Great Listens

Stuntboy, in the Meantime

By Jason Reynolds

CD J Reyn, PLAY J Reyn

Libby: eAudiobook

Portico Reeves's superpower is making sure all the other superheroes--like his parents and two best friends--stay super. And safe. Super safe. And he does this all in secret. No one in his civilian life knows he's actually...Stuntboy!

The Parker Inheritance

By Varian Johnson

hoopla: eAudiobook

Libby: eAudiobook

When Candice finds a letter in an old attic in Lambert, South Carolina, she isn't sure she should read it. It's addressed to her grandmother, The letter describes a young woman. An injustice that happened decades ago. A mystery enfolding its writer. And the fortune that awaits the person who solves the puzzle. So with the help of Brandon, the quiet boy across the street, she begins to decipher the clues. The challenge will lead them deep into Lambert's history, full of ugly deeds, forgotten heroes, and one great love; and deeper into their own families, with their own unspoken secrets.

Ghost

By Jason Reynolds

CD J Reyn, PLAY J Reyn

Libby: eAudiobook

Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential.

The War that Saved My Life

By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

CD J Brad, PLAY J Brad, READ ALONG J Brad

Libby: eAudiobook

A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.

A Snicker of Magic

By Natalie Lloyd

Libby: eAudiobook

The Pickles are new to Midnight Gulch, Tennessee, a town which legend says was once magic--but Felicity is convinced the magic is still there, and with the help of her new friend Jonah the Beedle she hopes to bring the magic back.

The Inquisitor's Tale

By Adam Gidwitz

Libby: eAudiobook

Crossing paths at an inn, thirteenth-century travelers impart the tales of a monastery oblate, a Jewish refugee, and a psychic peasant girl with a loyal greyhound, the three of whom join forces on a chase through France to escape persecution.

Ella Enchanted

By Gail Carson Levine

Libby: eAudiobook

At her birth, Ella of Frell receives a foolish fairy's gift-the "gift" of obedience. Ella must obey any order, whether it's to hop on one foot for a day and a half, or to chop off her own head! But strong-willed Ella does not accept her fate...Against a bold backdrop of princes, ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, and fairy godmothers, Ella goes on a quest to break the curse forever.

The Lost Library

By Rebecca Stead

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Libby: eAudiobook

hoopla: eAudiobook

When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight in the small town of Martinville, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change. Evan and his best friend Rafe quickly discover a link between one of the old books and a long-ago event that none of the grown-ups want to talk about.

Answers in the Pages

By David Levithan

Libby: eAudiobook

When Donovan left his copy of The Adventurers on the kitchen counter, he didn't think his mom would read it—much less have a problem with it. It's just an adventure novel about two characters trying to stop an evil genius...right? But soon the entire town is freaking out about whether the book's main characters are gay, His mom is trying to get the book removed from the school curriculum, and he is caught in the middle.

The Bad Beginning

By Lemony Snicket

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Libby: eAudiobook

After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.

Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library

By Chris Grabenstein

Libby: eAudiobook

Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape.