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Devotion (Adapted for Young Adults)
- An Epic Story of Heroism and Friendship
- Written by: Adam Makos
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, both Navy pilots during the Korean War in 1950, come from different backgrounds: Hudner is a white New Englander, a son of privilege; Brown is an African American son of a sharecropper from Mississippi. When the two men join forces in Fighter Squadron 32, they forge a deep friendship at a time when racial inequality was prevalent in America.
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Devotion (Adapted for Young Adults)
- An Epic Story of Heroism and Friendship
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 2022-05-24
- Language: English
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Walk Toward the Rising Sun
- From Child Soldier to Ambassador of Peace
- Written by: Ger Duany, Garen Thomas
- Narrated by: Ger Duany
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
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The amazing autobiography of a young Sudanese boy who went from a child soldier and struggling refugee to international peace activist and Hollywood actor. Amid fame, trauma, and the memory of home, can this lost boy find himself?
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Walk Toward the Rising Sun
- From Child Soldier to Ambassador of Peace
- Narrated by: Ger Duany
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 2020-09-22
- Language: English
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Murder Among Friends
- How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime
- Written by: Candace Fleming
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
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In 1924, 18-year-old college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb made a decision: they would commit the perfect crime by kidnapping and murdering a child they both knew. But they made one crucial error: As they were disposing of the body of young Bobby Franks, whom they had bludgeoned to death, Nathan's eyeglasses fell from his jacket pocket. Multi-award-winning author Candace Fleming depicts every twist and turn of this harrowing case.
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Murder Among Friends
- How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2022-03-29
- Language: English
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Alice + Freda Forever
- A Murder in Memphis
- Written by: Alexis Coe
- Narrated by: Sophie Amoss, Alexis Coe
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
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In 1892, America was obsessed with a teenage murderess, but it wasn't her crime that shocked the nation - it was her motivation. Nineteen-year-old Alice Mitchell had planned to pass as a man in order to marry her 17-year-old fiancée Freda Ward, but when their love letters were discovered, they were forbidden from ever speaking again. Freda adjusted to this fate with an ease that stunned a heartbroken Alice. Her desperation grew with each unanswered letter - and her father's razor soon went missing. On January 25, Alice publicly slashed her ex-fiancée's throat.
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Alice + Freda Forever
- A Murder in Memphis
- Narrated by: Sophie Amoss, Alexis Coe
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 2020-01-21
- Language: English
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We Say #NeverAgain
- Written by: Melissa Falkowski - editor, Eric Garner - editor
- Narrated by: David Hogg, Delaney Tarr, Melissa Falkowski, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
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This timely and media-driven approach to the Parkland shooting, as reported by teens in the journalism and broadcasting programs and in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas newspaper, is an inside look at that tragic day and the events that followed that only they could tell. It showcases how the teens have become media savvy and the skills they have learned and honed. Students will also share specific insight into what it has been like being approached by the press and how that has informed the way they interview their own subjects.
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We Say #NeverAgain
- Narrated by: David Hogg, Delaney Tarr, Melissa Falkowski, Eric Garner, Suzanna Barna, Chris Cahill, Nyan Clarke, Einav Cohen, Daniel Cuervo, Ryan Deitsch, Richard Doan, Abby Dowd, Various
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 2018-10-02
- Language: English
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The Swans of Harlem (Adapted for Young Adults)
- Five Black Ballerinas, a Legacy of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History
- Written by: Karen Valby
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
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It was true until only recently, their past achievements had been erased—that’s what happened to five Black ballerinas, members of the groundbreaking Dance Theater of Harlem. At the peak of the Civil Rights Movement, Lydia Abarca, who dance critics praised effusively, was the first Black prima ballerina of this major dance company. Alongside fellow founding members Sheila Rohan and Gayle McKinney-Griffith, and first-generation dancers Karlya Shelton and Marcia Sells, these swans of Harlem shone a bright light on the depth of Black professional classical dancers.
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The Swans of Harlem (Adapted for Young Adults)
- Five Black Ballerinas, a Legacy of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 2025-01-14
- Language: English
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From Here
- Written by: Luma Mufleh
- Narrated by: Luma Mufleh
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
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With no word for “gay” in Arabic, Luma may not have known what to call the feelings she had growing up in Jordan during the 1980’s, but she knew well enough to keep them secret. It was clear that not only would her family have trouble accepting who she was, but trapped in a religious society, she could also be killed if anyone discovered she was gay. Luma spent her teenage years increasingly desperate to find a way out. After two suicide attempts, she finally realizes that to survive, she must leave the Middle East for good.
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From Here
- Narrated by: Luma Mufleh
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2023-05-16
- Language: English
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Impossible Escape
- A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe
- Written by: Steve Sheinkin
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
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It is 1944. A teenager named Rudolf (Rudi) Vrba has made up his mind. After barely surviving nearly two years in the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, he knows he must escape. Even if death is more likely. Rudi has learned the terrible secret hidden behind the heavily guarded fences of concentration camps across Nazi-occupied Europe: the methodical mass killing of Jewish prisoners. As trains full of people arrive daily, Rudi knows that the murders won’t stop until he reveals the truth to the world―and that each day that passes means more lives are lost.
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Impossible Escape
- A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2023-10-03
- Language: English
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Black Internet Effect
- Pocket Change Collective
- Written by: Shavone Charles
- Narrated by: Shavone Charles
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
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With witty humor and a strong sense of self, musician, model, and technology executive Shavone Charles recounts her journey through Google, Twitter, and more–and outlines her mission to make space for herself and other young women of color both online and IRL.
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Black Internet Effect
- Pocket Change Collective
- Narrated by: Shavone Charles
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Release date: 2022-11-08
- Language: English
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Hanged!
- Mary Surratt and the Plot to Assassinate Abraham Lincoln
- Written by: Sarah Miller
- Narrated by: Kate Udall
- Length: 10 hrs
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A dubious distinction belongs to Mary Surratt: On July 7, 1865, she became the first woman to be executed by the United States government, accused of conspiring in the plot to assassinate not only President Abraham Lincoln, but also the vice president, the secretary of state, and General Grant.
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Hanged!
- Mary Surratt and the Plot to Assassinate Abraham Lincoln
- Narrated by: Kate Udall
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 2022-11-08
- Language: English
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Girls Who Green the World
- Thirty-Four Rebel Women Out to Save Our Planet
- Written by: Diana Kapp
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
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Journalist Diana Kapp has crisscrossed this country writing for and about empowered girls, girls who expect to be leaders, founders, and inventors. This book takes it a step further. It says to girls: While you’re striving to be CEOs and world leaders, consider solving the biggest challenge of our lifetime, too - because you can do both at the same time, and here are 34 women doing just that.
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Girls Who Green the World
- Thirty-Four Rebel Women Out to Save Our Planet
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 2022-04-05
- Language: English
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Hope in the Mail
- Reflections on Writing and Life
- Written by: Wendelin Van Draanen
- Narrated by: Wendelin Van Draanen
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
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Wendelin Van Draanen didn't grow up wanting to be a writer, but 30 books later, she's convinced that writing saved her life. Or, at least, saved her from a life of bitterness and despair. Writing helped her sort out what she thought and felt and wanted. And digging deep into fictional characters helped her understand the real people in her life better as well. Wendelin shares what she's learned - about writing, life, and what it takes to live the writing life. This audiobook is packed with practical advice on the craft.
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Hope in the Mail
- Reflections on Writing and Life
- Narrated by: Wendelin Van Draanen
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 2020-01-14
- Language: English
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Spearhead (Adapted for Young Adults)
- An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II
- Written by: Adam Makos
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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Shut the hatches. It's time to roll out. You'll find yourself behind enemy lines with Clarence Smoyer and the 3rd Armored Division, the workhorse unit know as "Spearhead", the best in the tank armor ranks. You'll feel as if you are right beside Clarence and his fellow crew members - all formerly strangers from across America who have now become family to each other. You will be jarred by enemy fire, and then explore the other side, stepping into the boots of German tanker soldier, Gustav Schaefer, and his crew.
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Spearhead (Adapted for Young Adults)
- An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 2022-02-15
- Language: English
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Food-Related Stories
- Pocket Change Collective
- Written by: Gaby Melian
- Narrated by: Gaby Melian
- Length: 48 mins
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In this moving, personal account, chef and activist Gaby Melian shares her journey with food and how creating a relationship with food - however simple or complicated - is a form of activism in its own right.
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Food-Related Stories
- Pocket Change Collective
- Narrated by: Gaby Melian
- Length: 48 mins
- Release date: 2022-01-18
- Language: English
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Violet and Daisy
- The Story of Vaudeville's Famous Conjoined Twins
- Written by: Sarah Miller
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
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On February 5, 1908, Kate Skinner, a 21-year-old unmarried barmaid in Brighton, England, gave birth to twin girls. Mary Hilton, Kate's employer and midwife, adopted Violet and Daisy and promptly began displaying the babies as "Brighton's United Twins". Exhibitions at street fairs, carnivals, and wax museums across England and Scotland followed. At eight years old, the girls came to the United States, eventually becoming the stars of sideshow, vaudeville, and burlesque circuits in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Violet and Daisy
- The Story of Vaudeville's Famous Conjoined Twins
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 2021-04-27
- Language: English
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Imaginary Borders
- Pocket Change Collective
- Written by: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
- Narrated by: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
- Length: 49 mins
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Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists. In this installment, Earth Guardians Youth Director and hip-hop artist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez shows us how his music feeds his environmental activism and vice versa. Martinez visualizes a future that allows us to direct our anger, fear, and passion toward creating change. Because, at the end of the day, we all have a part to play.
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Imaginary Borders
- Pocket Change Collective
- Narrated by: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
- Length: 49 mins
- Release date: 2020-06-02
- Language: English
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A Light in the Darkness
- Janusz Korczak, His Orphans, and the Holocaust
- Written by: Albert Marrin
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
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Janusz Korczak was more than a good doctor. He was a hero. The Dr. Spock of his day, he established orphanages run on his principle of honoring children and shared his ideas with the public in books and on the radio. He famously said that "children are not the people of tomorrow, but people today". Korczak was a man ahead of his time, whose work ultimately became the basis for the UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child.
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A Light in the Darkness
- Janusz Korczak, His Orphans, and the Holocaust
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 2019-09-10
- Language: English
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Warhead
- The True Story of One Teen Who Almost Saved the World
- Written by: Jeff Henigson
- Narrated by: Jeff Henigson
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
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It's 1986, and Jeff is an average 15-year-old: he thinks a lot about dating and he's trying his hardest to get a car. Conversely, the world around him feels crazy: the United States and the Soviet Union are at glaring odds, with their leaders in a standoff, and that awful word, "nuclear", is on everyone's mind. Then, boom - Jeff learns that he has brain cancer and it's likely terminal. Well, that puts a damper on his summer plans and romantic prospects, doesn't it? Jeff's family rallies around him, but they are fiercely complicated - especially Jeff's father....
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Warhead
- The True Story of One Teen Who Almost Saved the World
- Narrated by: Jeff Henigson
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2019-07-02
- Language: English
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Jane Goodall
- Up Close: Jane Goodall
- Written by: Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
- Narrated by: Helen Stern
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
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A trailblazing scientist made famous by her favorite primates, Jane Goodall will forever be linked with the chimpanzees that she's studied for over 50 years. A pioneer in scientific research, she revolutionized longstanding views about chimps, forest conservation, and women in scientific fields. This Up Close biography tells the story of how a demure young woman from London went to Africa and changed the world.
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Jane Goodall
- Up Close: Jane Goodall
- Narrated by: Helen Stern
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 2019-04-02
- Language: English
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Boots on the Ground
- America's War in Vietnam
- Written by: Elizabeth Partridge
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
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In March 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops into Vietnam. 57,939 American soldiers would be killed and 17 years would pass before this controversial chapter of American history concluded with the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982. The history of this era is complex; the cultural impact extraordinary. But it's the personal stories of eight people - six American soldiers, one American nurse, and one Vietnamese refugee - that form the heartbeat of Boots on the Ground. Each individual's story reveals a different facet of the war and moves us forward in time.
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Boots on the Ground
- America's War in Vietnam
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 2018-04-10
- Language: English
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