Bestsellers
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Amari and the Despicable Wonders
- Supernatural Investigations, Book 3
- By: B. B. Alston
- Narrated by: Imani Parks
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Elaine Harlowe has manipulated her way into becoming prime minister, using her mind control ability to force the Bureau to take up her vicious grudge against magiciankind.
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Is there going to be a book 4
- By Amazon Customer on 09-07-24
By: B. B. Alston
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
- By: Mildred D. Taylor
- Narrated by: Lynne Thigpen, Jacqueline Woodson
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice....
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Chapter Breaks....Just thought I'd add these
- By Tami Fowler on 04-05-13
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Bud, Not Buddy
- By: Christopher Paul Curtis
- Narrated by: James Avery
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Hit the road with Bud in this Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy on a journey to find his father....
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Great Family Audio
- By Dionne on 02-21-09
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Amos Fortune, Free Man
- By: Elizabeth Yates
- Narrated by: Roslyn Ruff
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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When Amos Fortune was only 15 years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction....
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i love this book
- By Mike L. on 11-08-18
By: Elizabeth Yates
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Amari and the Night Brothers
- By: B. B. Alston
- Narrated by: Imani Parks
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she got in trouble for standing up to bullies who said he was gone for good....
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Thank you!
- By Amazon Customer on 03-29-21
By: B. B. Alston
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Amari and the Great Game
- Supernatural Investigations, Book 2
- By: B. B. Alston
- Narrated by: Imani Parks
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze....
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simply amazing!!!
- By Ghostraven333 on 09-01-22
By: B. B. Alston
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Amari and the Despicable Wonders
- Supernatural Investigations, Book 3
- By: B. B. Alston
- Narrated by: Imani Parks
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Elaine Harlowe has manipulated her way into becoming prime minister, using her mind control ability to force the Bureau to take up her vicious grudge against magiciankind.
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Is there going to be a book 4
- By Amazon Customer on 09-07-24
By: B. B. Alston
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
- By: Mildred D. Taylor
- Narrated by: Lynne Thigpen, Jacqueline Woodson
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice....
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Chapter Breaks....Just thought I'd add these
- By Tami Fowler on 04-05-13
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Bud, Not Buddy
- By: Christopher Paul Curtis
- Narrated by: James Avery
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Hit the road with Bud in this Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy on a journey to find his father....
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Great Family Audio
- By Dionne on 02-21-09
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Amos Fortune, Free Man
- By: Elizabeth Yates
- Narrated by: Roslyn Ruff
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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When Amos Fortune was only 15 years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction....
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i love this book
- By Mike L. on 11-08-18
By: Elizabeth Yates
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Amari and the Night Brothers
- By: B. B. Alston
- Narrated by: Imani Parks
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she got in trouble for standing up to bullies who said he was gone for good....
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Thank you!
- By Amazon Customer on 03-29-21
By: B. B. Alston
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Amari and the Great Game
- Supernatural Investigations, Book 2
- By: B. B. Alston
- Narrated by: Imani Parks
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze....
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simply amazing!!!
- By Ghostraven333 on 09-01-22
By: B. B. Alston
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963
- By: Christopher Paul Curtis
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree about an unforgettable family on a road-trip during one of the most important times in the civil rights movement....
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Funny and Poignant Look at Civil Rights Era
- By EmilyK on 08-26-14
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Stacey's Remarkable Books
- By: Stacey Abrams
- Narrated by: Stacey Abrams
- Length: 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Stacey’s favorite day of the week is Thursday, when the whole class goes to the library and she gets to lose herself in her beloved books.
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Every teacher wants a Stacey in their classroom
- By RC on 04-29-23
By: Stacey Abrams
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Stacey’s Extraordinary Words
- By: Stacey Abrams
- Narrated by: Stacey Abrams
- Length: 14 mins
- Unabridged
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The debut picture book from iconic voting rights advocate and number one New York Times best-selling author Stacey Abrams is an inspiring tale of determination, based on her own childhood....
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Loved it!
- By Jacqueline Lam on 05-07-22
By: Stacey Abrams
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The Princess and the Frog
- By: Irene Trimble, Disney Press
- Narrated by: Cherise Boothe
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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At first, beautiful, hardworking Tiana is not impressed when she meets spoiled Prince Naveen. But when the two of them are transformed into frogs, they quickly realize that they will have to learn to like each other, warts and all, if they hope to get out of the Louisiana bayou alive....
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Great Naration!
- By LATOYA on 03-21-24
By: Irene Trimble, and others
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Freewater
- By: Amina Luqman-Dawson
- Narrated by: Cary Hite, Sisi Aisha Johnson
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Under the cover of night, 12-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there’s no turning back....
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Powerful, Enlightening, and Empowering!
- By sabreen jai on 03-05-22
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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
- Tristan Strong, Book 1
- By: Kwame Mbalia
- Narrated by: Amir Abdullah
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Kwame Mbalia's epic fantasy, a middle grade American Gods set in a richly-imagined world populated with African American folk heroes and West African gods....
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Enjoyed by all!
- By Kia B. on 12-04-20
By: Kwame Mbalia
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Patina
- Track, Book 2
- By: Jason Reynolds
- Narrated by: Heather Alicia Simms
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team....
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Patina
- By Brenda K. Brown on 09-02-18
By: Jason Reynolds
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The 1619 Project
- Born on the Water
- By: Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson
- Narrated by: Nikole Hannah-Jones
- Length: 23 mins
- Unabridged
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The 1619 Project’s lyrical picture book in verse, adapted for audio, chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the United States....
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Heartbreaking but not Broken
- By Jen on 01-26-22
By: Nikole Hannah-Jones, and others
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Let the Circle Be Unbroken
- By: Mildred D. Taylor
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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It is a frightening and turbulent time for the Logan family. First, their friend T. J. must go on trial for murder - and confront an all-white jury....
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AWESOME
- By Steel Magnolia’s on 02-06-20
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A Library
- By: Nikki Giovanni
- Narrated by: Nikki Giovanni
- Length: 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In this lyrical book, world-renowned poet, New York Times bestselling author, and Coretta Scott King Honor winner Nikki Giovanni and fine artist Erin Robinson craft an ode to the magic of a library as a place not only for knowledge but also for imagination, exploration, and escape....
By: Nikki Giovanni
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Just Like Me
- By: Vanessa Brantley-Newton
- Narrated by: Vanessa Brantley-Newton
- Length: 16 mins
- Unabridged
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An ode to the girl with scrapes on her knees and flowers in her hair, and every girl in between, this exquisite treasury will appeal to fans of Dear Girl and I Am Enough and have kids listening through it to find a poem that's just for them....
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Loved it!
- By Amazon Customer on 09-30-24
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Becoming Muhammad Ali
- By: James Patterson, Kwame Alexander
- Narrated by: Kwame Alexander
- Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Two heavy-hitters in children's literature deliver a critically acclaimed, bestselling biographical novel of cultural icon Muhammad Ali....
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Amazing
- By M. Greenberg on 09-27-21
By: James Patterson, and others
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Sugar
- By: Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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For Sugar, life is anything but sweet.
Ten-year-old Sugar lives on River Road Plantation along the banks of the Mississippi River....
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by 9 year old girl
- By Holly Ann on 11-23-15
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Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition
- By: Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space....
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Excellent for everyone to read
- By R. Robinson on 06-25-19
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The Well
- By: Mildred D. Taylor
- Narrated by: Andre Montgomery
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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During a drought, the Logan family shares their well water with their neighbors, black and white alike. But David's brother Hammer finds it hard to share with Charlie Simms....
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so disappointed
- By SheliaM. on 05-29-19
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Tristan Strong Destroys the World
- A Tristan Strong Novel, Book 2
- By: Kwame Mbalia
- Narrated by: Amir Abdullah
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Tristan Strong, just back from a victorious but exhausting adventure in Alke, the land of African American folk heroes and African gods, is suffering from PTSD. But there's no rest for the weary when his grandmother is abducted by a mysterious villain out for revenge....
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I love this book it's so much fun don't think it's
- By Lawrence Blkphoto Dortch on 08-10-22
By: Kwame Mbalia
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Genesis Begins Again
- By: Alicia D. Williams
- Narrated by: Alicia D. Williams
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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This deeply sensitive and “compelling” (BCCB) debut novel tells the story of a 13-year-old who must overcome internalized racism and a verbally abusive family to finally learn to love herself....
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Excellent book!!
- By Erna Billingsley on 08-19-20
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Lu
- Track, Book 4
- By: Jason Reynolds
- Narrated by: Guy Lockard
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team....
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Lu by Jason Reynolds
- By Anonymous User on 04-16-19
By: Jason Reynolds
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The Probability of Everything
- By: Sarah Everett
- Narrated by: Jordan Cobb
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and facts, must navigate grief and loss at a moment when life as she knows it changes forever....
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Best to read without any info
- By Chance on 07-08-23
By: Sarah Everett
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47
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Ossie Davis
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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In his first book for young adults, best-selling author Walter Mosley deftly weaves historical and speculative fiction into a powerful narrative about the nature of freedom....
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Poignant, powerful tale, richly narrated
- By Stef on 03-15-07
By: Walter Mosley
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The Season of Styx Malone
- By: Kekla Magoon
- Narrated by: Sullivan Jones
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Meet Caleb and Bobby Gene, two brothers embarking on a madcap, heartwarming, one-thing-leads-to-another adventure in which friendships are forged, loyalties are tested...and miracles just might happen....
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REEEEEEEEE but good
- By Anonymous User on 08-26-19
By: Kekla Magoon
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The Secret Library
- By: Kekla Magoon
- Narrated by: Nekia Renee Martin
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Travel through time with National Book Award Finalist Kekla Magoon in a thrilling fantasy adventure about family secrets and finding the courage to plot your own life story....
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It’s understandable
- By Jayson Bost on 10-13-24
By: Kekla Magoon
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Ghost Boys
- By: Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Narrated by: Miles Harvey
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation that's been unleashed....
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Ghost Boys was AWESOME
- By Packbuck on 03-28-19
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J.D. and the Great Barber Battle
- By: J. Dillard
- Narrated by: Tivia Lynnell
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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J.D. has a big problem - it's the night before the start of third grade and his mom has just given him his first and worst home haircut....
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Great story!!!
- By Angelo R on 05-17-23
By: J. Dillard
New releases
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The Best Friend Bracelet
- By: Nicole D. Collier
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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At Hurston Middle School, best friendship is a big deal. And Zariah Brown makes the best best friendship bracelets in town. Business is booming; Zariah can hardly keep up with orders. The problem is, Zariah doesn’t have a best friend of her own. As the entire seventh grade gears up for their big Pajama Jam weekend, it seems as if everyone else is paired up except her.
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A Split Second
- By: Janae Marks
- Narrated by: Tyla Collier, Imani Parks
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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That clock can’t be right. When Elise wakes up the morning after her birthday celebration, she’s surprised to find herself in her bedroom. Last she can remember, she had fallen asleep next to her best friends at her slumber party in her basement, and it was October. But now she’s alone, and her phone says it’s April 8. Elise doesn’t understand. How could she have woken up six months later?
By: Janae Marks
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Boy 2.0
- By: Tracey Baptiste
- Narrated by: Ariel Blake
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Win “Coal” Keegan has just landed in his latest foster home, with a big, noisy, slightly nosy family named the McKays. They seem eager to welcome Coal, but he’s wary of trusting them. So, he doesn’t tell them that he went for a walk with chalk in his pocket to cover a nearby street with his art. He doesn’t tell them that a neighbor found Coal drawing, pulled a gun on him, and fired it. He doesn’t tell them the police chased him. And he definitely doesn’t tell them that when everything went down, Coal somehow turned invisible. But he did.
By: Tracey Baptiste
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Who Is Cynthia Erivo?
- Who HQ Now
- By: Crystal Hubbard, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Ashley J. Hobbs
- Length: 32 mins
- Unabridged
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How did a young girl born in South London grow up to be a Tony and Grammy Award-winning star? Find out in this Who HQ Now biography about Cynthia Erivo and her exciting career from The Color Purple on Broadway to starring as Elphaba in the Wicked movie!
By: Crystal Hubbard, and others
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A Song for August
- The Inspiring Life of Playwright August Wilson
- By: Sally Denmead
- Narrated by: Ruffin Prentiss
- Length: 16 mins
- Unabridged
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August Wilson grew up open to the creative inspiration in everything he encountered: in library books, in music, in artworks, in the lively conversations overheard in the restaurants and barbershops lining the Pittsburgh neighborhood of his childhood. August paid attention. He listened. And when he got older, he got ideas about what to do with everything he’d seen and heard—ideas that would make him one of the greatest playwrights in American history.
By: Sally Denmead
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Hair Like Obama's, Hands Like Lebron's
- A Picture Book
- By: Carole Boston Weatherford
- Narrated by: Ruffin Prentiss
- Length: 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Inspired by the famous White House photograph of five-year-old Jacob Philadelphia touching then-president Barack Obama’s hair, Weatherford’s powerful text is an ode to all the things that make Black and brown kids beautiful. Young listeners will learn about many inspiring figures in Black history up to the present day, gaining confidence in their abilities and their cultural legacy as they learn.
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The Best Friend Bracelet
- By: Nicole D. Collier
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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At Hurston Middle School, best friendship is a big deal. And Zariah Brown makes the best best friendship bracelets in town. Business is booming; Zariah can hardly keep up with orders. The problem is, Zariah doesn’t have a best friend of her own. As the entire seventh grade gears up for their big Pajama Jam weekend, it seems as if everyone else is paired up except her.
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A Split Second
- By: Janae Marks
- Narrated by: Tyla Collier, Imani Parks
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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That clock can’t be right. When Elise wakes up the morning after her birthday celebration, she’s surprised to find herself in her bedroom. Last she can remember, she had fallen asleep next to her best friends at her slumber party in her basement, and it was October. But now she’s alone, and her phone says it’s April 8. Elise doesn’t understand. How could she have woken up six months later?
By: Janae Marks
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Boy 2.0
- By: Tracey Baptiste
- Narrated by: Ariel Blake
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Win “Coal” Keegan has just landed in his latest foster home, with a big, noisy, slightly nosy family named the McKays. They seem eager to welcome Coal, but he’s wary of trusting them. So, he doesn’t tell them that he went for a walk with chalk in his pocket to cover a nearby street with his art. He doesn’t tell them that a neighbor found Coal drawing, pulled a gun on him, and fired it. He doesn’t tell them the police chased him. And he definitely doesn’t tell them that when everything went down, Coal somehow turned invisible. But he did.
By: Tracey Baptiste
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Who Is Cynthia Erivo?
- Who HQ Now
- By: Crystal Hubbard, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Ashley J. Hobbs
- Length: 32 mins
- Unabridged
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How did a young girl born in South London grow up to be a Tony and Grammy Award-winning star? Find out in this Who HQ Now biography about Cynthia Erivo and her exciting career from The Color Purple on Broadway to starring as Elphaba in the Wicked movie!
By: Crystal Hubbard, and others
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A Song for August
- The Inspiring Life of Playwright August Wilson
- By: Sally Denmead
- Narrated by: Ruffin Prentiss
- Length: 16 mins
- Unabridged
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August Wilson grew up open to the creative inspiration in everything he encountered: in library books, in music, in artworks, in the lively conversations overheard in the restaurants and barbershops lining the Pittsburgh neighborhood of his childhood. August paid attention. He listened. And when he got older, he got ideas about what to do with everything he’d seen and heard—ideas that would make him one of the greatest playwrights in American history.
By: Sally Denmead
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Hair Like Obama's, Hands Like Lebron's
- A Picture Book
- By: Carole Boston Weatherford
- Narrated by: Ruffin Prentiss
- Length: 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Inspired by the famous White House photograph of five-year-old Jacob Philadelphia touching then-president Barack Obama’s hair, Weatherford’s powerful text is an ode to all the things that make Black and brown kids beautiful. Young listeners will learn about many inspiring figures in Black history up to the present day, gaining confidence in their abilities and their cultural legacy as they learn.