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Airborn (Unabridged)

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Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora, a huge airship that sails hundreds of feet above the ocean, ferrying wealthy passengers from city to city. It is the life Matt's always wanted; convinced he's lighter than air, he imagines himself as buoyant as the hydrium gas that powers his ship. One night he meets a dying balloonist who speaks of beautiful creatures drifting through the skies.

Author:

Kenneth Oppel

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

760L

Length:

10:46

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Unabridged)

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When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from somewhere; she wants to run to somewhere - to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and preferably elegant. She chooses the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Author:

E. L. Konigsburg

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Lexile:

700L

Length:

03:46

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (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.

Author:

Thomas Rockwell

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

650L

Length:

01:54

The Castle in the Attic (Unabridged)

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William has just received the best present of his life - an old, real-looking stone and wooden model of a castle, with a drawbridge, a moat, and a finger-high knight to guard the gates. It's the mysterious castle his housekeeper has told him about, and even though William is sad she's leaving, now the castle is his!

Author:

Elizabeth Winthrop

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

750L

Length:

03:31

Judy Blume: Collection #1: Freckle Juice & The One in the Middle is a Green Kangaroo (Unabridged)

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Two classic Judy Blume titles are available together!

How exactly does one get freckles? For 50 cents, know-it-all Sharon has the answer: a secret family freckle recipe.

Author:

Judy Blume

Grade Level:

Elementary

Length:

00:37

Judy Blume: Collection #1: Freckle Juice & The One in the Middle is a Green Kangaroo (Unabridged)

The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl (Unabridged)

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"Is this my hidden Mutant Power, the ability to screw up absolutely any decent situation?"

Author:

Barry Lyga

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

710L

Length:

09:59

The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl (Unabridged)

A Walk in the Woods (Abridged Nonfiction)

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"Not long after I moved with my family to a small town in New Hampshire, I happened upon a path that vanished into a wood on the edge of town." So begins Bill Bryson's hilarious book, A Walk in the Woods.

Author:

Bill Bryson

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

1210L

Length:

05:59

A Walk in the Woods (Abridged Nonfiction)

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Unabridged)

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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella written by Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886. It is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the misanthropic Mr. Edward Hyde.

Author:

Robert Louis Stevenson

Grade Level:

Middle

Length:

02:50

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Unabridged)

Sarah, Plain and Tall (Unabridged)

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"I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall." A heartwarming story about two children, Anna and Caleb, whose lives are changed forever when their widowed papa advertises for a mail-order bride. Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton from Maine answers the ad and agrees to come for a month.

Author:

Patricia MacLachlan

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

560L

Length:

01:02