgraces. His grandfather was a statesman who worked at the US Embassy in London during WWII. His father is an alcoholic who left his family. His sister is an overachieving Ivy League graduate. And Martin? Martin is stuck in between--floundering.

But during the summer after 7th grade,... Read more

I Am the Messenger

By: Markus Zusak

Narrated by: Marc Aden Gray

Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF AND AN UNFORGETTABLE AND SWEEPING FAMILY SAGA.
 

From the author of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller The Book Thief, I Am the Messenger is an acclaimed novel filled with laughter, fists, and love. 


A MICHAEL L. PRINTZ HONOR BOOK
FIVE STARRED REVIEWS

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Breathing Underwater

By: Alex Flinn

Narrated by: Jon Cryer

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Nick is one of the chosen few at his high school: intelligent, popular, wealthy. People think his life is pretty easy. Except for one thing. Nick has never told anyone about his father’s violent temper.

When Nick meets Caitlin, he thinks that she is the answer to all his problems. Caitlin is everything Nick has ever wanted–beautiful, talented,... Read more

Life as we Knew It

By: Susan Beth Pfeffer

Narrated by: Emily Bauer

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

When Miranda first hears the warnings that a meteor is headed on a collision path with the moon, they just sound like an excuse for extra homework assignments. But her disbelief turns to fear in a split second as the entire world witnesses a lunar impact that knocks the moon closer in orbit, catastrophically altering the earth’s climate. ... Read more

The Last Siege

By: Jonathan Stroud

Narrated by: David Thorn

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A chance encounter on the snowy slopes of a castle moat throws together three lonely teenagers: Emily, Simon, and the highly imaginative and enigmatic Marcus.

At first, the castle’s ruins are merely the backdrop to a day in the snow. But when the three break in to the forbidden interior of the keep, they find the castle taking on a different, and... Read more

Battle of the Bands

By: K.L. Denman

Narrated by: Iambik Productions

Length: 1 hour 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Jay, Kelvin and Cia are The Lunar Ticks, a dedicated band who are convinced they are on their way up. They hope to win an upcoming battle of the bands where the first prize is a full day in a recording studio. Jay is struggling to write new material but finds he lacks the experience to come up with a truly original song. Going up against Indigo... Read more

The Last Apprentice: Curse of the Bane (Book 2)

By: Joseph Delaney

Narrated by: Christopher Evan Welch

Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Now it's the dark's turn to be afraid The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, deal with the dark. Together they rid the county of witches, ghosts, and boggarts. But now there's some unfinished business to attend to in Priestown. Deep in the catacombs of the cathedral lurks a creature the Spook has never been able to defeat; a force so evil... Read more

Endymion Spring

By: Matthew Skelton

Narrated by: Richard Easton

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive interview with Matthew Skelton about the origins of Endymion Spring.

"You've stumbled on to something much larger than you can possibly imagine."

In the dead of night, a cloaked figure drags a heavy box through snow-covered streets. The chest, covered in images of mythical beasts, can only be opened when the fangs of its... Read more

How to Be Popular

By: Meg Cabot

Narrated by: Kate Reinders

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you want to be popular?

Everyone wants to be popular—or at least, Stephanie Landry does. Steph's been the least popular girl in her class since a certain cherry Super Big Gulp catastrophe five years earlier.

Does being popular matter?

It matters a lot—to Steph. That's why this year, she has a plan to get in with the It Crowd in no time flat.... Read more

Alphabet of Dreams

By: Susan Fletcher

Narrated by: Meera Simhan

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Mitra and her little brother, Babak, are beggars in the city of Rhagae, scratching out a living as best as they can with what they can beg for–or steal. But Mitra burns with hope and ambition, for she and Babak are not what they seem. They are of royal blood, but their father’s ill-fated plot against the evil tyrant, King Phraates, has resulted... Read more

The Wrong Hands

By: Nigel Richardson

Narrated by: Euan Morton

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Fourteen-year-old Graham Sinclair was born with huge, strange hands. He was also born with a secret. The only time he ever told someone his secret, it got him into big trouble. So he won’t be telling anyone ever again—or so he thinks. In this suspenseful and magical debut novel, Graham finds his life suddenly, thrillingly complicated—and his... Read more

Peter Pan

By: J M Barrie

Narrated by: Full Cast & Toyah Wilcox

Length: 2 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

When Peter Pan flies into the night nursery of Wendy, John and Michael Darling, he takes them on the journey - and the adventure - of a lifetime. Mermaids, wolves and Indians weave their spell in the magical Never Never Land - where also lurks the wicked Captain Hook. Relive the wonder and excitement of J.M Barrie's timeless classic in this... Read more

Golden

By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Narrated by: Jenna Lamia

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

When Lissy James moves from California to Oklahoma, she finds herself in the middle of a teenage nightmare: a social scene to rival a Hollywood movie. And if understanding the hierarchy of the Goldens vs. the Nons isn't hard enough, Lissy's ever growing Aura Vision is getting harder and harder to hide, and if she's not careful, she's going to... Read more