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Bestsellers
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Heroine
- By: Mindy McGinnis
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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When a car crash sidelines Mickey just before softball season, she has to find a way to hold on to her spot as the catcher for a team expected to make a historic tournament run. The painkillers she’s been prescribed can help her get behind the plate....
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Intense and Unapologetic
- By Erin on 03-13-19
By: Mindy McGinnis
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Turtles All the Way Down
- By: John Green
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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John Green, the acclaimed author of Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars, returns with a story of shattering, unflinching clarity in this brilliant novel of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship....
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I hate to call it a trigger warning, but-
- By Lynnzee on 10-23-17
By: John Green
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All the Bright Places
- Movie Tie-In Edition
- By: Jennifer Niven
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne, Ariadne Meyers
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might die. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him....
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Best YA Quirky Love Story of 2015
- By FanB14 on 06-09-15
By: Jennifer Niven
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Master of Iron
- Bladesmith, Book 2
- By: Tricia Levenseller
- Narrated by: Emily Ellet
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Eighteen-year-old Ziva may have defeated a deadly warlord, but the price was almost too much. Ziva is forced into a breakneck race to a nearby city with the handsome mercenary, Kellyn, and the young scholar, Petrik, to find a powerful magical healer who can save her sister’s life....
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Great!!!!
- By artismypashn on 12-20-23
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Solitaire
- By: Alice Oseman
- Narrated by: Anne van Veen
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Mijn naam is Tori Spring.Ik hou van slapen en van bloggen. Vorig jaar - vóór al dat gedoe met Charlie en voordat ik de harde realiteit van examens en...
By: Alice Oseman
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How It Feels to Float
- By: Helena Fox
- Narrated by: Candice Moll
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Biz knows how to float. She has her people, her posse, her mom, and the twins. She has Grace. And she has her dad, who tells her about the little kid she was, and who shouldn't be here but is. But her dad died when she was seven....
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How it feels to float
- By Tom on 02-21-23
By: Helena Fox
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Heroine
- By: Mindy McGinnis
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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When a car crash sidelines Mickey just before softball season, she has to find a way to hold on to her spot as the catcher for a team expected to make a historic tournament run. The painkillers she’s been prescribed can help her get behind the plate....
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Intense and Unapologetic
- By Erin on 03-13-19
By: Mindy McGinnis
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Turtles All the Way Down
- By: John Green
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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John Green, the acclaimed author of Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars, returns with a story of shattering, unflinching clarity in this brilliant novel of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship....
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I hate to call it a trigger warning, but-
- By Lynnzee on 10-23-17
By: John Green
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All the Bright Places
- Movie Tie-In Edition
- By: Jennifer Niven
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne, Ariadne Meyers
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might die. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him....
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Best YA Quirky Love Story of 2015
- By FanB14 on 06-09-15
By: Jennifer Niven
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Master of Iron
- Bladesmith, Book 2
- By: Tricia Levenseller
- Narrated by: Emily Ellet
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Eighteen-year-old Ziva may have defeated a deadly warlord, but the price was almost too much. Ziva is forced into a breakneck race to a nearby city with the handsome mercenary, Kellyn, and the young scholar, Petrik, to find a powerful magical healer who can save her sister’s life....
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Great!!!!
- By artismypashn on 12-20-23
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Solitaire
- By: Alice Oseman
- Narrated by: Anne van Veen
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Mijn naam is Tori Spring.Ik hou van slapen en van bloggen. Vorig jaar - vóór al dat gedoe met Charlie en voordat ik de harde realiteit van examens en...
By: Alice Oseman
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How It Feels to Float
- By: Helena Fox
- Narrated by: Candice Moll
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Biz knows how to float. She has her people, her posse, her mom, and the twins. She has Grace. And she has her dad, who tells her about the little kid she was, and who shouldn't be here but is. But her dad died when she was seven....
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How it feels to float
- By Tom on 02-21-23
By: Helena Fox
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Conversion
- By: Katherine Howe
- Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Inspired by true events, from seventeenth-century colonial life to the halls of a modern-day high school, Conversion casts a spell....
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good character wasted on mediocre story
- By Nadia on 07-06-14
By: Katherine Howe
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Unnecessary Drama
- By: Nina Kenwood
- Narrated by: Maddy Withington
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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From the award-winning author of It Sounded Better in My Head comes a deliciously entertaining enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy about two high school nemeses who end up sharing a house together their first year of college....
By: Nina Kenwood
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I Wish You All the Best
- By: Mason Deaver
- Narrated by: MW Cartozian Wilson
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli, Mason Deaver's groundbreaking debut will rip your heart out before showing you how to heal from tragedy and celebrate life in the process....
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What a huge disappointment
- By M J S on 12-09-19
By: Mason Deaver
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Perfect Little Monsters
- By: Cindy R.X. He
- Narrated by: Lily Ganser
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Someone has murdered the queen bee of Sierton High School…and all the dead girl’s friends are suspects....
By: Cindy R.X. He
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All the Things We Do in the Dark
- By: Saundra Mitchell
- Narrated by: Kelly Pruner
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Something happened to Ava. The curving scar on her face is proof. Ava would rather keep that something hidden - buried deep in her heart and her soul....
By: Saundra Mitchell
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When We Collided
- By: Emery Lord
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans, Raviv Ullman
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Seventeen-year-old Jonah Daniels has lived in Verona Cove, California, his whole life, and only one thing has ever changed: His father used to be alive, and now he is not....
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Wow. This story is a feast
- By Julia Fairchild on 04-24-16
By: Emery Lord
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Counting Down with You
- By: Tashie Bhuiyan
- Narrated by: Ariana Delawari
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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In this sparkling and romantic YA debut, a reserved Bangladeshi teenager has 28 days to make the biggest decision of her life after agreeing to fake date her school’s resident bad boy....
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Okay.
- By Anj H on 05-31-21
By: Tashie Bhuiyan
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Swimming in a Sea of Stars
- By: Julie Wright
- Narrated by: Erica Sullivan
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Addison is no stranger to feeling stressed, insecure, and sad. Her therapist recommended she keep a journal to help her understand those feelings better, which she really needs today....
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important and Emotional
- By Anonymous User on 02-13-24
By: Julie Wright
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We Are All So Good at Smiling
- By: Amber McBride
- Narrated by: Amber McBride
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-verse about clinical depression and healing from trauma, from National Book Award Finalist Amber McBride....
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It don’t think it gets better than this
- By C. F. on 04-22-23
By: Amber McBride
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Love, Life, and the List
- By: Kasie West
- Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Abby gives herself one month to do 10 things, ranging from face a fear (three) to learn a stranger's story (five) to fall in love (eight). She knows that if she can complete the list....
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Put this one on your list!
- By Ryan Hooey on 03-02-18
By: Kasie West
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Baby & Solo
- By: Lisabeth Posthuma
- Narrated by: Nick Walther
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s been two years since Joel last experienced What Was Wrong With Him and eight years since The Bad Thing Happened. Now Joel is 17 and seemingly “normal”, with a new prescription from his therapist: a part-time job....
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Great narration and story!
- By Mike on 05-15-21
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The Dead House
- By: Dawn Kurtagich
- Narrated by: Charlotte Parry, Christian Coulson
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Over two decades have passed since the fire at Elmbridge High, an inferno that took the lives of five teenagers....
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Sucked in, spit out, sucked in...
- By Daryl on 08-06-16
By: Dawn Kurtagich
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Ever Since
- By: Alena Bruzas
- Narrated by: Gail Shalan
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Seventeen-year-old Virginia makes bad choices. In fact, she’s That Kind of Girl, according to the whispers. But as long as she has her tight group of best friends by her side, she’s able to ignore the gossipers. Until she finds herself spending time with Rumi, Poppy’s boyfriend....
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Just wow 💔
- By Amazon Customer on 07-22-23
By: Alena Bruzas
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Black Girl Unlimited
- The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard
- By: Echo Brown
- Narrated by: Echo Brown
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Echo Brown is a wizard from the East Side, where apartments are small and parents suffer addictions to the white rocks. Yet there is magic...everywhere....
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A beautiful discovery
- By T. Martin on 01-02-21
By: Echo Brown
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Mysterious Ways
- A Novel
- By: Wendy Wunder
- Narrated by: Georgina Sadler
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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From acclaimed author Wendy Wunder comes a sharp and hilarious coming-of-age novel for fans of John Green and Nicola Yoon about an omniscient teenage girl who must grapple with whether there’s such a thing as knowing too much.
By: Wendy Wunder
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Schizo
- A Novel
- By: Nic Sheff
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Miles is the ultimate unreliable narrator - a teen recovering from a schizophrenic breakdown who believes he is getting better - when in reality he is growing worse....
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Good story
- By VLG on 08-06-18
By: Nic Sheff
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Chaos Theory
- By: Nic Stone
- Narrated by: Nic Stone, Dion Graham
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin delivers a gripping romance about two teens: a certified genius living with a diagnosed mental illness and a politician's son who is running from his own addiction and grief....
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Amazing!!!
- By Anonymous User on 08-03-24
By: Nic Stone
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The Astonishing Color of After
- By: Emily X.R. Pan
- Narrated by: Stephanie Hsu
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird....
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Worth Reading Until the End
- By Cynthia G. Gerwin on 10-07-18
By: Emily X.R. Pan
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Someone Is Always Watching
- By: Kelley Armstrong
- Narrated by: Erica Anderson
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Blythe and her friends — Gabrielle, and brother and sister Tucker and Tanya — have always been a tight friend group, attending a local high school and falling in and out of love with each other. But an act of violence has caused a rift between Blythe and Tucker....
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Lots of Potential, Not Done Well for Avid Readers
- By Angelique Gobel on 04-22-23
By: Kelley Armstrong
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Switch
- By: A.S. King
- Narrated by: A.S. King
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Time has stopped. It's been June 23, 2020, for nearly a year as far as anyone can tell. Frantic adults demand teenagers focus on finding practical solutions to the worldwide crisis. Not everyone is on board, though....
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The woman of thought
- By Kat Cashon on 06-05-21
By: A.S. King
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The Immeasurable Depth of You
- By: Maria Ingrande Mora
- Narrated by: Elsa Lepecki Bean, Maria Ingrande Mora
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In the devastating but uplifting tradition of Adam Silvera and Nova Ren Suma comes a queer supernatural coming-of-age story from acclaimed author Maria Ingrande Mora....
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Anxiety and angst
- By Bo M. on 10-16-23
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Keep This to Yourself
- By: Tom Ryan
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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It's been a year since the Catalog Killer terrorized the sleepy seaside town of Camera Cove, killing four people before disappearing without a trace. Like everyone else in town, 18-year-old Mac Bell is trying to put that horrible summer behind him....
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Excellent Mystery with Some Nice Twists
- By Ray Paramo on 10-29-19
By: Tom Ryan
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The Last True Poets of the Sea
- By: Julia Drake
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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The Larkin family isn't just lucky - they persevere. At least that's what Violet and her younger brother, Sam, were always told. When the Lyric sank off the coast of Maine, their great-great-great grandmother didn't drown like the other passengers. No, Fidelia swam to shore....
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An unexpectedly complex gem I’ll come back to repeatedly
- By tsarin black on 07-12-21
By: Julia Drake
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Devil in Ohio
- By: Daria Polatin
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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When 15-year-old Jules Mathis finds a strange girl sitting in her kitchen, her psychiatrist mother reveals that Mae is one of her patients at the hospital and will be staying with their family....
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Would love to know how this became a series.
- By Sharon Clarke on 08-30-22
By: Daria Polatin
New releases
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Mysterious Ways
- A Novel
- By: Wendy Wunder
- Narrated by: Georgina Sadler
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Seventeen-year-old Maya knows everything. When she looks at someone, she instantly knows their history, their private thoughts, their secret desires, their most tragic failures. Combine these private miseries with the general state of the world, and it's easy to see why Maya's power starts to get her down… Which is why she was sent to the Whispering Pines Psychiatric Facility, and also why starting at a new school is going to be such a challenge. Now, faced with Tyler, a cute guy she actually wants to know everything about, Maya realizes that maybe her power isn't so horrible after all.
By: Wendy Wunder
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The Half-Orphan's Handbook
- By: Joan F. Smith
- Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s been three months since Lila lost her father to suicide. Since then, she’s learned to protect herself from pain by following two unbreakable rules: 1. The only people who can truly hurt you are the ones you love. Therefore, love no one. 2. Stay away from liars. Liars are the worst. But when Lila’s mother sends her to a summer-long grief camp, it’s suddenly harder for Lila to follow these rules. Potential new friends and an unexpected crush threaten to drag her back into life for the first time since her dad’s death.
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Adequate teen mental health story
- By Miss Amy on 07-06-23
By: Joan F. Smith
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Queens of Geek
- By: Jen Wilde
- Narrated by: Cat Gould, Sarah Mollo-Christensen
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Charlie likes to stand out. She's a vlogger and actress promoting her first movie at SupaCon, and this is her chance to show fans she's over her public breakup with co-star Reese Ryan. When Internet-famous cool-girl actress Alyssa Huntington arrives as a surprise guest, it seems Charlie's long-time crush on her isn't as one-sided as she thought. Taylor likes to blend in. Her brain is wired differently, making her fear change. And there's one thing in her life she knows will never change: her friendship with her best guy friend Jamie - no matter how much she may secretly want it to.
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Amazing.
- By Austin Pierce on 05-02-21
By: Jen Wilde
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Haunted Ones
- By: Kino McFarland
- Narrated by: Bria Weisz
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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"Haunted Ones" is a gripping young adult novella that delves into the chilling tale of a teenager's descent into darkness. Donna Blyth struggles with family secrets, the ghosts of the past, and her own mind. With its blend of the supernatural, mystery, and heart-pounding suspense, "Haunted Ones" will captivate listeners until the very last minute. Brace yourself for a journey into the unknown where the line between reality and nightmare blurs, and every turn reveals a new twist in this haunting tale of survival.
By: Kino McFarland
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Dinged
- By: Tommy Greenwald
- Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo, Carly Robins
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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Caleb Springer is the up-and-coming star freshman quarterback on the high school football team, which isn't a surprise considering his dad, Sammy Springer, was an NFL superstar and is now the town celebrity. College scouts are already snooping around Caleb, and his future seems set. But just as Caleb's glory days begin, his dad starts to change. He's forgetting things and getting angry at random times. Caleb is forced to confront a bleak possibility: The sport that gives him so much status and self-worth might be the cause of his dad's strange behavior.
By: Tommy Greenwald
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Sunshine Is Forever
- A Novel
- By: Kyle T. Cowan
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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After a life-changing event, Hunter decides that he can't go on...which lands him in Camp Sunshine, a rehab center for depressed teens. Hunter is determined to keep everyone there out of his head, especially his therapist. But when he meets Corin, a beautiful, mysterious, and confident fellow camper, all Hunter wants to do is open up to her - despite the fact that he's been warned Corin is bad news.
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Sunshine could go on forever
- By Robert J on 11-24-17
By: Kyle T. Cowan
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Mysterious Ways
- A Novel
- By: Wendy Wunder
- Narrated by: Georgina Sadler
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Seventeen-year-old Maya knows everything. When she looks at someone, she instantly knows their history, their private thoughts, their secret desires, their most tragic failures. Combine these private miseries with the general state of the world, and it's easy to see why Maya's power starts to get her down… Which is why she was sent to the Whispering Pines Psychiatric Facility, and also why starting at a new school is going to be such a challenge. Now, faced with Tyler, a cute guy she actually wants to know everything about, Maya realizes that maybe her power isn't so horrible after all.
By: Wendy Wunder
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The Half-Orphan's Handbook
- By: Joan F. Smith
- Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s been three months since Lila lost her father to suicide. Since then, she’s learned to protect herself from pain by following two unbreakable rules: 1. The only people who can truly hurt you are the ones you love. Therefore, love no one. 2. Stay away from liars. Liars are the worst. But when Lila’s mother sends her to a summer-long grief camp, it’s suddenly harder for Lila to follow these rules. Potential new friends and an unexpected crush threaten to drag her back into life for the first time since her dad’s death.
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Adequate teen mental health story
- By Miss Amy on 07-06-23
By: Joan F. Smith
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Queens of Geek
- By: Jen Wilde
- Narrated by: Cat Gould, Sarah Mollo-Christensen
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Charlie likes to stand out. She's a vlogger and actress promoting her first movie at SupaCon, and this is her chance to show fans she's over her public breakup with co-star Reese Ryan. When Internet-famous cool-girl actress Alyssa Huntington arrives as a surprise guest, it seems Charlie's long-time crush on her isn't as one-sided as she thought. Taylor likes to blend in. Her brain is wired differently, making her fear change. And there's one thing in her life she knows will never change: her friendship with her best guy friend Jamie - no matter how much she may secretly want it to.
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Amazing.
- By Austin Pierce on 05-02-21
By: Jen Wilde
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Haunted Ones
- By: Kino McFarland
- Narrated by: Bria Weisz
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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"Haunted Ones" is a gripping young adult novella that delves into the chilling tale of a teenager's descent into darkness. Donna Blyth struggles with family secrets, the ghosts of the past, and her own mind. With its blend of the supernatural, mystery, and heart-pounding suspense, "Haunted Ones" will captivate listeners until the very last minute. Brace yourself for a journey into the unknown where the line between reality and nightmare blurs, and every turn reveals a new twist in this haunting tale of survival.
By: Kino McFarland
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Dinged
- By: Tommy Greenwald
- Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo, Carly Robins
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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Caleb Springer is the up-and-coming star freshman quarterback on the high school football team, which isn't a surprise considering his dad, Sammy Springer, was an NFL superstar and is now the town celebrity. College scouts are already snooping around Caleb, and his future seems set. But just as Caleb's glory days begin, his dad starts to change. He's forgetting things and getting angry at random times. Caleb is forced to confront a bleak possibility: The sport that gives him so much status and self-worth might be the cause of his dad's strange behavior.
By: Tommy Greenwald
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Sunshine Is Forever
- A Novel
- By: Kyle T. Cowan
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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After a life-changing event, Hunter decides that he can't go on...which lands him in Camp Sunshine, a rehab center for depressed teens. Hunter is determined to keep everyone there out of his head, especially his therapist. But when he meets Corin, a beautiful, mysterious, and confident fellow camper, all Hunter wants to do is open up to her - despite the fact that he's been warned Corin is bad news.
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Sunshine could go on forever
- By Robert J on 11-24-17
By: Kyle T. Cowan
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Counting Down with You
- By: Tashie Bhuiyan
- Narrated by: Ariana Delawari
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Karina Ahmed has a plan. Keep her head down, get through high school without a fuss, and follow her parents’ rules - even if it means sacrificing her dreams. When her parents go abroad to Bangladesh for four weeks, Karina expects some peace and quiet. Instead, one simple lie unravels everything. Karina is my girlfriend. Tutoring the school’s resident bad boy was already crossing a line. Pretending to date him? Out of the question. But Ace Clyde does everything right. Though Karina agrees, she can’t help but start counting down the days until her parents come back.
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Okay.
- By Anj H on 05-31-21
By: Tashie Bhuiyan
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How It Feels to Float
- By: Helena Fox
- Narrated by: Candice Moll
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Biz knows how to float. She has her people, her posse, her mom, and the twins. She has Grace. And she has her dad, who tells her about the little kid she was, and who shouldn't be here but is. So Biz doesn't tell anyone anything. Not about her dark, runaway thoughts, not about kissing Grace or noticing Jasper, the new boy. And she doesn't tell anyone about her dad. Because her dad died when she was seven. And Biz knows how to float, right there on the surface - normal, okay, regular, fine.
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How it feels to float
- By Tom on 02-21-23
By: Helena Fox
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Conversion
- By: Katherine Howe
- Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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It's senior year at St. Joan's Academy, and school is a pressure cooker. College applications, the battle for valedictorian, deciphering boys' texts: Through it all, Colleen Rowley and her friends are expected to keep it together. Until they can't. First it's the school's queen bee, Clara Rutherford, who suddenly falls into uncontrollable tics in the middle of class. Her mystery illness quickly spreads to her closest clique of friends, then more students and symptoms follow: Seizures, hair loss, violent coughing fits. St. Joan's buzzes with rumor; rumor blossoms into full-blown panic.
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good character wasted on mediocre story
- By Nadia on 07-06-14
By: Katherine Howe
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The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily
- By: Laura Creedle
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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When Lily Michaels-Ryan ditches her ADHD meds and lands in detention with Abelard, she's intrigued - he seems 30 seconds behind while she feels 30 seconds ahead. It doesn't hurt that he's brilliant and beautiful. When Abelard posts a quote from The Letters of Abelard and Heloise online, their mutual affinity for ancient love letters connects them. The two fall for each other. Hard. But is it enough to bridge their differences in person?
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Amazing disability rep
- By angelo rodriguez on 09-15-21
By: Laura Creedle
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I Have Lost My Way
- By: Gayle Forman
- Narrated by: Nicole Lewis, Michael Crouch, Sunil Malhotra
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Around the time that Freya loses her voice while recording her debut album, Harun is making plans to run away from home to find the boy that he loves, and Nathaniel is arriving in New York City after a family tragedy leaves him isolated on the outskirts of Washington state. After the three of them collide in Central Park, they slowly reveal the parts of their past that they haven't been able to confront, and together, they find their way back to who they're supposed to be.
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very contemporary, but a solid "C"
- By Lindsay S. Nixon on 03-30-18
By: Gayle Forman
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The Bridge
- By: Bill Konigsberg
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Aaron and Tillie don't know each other, but they are both feeling suicidal, and arrive at the George Washington Bridge at the same time, intending to jump. Aaron is a gay misfit struggling with depression and loneliness. Tillie isn't sure what her problem is - only that she will never be good enough. On the bridge, there are four things that could happen: Aaron jumps and Tillie doesn't. Tillie jumps and Aaron doesn't. They both jump. Neither of them jumps. Or maybe all four things happen....
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A life saver
- By Maura on 05-28-22
By: Bill Konigsberg
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Never Ending
- By: Martyn Bedford
- Narrated by: Melody Grove
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Shiv's younger brother, Declan, died while their family was on holiday in Greece. Shiv doesn't know how to live any more - she is tormented by guilt. Now she finds herself at the Korsakoff Clinic, undergoing a most unorthodox therapy, which is often painful. The clinic must help her find a way to live again. But first, they will make her face what really happened to her brother.
By: Martyn Bedford
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Flawed
- By: Kate Avelynn
- Narrated by: Lexi Mae
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Sarah O'Brien is only alive because of the pact she and her brother made twelve years ago—James will protect her from their violent father if she promises never to leave him. For years, she's watched James destroy his life to save hers. If all he asks for in return is her affection, she'll give it freely.
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Sad
- By Amazon Customer on 07-18-24
By: Kate Avelynn
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Starworld
- By: Audrey Coulthurst, Paula Garner
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Emma Galvin
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Sam Jones and Zoe Miller have one thing in common: they both want an escape from reality. Loner Sam flies under the radar at school and walks on eggshells at home to manage her mom’s obsessive-compulsive disorder, wondering how she can ever leave to pursue her dream of studying aerospace engineering. Popular, people-pleasing Zoe puts up walls so no one can see her true self: the girl who was abandoned as an infant, whose adoptive mother has cancer, and whose disabled brother is being sent away to live in a facility.
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lovely story
- By Chess on 11-05-19
By: Audrey Coulthurst, and others
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Silence Is Goldfish
- By: Annabel Pitcher
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Fifteen-year-old Tess doesn't mean to become mute. At first, she's just too shocked to speak. And who wouldn't be? Discovering your whole life has been a lie because your dad isn't your real father is a pretty big deal. Terrified of the truth, Tess retreats into silence. Reeling from her family's betrayal, Tess sets out to discover the identity of her real father. He could be anyone - even the familiar-looking teacher at her school. Tess continues to investigate, uncovering a secret that could ruin multiple lives.
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Not just another Young Adult book
- By Gretag on 08-07-16
By: Annabel Pitcher
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The Astonishing Color of After
- By: Emily X.R. Pan
- Narrated by: Stephanie Hsu
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird. Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. There, she is determined to find her mother, the bird. In her search, she winds up chasing after ghosts, uncovering family secrets, and forging a new relationship with her grandparents.
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Worth Reading Until the End
- By Cynthia G. Gerwin on 10-07-18
By: Emily X.R. Pan
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A Place for Vanishing
- By: Ann Fraistat
- Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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The house was supposed to be a fresh start. That's what Libby's mom said. And after Libby’s recent bipolar III diagnosis and the tragedy that preceded it, Libby knows she and her family need to find a new normal. But Libby’s new home turns out to be anything but normal. Scores of bugs haunt its winding halls, towering stained-glass windows feature strange, insectile designs, and the garden teems with impossibly blue roses. And then there are the rumors.
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Amazing Read
- By Shannelle Thompson on 04-27-24
By: Ann Fraistat
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Out of the Darkness
- A Novel
- By: Jeanne Fortune
- Narrated by: Grace Bjarnson
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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From a complicated Haitian life to heart surgery, to homelessness, Cynthia Josaphat’s struggles to survive her new life in the United States seem endless. After she’s taken from the only home she’s ever known by a domineering yet distant father, Cynthia’s life takes a sudden turn toward despair. Away from her mother for the first time, the Haitian teenager resolves to make the best of a difficult transition to America. Life in Haiti wasn’t perfect, but it was the only life she knew. Now, suddenly uprooted, Cynthia’s troubles have only just begun.
By: Jeanne Fortune
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A Quiet Kind of Thunder
- By: Sara Barnard
- Narrated by: Lauren Irwin
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Steffi has been a selective mute for most of her life. The condition's name has always felt ironic to her, because she certainly does not "select" not to speak. In fact, she would give anything to be able to speak as easily and often as everyone around her can. She suffers from crippling anxiety, and uncontrollably, in most situations simply can't open her mouth to get out the words. Steffi's been silent for so long that she feels completely invisible. But Rhys, the new boy at school, sees her.
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I read the book and wanted to listen
- By Simone L Mendes on 07-12-24
By: Sara Barnard
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Lock the Doors
- By: Vincent Ralph
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank, Sasha Higgins
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Tom's family has moved into their dream home. But pretty soon, he starts to notice that something is very wrong—there are strange messages written on the wall and locks on the bedroom doors. On the OUTSIDE. The previous owners have moved just across the road and they seem like the perfect family. Their daughter Amy is beautiful and enigmatic, but Tom is sure she's got something to hide. And he isn't going to stop until he finds the truth behind those locked doors.... Will their dream home become a nightmare?
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Was alright
- By Madison Macke on 08-27-24
By: Vincent Ralph
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Tell Me My Name
- By: Amy Reed
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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On wealthy Commodore Island, Fern is watching and waiting - for summer, for college, for her childhood best friend to decide he loves her. Then Ivy Avila lands on the island like a falling star. When Ivy shines on her, Fern feels seen. When they're together, Fern has purpose. She glimpses the secrets Ivy hides behind her fame, her fortune, the lavish parties she throws at her great glass house, and understands that Ivy hurts in ways Fern can't fathom. And soon, it's clear Ivy wants someone Fern can help her get. But as the two pull closer, Fern's cozy life on Commodore unravels.
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Felt better than Gatsby
- By calvin stara on 08-16-21
By: Amy Reed
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Schizo
- A Novel
- By: Nic Sheff
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Driven to the point of obsession to find his missing younger brother, Teddy, and wrapped up in a romance that may or may not be the real thing, Miles is forever chasing shadows. As Miles feels his world closing around him, he struggles to keep it open, but what you think you know about his world is actually a blur of gray, and the sharp focus of reality proves startling.
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Good story
- By VLG on 08-06-18
By: Nic Sheff
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Those Pink Mountain Nights
- By: Jen Ferguson
- Narrated by: Julie Lumsden, Aaliya Warbus, Kimberly Woods, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overachievement isn’t a bad word—for Berlin, it’s the goal. She’s securing excellent grades, planning her future, and working a part-time job at Pink Mountain Pizza, a legendary local business. Who says she needs a best friend by her side? Dropping out of high school wasn’t smart—but it was necessary for Cameron. Since his cousin Kiki’s disappearance, it’s hard enough to find the funny side of life, especially when the whole town has forgotten Kiki. To them, she’s just another missing Native girl.
By: Jen Ferguson
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What Kind of Girl
- By: Alyssa Sheinmel
- Narrated by: Cady Zuckerman
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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The girls at North Bay Academy are taking sides. It all started when Mike Parker's girlfriend showed up with a bruise on her face. Or, more specifically, when she walked into the principal's office and said Mike hit her. But her classmates have questions. Why did she go to the principal and not the police? Why did she stay so long if Mike was hurting her? Obviously, if it's true, Mike should be expelled. But is it true?
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Important story
- By Pink Amy on 11-24-23
By: Alyssa Sheinmel
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Someone Is Always Watching
- By: Kelley Armstrong
- Narrated by: Erica Anderson
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Blythe and her friends — Gabrielle, and brother and sister Tucker and Tanya — have always been a tight friend group, attending a local high school and falling in and out of love with each other. But an act of violence has caused a rift between Blythe and Tucker . . . and unexpected bursts of aggression and disturbing nightmares have started to become more frequent in their lives.
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Lots of Potential, Not Done Well for Avid Readers
- By Angelique Gobel on 04-22-23
By: Kelley Armstrong
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Not About a Boy
- By: Myah Hollis
- Narrated by: Jade Wheeler
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Amélie Cœur has never known what it truly means to be happy. She thought she’d found happiness once, in a love that ended in tragedy and nearly sent her over the edge. Now, at seventeen, Mel is beginning to piece her life back together. Under the supervision of Laurelle Child Services, the exclusive foster care agency that raised her, Mel is sober and living with a new family among Manhattan’s elite. It’s her last chance at adoption before she ages out of the system, and she promised, this time, she’ll try.
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Raw & original
- By Hannah on 07-26-24
By: Myah Hollis
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I Am Not Alone
- By: Francisco X. Stork
- Narrated by: Christian Barillas, Gail Shalan
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Alberto's life isn't easy: He's an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who lives with his sister's abusive boyfriend-but he'd always accepted his place in the world. Until he starts hearing the voice of a man called Captain America, a voice that wants him to achieve more, no matter the cost.
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Heroine
- By: Mindy McGinnis
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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When a car crash sidelines Mickey just before softball season, she has to find a way to hold on to her spot as the catcher for a team expected to make a historic tournament run. Behind the plate is the only place she’s ever felt comfortable, and the painkillers she’s been prescribed can help her get there. The pills do more than take away pain; they make her feel good. But as the pressure to be Mickey Catalan heightens, her need increases, and it becomes less about pain and more about want, something that could send her spiraling out of control.
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Intense and Unapologetic
- By Erin on 03-13-19
By: Mindy McGinnis
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For a Muse of Fire
- By: Heidi Heilig
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Jetta’s family is famed as the most talented troupe of shadow players in the land. With Jetta behind the scrim, their puppets seem to move without string or stick - a trade secret, they say. In truth, Jetta can see the souls of the recently departed and bind them to the puppets with her blood. But ever since the colonizing army conquered their country, the old ways are forbidden, so Jetta must never show, never tell. Her skill and fame are her family’s way to earn a spot aboard the royal ship to Aquitan, where shadow plays are the latest rage.
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Not the best
- By Kaleigh on 12-15-18
By: Heidi Heilig