Family life

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Immigrant Kids (Unabridged)

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Many people came to America in the early 1900s looking for jobs, opportunity, and freedom, and a lot of them were kids. But what happened to all these immigrant children after they passed inspection at New York’s Ellis Island - that is, if they passed inspection? Life was not easy for immigrants. Large families lived in small, one-room tenement apartments with failing plumbing and few windows.

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1050L
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00:40
Immigrant Kids (Unabridged)

All My Sons (Dramatized)

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World War II is over and a family, mourning a son missing in action, plants a memorial tree and tries to go on with their lives. A storm blows down the tree and a devastating family secret is uprooted, setting the characters on a terrifying journey towards truth.

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01:48
All My Sons (Dramatized)

Flowers for Algernon (Unabridged)

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Charlie Gordon knows that he isn't very bright. At 32, he mops floors in a bakery and earns just enough to get by. Three evenings a week, he studies at a center for mentally challenged adults. But all of this is about to change for Charlie. As part of a daring experiment, doctors are going to perform surgery on Charlie's brain.

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910L
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08:59
Flowers for Algernon (Unabridged)

How to Eat Fried Worms (Unabridged)

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Because of a bet, Billy is in the uncomfortable position of having to eat 15 worms in 15 days. The worms are supplied by his opponent, whose motto is "The bigger and juicier, the better!" At first Billy's problem is whether or not he can swallow the worm placed before him, even with a choice of condiments from peanut butter to horseradish.

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650L
Length: 
01:54
How to Eat Fried Worms (Unabridged)

Hole in My Life (Unabridged)

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In the summer of 1971, Jack Gantos was an aspiring writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition, and a way out of a dead-end job. For ten thousand dollars, he recklessly agreed to help sail a sixty-foot yacht loaded with a ton of hashish from the Virgin Islands to New York City, where he and his partners sold the drug until federal agents caught up with them.

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840L
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04:21
Hole in My Life (Unabridged)

The Glass Castle: A Memoir (Unabridged)

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Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains.

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Lexile: 
1010L
Length: 
10:26
The Glass Castle: A Memoir (Unabridged)

Skippyjon Jones In the Dog-House (Unabridged)

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The Siamese kitty boy with the gigantico imagination has returned for another loco adventure. In his room for a time-out, Skippyjon Jones lets his imagination take him to a shack where his Chihuahua friends are yipping and yapping and hiding out from the Bad Bobble-ito, who has taken over their doghouse.

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AD690L
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00:09
Skippyjon Jones In the Dog-House (Unabridged)

The Throne of Fire: Kane Chronicles, Book 2 (Unabridged)

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Ever since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed in the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister, Sadie, have been in trouble. As descendants of the House of Life, the Kanes have some powers at their command, but the devious gods haven't given them much time to master their skills at Brooklyn House, which has become a training ground for young magicians.

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Lexile: 
710L
Length: 
12:49
The Throne of Fire: Kane Chronicles, Book 2 (Unabridged)

Vespers Rising: The 39 Clues (Unabridged)

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Fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, thought they could return to their regular lives when they found the 39 Clues that safeguard their family's great power. But they were wrong. Powerful enemies - the Vespers - have been waiting in the shadows. And they'll stop at nothing to grab the Clues.

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690L
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06:18
Vespers Rising: The 39 Clues (Unabridged)

Superfudge (Unabridged)

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He knows a lot of big words, but he doesn't know where babies come from. He's never heard of a stork, but he plans to be a bird when he grows up. He's Superfudge, otherwise known as Farley Drexel Hatcher. And, according to his older brother, Peter, the biggest pain invented. Among other things.

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560L
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03:09
Superfudge (Unabridged)

Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy (Unabridged)

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Fancy Nancy is back! And when her family decides to get a dog, she's certain she can be fancier than ever. After all, a papillon - a small, delicate, fluffy dog - is the ultimate accessory. But her family wants a large, plain dog. How unglamorous!

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AD320L
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00:06
Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy (Unabridged)

Ivy & Bean: Bound to Be Bad (Unabridged)

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The adventures of Ivy and Bean continue. In this fifth book, the girls decide to be so good and kind and pure of thought that wild animals will befriend them. When this doesn't work, they decide that perhaps a little badness can be good. Illustrations.

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500L
Length: 
01:10
Ivy & Bean: Bound to Be Bad (Unabridged)

Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Unabridged)

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Ramona's job is to be nice to fussy Mrs. Kemp, who watches her while her mother works. If Mrs. Quimby didn't work, Mr. Quimby couldn't return to college. On top of all that, third grade isn't turning out as Ramona expected, even though she enjoys her class's new reading program, D.E.A.R. Danny the Yard Ape teases her, and, on one horrible day, she throws up - at school.

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860L
Length: 
02:07
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Unabridged)

Ramona the Pest (Unabridged)

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Ramona Quimby is thrilled to be starting kindergarten. She likes a little boy named Davy so much she wants to kiss him, and she loves Susan's beautiful curls so much she wants to pull them to see them boing. Her teacher even promises her a present just for sitting still! So how does Ramona get in trouble? Well, anyone who knows Ramona knows that she is never a pest on purpose.

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Lexile: 
850L
Length: 
02:35
Ramona the Pest (Unabridged)

Ramona the Brave (Unabridged)

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Ramona is happy to have a new bedroom all to herself - during the day, at least. It's not as easy to be brave when there might be ghostly, boneless gorillas oozing under the door at night. Then there is the big, mean dog that steals Ramona's shoe on her way to school. Any other first grader might be frightened.

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Lexile: 
820L
Length: 
02:18
Ramona the Brave (Unabridged)

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