Middle Grade Road Trip

The Unwanteds

By: Lisa McMann
Narrated by: Simon Jones
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

A riveting middlegrade dystopian novel from New York Times bestselling Wake author Lisa McMann that Kirkus Reviews calls “The Hunger Games meets Harry Potter.”

Every year in Quill, thirteen-year-olds are sorted into categories: the strong, intelligent Wanteds go to university, and the artistic Unwanteds are sent to their deaths.

Thirteen-year-old... Read more

The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell

The Land of Stories: Book #1

By: Chris Colfer
Narrated by: Chris Colfer
Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

The first book in Chris Colfer's #1 New York Times bestselling series The Land of Stories about two siblings who fall into a fairy-tale world!

Alex and Conner Bailey's world is about to change, in this fast-paced adventure that uniquely combines our modern day world with the enchanting realm of classic fairy tales.

The Land of Stories tells the... Read more

Big Rig

By: Louise Hawes
Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Hitch a ride with eleven-year-old Hazmat and her dad in their eighteen-wheeler, Leonardo, for a feel-good road trip across America that keeps on trucking!Life on the road with Daddy is as good as gets for Hazmat. Together, they’ve been taking jobs and crisscrossing the US for years. Now Daddy’s talking about putting down roots—somewhere Hazmat... Read more

An Occasionally Happy Family

By: Cliff Burke
Narrated by: Michael Crouch
Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Gordon Korman meets The Great Outdoors in this funny and moving debut about a boy who goes on a disastrous family vacation (sweltering heat! bear chases!) that ends with a terrible surprise: his dad's new girlfriend.

There are zero reasons for Theo Ripley to look forward to his family vacation. Not only are he, sister Laura, and nature-obsessed... Read more

Clean Getaway

By: Nic Stone
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 3 hours 56 minutes

“A fast-paced read that has as many funny twists and turns as G-ma's driving! Part historical fiction, part road adventure, Nic Stone's first middle grade novel is perfect for a read aloud! Read more

Drew Leclair Gets a Clue

By: Katryn Bury
Narrated by: Devon Hales
Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

In this modern take on Harriet the Spy, twelve-year-old Drew uses her true crime expertise to catch the cyberbully in her school—only to discover that family, friendship, and identity are the hardest mysteries to solve.Drew Leclair knows what it takes to be a great detective. She’s pored over the cases solved by her hero, criminal profiler Lita... Read more

Addison Cooke and the Treasure of the Incas

Addison Cooke: Book #1

By: Jonathan W. Stokes
Narrated by: Ralph Lister
Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

The Goonies meets Indiana Jones and James Patterson's Treasure Hunters in this funny, action-filled adventure series!

Twelve-year-old Addison Cooke just wishes something exciting would happen to him. His aunt and uncle, both world-famous researchers, travel to the ends of the earth searching for hidden treasure, dodging dangerous robbers along... Read more

The Last Last-Day-of-Summer

Legendary Alston Boys: Book #1

By: Lamar Giles
Narrated by: Ruffin Prentiss
Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Otto and Sheed are the local sleuths in their zany Virginia town, masters of unraveling mischief using their unmatched powers of deduction. And as the summer winds down and the first day of school looms, the boys are craving just a little bit more time for fun, even as they bicker over what kind of fun they want to have. That is, until a... Read more

Lola Benko, Treasure Hunter

Lola Benko, Treasure Hunter: Book #1

By: Beth McMullen
Narrated by: Rachel Leblang
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Twelve-year-old Lola Benko has learned a lot from her archaeologist dad. They've spent most of her life globe-trotting to far-flung locales, chasing elusive artifacts and lost treasures. There are downsides—living out of a suitcase and no true BFF, to name a couple—but every day is an adventure. And they have each other.

That is, until the day... Read more

Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls

Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls: Book #1

By: Beth McMullen
Narrated by: Kelsey Navarro
Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

A girl discovers her boarding school is actually an elite spy-training program, and she must learn the skills of the trade in order to find her mother in this action-packed middle grade debut.

After a botched escape plan from her boarding school, Abigail is stunned to discover the school is actually a cover for an elite spy ring called The... Read more

Last Gate of the Emperor

By: Kwame Mbalia & Prince Joel Makonnen
Narrated by: Prince Araya Mengesha
Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

From Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel David Makonnen comes an Afrofuturist adventure about a mythical Ethiopian empire. Sci-fi and fantasy combine in this epic journey to the stars. Yared Heywat lives an isolated life in Addis Prime -- a hardscrabble city with rundown tech, lots of rules, and not much to do. His worrywart Uncle Moti and bionic... Read more

Finally Seen

By: Kelly Yang
Narrated by: Cindy Kay & Kelly Yang
Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” (Booklist, starred review) middle grade novel about a young girl who leaves China to live with her parents and sister, after five years apart, and learns about family, friendship, and the power of being finally seen.

My sister got to grow up with my parents.... Read more

Three Keys (A Front Desk Novel)

Front Desk

By: Kelly Yang
Narrated by: Sunny Lu
Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

The story of Mia and her family and friends at the Calivista Motel continues in this powerful, hilarious, and resonant sequel to the award-winning novel Front Desk.Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend,... Read more

Front Desk

By: Kelly Yang
Narrated by: Sunny Lu
Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Winner of the Asian / Pacific American Award for Children's Literature!

* "Many readers will recognize themselves or their neighbors in these pages." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Mia Tang has a lot of secrets.

Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the... Read more

Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy

By: Angie Thomas
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Internationally bestselling superstar author Angie Thomas makes her middle grade debut with the launch of an inventive, hilarious, and suspenseful new contemporary fantasy trilogy inspired by African American history and folklore.It’s not easy being a Remarkable in the Unremarkable world. Some things are cool—like getting a pet hellhound for... Read more

Amari and the Great Game

Supernatural Investigations: Book #2

By: B. B. Alston
Narrated by: Imani Parks
Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

Sequel to the New York Times bestseller Amari and the Night Brothers!Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this magical second book in the New York Times and Indie bestselling Supernatural Investigations trilogy—perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, the Percy Jackson series, and Nevermoor.After finding her brother and saving... Read more

Amari and the Night Brothers

Supernatural Investigations: Book #1

By: B. B. Alston
Narrated by: Imani Parks
Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

“WOW!! This is my new favorite Middle Reader book, hands down!! Amari Peters is a fantastic character full of spunk and determination. She is on a mission to find her brother when she dives headfirst into a brilliant, brutal world of imagination and magic, a world of supernatural affairs. But in this world of supernaturals, magicians are illegal... Read more

The Grace of Wild Things

By: Heather Fawcett
Narrated by: Aven Shore
Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

An inventive and fantastical reimagining of Anne of Green Gables—with magic and witches!—that explores found family, loss, and the power of a girl's imagination, from the acclaimed author of The Language of Ghosts and The School Between Winter and Fairyland. Perfect for readers who loved The Girl Who Drank the Moon and Serafina and the Black... Read more

Coraline

By: Neil Gaiman
Narrated by: Neus Sendra
Length: 3 hours 44 minutes

“Coraline is one of those rare books that I would recommend listening to instead of simply reading, thanks to the melodic, hilarious at times, always creepy as hell narration from Neil Gaiman. Returning to it evokes the same masterful sense of disturbance and profound resilience that makes Coraline stand out among the rapidly growing genre of... Read more

The Book That No One Wanted to Read

By: Richard Ayoade
Narrated by: Jarvis Cocker, Lydia Fox & Richard Ayoade
Length: 49 minutes

Hello! I'm a book!
I can say with all modesty that The Book That No One Wanted To Read might be the most important book of all time. Why? Because it’s the first book to have been written by a book. Most books are written by authors. Here is what some of them have to say about this book:
“A very—very—funny book that’s also a playfully philosophical... Read more