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The Shape of Thunder
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- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
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An extraordinary new novel from Jasmine Warga, Newbery Honor-winning author of Other Words for Home, about loss and healing - and how friendship can be magical.
Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year.
Despite living next door to each other, they exist in separate worlds of grief. Cora is still grappling with the death of her beloved sister in a school shooting, and Quinn is carrying the guilt of what her brother did.
On the day of Cora’s 12th birthday, Quinn leaves a box on her doorstep with a note. She has decided that the only way to fix things is to go back in time to the moment before her brother changed all their lives forever - and stop him.
In spite of herself, Cora wants to believe. And so the two former friends begin working together to open a wormhole in the fabric of the universe. But as they attempt to unravel the mysteries of time travel to save their siblings, they learn that the magic of their friendship may actually be the key to saving themselves.
The Shape of Thunder is a deeply moving story, told with exceptional grace, about friendship and loss - and how believing in impossible things can help us heal.
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4 out of 5 stars 49
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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5 out of 5 stars
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lovely story
- By Chess on 11-05-19
By: Audrey Coulthurst, and others
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Fish in a Tree
- By: Lynda Hunt
- Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,775
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,274
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,278
Ally has been smart enough to fool a lot of smart people. Every time she lands in a new school, she is able to hide her inability to read by creating clever yet disruptive distractions. She is afraid to ask for help; after all, how can you cure dumb? However, her newest teacher Mr. Daniels sees the bright, creative kid underneath the trouble maker. With his help, Ally learns not to be so hard on herself and that dyslexia is nothing to be ashamed of.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great book but...not just dyslexia
- By Jennifer Hurst on 12-31-15
By: Lynda Hunt
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P.S. I Like You
- By: Kasie West
- Narrated by: Shannon McManus
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 579
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 513
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 508
While spacing out in Chemistry class, Lily scribbles some of her favorite song lyrics onto her desk. The next day, she finds that someone has continued the lyrics on the desk, and added a message to her. Intrigue! Soon, Lily and her anonymous pen pal are exchanging full-on letters - sharing secrets, recommending bands, and opening up to each other. Lily realizes she's kind of falling for this letter writer. Only who is he?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect!
- By Mary JME on 09-24-16
By: Kasie West
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Happily Ever Afters
- By: Elise Bryant
- Narrated by: Jordan Cobb
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 80
Sixteen-year-old Tessa Johnson has never felt like the protagonist in her own life. She’s rarely seen herself reflected in the pages of the romance novels she loves. The only place she’s a true leading lady is in the swoony love stories she shares only with Caroline, her best friend. When Tessa is accepted into the creative writing program of a prestigious art school, she’s excited to finally let her stories shine. But when she goes to her first workshop, the words are just...gone. Caroline has a solution: Tessa needs to find some inspiration in a real-life love story of her own.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The longest disappointment
- By Abookwithreview on 01-22-21
By: Elise Bryant
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The Start of Me and You
- By: Emery Lord
- Narrated by: Angela Goethals
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31
It's been a year since it happened - when Paige Hancock's first boyfriend died in an accident. After shutting out the world for two years, Paige is finally ready for a second chance at high school...and she has a plan. First: Get her old crush, Ryan Chase, to date her - the perfect way to convince everyone she's back to normal. Next: Join a club. But when Ryan's sweet, nerdy cousin, Max, moves to town and recruits Paige for the Quiz Bowl team, her perfect plan is thrown for a serious loop.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Better for MG readers
- By Pink Amy on 06-21-24
By: Emery Lord
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Every Soul a Star
- By: Wendy Mass
- Narrated by: Jessica Almasy, Ali Ahn, Mark Turetsky
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 261
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 211
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 214
Unlike the thousands converging at Moon Shadow to witness a total solar eclipse, Ally calls the isolated campground home. Bree shields herself in a cloak of good looks and popularity, but there is something within her no one suspects. And Jack, overweight and socially inept, finds himself on the verge of a startling possibility.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Yes I have listened to this book 3 times
- By Excelsior on 06-24-18
By: Wendy Mass
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Mirrored
- By: Alex Flinn
- Narrated by: Amanda Dolan, Caitlin Davies, James Fouhey, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 39
Celine's life is the stuff fairy tales are made of. She's beautiful, talented, and brave. Unfortunately, her tale comes complete with a wicked stepmother! When Violet steps into Celine's life, everything changes, and weird things begin to happen to her - bizarre accidents, strange illnesses, and rabid animal attacks. Celine doesn't feel safe anywhere. It's almost as if some hateful witch is out to get her.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It was pretty good, just not a book that I would listen to over and over again
- By Pablo Valdez on 04-27-17
By: Alex Flinn
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Eliza and Her Monsters
- By: Francesca Zappia
- Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly, Kate Rudd
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 222
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 194
Eighteen-year-old Eliza Mirk is the anonymous creator of the wildly popular webcomic Monstrous Sea, but when a new boy at school tempts her to live a life offline, everything she’s worked for begins to crumble. In the real world, Eliza Mirk is shy, weird, and friendless. Online, Eliza is LadyConstellation, anonymous creator of a popular webcomic called Monstrous Sea. With millions of followers and fans throughout the world, Eliza’s persona is popular. Eliza can’t imagine enjoying the real world as much as she loves her digital community.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just...... Breathtaking
- By Amazon Customer on 06-15-19
By: Francesca Zappia
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On the Fence
- By: Kasie West
- Narrated by: Shannon McManus
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 462
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 393
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 393
She's a tomboy. He's the boy next door. With three older brothers, Charlotte Reynolds, aka Charlie, has always been more comfortable calling the shots on a basketball court than flirting with the opposite sex. So when her police officer dad demands she get a summer job to pay for the latest in a long line of speeding tickets, she's more than a little surprised to find herself working at a chichi boutique and going out with a boy who has never seen her tear it up in a pickup game.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One the Fence
- By Cassandra on 07-30-17
By: Kasie West
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We Now Return to Regular Life
- By: Martin Wilson
- Narrated by: Will Ropp, Whitney Dykhouse
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4 out of 5 stars 50
Sam Walsh had been missing for three years. His older sister, Beth, thought he was dead. His childhood friend Josh thought it was all his fault. They were the last two people to see him alive. Until now. Because Sam has been found, and he's coming home. Beth desperately wants to understand what happened to her brother, but her family refuses to talk about it - even though Sam is clearly still affected by the abuse he faced at the hands of his captor.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Mundane and predictable.
- By Mark on 10-27-17
By: Martin Wilson
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Drizzle
- By: Kathleen Van Cleve
- Narrated by: Maria Cabezas
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 29
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Author Kathleen Van Cleve delivers a promising debut with this magical novel. Eleven-year-old Polly Peabody lives on a farm like no other. It rains every Monday at 1:00 p.m., the crops taste like chocolate, the bugs can communicate, and Polly’s best friend is a rhubarb plant named Harry. But when the weekly downpours stop, and Polly’s brother grows ill, she must figure out how to make it rain again—or her family’s future could be destroyed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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GREAT BOOK
- By Catherine on 03-14-16
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Unearthly
- By: Cynthia Hand
- Narrated by: Samantha Quan
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 661
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 555
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 563
Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, something she was put on this earth to do. Figuring out what that is, though, isn't easy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic story, horrible narrator.
- By BookMama on 08-26-11
By: Cynthia Hand
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Tell the Wolves I’m Home
- A Novel
- By: Carol Rifka Brunt
- Narrated by: Amy Rubinate
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,193
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,960
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,959
1987. There’s only one person who has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus, and that’s her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn’s company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend. So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother can barely speak about, June’s world is turned upside down. But Finn’s death brings a surprise acquaintance into June’s life - someone who will help her to heal....
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3 out of 5 stars
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worst protagonist ever
- By Danica on 12-19-14
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A List of Cages
- By: Robin Roe
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead, Christopher Gebauer
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 261
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 234
When Adam Blake lands the best elective ever in his senior year, serving as an aide to the school psychologist, he thinks he's got it made. Sure, it means a lot of sitting around, which isn't easy for a guy with ADHD, but he can't complain, since he gets to spend the period texting all his friends. Then the doctor asks him to track down the troubled freshman who keeps dodging her, and Adam discovers that the boy is Julian - the foster brother he hasn't seen in five years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heart wrenching!
- By Heather Shaver on 02-28-18
By: Robin Roe
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Bad Girls Don't Die
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- By: Katie Alender
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 115
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Story4 out of 5 stars 103
When Alexis's little sister Kasey becomes obsessed with an antique doll, Alexis thinks she is just being her usual weird self. Things get weirder, though, when their house starts changing. Doors open and close by themselves; water boils on the unlit stove; and an unplugged air conditioner blasts cold air.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great for Halloween
- By The Owl on 10-03-18
By: Katie Alender
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OCDaniel
- By: Wesley King
- Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Daniel is the backup punter for the Erie Hills Elephants, which really means he's the water boy. He spends most of his time hoping no one notices his strange habits - he calls them Zaps: avoiding writing the number four, for example. His life gets weirder when another girl at school, unkindly nicknamed Psycho Sara, notices him for the first time. She seems to peer through him. Then Daniel gets a note: "I need your help", it says, signed, Fellow Star Child - whatever that means. Suddenly, Daniel, a total no one at school, is swept up in a mystery that might change everything for him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love the story.
- By CMG on 07-13-21
By: Wesley King
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- Travis Key
- 12-07-22
Was good book but not my favorite
It was a good book, I enjoyed it, but it wasn’t my favorite.3-5
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- Pink Amy
- 01-04-24
Best for younger MG readers
Last year Quinn’s brother Parker killed Cora’s sister before killing himself in a school shooting. This year, the next door neighbors and former best friends no longer speak. Quinn hopes to time travel to stop Parker and bring Mabel back.
THE SHAPE OF THUNDER deals with important issues like grief, school violence, racial micro aggressions and siblings though too often these issues aren’t actually addressed as part of the girls’ time travel plans.
In order for THE SHAPE OF THUNDER to work, readers have to buy into the idea that bright twelve year old girls believe they can travel back in time. Cora is on the Quiz Bowl team, is gifted and talented and has a scientific mind. I don’t know if Jasmine Warga has ever met a twelve year old, but their brains have developed to a point where they understand the difference between fantasy and reality. The top age for buying into time travel in a realistic fiction story is probably eight or nine. If the SHAPE OF THUNDER was a fantasy or sci-fi story, that would be different. During the entire reading of the book, I couldn’t get passes that Cora and Quinn wouldn’t believe in time travel.
Cora’s family was The Good Family, nearly flawless. Quinn’s was The Bad Family that never addressed issues or talked. I felt sorry for Quinn and while I understood Cora’s grief, I wished she directed it better, especially with professional help and and a supportive family.
Younger MG readers may enjoy THE SHAPE OF THUNDER, though slow pacing might be a barrier. It’s a well-meaning, but misguided story.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-27-22
Amazing
It really give you a great story that some people love like I do too.
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