Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2003-12
Dewey code: 823.8
List Price: $46.00
Price: $34.96
Review A Christmas Carol (Classics for Young Adults and Adults) / In Audio:
Authors
- Maureen Hanke
- Helen MacGregor
Dewey code: 781
List Price: $40.06
Price: $35.34
Review Music Express: Year 1: Lesson Plans, Recordings, Activities and Photocopiables (Classroom Music) / A & C Black Publishers Ltd:A set of lesson plans, recordings and photocopiable activities for teaching music to Year 1 pupils. The CD/CD-ROM contains lesson plans and recorded extracts to accompany the activities in the book. The text contains instantly accessible photocopiable activities.
Creator: Emily Durante
Edition: Library
Publication date: 2008-07-03
List Price: $74.25
Price: $35.00
Review The Midnight Twins / Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Lib Ed:After battling a mysterious fire on the night of their thirteenth birthday, identical twins Meredith and Mallory Brynn awaken in the hospital with terrifying new powers: Merry can see into the past. Mally can see into the future. But their new gifts come with a heavy price: the mystical bond the twins have shared their entire lives is badly damaged. And now their small town is threatened by a looming danger only the twins can stop. That is, if they can harness their power before it destroys them both. The first book in a lyrical, haunting new trilogy, The Midnight Twins explores the unearthly connection between the Brynn sisters in the same thrilling prose that has made Jacquelyn Mitchard into a national treasure.
Creator: William Sutherland
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2000-10
Dewey code: 813
List Price: $56.00
Price: $35.28
Review The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle / Blackstone Audiobooks:When his colleague Long Arrow disappears, Dr. Dolittle sets off with his assistant, Tommy Stubbins, his dog, Jip, and Polynesia the parrot on an adventurous voyage over tropical seas to floating Spidermonkey Island.
Creator: Daniel Passer
Publication date: 2006-01
List Price: $50.00
Price: $35.00
Review Things Not Seen / Listening Library:Bobby Phillips is an average fifteen-year-old boy. Until the morning he wakes up and can’t see himself in the mirror. Not blind, not dreaming—Bobby is just plain invisible. There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to Bobby’s new condition; even his dad the physicist can’t figure it out. For Bobby that means no school, no friends, no life. He’s a missing person. Then he meets Alicia. She’s blind, and Bobby can’t resist talking to her, trusting her. But people are starting to wonder where Bobby is. Bobby knows that his invisibility could have dangerous consequences for his family and that time is running out. [+]He has to find out how to be seen again—before it’s too late. Teens, especially those not in the über-popular set, know all about feeling invisible. But what would happen if you actually did wake up invisible one day? Fifteen-year-old Bobby is faced with this curious predicament in Andrew Clements's compelling novel Things Not Seen. Doing his best to adapt, Bobby informs his parents and grows more and more frustrated as they try to control his (unseen) life. Attempting to take matters in his own hands, he ventures out-naked-to the library, where he meets a blind girl who becomes a natural confidant. The ensuing drama, involving a nationwide search for other invisible people and a break-in to the computer database at Sears, Roebuck legal department headquarters ("News flash: Invisible people make excellent spies and thieves") is authentic enough in detail to allow readers to overlook the nuttiness of it all. Teens will identify with Bobby's experience of being essentially invisible. Highly recommended. (Ages 11 to 15) -Emilie Coulter.
Creator: Johanna Ward
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2003-09
List Price: $56.00
Price: $35.28
Review The Silver Branch / Blackstone Audiobooks:This is one of Rosemary Sutcliff's acclaimed books set in Roman Britain. "The Silver Branch" tells the story of two Roman soldiers who discover a plot to overthrow the Emperor. They find themselves leading a band of loyalists into the thick of battle in defence of the honour of Rome.
Creator: Suzi Dougherty
Edition: Library
Publication date: 2004-01-30
List Price: $48.00
Price: $48.00
Review Burning for Revenge (The Tomorrow Series #5) / Bolinda Publishing:From Hell to Stratton isn't an easy trip, especially when the enemy's headquarters lies somewhere in between. And that's exactly where Ellie and her friends unwillingly find themselves — smack in the middle of the Wirrawee airfield. With only five of them against hundreds of armed soldiers, escape seems like a suicide mission. The odds aren't good, and Kevin's nervousbreakdown isn't helping matters. Ellie and her compatriots are back, battling to stay alive and struggling to stay together in John Marsden's latest book in the TOMORROW, WHEN THE WAR BEGAN series. High-speed truck chases, unexpected river journeys, and treachery by one of their own are just a few of the problems these Australian teens face in this gritty tale of war and survival. Ellie has started to believe she won't survive the war. Their band of eight teenage guerrillas is down to five now-Robyn and Corrie and Chris are dead, and only she and Homer and Kevin and Lee and Fi are still trying to sabotage the enemy who has taken over their country. They're growing numb and soul sick from the violence, because they've been fighting for a long time-through four previous novels, actually: John Marsden's Tomorrow: When the War Began, The Dead of Night, A Killing Frost, and Darkness Be My Friend. At the same time, they are normal teens who kid around, fall in and out of love, and think long thoughts about the meaning of life. [+]It is this poignant human dimension that lifts Marsden's series above the run-of-the-mill spy action novel-that and the fact that nobody is better at writing about things blowing up. And his scenes leading up to the explosion create tension so powerful it is almost unbearable to keep on reading-but impossible not to. In Burning for Revenge, the five have been abandoned in enemy territory when the New Zealand general decides that they are not valuable enough to send a rescue helicopter. Without any definite plans, they sneak into the back of a truck, only to find themselves at the end of the ride deep within the enemy's airfield. How they battle out of the situation and leave the enemy's air power in ruins makes a breathlessly exciting story that will not disappoint the many teen fans of this excellent series. (Ages 12 and older) -Patty Campbell.
Creator: Johanna Ward
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2001-07
List Price: $56.00
Price: $35.28
Review The Shining Company / Blackstone Audiobooks:In 600 A. D. in northern Britain, Prosper becomes a shield bearer with the Companions, an army made up of three hundred younger sons of minor kings and trained to act as one fighting brotherhood against the invading Saxons.
Creator: Carole Boyd
Publication date: 2000-01
List Price: $64.95
Price: $35.27
Review The Sixth Seal / ISIS Audio Books:After a mysterious apocalypse destroys the world, the few survivors must learn how to coexist in desperate times.
Creator: Ron Rifkin
Edition: UNABRIDGED
Publication date: 2001-02
Price: $33.00
Review The Giver / Listening Library:Twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind this fragile community. In a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. Under the tutelage of the Elders and an old man known as the Giver, he discovers the disturbing truth about his utopian world and struggles against the weight of its hypocrisy. With echoes of Brave New World, in this 1994 Newbery Medal winner, Lowry examines the idea that people might freely choose to give up their humanity in order to create a more stable society. Gradually Jonas learns just how costly this ordered and pain-free society can be, and boldly decides he cannot pay the price.
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-05-01
List Price: $63.00
Price: $39.69
Review The Crystal Prison (Deptford Mice Trilogy) / Blackstone Audio Inc.:The saga of the Deptford Mice continues in this sequel to The Dark Portal. The evil rat Jupiter has been defeated, and the young Deptford mice emerge from the sewers to start a new life in the country. But the albino mouse Oswald is seized by an illness and lies near death. His friend Audrey enlists the help of the ancient squirrel mystic Starwife, who agrees to heal him on one condition. She reintroduces Audrey to the once villainous rat Madam Akkikuyu, whose mind is now broken, and decrees that Madam Akkikuyu must stay with Audrey until she dies. In the country, the mice find a bucolic existence, until they find themselves embroiled in a series of murders. The country mice suspect that headstrong city mouse, Audrey, is the culprit. But the truth is far more sinister, as Audrey witnesses the return of the supernatural evil she thought had been destroyed.
Creator: Tara Sands
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2004-01
List Price: $42.95
Price: $42.95
Review Sammy Keyes & the Sisters of Mercy (Sammy Keyes) / Chivers North America:While serving a detention in the soup kitchen at St. Mary's Church for an infraction committed during her last case, Sammy Keyes becomes the prime suspect in the disappearance of Father Mayhew's prized ivory cross. Ace detective that she is, Sammy manages to prove her innocence but soon discovers that, under its calm exterior, St. Mary's is abuzz with gossip, jealousy, and intrigue-just like junior high! Meanwhile, back at school, Sammy's beloved catcher's mitt-her only connection to her father-disappears just when her team makes the semifinals. Add to this mix: a dog who eats everything in sight, a lesson in safe cracking from a homeless girl who bears a striking resemblance to Sammy, and an exuberant trio of gospel-singing nuns called the Sisters of Mercy, and you've got one wild ride of a mystery-or just another week in the life of Samantha Keyes.
Creator: Jonathan Kent
Edition: Library ed.
Publication date: 2008-12-01
Dewey code: 813
List Price: $55.99
Price: $35.27
Review White Fang / Tantor Media:Part wolf and part dog, orphaned White Fang relies on his instincts as well as his inborn strength and courage to survive in the Yukon wilderness-despite both animal and human predators-and eventually comes to make his peace with man.
Creator: Alison Bell
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2006-07-31
List Price: $40.00
Price: $35.17
Review For Sale or Swap: Library Edition / Bolinda Publishing:Shelby is convinced her reliable but ugly pony, Blue, is holding her back at Pony Club. If only she had a beautiful horse, everyone would see what a great rider she is. But how can Shelby buy a new horse when her parents can't even afford to pay her Pony Club fees? When she sees an ad for an eye-catching brown pony for sale or swap, Shelby thinks she's found the answer to all her problems. Maxshine Celtic Copper - otherwise known as Brat - seems perfect. But swapping a pony who's your best friend for a highly strung horse whose beautiful brown coat washes out with shampoo turns out to be a really bad idea. The race is on for Shelby and her friends to catch a horse thief, find her beloved Blue and return Brat to her rightful owners.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2004-10-12
Dewey code: 372.452
List Price: $43.96
Price: $34.99
Review Reading Fluency Level H Audio CD (Jamestown Education: Reading Fluency) / Glencoe/McGraw-Hill:Watch the first published series aimed at increasing adolescent oral reading fluency in action. Students work in pairs and at comfortable reading levels, practice reading aloud a narrative fiction or nonfiction passage from the nonconsumable Reader. A partner uses the consumable Reader's Record, marking errors and scoring the oral reading. Repeated readings encourage students to increase their fluency. New Audio CDs allow students to hear fluent reading models for all selections at all levels.
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Creator: Jesse Bernstein
Publication date: 2008
Price: $54.99
Review The Titan's Curse (AUDIOBOOK) [CD] (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3):When the goddess Artemis disappears while hunting a rare, ancient monster, a group of her followers joins Percy and his friends in an attempt to find and rescue her before the winter solstice, when her influence is needed to sway the Olympian Council regarding the war with the Titans.
Creator: Philip Pullman
Publication date: 2006-01
Price: $20.00
Review Lyra's Oxford / Listening Library:An exciting new tale set in the world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials saga. This collectible hardcover volume includes a short story by Mr. Pullman, plus a fold-out map of Oxford and various "souvenirs" from the past. The book is illustrated throughout with woodcut illustrations by John Lawrence. Attention all serious book collectors and fans of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. This undoubtedly beautiful package-cloth-bound in a classy red and adorned by numerous illustrations by master engraver and illustrator John Lawrence-is a must-purchase. A pint-sized pocket volume, Lyra's Oxford packages together a short story set in the same universe as his famous trilogy, a fold-out map of the alternate-reality city of Oxford, a short brochure for a cruise to The Levant aboard the S. S. Zenobia, and a postcard from the inventor of the amber spyglass, Mary Malone. Pullman, in his introduction, suggests that the peripheral items within "might be connected with the story, or they might not; they might be connected to stories that haven’t appeared yet. [+]It's difficult to tell. " A very sumptuous and lovingly crafted but tantalizingly brief book , Lyra's Oxford begins when Lyra and Pantalaimon spot a witch's daemon called Ragi being pursued over the rooftops of Oxford by a frenzied pack of birds. The daemon heads straight for Lyra (the creature was given Lyra’s name as somebody who might help) and is given shelter. Together Lyra and Pan try to guide the daemon to the home of Sebastian Makepeace—an alchemist living in a part of Oxford known as Jericho-but it is a journey fraught with more danger than they had at first anticipated. (Age 10 and over) -John McLay.
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2008-06-01
List Price: $39.95
Price: $34.99
Review Julia Gillian (and the Art of Knowing) - Library Edition / Scholastic Audio Books:Ten-year-old Julia Gillian knows everything about her quirky neighbors, her Minneapolis neighborhood, even the inscrutable "claw machine" in the back of the corner hardware store. The one thing Julia Gillian doesn't know is how the book she's reading is going to end. It doesn't seem as if it's going to have a happy ending, and that scares her. But Julia learns a little something about fear: sometimes you just have to work through it. And though bad things do happen sometimes, having good friends and family around you makes life a bit less scary - and much more fun.
Authors
- Flo Gibson (Narrator)
- Rudyard Kipling
Publication date: 2008-05-28
List Price: $34.95
Price: $34.95
Review The Jungle Book (Classic Books on CD Collection) [UNABRIDGED] (Classics on CD) / Audio Book Contractors, Inc.:Mowgli is brought up by wolves and befriended and protected by the black panther, Bagheera, and the brown bear, Baloo, through many legendary adventures. Other stories include: Kaa's Hunting, The White Seal, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Toomai of the Elephants and Her Majesty's Servants. No child should be allowed to grow up without reading The Jungle Books. Published in 1894 and 1895, the stories crackle with as much life and intensity as ever. Rudyard Kipling pours fuel on childhood fantasies with his tales of Mowgli, lost in the jungles of India as a child and adopted into a family of wolves. Mowgli is brought up on a diet of Jungle Law, loyalty, and fresh meat from the kill. Regular adventures with his friends and enemies among the Jungle-People-cobras, panthers, bears, and tigers-hone this man-cub's strength and cleverness and whet every reader's imagination. Mowgli's story is interspersed with other tales of the jungle, such as "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," lending depth and diversity to our understanding of Kipling's India. In much the same way Mowgli is carried away by the Bandar-log monkeys, young readers will be caught up by the stories, swinging from page to page, breathless, thrilled, and terrified. (Ages 9 to 12).
Creator: Michael Prichard
Edition: Library ed.
Publication date: 2009-01-01
Dewey code: 813
List Price: $55.99
Price: $35.27
Review Around the World in Eighty Days / Tantor Media:On a wager, the eccentric English gentleman Phileas Fogg accepts a challenge to circle the globe in eighty days. Follow Phileas and his faithful valet, Passepartout, in this fantastic adventure.
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