Character Development

Jumper: Griffin's Story (Unabridged)

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Griffin has a secret. It's a secret that he's sworn to his parents to keep and never tell. Griffin is a Jumper: a person who can teleport to any place he has ever been. The first time was when he was four, and his parents crossed an ocean to protect the secret. The most important time was when he was nine. That was the day that the men came to his house and murdered his parents.

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800L
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06:52
Jumper: Griffin's Story (Unabridged)

The Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark (Unabridged)

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Using a cutting-edge technology called DHI - which stands for both Disney Host Interactive and Daylight Hologram Imaging - Finn Whitman, an Orlando teen, and four other kids are transformed into hologram projections that guide guests through the park.

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640L
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06:22
The Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark (Unabridged)

Kingdom Keepers II: Disney At Dawn (Unabridged)

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It's supposed to be a happy day at the Magic Kingdom - the teenage holographic hosts have returned. But things go very wrong when a sudden lightning storm disrupts the celebration, and Amanda's mysterious sister, Jez, disappears. The only clue is the sighting of a wild monkey in the Magic Kingdom during the storm.

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750L
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06:49
Kingdom Keepers II: Disney At Dawn (Unabridged)

Kingdom Keepers IV: Power Play (Unabridged)

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Just when life for the five Kingdom Keepers is beginning to settle down, an intriguing video suddenly appears on Philby's computer at school. It's a call to action: it seems that the Overtakers, a group of Disney villains, are plotting to rescue their two captured leaders, who were hidden away by Disney Imagineers after a recent violent encounter at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

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670L
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10:03
Kingdom Keepers IV: Power Play (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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1010L
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10:26
The Glass Castle: A Memoir (Unabridged)

Dragon's Blood: The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Volume 1 (Unabridged)

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Jakkin, a 15-year-old bond boy, works with many others in Sarkkhan's worm farm/nursery on the desert planet Austar IV. Jakkin plans to steal a baby dragon from the farm to raise, hoping to train the dragon to fight and earn him enough money to buy himself out of bond, as well as the dragon's freedom.

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870L
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05:56
Dragon's Blood: The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Volume 1 (Unabridged)

Heart's Blood: The Pit Dragon Chronicles (Unabridged)

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Jakkin risks everything--his freedom, his dragon, even his life--to rescue his beloved in this stirring sequel to Dragon's Blood.

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800L
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07:26
Heart's Blood: The Pit Dragon Chronicles (Unabridged)

Lioness Rampant: Song of the Lioness, Book 4 (Unabridged)

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At last, Alanna of Trebond has become the first female knight errant in Tortall. She sets out on an impossible quest to find the Dominion Jewel, a legendary gem that, in the right hands, has limitless power for good. But while she searches for the one thing that can save her war-torn country, her nemesis returns from the dead and begins to wreak havoc.

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720L
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07:09
Lioness Rampant: Song of the Lioness, Book 4 (Unabridged)

In the Hand of the Goddess: Song of the Lioness, Book 2 (Unabridged)

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Disguised as a boy, Alanna of Trebond becomes a squire, to none other than the prince of the realm. But Prince Jonathan is much more to Alanna; he is her ally, her best friend, and one of the few who knows that she's really a girl.

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750L
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05:00
In the Hand of the Goddess: Song of the Lioness, Book 2 (Unabridged)

The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch (Unabridged)

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Warning: Not to be listened to after dark.

For years, Old Gregory has been the Spook for the county, ridding the local villages of evil. Now his time is coming to an end. But who will take over for him? Twenty-nine apprentices have tried: some floundered, some fled, some failed to stay alive.

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840L
Length: 
05:15
The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch (Unabridged)

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