The Marble Queen by Stephanie J. Blake

Caught by the Sea: My Life on Boats by Gary Paulsen

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/153657 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/153657] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Caught by the Sea: My Life on Boats Author: Gary Paulsen Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 4 minutes Release date: December 20, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Non-fiction Publisher's Summary: Another such wave could easily be the end of us. I had to do something, fix something, save the boat, save myself. But what? Gary Paulsen takes listeners along on his maiden voyage, proving that ignorance can be bliss. Also really stupid and incredibly dangerous. He tells of boats that owned him, good, bad, and beloved, and how they got him through terrifying storms that he survived by sheer luck. His spare prose conjures up shark surprises and killer waves as well as moonlight on the sea, and makes listeners feel what it’s like to sail under the stars or to lie at anchor in a tropical lagoon where dolphins leap, bathed in silver. Falling in love with the ocean set Gary Paulsen on a lifelong learning curve, and listeners will understand why his passion has lasted to this day. ”Slashes of humor help weather the rough seas in this memoir that will appeal to reluctant readers and boaters of all ages.” –Voice of Youth Advocates, starred

The Marble Queen by Stephanie J. Blake

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/153678 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/153678] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Marble Queen Author: Stephanie J. Blake Narrator: Kelly Fogwell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: December 18, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Non-fiction Publisher's Summary: Freedom Jane McKenzie isn’t good at following the rules. She’s good at getting into trouble—and playing marbles. All she wants is to enter the marble competition at the Autumn Jubilee and show the boys in the neighborhood that she’s the best player. First, Freedom has to convince her mother to let her enter. But there’s a new baby on the way, Freedom’s daddy is drinking too much, her little brother is a handful, and her mother is even more difficult than usual. Freedom learns that when it comes to love, friendship, and family, sometimes there are no rules.

I Funny: A Middle School Story by James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/151173 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/151173] to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Funny: A Middle School Story Series: #1 of I Funny Author: James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein Narrator: Frankie Seratch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 10, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Non-fiction Publisher's Summary: #1 bestselling author James Patterson doles out the laughs in the first book in the hit series! Middle-schooler Jamie Grimm faces bullies and self-doubt as he chases his dream of becoming the world’s greatest comedian.   Jamie Grimm is a middle schooler on a mission: he wants to become the world's greatest standup comedian--even if he doesn't have a lot to laugh about these days. He's new in town and stuck living with his aunt, uncle, and their evil son Stevie, a bully who doesn't let Jamie's wheelchair stop him from messing with Jamie as much as possible. But Jamie doesn't let his situation get him down. When his Uncle Frankie mentions a contest called The Planet's Funniest Kid Comic, Jamie knows he has to enter. But are the judges only rewarding him out of pity because of his wheelchair, like Stevie suggests? Will Jamie ever share the secret of his troubled past instead of hiding behind his comedy act? Prepare to laugh and cheer along with Jamie in this highly-illustrated, heartfelt middle school story.

Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/150251 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/150251] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Yellow Star Author: Jennifer Roy Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 4, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Non-fiction Publisher's Summary: “In 1945 the war ended. The Germans surrendered, and the ghetto was liberated. Out of over a quarter of a million people, about 800 walked out of the ghetto. Of those who survived, only twelve were children. I was one of the twelve.” For more than fifty years after the war, Syvia, like many Holocaust survivors, did not talk about her experiences in the Lodz ghetto in Poland. She buried her past in order to move forward. But finally she decided it was time to share her story, and so she told it to her niece, who has re-told it here using free verse inspired by her aunt. This is the true story of Syvia Perlmutter—a story of courage, heartbreak, and finally survival despite the terrible circumstances in which she grew up. A timeline, historical notes, and an author’s note are included.

Grandpa Green by Lane Smith

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/153461 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/153461] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grandpa Green Author: Lane Smith Narrator: Noah Galvin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 2 minutes Release date: November 30, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Non-fiction Publisher's Summary: Acclaimed writer and illustrator Lane Smith has amassed an impressive body of work both on his own and as a collaborator on Caldecott Honor-winning books. In Grandpa Green, Smith introduces listeners to a boy who learns about life's many wonders while exploring his great-grandfather's topiary garden, where imagination blooms and memories come alive.