Friendship

Prom (Unabridged)

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High school senior Ashley Hannigan doesn't care about prom, but she's the exception. It's pretty much the only good thing at her urban Philadelphia high school, and everyone plans to make the most of it, especially Ash's best friend, Natalia, who's the head of the committee.

Author: 
Laurie Halse Anderson
Grade Level: 
High
Lexile: 
690L
Length: 
06:13
Prom (Unabridged)

A Separate Peace (Unabridged)

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Now a modern classic, this story of two boys' friendship at an exclusive New Hampshire prep school as it parallels the inescapable and escalating atmosphere of World War II, is intense and engaging to the last word.

Author: 
John Knowles
Grade Level: 
High
Lexile: 
1110L
Length: 
06:09
A Separate Peace (Unabridged)

Pretties (Unabridged)

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Tally Youngblood never felt like the other Pretties - she almost didn't become one. But Tally isn't the only one who feels like she's missing a part of herself. After uncovering sinister clues about the Pretty surgery, she stumbles upon a possible cure for Pretty-mindedness and a possible escape from the city. But the cure could have deadly consequences.

Author: 
Scott Westerfeld
Grade Level: 
High
Lexile: 
860L
Length: 
11:08
Pretties (Unabridged)

Uglies (Unabridged)

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Tally Youngblood is quickly approaching her 16th birthday and the mandatory pretty-making surgery that accompanies it. But Tally isn't sure if she wants to be a placidly happy Pretty. When a top secret organization threatens her with remaining Ugly forever, she reluctantly spies on the rebels who have refused the surgery. They think it changes more than just looks and are working on a cure.

Author: 
Scott Westerfeld
Grade Level: 
High
Lexile: 
770L
Length: 
12:20
Uglies (Unabridged)

Specials (Unabridged)

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Tally never wanted to be Special, but some talents cannot be denied. Specials keep the Pretties happy and naive, keep the Uglies wishing to be Pretty and - most importantly - keep the Smokies powerless.

Author: 
Scott Westerfeld
Grade Level: 
High
Lexile: 
880L
Length: 
10:48
Specials (Unabridged)

Traveling Bear and the Yellow Flipper Roller Coaster (Unabridged)

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When Traveling Bear and his best friends, Mookie and Chuga, visit the Big Top Amusement Park, they have to do some quick planning and thinking ahead so that they don't miss the bus ride home.

Author: 
Christian Joseph Hainsworth
Grade Level: 
Primary
Length: 
00:04
Traveling Bear and the Yellow Flipper Roller Coaster (Unabridged)

Traveling Bear Skis Gold Mountain (Unabridged)

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When Traveling Bear, Mookie, and Chuga get stuck on a ski lift at Gold Mountain, thinking positively really pays off for the three friends!

Author: 
Christian Joseph Hainsworth
Grade Level: 
Primary
Length: 
00:04
Traveling Bear Skis Gold Mountain (Unabridged)

Traveling Bear Makes a New Friend (Unabridged)

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When Mookie moves to town, she finds it hard to make new friends. All it takes is the last day of school picnic and a kite-flying contest for Traveling Bear and Chuga to really appreciate this new bear in town.

Author: 
Christian Joseph Hainsworth
Grade Level: 
Primary
Length: 
00:04
Traveling Bear Makes a New Friend (Unabridged)

Traveling Bear Goes to the Movies (Unabridged)

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When Traveling Bear and Mookie can't find a ride to the movies, it takes a lot of  investigating and hard work to find another way to get there. Is it worth all the  effort? For a great movie and free popcorn - absolutely!

Author: 
Christian Joseph Hainsworth
Grade Level: 
Primary
Length: 
00:04
Traveling Bear Goes to the Movies (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.

Author: 
Kevin Henkes
Grade Level: 
Middle
Lexile: 
680L
Length: 
03:24
Olive's Ocean (Unabridged)

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