Bestsellers
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Refugee
- By: Alan Gratz
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom, Kyla Garcia, Assaf Cohen
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,617
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Performance2,182
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Story2,176
This timely and powerful novel tells the story of three different children seeking refuge....
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Intended for 5-8th graders, but it is good for adults too
- By LJK on 12-21-17
By: Alan Gratz
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Salt to the Sea
- By: Ruta Sepetys
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie, Will Damron, Cassandra Morris, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,595
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Performance4,133
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Story4,118
New York Times Bestseller! "Masterly crafted"—The Wall Street Journal For readers of Between Shades of Gray and All the Light We Cannot See, bestselling author Ruta Sepetys returns to WWII in this epic novel that shines a light on one of the war's most devastating—yet unknown—tragedies...
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Haunting Historical YA Fiction
- By FanB14 on 02-19-16
By: Ruta Sepetys
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The War That Saved My Life
- By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,031
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Performance3,543
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Story3,525
Winner of the 2016 Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaimed author of Jefferson’s Sons and for fans of Number the Stars. Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her...
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Great historical Fiction -- 2016 Newbery Honor
- By Mel on 01-05-17
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Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II
- By: Alan Gratz
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall916
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Performance736
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Story738
It's the height of World War II. Michael O'Shaunessey, son of the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany, lives with his family in Berlin. But Michael, like his parents, is a spy....
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Great story, more designed for young adults 10-14
- By Dennis Larocque on 08-26-18
By: Alan Gratz
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The Bletchley Riddle
- By: Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin
- Narrated by: Louis Hill, Georgina Jane, Ruta Sepetys, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall118
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Performance98
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Story98
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A thrilling mystery and collaboration between award-winning and bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin! This historical adventure follows two siblings at Bletchley Park, the home of WWII codebreakers, as they try to unravel a mystery surrounding their...
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Compelling in every way!
- By Therese D. Detrich on 03-09-26
By: Ruta Sepetys, and others
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Between Shades of Gray
- By: Ruta Sepetys
- Narrated by: Emily Klein
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,276
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Performance2,021
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Story2,027
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the award-winning author of Salt to the Sea comes a “superb” (The Wall Street Journal), “eye-opening” (Los Angeles Times) novel of survival and hope in the darkest of places—the inspiration for the major motion picture Ashes in the Snow "Few books are...
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Sunlight Through the Cracks
- By FanB14 on 03-27-13
By: Ruta Sepetys
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Refugee
- By: Alan Gratz
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom, Kyla Garcia, Assaf Cohen
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,617
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Performance2,182
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Story2,176
This timely and powerful novel tells the story of three different children seeking refuge....
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Intended for 5-8th graders, but it is good for adults too
- By LJK on 12-21-17
By: Alan Gratz
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Salt to the Sea
- By: Ruta Sepetys
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie, Will Damron, Cassandra Morris, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,595
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Performance4,133
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Story4,118
New York Times Bestseller! "Masterly crafted"—The Wall Street Journal For readers of Between Shades of Gray and All the Light We Cannot See, bestselling author Ruta Sepetys returns to WWII in this epic novel that shines a light on one of the war's most devastating—yet unknown—tragedies...
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Haunting Historical YA Fiction
- By FanB14 on 02-19-16
By: Ruta Sepetys
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The War That Saved My Life
- By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,031
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Performance3,543
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Story3,525
Winner of the 2016 Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaimed author of Jefferson’s Sons and for fans of Number the Stars. Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her...
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Great historical Fiction -- 2016 Newbery Honor
- By Mel on 01-05-17
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Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II
- By: Alan Gratz
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall916
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Performance736
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Story738
It's the height of World War II. Michael O'Shaunessey, son of the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany, lives with his family in Berlin. But Michael, like his parents, is a spy....
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Great story, more designed for young adults 10-14
- By Dennis Larocque on 08-26-18
By: Alan Gratz
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The Bletchley Riddle
- By: Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin
- Narrated by: Louis Hill, Georgina Jane, Ruta Sepetys, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall118
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Performance98
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Story98
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A thrilling mystery and collaboration between award-winning and bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin! This historical adventure follows two siblings at Bletchley Park, the home of WWII codebreakers, as they try to unravel a mystery surrounding their...
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Compelling in every way!
- By Therese D. Detrich on 03-09-26
By: Ruta Sepetys, and others
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Between Shades of Gray
- By: Ruta Sepetys
- Narrated by: Emily Klein
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,276
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Performance2,021
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Story2,027
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the award-winning author of Salt to the Sea comes a “superb” (The Wall Street Journal), “eye-opening” (Los Angeles Times) novel of survival and hope in the darkest of places—the inspiration for the major motion picture Ashes in the Snow "Few books are...
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Sunlight Through the Cracks
- By FanB14 on 03-27-13
By: Ruta Sepetys
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Allies
- By: Alan Gratz
- Narrated by: Jamie Cline, Vaneh Assadourian, P. J. Ochlan, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall318
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Performance225
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Story226
D-Day, June 6, 1944: the most expansive military endeavor in history. No less than world cooperation would bring down Hitler and the Axis powers. And so people - and kids - across the globe lent their part....
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Wonderful!
- By Claire on 02-03-20
By: Alan Gratz
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Code Talker
- A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
- By: Joseph Bruchac
- Narrated by: Derrick Henry
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall547
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Performance454
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Story455
Code Talker, with starred reviews from Booklist and Kirkus Reviews, is a Booklist Top-10 Historical Fiction for Youth. Although the mission school bans all that is Navajo, Ned secretly clings to his native language and culture. Proudly joining the U.S. Marines in 1943, he becomes a top-secret...
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Terrible audio
- By Amazon Customer on 02-13-18
By: Joseph Bruchac
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A Place to Hang the Moon
- By: Kate Albus
- Narrated by: Polly Lee
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,018
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Performance884
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Story884
For fans of The War That Saved My Life and other World War II fiction, A Place to Hang the Moon is the tale of three orphaned siblings who are evacuated from London to live in the countryside with the secret hope of finding a permanent family. It is 1940 and William, 12, Edmund, 11, and Anna...
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Excellent Historical Novel
- By Elsie on 06-30-21
By: Kate Albus
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I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941
- I Survived, Book 4
- By: Lauren Tarshis
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall219
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Performance165
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Story164
Seventy years later, Pearl Harbor comes to life for a new generation of readers!....
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great voices
- By Eric on 09-29-17
By: Lauren Tarshis
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Chains
- By: Laurie Halse Anderson
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall179
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Performance115
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Story114
If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York...
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Fabulous!!!
- By Myrisha Goodson on 06-12-22
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I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944
- I Survived, Book 9
- By: Lauren Tarshis
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall216
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Performance155
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Story154
In this gripping new addition to the best-selling I Survived series, a young Jewish boy joins the resistance "partisan" fighters outside the Warsaw ghetto....
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Best book ever
- By Jacqueline Moore on 09-20-18
By: Lauren Tarshis
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Blood on the River
- James Town, 1607
- By: Elisa Carbone
- Narrated by: Bryan Kennedy
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall299
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Performance219
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Story222
Twelve-year-old Samuel Collier is a lowly commoner on the streets of London. So when he becomes the page of Captain John Smith and boards the Susan Constant, bound for the New World, he can’t believe his good fortune. He’s heard that gold washes ashore with every tide. But beginning with the...
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Great listen
- By TV lover on 05-02-21
By: Elisa Carbone
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Grenade
- By: Alan Gratz
- Narrated by: Todd Haberkorn, Andrew Eiden
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall348
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Performance263
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Story262
It's 1944 and the world is at war. Hideki lives peacefully with his family on the island of Okinawa, near Japan. Until the day WWII reaches their door. Hideki is drafted into the "Blood and Iron Imperial Corps" to fight for the Japanese army....
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Amazing!
- By Dana Fam on 10-08-24
By: Alan Gratz
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War Stories
- By: Gordon Korman
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall151
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Performance116
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Story116
There are two things Trevor loves more than anything else: playing war-based video games and his great-grandfather Jacob, who is a true-blue, bona fide war hero. At the height of the war, Jacob helped liberate a small French village, and was given a hero's welcome upon his return to America. ...
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Best book ever
- By D. Helenski on 07-26-20
By: Gordon Korman
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Rush Revere and the American Revolution
- Time-Travel Adventures With Exceptional Americans
- By: Rush Limbaugh
- Narrated by: Rush Limbaugh
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall770
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Performance635
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Story638
The American revolution has begun—and Rush Revere, Liberty the horse, and the time-traveling crew are ready to ride into the action! Join us on this incredible time-travel adventure! Liberty, my wisecracking horse, our old friends Cam, Tommy, Freedom, and I are off to meet some super-brave...
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Rush Revere books.... EXCELLENT!!
- By Smitty on 09-26-17
By: Rush Limbaugh
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Lines of Courage
- By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
- Narrated by: Jodie Harris
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall114
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Performance94
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Story94
Jennifer A. Nielsen, award-winning author of A Night Divided and Rescue, artfully weaves together the stories of five kids living through World War I, each of whom holds the key to the others' futures... if they are lucky -- and brave -- enough to find each other.
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It was great
- By Kindle Customer on 05-24-24
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I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944
- I Survived, Book 18
- By: Lauren Tarshis
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall156
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Performance103
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Story103
In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, author Lauren Tarshis shines a spotlight on the story of the Normandy landings, the largest seaborne invasion in history and foundation for the Allied victory in World War II....
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“Crash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
- By Audrey P. Burk on 02-20-26
By: Lauren Tarshis
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The Teacher of Nomad Land
- A World War II Story
- By: Daniel Nayeri
- Narrated by: Daniel Nayeri
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Performance19
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Story19
A thrilling WW2 hidden history masterfully told by award winner Daniel Nayeri 1941. The German armies are storming across Europe. Iran is a neutral country occupied by British forces on one side, Soviet forces on another. Soldiers fill the teahouses of Isfahan. Nazi spies roam the alleyways...
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Everyone should read this!
- By Rosie King on 01-25-26
By: Daniel Nayeri
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War Horse
- By: Michael Morpurgo
- Narrated by: John Keating
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,142
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Performance985
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Story977
In 1914, a beautiful foal with a distinctive cross on his nose is sold to the Army. But his heart aches for his true master....
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Great idea for reluctant readers!
- By Julie on 12-26-11
By: Michael Morpurgo
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I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
- I Survived, Book 7
- By: Lauren Tarshis
- Narrated by: Mia Barron
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall143
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Performance107
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Story108
In 1863 the Civil War is raging throughout the country. Eleven-year-old Henry has been on the sidelines so far - but the events of a hot July week in Pennsylvania are about to change his life forever....
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“Hi Tomas.” -Birdie
- By Kindle Customer on 10-01-18
By: Lauren Tarshis
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Uprising
- By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
- Narrated by: Gail Shalan
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall69
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Performance61
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Story61
Bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen presents an inspiring and dramatic account of the Polish resistance fighters who struggled to force out their Nazi occupiers and reclaim their nation's freedom from tyranny....
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Good book
- By C. Sander on 05-23-24
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Resistance (Scholastic Gold)
- By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
- Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall439
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Performance357
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Story360
Chaya Lindner is a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland. Simply being Jewish places her in danger of being killed or sent to the camps. After her little sister is taken away, her younger brother disappears, and her parents all but give up hope, Chaya is determined to make a difference....
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Master storyteller
- By Sarah on 05-03-19
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Soldier Boys
- By: Dean Hughes
- Narrated by: Stephen Plunkett
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall93
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Performance81
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Story80
Spencer Morgan and Dieter Hedrick are on opposite sides of the war and fighting for the same thing. At the age of 15, Dieter's blind devotion gets him promoted from Hitler Youth into the German army. Dieter's determined to prove his allegiance and bravery all costs. Spence, just 16, drops out of...
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good book but the tone of voice never changed
- By Jacob hall on 05-03-17
By: Dean Hughes
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Forge
- By: Laurie Halse Anderson
- Narrated by: James Fouhey
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall41
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Performance29
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Story29
For many readers, Forge "will be one of the best novels they have ever read" (starred review from Kirkus Reviews)! Blistering winds. Bitter cold. And the hope of a new future. In this compelling sequel to Chains, a National Book Award Finalist and winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical...
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Listen to Forge
- By Suzanne Blue on 12-27-21
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Resist: A Story of D-Day
- By: Alan Gratz
- Narrated by: Vaneh Assadourian
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall90
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Performance73
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Story73
Samira is a young girl who is part of the underground French resistance during World War II. Samira cracks codes and trades secrets in order to sabotage the Nazis' plans. In Resist, we follow Samira as she journeys through the Nazi-occupied French countryside....
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Loved the lore and fu-fu is now a W dog
- By Mkdodson80 on 03-17-26
By: Alan Gratz
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Lifeboat 12
- By: Susan Hood
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall117
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Performance88
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Story88
In the tradition of The War That Saved My Life and Stella by Starlight, this poignant novel in verse based on true events tells the story of a boy's harrowing experience on a lifeboat after surviving a torpedo attack during World War II. With Nazis bombing London every night, it's time for...
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Good adventure
- By Shadibleu on 02-25-26
By: Susan Hood
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The Wednesday Wars
- A Newbery Honor Award Winner
- By: Gary D. Schmidt
- Narrated by: Fred Berman
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance4
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Story4
In this Newbery Honor–winning novel, Gary D. Schmidt tells the witty and compelling story of a teenage boy who feels that fate has it in for him. Seventh grader Holling Hoodhood isn't happy. He is sure his new teacher, Mrs. Baker, hates his guts. Throughout the school year, Holling strives to...
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Delightful, riveting, and heartwarming!
- By Pam on 11-01-24
By: Gary D. Schmidt
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Rebellion 1776
- By: Laurie Halse Anderson
- Narrated by: Phoebe Strole
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance11
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Story11
From New York Times bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson comes an eerily timely historical fiction middle grade adventure about a girl struggling to survive amid a smallpox epidemic, the public’s fear of inoculation, and the seething Revolutionary War. In the spring of 1776...
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the accurate account of events along with the characters story
- By Amazon Customer on 12-22-25
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World at War, 1944
- By: Mary Pope Osborne
- Narrated by: Mary Pope Osborne
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall189
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Performance116
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Story116
The first Magic Tree House Super Edition—and Jack and Annie’s most dangerous mission ever in the scariest time the world has ever known—World War II. With a longer story and additional facts and photographs, this is a thrilling adventure no reader will want to miss! When the magic...
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Great before bed
- By Jay on 12-07-18