Young Adult DAISY Audio Books and Online Digital Audio
Family Stories
DC33738
The space between by Don Aker.
1 disc. Narrated by Roger Ashby.
Just dumped by his girlfriend, Jace is on vacation in Mexico, barely 18 and still a virgin, but hopeful that he can change that with the girls on the beach - if only he wasn't travelling with his mother, aunt and nine-year-old autistic brother. Then he meets Kate, but doesn't know how to talk to her - no one in his family talks much after what happened to his older brother Stefan. And Jace has also been keeping a secret from everyone - including himself - for nearly a year. Some descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. For senior high readers. 2007.
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Friendship Fiction
DC33743
Beautiful dreamer: a novel by Christopher Bigsby.
1 disc. Narrated by Jeff Freedman.
Turn of the century Tennessee. A black man walks through the front door of a white-owned store, and is later lynched for raping the store owner's wife, even though Jake Benchley, a white widower in his 50s who witnessed the confrontation, argues the only crime the man committed was not using the back door. Jake is nearly killed by the lynch mob, and the dead man's boy, James, shoots dead twin brothers of the notoriously spiteful Steadman clan who show up at Jake's home to wreak more havoc. The two mismatched fugitives flee hunting dogs and the murdered twins' brothers, as well as the sheriff and his agents, who catch wind of the shootings. For Senior High and older readers. Strong language. Explicit descriptions of violence. 2006.
DC34009
Just in case by Meg Rosoff.
1 disc. Narrated by Mark Elstob.
The day David Case saves his brother's life, his whole world changes. Suddenly, every moment is fizzing with significance, full of what ifs. He becomes obsessed with fate and tries to escape it by becoming an entirely new person. Some descriptions of sex. For Junior and Senior High readers. 2006.
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Love Stories
DC10676
Fifteen by Beverly Cleary.
1 disc. Narrated by Catherine Byers.
Fifteen-year-old Jane Purdy experiences the joy and anguish of her first romance with Stan Crandall, a delivery boy she meets while babysitting. For junior and senior high readers. 1956.
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Mysteries (Fiction)
DC34115
Dooley takes the fall by Norah McClintock.
1 disc. Narrated by Donallu Macdonald.
On the road to sobriety and lawfulness, Dooley, taking the long way home through the ravine, witnesses the apparent suicide jump of schoolmate Mark Everley. He calls the police, who are suspicious of his reluctance to inform them of his aggressive past with Everley and his criminal record. When Mark's sister Beth asks him to find Mark's missing backpack, Dooley gets involved in his own investigation, which involves mysterious photographs, a frame-up, and murder. Strong language, descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. 2007. (Dooley trilogy ; 1)
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Science Fiction
DC05317
Star wars: from the adventures of Luke Skywalker : a novel by George Lucas.
1 disc. Narrated by Ted Stidder.
A young man who yearns for adventure intercepts a cryptic message from a princess who is being held prisoner by a powerful warlord. Followed by "The Empire strikes back" (DC03053). For junior and senior high and adult readers. 1976.
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