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  • Mental Toughness for Young Athletes

  • Eight Proven 5-Minute Mindset Exercises for Kids and Teens Who Play Competitive Sports
  • Written by: Troy Horne, Moses Horne
  • Narrated by: Moses Horne
  • Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    15
  • Performance
    13
  • Story
    13

If you are reading this, you probably have a young athlete who struggles with in-game stress and maybe even sports performance anxiety....

  • Great idea, but too long it lost my interest

  • By Mom of 4 on 2025-01-13
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  • Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults

  • Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
  • Written by: Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith - adapter
  • Narrated by: Monique Gray Smith
  • Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    2
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things—from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen—provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her bestselling book Braiding Sweetgrass. Adapted for young...

Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation) cover art
  • Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation)

  • An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive
  • Written by: Laura Hillenbrand
  • Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
  • Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    9
  • Performance
    8
  • Story
    8

In this captivating and lavishly illustrated young adult edition of her award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller, Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of a former Olympian's courage, cunning, and fortitude following his plane crash in enemy territory. This adaptation of Unbroken introduces a new...

  • Great story can’t stop listening to it!

  • By Anonymous on 2023-05-30
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  • We All Fall Down

  • Living with Addiction
  • Written by: Nic Sheff
  • Narrated by: Charles Carroll
  • Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    12
  • Performance
    11
  • Story
    11

In his follow-up to his bestselling memoir Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines, Nic Sheff reveals a brutally honest account of a young person's struggles with relapse and rehab. In his bestselling memoir Tweak, Nic Sheff took readers on an emotionally gripping roller-coaster ride through his...

  • Bipolar

  • By Krystian on 2023-03-19
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  • Red Scarf Girl

  • A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
  • Written by: Ji-li Jiang
  • Narrated by: Christina Moore
  • Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has brains, friends, and a bright future. Then Mao Zedong launches China’s infamous Cultural Revolution. Soon school is suspended and students are getting caught up in the fervor of Mao’s extreme politics. When Ji-li’s family is accused of capitalist crimes, all...

Tweak cover art
  • Tweak

  • Growing Up on Methamphetamines
  • Written by: Nic Sheff
  • Narrated by: Paul Michael Garcia
  • Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    106
  • Performance
    92
  • Story
    93

Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age 11....

  • Disappointing to say the least...

  • By Tracy on 2018-11-15
Mental Toughness for Young Athletes cover art
  • Mental Toughness for Young Athletes

  • Eight Proven 5-Minute Mindset Exercises for Kids and Teens Who Play Competitive Sports
  • Written by: Troy Horne, Moses Horne
  • Narrated by: Moses Horne
  • Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    15
  • Performance
    13
  • Story
    13

If you are reading this, you probably have a young athlete who struggles with in-game stress and maybe even sports performance anxiety....

  • Great idea, but too long it lost my interest

  • By Mom of 4 on 2025-01-13
Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults cover art
  • Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults

  • Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
  • Written by: Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith - adapter
  • Narrated by: Monique Gray Smith
  • Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    2
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things—from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen—provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her bestselling book Braiding Sweetgrass. Adapted for young...

Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation) cover art
  • Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation)

  • An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive
  • Written by: Laura Hillenbrand
  • Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
  • Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    9
  • Performance
    8
  • Story
    8

In this captivating and lavishly illustrated young adult edition of her award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller, Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of a former Olympian's courage, cunning, and fortitude following his plane crash in enemy territory. This adaptation of Unbroken introduces a new...

  • Great story can’t stop listening to it!

  • By Anonymous on 2023-05-30
We All Fall Down cover art
  • We All Fall Down

  • Living with Addiction
  • Written by: Nic Sheff
  • Narrated by: Charles Carroll
  • Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    12
  • Performance
    11
  • Story
    11

In his follow-up to his bestselling memoir Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines, Nic Sheff reveals a brutally honest account of a young person's struggles with relapse and rehab. In his bestselling memoir Tweak, Nic Sheff took readers on an emotionally gripping roller-coaster ride through his...

  • Bipolar

  • By Krystian on 2023-03-19
Red Scarf Girl cover art
  • Red Scarf Girl

  • A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
  • Written by: Ji-li Jiang
  • Narrated by: Christina Moore
  • Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has brains, friends, and a bright future. Then Mao Zedong launches China’s infamous Cultural Revolution. Soon school is suspended and students are getting caught up in the fervor of Mao’s extreme politics. When Ji-li’s family is accused of capitalist crimes, all...

Tweak cover art
  • Tweak

  • Growing Up on Methamphetamines
  • Written by: Nic Sheff
  • Narrated by: Paul Michael Garcia
  • Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    106
  • Performance
    92
  • Story
    93

Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age 11....

  • Disappointing to say the least...

  • By Tracy on 2018-11-15
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  • As Fast As Her

  • Dream Big, Break Barriers, Achieve Success
  • Written by: Kendall Coyne, Estelle Laure
  • Narrated by: Kendall Coyne
  • Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4
  • Performance
    4
  • Story
    4

Dream big, follow your passion and never give up. Decorated US Olympian and accomplished hockey star Kendall Coyne shares the grit and determination it took to break down barriers and achieve her dreams against tremendous odds, encouraging you to follow your passions and never give up. The world...

  • Every athlete should listen to this

  • By Mel on 2023-03-22
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  • All Boys Aren't Blue

  • A Memoir-Manifesto
  • Written by: George M. Johnson
  • Narrated by: George M. Johnson
  • Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    38
  • Performance
    30
  • Story
    30

This program is read by the author. In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue explores their childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. A New York Times Bestseller! Good Morning America, NBC...

  • Good quick read

  • By v_becks on 2023-05-28
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  • Funny, You Don't Look Autistic

  • A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum
  • Written by: Michael McCreary
  • Narrated by: Michael McCreary
  • Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    95
  • Performance
    85
  • Story
    85

Like many others on the autism spectrum, 20-something stand-up comic Michael McCreary has been told by more than a few well-meaning folks that he doesn’t “look” autistic. But, as he’s quick to point out in this memoir, autism “looks” different for just about everyone....

  • that it relates to my life as an autistic person

  • By Dora-Ann Cohen on 2025-11-28
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  • Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults)

  • A True Story of the Fight for Justice
  • Written by: Bryan Stevenson
  • Narrated by: Bryan Stevenson
  • Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

The young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller Just Mercy--now a major motion picture starring Michael B. Jordan, Jaime Foxx, and Brie Larson and the subject of an HBO documentary feature! In this very personal work--adapted from the original #1 bestseller, which the...

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  • Cheaper By the Dozen

  • Written by: Frank B. Gilbreth
  • Narrated by: Dana Ivey, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
  • Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    25
  • Performance
    17
  • Story
    18

Count 'em–a dozen carrot topped, freckle-faced kids. Dad, a jovial optimist, successful inventor and efficiency expert is fond of doing his work at home. Mom, a psychologist, is busy putting everything she knows into practice. Listen along and discover the strange things that happen when Dad's...

  • Somewhat Disappointing

  • By Canadianfreespirit on 2018-10-26
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  • Elena Vanishing

  • A Memoir
  • Written by: Elena Dunkle, Clare B. Dunkle
  • Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
  • Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    25
  • Performance
    23
  • Story
    23

Elena's memoir is a fascinating and intimate look at a deadly disease and a must-listen for anyone who knows someone suffering from an eating disorder....

  • Skip it

  • By Infinategrace on 2025-03-17
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  • Every Falling Star

  • The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea
  • Written by: Sungju Lee, Susan McClelland
  • Narrated by: David Shih
  • Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    7
  • Performance
    6
  • Story
    6

Every Falling Star, the first book to portray contemporary North Korea to a young audience, is the intense memoir of a North Korean boy named Sungju, who is forced at age 12 to live on the streets and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju creates a gang and lives by thieving, fighting, begging...

  • The true bond of friendship and brotherhood

  • By Saps on 2023-10-17
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  • Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different

  • Written by: Karen Blumenthal
  • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
  • Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    2
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

"Your time is limited... have the courage to follow your heart and intuition." —Steve Jobs From the start, his path was never predictable. Steve Jobs was given up for adoption at birth, dropped out of college after one semester, and at the age of 20, created Apple in his parents' garage with...

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  • Americanized

  • Rebel Without a Green Card
  • Written by: Sara Saedi
  • Narrated by: Lameece Issaq
  • Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

At 13, bright-eyed straight-A student Sara Saedi uncovered a terrible family secret: She was breaking the law simply by living in the United States....

  • catchy story. good performance.

  • By Marzie on 2018-02-15
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  • The Electric War

  • Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Light the World
  • Written by: Mike Winchell
  • Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
  • Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Brimming with action, suspense, and rich historical information, this rousing account reveals the true story behind one of the world's defining scientific competitions....

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  • Billie Eilish

  • From E-Girl to Icon
  • Written by: Adrian Besley
  • Narrated by: Angie Kane
  • Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

With a number-one album in multiple countries and more than 53 million Instagram followers, Billie Eilish is a global star. She has collaborated with Justin Bieber and Khalid, headlined at Glastonbury and Coachella, and has appeared in Calvin Klein ad campaigns....

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  • Courage to Soar

  • A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance
  • Written by: Simone Biles, Michelle Burford, Mary Lou Retton - introduction
  • Narrated by: Imani Parks
  • Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    8
  • Performance
    7
  • Story
    8

In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from four-time Olympic gold-winning and record-setting American gymnast Simone Biles, Simone shares how her faith, family, passion, and perseverance has made her one of the top athletes and gymnasts in the world—and how you too can overcome...

  • Inspiring

  • By Amazon Customer on 2021-04-02
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  • Beyond the Gender Binary

  • Written by: Alok Vaid-Menon
  • Narrated by: Alok Vaid-Menon
  • Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    71
  • Performance
    65
  • Story
    64

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A short, compassionate, and deeply personal primer on gender’s expansive, multifaceted nature, from acclaimed author and gender non-conforming performance artist and speaker Alok Vaid-Menon. “When reading this book, all I feel is kindness.”—Sam Smith, Grammy and...

  • It’s for all of us!

  • By Jay Baldwin on 2026-01-06
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  • Father Water, Mother Woods

  • Essays on Fishing and Hunting in the North Woods
  • Written by: Gary Paulsen
  • Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
  • Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    2
  • Performance
    2
  • Story
    2

These essays recount his adventures alone and with friends, taking listeners through the seasons. In Paulsen’s north country, every expedition is a major one, and often hilarious....

  • fcking amazing

  • By billy on 2022-09-25
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  • The Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets

  • Written by: Sarah Miller
  • Narrated by: Robin Miles
  • Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    8
  • Performance
    4
  • Story
    4

In this riveting, beyond-belief true story from the author of The Borden Murders, meet the five children who captivated the entire world. When the Dionne Quintuplets were born on May 28, 1934, weighing a grand total of just over 13 pounds, no one expected them to live so much as an hour...

  • Heartbreaking

  • By Bonnie on 2023-07-13
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  • Death in the Jungle

  • Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown
  • Written by: Candace Fleming
  • Narrated by: Karen Murray
  • Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

How did Jim Jones, the leader of Peoples Temple, convince more than 900 of his followers to commit "revolutionary suicide" by drinking cyanide-laced punch? From a master of narrative nonfiction comes a chilling chronicle of one of the most notorious cults in American history. Using riveting...

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  • The Cat I Never Named

  • A True Story of Love, War and Survival
  • Written by: Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, Laura L. Sullivan
  • Narrated by: Leila Buck
  • Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

It is 1992, and Bihac, Amra's hometown, is a multicultural city with Muslims, Croats, and Serbs. But when tensions escalate, the Serbs turn on their Bosnian neighbors. The Serbs control the army, and now they have peaceful Bihac surrounded....

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  • Vincent & Theo

  • The Van Gogh Brothers
  • Written by: Deborah Heiligman
  • Narrated by: Phil Fox
  • Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    8
  • Performance
    6
  • Story
    6

The deep and enduring friendship between Vincent and Theo Van Gogh defined both brothers' lives....

  • An amazing insight on Vincent his brother Theo

  • By Ash on 2020-04-09
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  • Buckley

  • William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism
  • Written by: Carl T. Bogus
  • Narrated by: Mark Ashby
  • Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

William F. Buckley, Jr., was the foremost architect of the conservative movement that swept the American political landscape from the 1960s to the early 2000s....

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  • Before I Had the Words

  • On Being a Transgender Young Adult
  • Written by: Skylar Kergil
  • Narrated by: Skylar Kergil
  • Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    30
  • Performance
    28
  • Story
    27

Revealing entries from the author’s personal journals as well as interviews with members of his family lend depth to Skylar’s story. A chronicle of change, loss, discovery, pain, and relief, Before I Had the Words brings new meaning to the phrase “formative years”....

  • Totally Eye Opening

  • By DEBRA on 2021-06-30
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  • La bailarina de Auschwitz

  • Edición Young Adult
  • Written by: Edith Eger, Jorge Paredes - traductor
  • Narrated by: Nuria Llop
  • Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Una edición ficcionada y dirigida al gran público de La bailarina de Auschwitz, las inspiradoras memorias de la doctora Edith Eger, superviviente de...

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  • Laughing at My Nightmare

  • Written by: Shane Burcaw
  • Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
  • Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    42
  • Performance
    38
  • Story
    38

With acerbic wit and a hilarious voice, Shane Burcaw's Laughing at My Nightmare describes the challenges he faces as a twenty-one-year-old with spinalmuscular atrophy....

  • Made me feel better!

  • By Timothy Stewart on 2019-03-04
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  • Hidden Girl

  • The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave
  • Written by: Shyima Hall, Lisa Wysocky
  • Narrated by: Robin Eller
  • Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    2
  • Performance
    2
  • Story
    2

Shyima Hall was born in Egypt on September 29, 1989, the seventh child of desperately poor parents. When she was eight, her parents sold her into slavery. Shyima then moved two hours away to Egypt's capitol city of Cairo to live with a wealthy family and serve them eighteen hours a day, seven...

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  • Gender Queer

  • A Memoir
  • Written by: Maia Kobabe
  • Narrated by: Maia Kobabe, Trini Alvarado, Stephen Graybill, and others
  • Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

2020 ALA Alex Award Winner 2020 Stonewall — Israel Fishman Non-fiction Award Honor Book The ground-breaking, bestselling graphic novel is now available on audio. In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical...

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