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The Umbrella Mouse
- By: Anna Fargher, Sam Usher
- Narrated by: Katherine Press
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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A timeless tale of courage, resistance and friendship, The Umbrella Mouse is a heart-stopping adventure drawing on the true stories of animals caught in the conflict of WWII, winner of the 2019 Sainsbury's Book Prize for Fiction and selected for Waterstones Book of the Month. 1944, and London is...
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THE BEST!!! LOVED IT SO MUCH!!!!!!!!😃😃😃😃😃
- By N.C.K. on 06-05-22
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The Umbrella Mouse
- Narrated by: Katherine Press
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 16-05-20
- Language: English
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Voyage of the Sparrowhawk
- By: Natasha Farrant
- Narrated by: Deryn Oliver
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In the aftermath of World War One, everyone is trying to rebuild their lives. If Ben is to avoid being sent back to the orphanage, he needs to find his brother Sam, wounded in action and is now missing. Lotti's horrible aunt and uncle want to send her away to boarding-school (when she has just so successfully managed to get expelled from her last one!). And Clara, their young teacher, is waiting for news of her missing fiancé.
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Recommend - for adults as well as children
- By Marie Elliot on 14-04-25
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Voyage of the Sparrowhawk
- Narrated by: Deryn Oliver
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 29-04-21
- Language: English
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Far to Go
- By: Noel Streatfeild
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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When Margaret Thursday lands a role as a child actress at a well-known London theatre, becoming famous almost overnight, news of her success reaches her bitter enemy, the matron of her old orphanage. Margaret knows that Matron is set on revenge, but she keeps her head held high, focusing on the play. But Matron’s evil plans are well prepared and Margaret is going to need her wits about her – and the help of her friends – if she is to escape unharmed.
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Far to Go
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Series: Margaret Thursday, Book 2
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 02-04-20
- Language: English
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Billy the Kid
- By: Michael Morpurgo
- Narrated by: Richard Attenborough
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall39
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Performance30
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Read by the inimitable Richard Attenborough. Billy was a champion soccer star, playing for Chelsea in the 1930s. But that was before war broke out… Billy the Kid is told through the voice of an 80 year old man, who looks back on his life as Chelsea’s champion striker until the outbreak of...
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Love this book
- By Nixie Graham on 25-09-23
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Billy the Kid
- Narrated by: Richard Attenborough
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
- Release date: 30-09-10
- Language: English
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The Wool-Pack
- By: Cynthia Harnett
- Narrated by: Jamie Glover
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance13
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Compelling historical thriller, winner of the Carnegie Medal A compelling 15th century thriller, set against the background of the Cotswold wool trade. Rich with period detail, the story of Nicholas Fetterlock's apprenticeship in his father's business and his political betrothal to the daughter...
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Contrary to description this is abridged
- By Mr Mistoffelees on 25-02-18
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The Wool-Pack
- Narrated by: Jamie Glover
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 25-02-16
- Language: English
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The Seeing Stone
- Book 1
- By: Kevin Crossley-Holland
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Abridged
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Overall38
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Performance28
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The year is 1199, the place the Welsh Marches. Young Arthur de Caldicot is given a shining stone in which his legendary namesake is revealed. In 100 short chapters that brilliantly evoke life in a medieval manor, stories of the boy King Arthur begin to echo and anticipate the secrets and...
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Hooray for Arthur
- By Alistair Birch on 28-08-06
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The Seeing Stone
- Book 1
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Series: The Arthur Trilogy, Book 1
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 05-05-06
- Language: English
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The Castle in the Attic
- By: Elizabeth Winthrop
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Winthrop
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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A kid favorite for over thirty years, this award-winning modern-classic is sure to delight readers for years to come! "Winthrop has a real gift for fantasy..." --Madeleine L'Engle, award-winning author of A Wrinkle in Time When William learns that his favorite caretaker Mrs. Phillips is leaving...
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The Castle in the Attic
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Winthrop
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 14-09-10
- Language: English
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Resist
- One Girl's Fight Back Against the Nazis
- By: Tom Palmer, Tom Clohosy Cole
- Narrated by: Anna Gilthorpe
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer shines a light on life under wartime occupation, in a beautifully told story inspired by the childhood of Hollywood legend Audrey Hepburn. As the brutal Second World War stretches on with no end in sight, life for ordinary Dutch people in the Nazi-occupied...
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Resist
- One Girl's Fight Back Against the Nazis
- Narrated by: Anna Gilthorpe
- Series: Conkers
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 17-10-24
- Language: English
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Freewater
- By: Amina Luqman-Dawson
- Narrated by: Cary Hite, Sisi Aisha Johnson
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Debut author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom. Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada...
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Freewater
- Narrated by: Cary Hite, Sisi Aisha Johnson
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 01-02-22
- Language: English
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I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- I Survived, Book 3
- By: Lauren Tarshis
- Narrated by: Arnell Powell
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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It's the end of August 2005, and a big hurricane is blowing in to New Orleans, Louisiana. Barry's family plans to evacuate the Ninth Ward with everyone else, but when Barry's little sister gets violently ill, they must return to their home and stick out the storm. At first, everything seems fine. But then the levees break, the water rises, Barry is swept out of his home, and everything changes. Stranded in the floodwaters with no idea where he is and only a stranded dog by his side, Barry must find the courage to survive the storm of the century.
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I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- I Survived, Book 3
- Narrated by: Arnell Powell
- Series: I Survived, Book 3
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Release date: 04-02-16
- Language: English
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Attack of the Sea Dogs
- Time Keys, Book 4
- By: M. G. Leonard
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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'Readers are going to fall in love with this brilliant series' — A. F. Steadman, bestselling author of Skandar Swashbuckling action adventure meets time travel in the fourth title in this epic series by bestselling award-winner M. G. Leonard. Perfect for 8- to 12-year-old fans of Adventures on...
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Attack of the Sea Dogs
- Time Keys, Book 4
- Series: Time Keys, Book 4
- Length: 7 hrs
- Release date: 24-09-26
- Language: English
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At the Crossing Places
- Book 2
- By: Kevin Crossley-Holland
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
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Arthur de Caldicot arrives at Holt to be squire to Lord Stephen and accompany him on crusade. It is an exciting and bewildering time for him as he finds a warhorse, is fitted with armour, and improves his fighting skills. He dreads a confrontation with his blood-father, the violent Sir William...
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At the Crossing Places
- Book 2
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 15-08-06
- Language: English
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Mission Hindenburg (The 39 Clues: Doublecross, Book 2)
- By: C. Alexander London
- Narrated by: David Pittu
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Never turn your back on the Cahills.... The most powerful family history has ever known returns with a vengeance in The 39 Clues: Doublecross! Confidential until August 2015!
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Mission Hindenburg (The 39 Clues: Doublecross, Book 2)
- Narrated by: David Pittu
- Series: The 39 Clues: Doublecross, Book 2
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 01-08-15
- Language: English
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Over the Line
- By: Tom Palmer, Violet Tobacco
- Narrated by: Joe Eyre
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Tom Palmer’s bestselling WWl novel, based on the true story of war hero and footballing legend Jack Cock. It's the proudest moment of Jack's life – his debut as a professional footballer. Now he has a chance to achieve his dream of playing for his country. But it's 1914 and the world is at...
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Over the Line
- Narrated by: Joe Eyre
- Series: Conkers
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 09-05-24
- Language: English
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Vikings
- Terrible True Tales Series
- By: Terry Deary
- Narrated by: Terry Deary
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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The Eye of the Viking God: Norway, 793 CE. Fleece was snatched by Viking warriors when she was a young girl. Now she must work for a bullying farmer and his family, looking after their sheep. She longs to return to the country where she was born, but how will she ever make that journey back across the sea? The Battle for the Viking Gold: Whitby, Northern England, 867 CE. Edwin and Luke are young boys training to be monks. It's a quiet life until suddenly the Vikings invade.
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Vikings
- Terrible True Tales Series
- Narrated by: Terry Deary
- Series: Terrible True Tales
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 16-04-26
- Language: English
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The Secret of the Treasure Keepers
- By: A.M. Howell
- Narrated by: Alison Campbell
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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February 1948. Ruth has been whisked off to the lonely Rook Farm to investigate the discovery of long-buried treasure with her mother. But at the farmhouse, she finds secrets lurk around every corner. Joe, the farmer's son, is hiding something about the treasure, while land girl Audrey watches their every move. But before Ruth can find out more, the treasure is stolen. With a storm coming, Ruth must race to uncover the secrets of the treasure keepers before all their lives are changed forever.
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Adventure & Mystery
- By becdale on 27-01-25
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The Secret of the Treasure Keepers
- Narrated by: Alison Campbell
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 18-08-22
- Language: English
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Waistcoats and Weaponry
- Finishing School, Book 3
- By: Gail Carriger
- Narrated by: Moira Quirk
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall172
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Performance157
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Sophronia continues her second year at finishing school in style - with a steel-bladed fan secreted in the folds of her ball gown, of course. Such a fashionable choice of weapon comes in handy when Sophronia, her best friend Dimity, sweet sootie Soap, and the charming Lord Felix Mersey stowaway on a train to return their classmate Sidheag to her werewolf pack in Scotland. Because no one would have suspected what - and who - they would find aboard the suspiciously empty train.
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Brilliant book
- By E. Butcher on 20-04-20
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Waistcoats and Weaponry
- Finishing School, Book 3
- Narrated by: Moira Quirk
- Series: Finishing School, Book 3
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 04-11-14
- Language: English
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Wild Boy and the Black Terror
- By: Rob Lloyd Jones
- Narrated by: Daniel Coonan
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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A new sensation grips London – a poisoner who strikes without a trace, leaving victims mad with terror...and then dead. Is there a cure for the Black Terror? To find out, Wild Boy and Clarissa must catch the killer. Their hunt will lead them from the city's vilest slums to its grandest palaces and to a darkness at the heart of its very highest society.
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Wild Boy and the Black Terror
- Narrated by: Daniel Coonan
- Series: Wild Boy, Book 2
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 04-06-15
- Language: English
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Magic Tree House: Books 33 & 34
- Narwhal on a Sunny Night; Late Lunch with Llamas
- By: Mary Pope Osborne
- Narrated by: Mary Pope Osborne
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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The #1 bestselling Magic Tree House series is ready to whisk you away through time with Jack and Annie in this two-volume compilation! #33 Narwhal on a Sunny Night When the magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to Greenland, they're not sure what time they've landed in, but they immediately...
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Magic Tree House: Books 33 & 34
- Narwhal on a Sunny Night; Late Lunch with Llamas
- Narrated by: Mary Pope Osborne
- Series: Magic Tree House, Book 33-34
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 04-01-22
- Language: English
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The Houdini Inheritance
- By: Emma Carroll
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Brennan
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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When Harry Houdini comes to visit the seaside town of Sidford-on-Sea, Glory and her friend Dennis are first in line to see him. He is there to perform a daring trick – he will jump off the town pier in chains, pitching himself into the water below. But when Glory outsmarts the infamous Houdini, she is suddenly sucked into his world, and finds herself tasked with looking after his precious trunk – the one that contains all his secrets.
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Houdini hide
- By Miss R. on 03-09-24
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The Houdini Inheritance
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Brennan
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 04-07-24
- Language: English
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