Character Development

First Test: Book 1 of the Protector of the Small Quartet (Unabridged)

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In the medieval and fantastic realm of Tortall, Keladry of Mindelan (known as Kel) is the first girl to take advantage of the decree that permits females to train for knighthood. Up against the traditional hazing of pages and a grueling schedule, Kel faces only one real roadblock: Lord Wyldon, the training master of pages and squires. He is absolutely against girls becoming knights.

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760L
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05:47
First Test: Book 1 of the Protector of the Small Quartet (Unabridged)

Lady Knight: Book 4 of the Protector of the Small Quartet (Unabridged)

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Kel has finally achieved her lifelong dream of being a knight. But it's not turning out as she imagined at all. She is torn between a duty she has sworn to uphold and a quest that she feels could turn the tide of war.

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770L
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11:11
Lady Knight: Book 4 of the Protector of the Small Quartet (Unabridged)

The Lovely Bones (Unabridged)

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Now read by the author, this edition also includes an interview with Alice Sebold and the first chapter of her new book, The Almost Moon. When we first meet 14-year-old Susie Salmon, she is already in heaven.

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890L
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10:55
The Lovely Bones (Unabridged)

Grendel (Unabridged)

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World renowned critic John Gardner has received prestigious awards for his wide range of literary achievements, including short stories, novels, and essays. When he turns his talents to retelling "Beowulf", the earliest epic in British literature, the result is a work that combines extensive knowledge with a marvelous strain of pure fun.

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920L
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05:31
Grendel (Unabridged)

Fish (Unabridged)

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My story starts the day that my parents told me we must leave our adopted home forever. Because of the soldiers and the drought, we barely had enough to eat and we could no longer stay to help the people in our village.

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980L
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03:13
Fish (Unabridged)

A Dog for Life (Unabridged)

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You've maybe heard the story about how John Hawkins "ran away with his pet dog." But the truth is that John and Mouse left to save Tom, and that Mouse is much more than just an ordinary dog.

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910L
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03:47
A Dog for Life (Unabridged)

Olive's Ocean (Unabridged)

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"Olive Barstow was dead. She'd been hit by a car on Monroe Street while riding her bicycle weeks ago. That was about all Martha knew."

Martha Boyle and Olive Barstow could have been friends. But they weren't, and now all that is left are eerie connections between two girls who were in the same grade at school and who both kept the same secret without knowing it.

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680L
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03:24
Olive's Ocean (Unabridged)

Flat Stanley Audio Collection (Unabridged)

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When Stanley Lambchop awakes one morning, his brother, Arthur, is yelling. A bulletin board has fallen on Stanley during the night, now he is only half an inch thick!

So begins a series of very funny, very unusual adventures.

This audio collection includes, Flat Stanley, Stanley, Flat Again, Invisible Stanley, and Stanley in Space.

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Flat Stanley Audio Collection (Unabridged)

The Hundred Dresses (Unabridged)

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Wanda Petronski is different from all the other girls in Room 13. Every day she wears the same faded blue dress to school, and every day she tells about her hundred dresses at home. Her classmates joke about her imaginary clothes - until they learn the wonderful secret of the dresses.

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870L
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01:49
The Hundred Dresses (Unabridged)

I, Amber Brown (Unabridged)

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Amber Brown loves the holidays. The shopping, the wrapping, the unwrapping. She isn't having any trouble with gifts, but life is another story. She's so happy her dad has moved back to New Jersey, but her mom isn't. It means the beginning of shared custody, and that means more fighting.

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600L
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01:53
I, Amber Brown (Unabridged)

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