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2022 Audiobook Recommendations for the Summer Family Roadtrip

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  • Ice Island

    by Sherry Shahan

    Action/Adventure, Fiction, SuspenseRecommended for Ages 12+
    As fast-paced and chilling as the Alaskan ice itself, Ice Island is a gripping, hard-to-put-down story of adventure and danger perfect for fans of Gary Paulsen or Jean Craighead George. I en…

  • Trusting True North         

    by Gina Linko

    FictionRecommended for Ages 9+
    Narrated by True North, this is a story of overcomers.  When times get tough, True and her family discover what’s important.  This book mainly deals with kids who are struggling through a…

  • The Rent Collector: Adapted for Young Readers

    by Camron Wright

    FictionRecommended for Ages 12+
    Helen Gayle said, “If you educate a girl, you educate a nation.” Ki and Sang Ly live in a tough place with very little hope for the future, until Sang Ly finds her golden ticket.  This isn’t j…

  • Summer Fires

    by Giulia Sagramola

    Graphic NovelRecommended for Ages 18+
    Summer Fires is a graphic novel originally written in Italian and is now being presented for the first time in English.  It is the story of one summer and two sisters discovering their sexuality …

  • Foundation and Empire

    by Isaac Asimov

    Science FictionRecommended for Ages 16+
    Foundation and Empire is the second book in the Foundation series. It picks up roughly 40 years after the first book concluded and contains two more stories following the progression of the Foundation…

  • One Piece, Vol. 1: Romance Dawn

    by Eiichiro Oda

    Graphic NovelRecommended for Ages 12+
    One Piece is a fast-paced adventurous voyage of the imagination. Oda's vivid illustrations of his unique characters and setting bring the story to life, and that story is told beautifully. The narrati…

  • Realms of the Dragons

    Edited by Philip Athans

    FantasyRecommended for Ages 16+
    Realms of the Dragons is an anthology of stories that take place in the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons setting. The stories in this collection span many different time periods in the history …

  • Green Rider

    by Kristen Britain

    FantasyRecommended for Ages 16+
    I was surprised to find that Green Rider is exactly the right length, despite being roughly 500 pages long. Although the beginning is a bit slow, the story quickly takes off and maintains excellent pa…

  • The Hope of Azure Springs

    by Rachel Fordham

    Historical RomanceRecommended for Ages 18+
    The Hope of Azure Springs is the inaugural book for Rachel Fordham and hopefully a series involving Azure Springs.  The reader is immediately drawn to all of the characters in this late 1800…

  • The Nature of Small Birds

    by Susie Finkbeiner

    FictionRecommended for Ages 18+
    The Nature of Small Birds tugs at all of the heartstrings and even a few one might not know exist. Susie Finkbeiner has captured the art of writing books from different characters’ perspectives.  …

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