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The Help (Unabridged)

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Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step.

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Lexile: 
730L
Length: 
18:17
The Help (Unabridged)

Water for Elephants (Unabridged)

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An atmospheric tale of life and love in a Depression-era traveling circus.

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730L
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11:27
Water for Elephants (Unabridged)

Torn: The Missing Book 4 (Unabridged)

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Critically acclaimed author Margaret Peterson Haddix's fourth tale from her popular Missing series finds Jonah and Katherine hurtled through time to 1611. Landing aboard Henry Hudson's ship in James Bay just before a mutiny, Jonah and Katherine struggle to survive brutal weather conditions. They also realize something is wrong.

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Lexile: 
710L
Length: 
08:45
Torn: The Missing Book 4 (Unabridged)

Sabotaged: The Missing, Book 3 (Unabridged)

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Best-selling and award-winning author Margaret Peterson Haddix delivered an instant classic when she launched her Missing series. Two books ago, a plane landed with no pilot and no adults - and a passenger load of 36 infants.

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Lexile: 
730L
Length: 
08:58
Sabotaged: The Missing, Book 3 (Unabridged)

Running Out of Time (Unabridged)

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Jessie lives with her family in the frontier village of Clifton, Indiana. When diphtheria strikes the village and the children of Clifton start dying, Jessie's mother sends her on a dangerous mission to bring back help. But beyond the walls of Clifton, Jessie discovers a world even more alien and threatening than she could have imagined, and soon she finds her own life in jeopardy.

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Lexile: 
730L
Length: 
05:23
Running Out of Time (Unabridged)

S.O.S: Titanic, Book 3 (Unabridged)

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Disaster has struck, and the Titanic is going down. What started as a thrilling voyage has turned into a fight for survival. For Paddy, Sophie, Juliana, and Alfie, every second counts in the race against death. All of their hiding and all of their seeking has come down to this: Can they save the people they love? Can they even save themselves?

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820L
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03:08
S.O.S: Titanic, Book 3 (Unabridged)

Collision Course: Titanic, Book 2 (Unabridged)

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There's a killer on the loose on the Titanic and the only people who know are four kids. Within both the luxury of the cabins and the dark underbelly of the engine rooms, Paddy, Sophie, Juliana, and Alfie have found themselves tangled in a maze of mysteries, each one deadlier than the next.

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770L
Length: 
03:13
Collision Course: Titanic, Book 2 (Unabridged)

Titanic: Unsinkable Book One (Unabridged)

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The Titanic is meant to be unsinkable, but as it begins its maiden voyage, there's plenty of danger waiting for four of its young passengers. Paddy is a stowaway, escaping a deadly past. Sophie's mother is delivered to the ship by police -â¿¿ after she and Sophie have been arrested. Juliana's father is an eccentric whose riches can barely hide his madness.

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820L
Length: 
03:14
Titanic: Unsinkable Book One (Unabridged)

Nory Ryan's Song (Unabridged)

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Nory Ryan's family has lived on Maidin Bay on the west coast of Ireland for generations, raising a pig and a few chickens, planting potatoes, getting by.

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Lexile: 
600L
Length: 
03:32
Nory Ryan's Song (Unabridged)

Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam (Unabridged)

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Cracker is one of the United States Army's most valuable weapons: a German shepherd trained to sniff out bombs, traps, and the enemy. The fate of entire platoons rests on her keen sense of smell. She's a Big Deal, and she likes it that way. Sometimes Cracker remembers when she was younger, and her previous owner would feed her hot dogs and let her sleep in his bed. That was nice, too.

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Lexile: 
730L
Length: 
07:33
Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam (Unabridged)

Magic Tree House, Book 47: Abe Lincoln at Last! (Unabridged)

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Jack and Annie are ready for their next adventure in the New York Times best-selling middle-grade series - the Magic Tree House!

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Lexile: 
470L
Length: 
01:29
Magic Tree House, Book 47: Abe Lincoln at Last! (Unabridged)

The Boy Who Dared (Unabridged)

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When 16-year-old Helmuth Hubner listens to the BBC news on an illegal short-wave radio, he quickly discovers Germany is lying to the people. But when he tries to expose the truth with leaflets, he's tried for treason.

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Lexile: 
760L
Length: 
04:12
The Boy Who Dared (Unabridged)

Witch Child (Unabridged)

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Enter the world of young Mary Newbury, a world where simply being different can cost a person her life. Hidden until now in the pages of her diary, Mary's startling story begins in 1659, the year her beloved grandmother is hanged in the public square as a witch. Mary narrowly escapes a similar fate, only to face intolerance and new danger among the Puritans in the New World.

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760L
Length: 
05:39
Witch Child (Unabridged)

The Sign of the Beaver (Unabridged)

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At just 12 years old, Matt must face serious challenges in the Maine wilderness while awaiting his father's return to their cabin.

When he is saved from a terrifying bee swarm attack by an Indian chief and his grandson, Attean, Matt gains a valuable friend in the young Indian boy.

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Lexile: 
770L
Length: 
03:12
The Sign of the Beaver (Unabridged)

Of Mice and Men (Unabridged)

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This classic novel tells the tale of an unusual friendship between two very different men: the mentally challenged and sometimes violent Lennie, and his loyal yet reluctant caretaker George. Finding comfort in one another's company, George and Lennie travel from farm to farm looking for work in pre-Depression Salinas Valley, California.

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Lexile: 
630L
Length: 
06:23
Of Mice and Men (Unabridged)

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