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CAROLYN KEENE’S NANCY DREW read by Laura Linney THE SECRET OF THE OLD CLOCK Nancy Drew’s keen mind is tested when she searches for a missing will. “Laura Linney gives a good portrait of the clever, earnest girl…Nancy shines.” —AudioFile 3 CDs • 978-0-7393-5128-4 • $30.00 Grade: RL: 4.5 • IL: 3-7 • LL: 760 • 3 hrs. 14 mins. THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE Teenage detective Nancy Drew works to solve the mysterious happenings in an old stone mansion. “Laura Linney aptly captures the essence of Nancy and all of the other characters.” —School Library Journal 3 CDs • 978-0-7393-5529-9 • $30.00 Grade: RL: 4.5 • IL: 3-7 • LL: 780 • 3 hrs. 12 mins. THE BUNGALOW MYSTERY Nancy believes her friend’s guardians are trying to steal her inheritance. As she begins to investigate, she has a perilous experience near the deserted bungalow. 3 CDs • 978-0-7393-5530-5 • $30.00 Grade: RL: 4.5 • IL: 3-7 • LL: 770 • 2 hrs. 58 mins. THE MYSTERY AT LILAC INN Nancy finds herself in danger when she tries to solve the mystery of the old inn, which is believed to be jinxed. 3 CDs • 978-0-7393-5531-2 • $30.00 Grade: RL: 4.5 • IL: 3-7 • LL: 750 • 3 hrs. 16 mins. THE SECRET OF SHADOW RANCH Nancy Drew and her friends find themselves involved in the mystery of a haunted ranch while on vacation in Arizona. 3 CDs • 978-0-7393-6451-2 • $30.00 Grade: RL: 4.5 • IL: 3-7 • LL: 740 • 3 hrs. 10 mins. THE SECRET OF RED GATE FARM The mystery involves Black Snake Colony, a cult who holds strange meetings next door. A mysterious cave and a code to decipher lead Nancy on the trail of a ring of counterfeiters! 3 CDs • 978-0-3075-8217-1 • $30.00 Grade: RL: 4.5 • IL: 3-7 • LL: 760 • 3 hrs. THE CLUE IN THE DIARY Nancy Drew is approaching a house when it suddenly explodes and erupts in flames. Finding a diary at the scene, she follows its lead to solve a missing-person case that involves a swindler. “Laura Linney has a matronly voice, expressive and sufficient of itself…”—AudioFile 3 CDs • 978-0-3075-8219-5 • $30.00 Grade: RL: 4.5 • IL: 3-7 • LL: 740 • 3 hrs. 10 mins. KATIE KAZOO, SWITCHEROO Books 1 & 2 Katie is an ordinary third-grader except for one very extraordinary problem: one day, she saw a shooting star and wished that she could be anybody but herself. Now, she keeps turning into other people when she least expects it. Includes: Anyone But Me and Out to Lunch! “Anne Bobby reads the books at a brisk pace, creating different voices for each character.” —School Library Journal 2 CDs • 978-0-3072-0689-3 • $24.00 Grade: RL: 3.0 • IL: 2-5 • LL: 580 • 2 hrs. 9 mins. KATIE KAZOO, SWITCHEROO Books 3 & 4 In these two stories, life gets turned upside down when Katie is transformed into her best friend’s baby sister and a boy in her class. Includes: Oh Baby! and Girls Don’t Have Cooties. “Bobby aptly captures all of the fresh-faced, self-centered attitudes of these youngsters, while infusing the right amount of caring and hope into their personalities.” —School Library Journal 2 CDs • 978-0-3072-8180-7 • $24.00 Grade: RL: 3.0 • IL: 2-5 • LL: 480 • 1 hr. 52 mins. KATIE KAZOO, SWITCHEROO Books 5 & 6 In these two “switcheroo” stories, Katie turns into Mr. Cane, the school principal and a very strict camp counselor. Includes: I Hate Rules! and Get Lost! 2 CDs • 978-0-3072-4571-7 • $24.00 Grade: RL: 3.0 • IL: 2-5 • LL: 530 • 2 hrs. 2 mins. KATIE KAZOO, SWITCHEROO Books 7 & 8 In this two story collection Katie turns into Becky, the new girl in class, and into her own dog, Pepper. Includes: Drat! You Copycat! and Doggone It! “Actress Anne Bobby’s narration is fluid and engaging, and Katie’s fans will be entertained by this wonderful audiobook.” —School Library Journal 2 CDs • 978-0-7393-3622-9 • $24.00 Grade: RL: 3.0 • IL: 2-5 • LL: 520 • 2 hrs. 9 mins. “This series could be a feminine contender to rival Dav Pilkey’s ‘Captain Underpants’ series…” —School Library Journal NANCY KRULIK’S KATIE KAZOO, SWITCHEROO read by Anne Bobby Illustration © John & Wendy Visit our website: www.booksontape.com KATIE KAZOO, SWITCHEROO Books 9 & 10 In this two story collection, Katie turns into Louie the chef, the owner of her favorite pizza shop. Then she transforms into the world’s most popular child actress. Includes: Any Way You Slice It! and Quiet on the Set! 2 CDs • 978-0-7393-5142-0 • $24.00 Grade: RL: 3.0 • IL: 2-5 • LL: 550 • 1 hr. 59 mins. KATIE KAZOO, SWITCHEROO Books 11 & 12 In these two stories, Katie turns into her teacher, Mrs. Derkman, a Teacher of the Year contest finalist, and the mean museum guide who is ruining their fun fieldtrip. Includes: No Messin’ With My Lesson and No Bones About It. 2 CDs • 978-0-7393-7138-1 • $24.00 Grade: RL: 3.5 • IL: 2-5 • LL: 520 • 1 hr. 58 mins. KATIE KAZOO, SWITCHEROO Books 13 & 14 Wishes do come true but often in the strangest ways. In these two stories, Katie turns into her best friend, Suzanne, and tough Coach Debbie. Includes: On Your Mark, Get Set, Laugh! and Friends for Never. 2 CDs • 978-0-7393-7142-8 • $24.00 Grade: RL: 3.5 • IL: 2-5 • LL: 560 • 2 hrs. 14 mins. KATIE KAZOO, SWITCHEROO: Books 15 & 16 In these two stories everyone is in the Valentine spirit, but Katie is not into all this mushy gushy stuff! Then Katie and Suzanne are so excited, they won tickets to see their favorite rock group! Includes: Love Stinks! and Bad Rap. 2 CDs • 978-0-7393-7144-2 • $24.00 Grade: RL: 3.4 • IL: 2-5 • LL: 545 • 2 hrs. 8 mins. Series Collections 93
Series Collections 94 LIZ KESSLER’S EMILY WINDSNAP read by Finty Williams THE TAIL OF EMILY WINDSNAP When twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap is finally allowed to take swimming lessons, she makes a startling discovery—she’s a mermaid! “This audiobook will appeal to young girls who enjoy a good fantasy adventure.” —School Library Journal “This delightful story is given an energetic reading by Finty Williams. Her sprightly voice has a pixie quality that is a delight to hear.” —AudioFile 4 CDs • 978-1-4000-8984-0 • $38.00 Grade: RL: 6.1 • IL: 3-7 • LL: 600 • 4 hrs. 35 mins. EMILY WINDSNAP AND THE MONSTER FROM THE DEEP Emily Windsnap loves everything about her island home. But when she accidentally wakes a sea monster from his 100-year sleep, she puts the island’s other inhabitants in jeopardy. “With a sparkling energy and humor, Finty Williams brings to life the new adventures and travails of a likable half-mermaid tween.” —Publishers Weekly ”For Emily, Williams exudes freshness and curiosity; for her nemesis, Mandy, Williams deprecates and whines. The urgency of calming the Kraken comes through in pacing and elongated narration.”—AudioFile 4 CDs • 978-0-7393-3558-1 • $38.00 Grade: RL: 6.1 • IL: 3-7 • LL: 570 • 4 hrs. 13 mins. EMILY WINDSNAP AND THE CASTLE IN THE MIST When Emily discovers an old diamond ring, she finds herself under a curse: she’ll cease to be half-human and half-mermaid unless she can break the curse before it’s too late. “This quick read is light and charming but also heartfelt.”—VOYA “Finty Williams’s British accent perfectly captures Emily’s voice and the occasional Briticisms. Young girls will gladly be swept away by this light-hearted fantasy. Purchase where the previous volumes and fairy stories are popular.”—School Library Journal 4 CDs • 978-0-3077-0617-1 • $38.00 Grade: RL: 4.3 • IL: 3-6 • LL: 670 • 4 hrs. 18 mins. See page 9 for EMILY WINDSNAP AND THE SIREN’S SECRET KATY KELLY’S LUCY ROSE read by Tara Sands LUCY ROSE: HERE’S THE THING ABOUT ME Meet Lucy Rose, a not-so-average girl with a not-so-boring life. Intelligent, charming, and hilarious, Lucy Rose can tell you everything about herself because she has written it all down in her journal. “Engagingly and believably portraying the spunky first-person narrator, Tara Sands immediately convinces listeners that she herself is age eight.”—Booklist 2 CDs • 978-1-4000-9503-2 • $24.00 Grade: RL: 5.1 • IL: 3-7 • LL: 1190 • 2 hrs. 21 mins. LUCY ROSE: BIG ON PLANS Lucy Rose is big on fun and big on plans. But, she also has some serious work to do. She has to come up with a way to stop her parents’s separation from turning into a divorce. “Tara Sands captures Lucy’s young girl’s voice…The book’s language is rich and the characters are likable.”—Booklist “Tara Sands is a convincing, invincible, and egocentric charmer….Fans of Junie B. Jones or Judy Moody will find a compatriot in Lucy Rose.”—AudioFile 3 CDs • 978-0-3072-4627-1 • $30.00 Grade: RL: 4.9 • IL: 3-7 • LL: 950 • 2 hrs. 40 mins. SUE LIMB’S JESS JORDAN SERIES read by Katherine Kellgren GIRL, 15, CHARMING BUT INSANE This is the story of Jess and her struggles with her friend, Flora, a few love interests, her mom, her grandma, and her absent father. “Kellgren pulls out all the stops as she takes on the persona of Jess and her friends with vitality and flair.”—AudioFile “Both the tongue-in-cheek humor and the laugh-out-loud moments are well delivered.” —Curriculum Connections 6 CDs • 978-1-4000-9482-0 • $45.00 Grade: RL: 5.0 • IL: 5-12 • LL: 740 • 6 hrs. 23 mins. GIRL, NEARLY 16, ABSOLUTE TORTURE Jess had the perfect summer planned until her mother announces a two-week road trip to Cornwall to visit Jess’s dad. Little does Jess know a surprise awaits her when she visits her dad for the first time in years. “Katherine Kellgren maintains the exaggerated melodrama of adolescence in her reading.” —Booklist “Kellgren’s exuberant, seemingly effortless telling captures Jess’s teen angst.”—VOYA 5 CDs • 978-0-3072-4626-4 • $45.00 Grade: RL: 5.0 • IL: 5-12 • LL: 730 • 5 hrs. 43 mins. Phone Toll Free 800.733.3000 FAX Toll Free 800.940.7046 CAROLINE LAWRENCE’S THE ROMAN MYSTERIES “Lawrence combines vivid period details and graceful imagery with a thrilling pace.”—Booklist THE THIEVES OF OSTIA read by Kim Hicks When the dogs on her street start dying, Flavia is determined to find out who is killing them—and why. Her investigation leads her to three new friends. ★“The information is skillfully woven into the story, providing details that heighten readers’ interest. An enjoyable mystery, and more.” —School Library Journal, starred review “Even Kim Hicks’s British accent, while it isn’t Roman in any way, reinforces the narrative, lending it a classical formality. This book is calculated to make any first-year course in Latin come alive.”—AudioFile 4 CDs • 978-0-3075-8200-3 • $38.00 Grade: RL: 5.3 • IL: 3-7 • LL: 720 • 3 hrs. 56 mins. THE SECRETS OF VESUVIUS read by Kim Hicks It’s the summer of A.D.79, and Flavia and her friends set sail for the Bay of Naples. Then Mount Vesuvius erupts and the children are fleeing for their lives in one of the worst natural disasters ever recorded. “The interaction among the children...keeps the story moving. The climax, the eruption of Vesuvius, uses many historical details that add excitement and verisimilitude.” —Kirkus Reviews 4 CDs • 978-0-3075-8204-1 • $38.00 Grade: RL: 5.0 • IL: 3-7 • LL: 680 • 4 hrs. 30 mins. THE PIRATES OF POMPEII read by Justine Eyre It’s A.D.79, following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii. Among the thousands of people huddled in refugee camps are Flavia Gemina and her friends. They discover that children are being kidnapped from the camps. “The search for the missing children is fast paced and in several instances peril seems imminent.”—School Library Journal 4 CDs • 978-0-3075-8206-5 • $38.00 Grade: RL: 4.9 • IL: 3-7 • LL: 720 • 4 hrs. 17 mins. THE ASSASSINS OF ROME read by Justine Eyre September, A.D. 79. Flavia Gemina, Nubia, and Lupus realize that Jonathan has gone on a secret quest to Rome and they are determined to find him. “A fast-paced adventure.” —School Library Journal 4 CDs • 978-0-7393-3603-8 • $38.00 Grade: RL: 5.0 • IL: 3-7 • LL: NA • 4 hrs. 24 mins.
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