YA Nonfiction audiobooks

On Two Feet and Wings

By: Abbas Kazerooni

Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

He is in a foreign country, he is alone, and he is just a boy...Abbas Kazerooni is not yet ten, but he’s suddenly forced to leave his parents, his friends—his entire world—and flee Tehran. The Iran-Iraq war is at its bloodiest, and the Ayatollahs who rule Iran have reduced the recruitment age for the army. If Abbas doesn’t escape, it’s almost... Read more

Eyes Wide Open

By: Paul Fleischman

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

What's really going on with the environment - in our own backyards and the wider world? Conflicting information is offered by websites, magazines, and documentaries that blur the line between news and opinion. Not every report is reliable; not every interest group is actually composed of concerned citizens. In this dynamic account, award-winning... Read more

Bodybuilding: The 10 Rules That Must Be Followed

By: Trevor Clinger

Narrated by: Adah F. Kennon

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Unlock the secrets to optimal fitness with this definitive guide. Whether you're a novice or a seasoned bodybuilder seeking breakthroughs, these 10 rules are your roadmap to success. Delve into this meticulously researched essay, enriched by insights from IFBB pros and the author's own expertise. Gain a competitive edge as you expand your... Read more

The Playground Workout

By: Trevor Clinger

Narrated by: Jonathan

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover a workout regimen that defies the notion of monotony and injects exhilarating fun into fitness. Through rigorous testing and meticulous development, I present a workout accessible to all levels of athleticism. Far from a mere novelty, this routine challenges seasoned athletes while remaining accessible to beginners. No playground... Read more

Positive

By: Paige Rawl & Ali Benjamin

Narrated by: Paige Rawl & Jay Asher

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

An astonishing memoir for the untold number of children whose lives have been touched by bullying. Positive is a must-read for teens, their parents, educators, and administrators—a brave, visceral work that will save lives and resonate deeply.Paige Rawl has been HIV positive since birth, but growing up, she never felt like her illness defined... Read more

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia

By: Candace Fleming

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr, Eugene Alper, Mark Deakins, Juli...

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

“[A] superb history.... In these thrilling, highly readable pages, we meet Rasputin, the shaggy, lecherous mystic...; we visit the gilded ballrooms of the doomed aristocracy; and we pause in the sickroom of little Alexei, the hemophiliac heir who, with his parents and four sisters, would be murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1918.” —The Wall Street... Read more

Popular

By: Maya Van Wagenen

Narrated by: Amber Faith & Lee Adams

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A touchingly honest, candidly hysterical memoir from breakout teen author Maya Van WagenenStuck at the bottom of the social ladder at “pretty much the lowest level of people at school who aren’t paid to be here,” Maya Van Wagenen decided to begin a unique social experiment: spend the school year following a 1950s popularity guide, written by... Read more

Flocabulary

By: Alexander Rappaport & Blake Harrison

Narrated by: Kevin R. Free

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Flocabulary has taken the educational world by storm. It's a dynamic new tool for teaching and learning. Now teens can hip-hop their way to history success! Featuring an audio CD with 45 minutes of original, educational, and cutting-edge music, this latest entry in the innovative Flocabulary series turns U.S. history-from pre-Colonial days... Read more

All In Student Edition

By: Mark Batterson

Narrated by: Van Tracy

Length: 4 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Halfway is no way to live.Quit holding back. Quit holding out.It’s time to go all in and all out for God.The good news is this: If you don’t hold out on God, God won’t hold out on you. If you give everything you have to follow Jesus, you’ll receive amazing spiritual rewards. But this reality also comes with a deeper truth: Nothing belongs to... Read more

Night Olympic Team

By: Caroline Hatton

Narrated by: Barbara McCulloh

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A team of scientists works to expose athletes who use banned drugs to win Olympic medals. Here is the true, inside story of the UCLA Olympic Laboratory - the drug-detection team that tests athletes for banned performance-enhancing drugs. The scientists worked long nights to detect a new, never-before-tested performance-enhancing drug called NESP... Read more

Leben des Galilei - Dramen. Erläutert. (Ungekürzt)

By: Bertolt Brecht

Narrated by: Jonas Baeck, Christian Bergmann, Anna-Maria Böh...

Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Bertolt Brecht - Leben des Galilei ist eines seiner bedeutendsten Werke. Die Frage nach moralischer Verantwortung von Wissenschaftlern für die Resultate ihrer Arbeit ist hochaktuell. Mit Beginn der kriegerischen und friedlichen Nutzung von Kernenergie müssen sich Forscher immer stärker mit dem Resultat ihrer Arbeit auseinandersetzen. Egal, ob es... Read more

Beyond Magenta

By: Susan Kuklin

Narrated by: Tanya Eby, Nick Podehl, Todd Haberkorn, Roxanne...

Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A 2015 Stonewall Honor BookA groundbreaking work of LGBT literature takes an honest look at the life, love, and struggles of transgender teens.Author and photographer Susan Kuklin met and interviewed six transgender or gender-neutral young adults and used her considerable skills to represent them thoughtfully and respectfully before, during, and... Read more

This Star Won't Go Out

By: Esther Earl, Lori Earl & Wayne Earl

Narrated by: Cristina Panfilio, Nick Podehl, John Green, Lor...

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of the journals, fiction, and letters of the late Esther Grace Earl, who passed away in 2010 at the age of 16. Essays by family and friends will help to tell Esther’s story along with an introduction by award-winning author John Green who dedicated his #1 bestselling novel The Fault in Our Stars to her. Read more

Gods at War Student Edition

By: Kyle Idleman

Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The next step in becoming a completely committed follower of JesusFalse gods war within each and every one of us, fighting for a place of glory and control in our lives. In this student edition of gods at war, Kyle Idleman, bestselling author of not a fan, demonstrates how the desire for things like popularity, acceptance, and success can become... Read more

The Port Chicago 50

By: Steve Sheinkin

Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman

Length: 3 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

An astonishing civil rights story from Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin.

On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty men in their bunks, and shattering windows up to a mile... Read more

Woyzeck (Szenische Lesung mit Erläuterungen) - Dramen. Erläutert. (Ungekürzt)

By: Georg Büchner

Narrated by: Aischa-Lina Löbbert, Silke Franz, Alexander Wei...

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Georg Büchners Woyzeck in einer spannenden Hörspiel-Fassung für alle Generationen. Erleben Sie Woyzeck von jungen Schauspielern im Original szenisch gelesen und mit lebhaften Hörspielszenen illustriert. Ein Erzähler führt durch die Handlung und erläutert das Werk. Georg Büchner (1813-1837) gehört mit seinen wenigen Werken zu den bedeutendsten... Read more

"The President Has Been Shot!": The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

By: James L. Swanson

Narrated by: Will Patton

Length: 3 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

This YALSA-ALA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award Finalist is a breathtaking and dramatic account of JFK's assassination by NY Times bestselling author of CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER.In his award-winning young-adult book on the Kennedy assassination, James Swanson will transport readers back to one of the most shocking, sad, and terrifying... Read more

Open Mic

By: Mitali Perkins

Narrated by: Mitali Perkins, Todd Haberkorn, JD Jackson, Tom...

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Using humor as the common denominator, a multicultural cast of YA authors steps up to the mic to share stories touching on race.Listen in as ten YA authors—some familiar, some new—use their own brand of humor to share their stories about growing up between cultures. Henry Choi Lee discovers that pretending to be a tai chi master or a... Read more

Homesteading in the 21st Century

By: Janet Williams

Narrated by: Dan Culhane

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The ultimate guidebook for self-sufficiency and sustainable living in the 21st century.

I believe everyone can build a self-sufficient homestead with a little help and guidance. You could be just a few weeks away from enjoying your beautiful, sustainable lifestyle. Learn how to:

Create a Sustainable Homestead By Raising Livestock and Gardening. No... Read more

Discovering Wes Moore (The Young Adult Adaptation)

By: Wes Moore

Narrated by: Wes Moore

Length: 4 hours

Abridged: No

From the governor-elect of Maryland comes a story of two fatherless boys from Baltimore, both named Wes Moore. One is in prison, serving a life sentence for murder. The other is a Rhodes Scholar, an army veteran, and an author whose book is being turned into a movie produced by Oprah Winfrey.
 
The story of “the other Wes Moore” is one that the... Read more

Gettysburg Voices from the Front

By: Robert Child

Narrated by: Joe Pike

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

A stirring collection of first-hand accounts from Privates on up to the commanding Generals at the Battle of Gettysburg woven into a dramatic and compelling narrative. The reader is transported back to the chaos and uncertainty of the sweltering first three days of July 1863 when Lee's Army of Northern Virginia invaded the North threatening... Read more

Essential Italian in 2 hours with Paul Noble

By: Paul Noble

Narrated by: Paul Noble

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been... Read more

Essential French in 2 hours with Paul Noble

By: Paul Noble

Narrated by: Paul Noble

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been... Read more

Essential Spanish in 2 hours with Paul Noble

By: Paul Noble

Narrated by: Paul Noble

Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been... Read more