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Coram Boy
- By: Jamila Gavin
- Narrated by: Cornelius Garrett
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
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A tale of two cities Gloucester and London. A tale of two boys Toby, saved from an African slave ship, and Aaron, the illegitimate son of the heir to a great estate. A tale of fathers and sons Otis, dealing in the vilest trade of all, and his son Meshak, not quite of this world; Sir William Ashbrook, landowner, and Alexander, the son he disinherits... An epic journey fraught with every danger and excitement, until love triumphs over hate and corruption, from bestselling author Jamila Gavin.
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Brilliant!
- By Anonymous User on 06-09-18
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Coram Boy
- Narrated by: Cornelius Garrett
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 02-11-09
- Language: English
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Viking Boy
- Blood. Fire. Vengeance.
- By: Tony Bradman
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
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Gunnar is the son of a Viking chieftain, living peacefully with his mother, father, and their people - until they are raided by Skuli and his Wolf Men, who raze his home to the ground and take his father’s life. Gunnar swears to avenge his father’s death and save his mother from Skuli - but first he must run to save himself facing murderous raiders, hand to hand battles, mythical flying wolves, and a relentless sea journey to the Land of Fire and Ice... Unknown to Gunnar, his life has been foretold, and he finds he has a destiny greater than his own story.
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Thrilling
- By Elisa White on 23-10-21
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Viking Boy
- Blood. Fire. Vengeance.
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 11-07-13
- Language: English
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Cue for Treason
- By: Geoffrey Trease
- Narrated by: Clive Mantle
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
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Peter Brownrigg finds himself on the wrong side of the law - and on the run. As he makes his way to London he meets Kit, another runaway, and with luck on their side they find jobs as apprentices to William Shakespeare. But then a chance discovery endangers their lives once more... An action-packed spy thriller set in Elizabethan times, 'Cue for Treason' is a masterpiece of historical fiction, widely considered to be a modern classic.
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Enjoyable children's story
- By Amazon Customer on 16-03-19
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Cue for Treason
- Narrated by: Clive Mantle
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 19-08-11
- Language: English
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War Horse
- By: Michael Morpurgo
- Narrated by: Luke Treadaway
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
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Michael Morpurgo’s classic tale, capturing the power of the human spirit. First published back in 1982, ‘War Horse’ has taken the world by storm. The book was adapted to the stage and was performed at the National Theatre and on Broadway. This full and unabridged edition is beautifully performed here by the National Theatre’s first Albert, OIivier-award-winner Luke Treadaway. At the outbreak of World War 1, Joey, young Albert's beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France.
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Fantastic!
- By Hillow on 22-09-15
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War Horse
- Narrated by: Luke Treadaway
- Series: War Horse, Book 1
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 18-12-14
- Language: English
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The Queen's Rising
- By: Rebecca Ross
- Narrated by: Suzanne Elise Freeman
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
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A dazzling debut and the first part of a thrilling trilogy from an extraordinary new talent. Perfect for fans of Six of Crows and Sarah J. Maas. Born out of wedlock, Brienna is cast off by her noble family and sent to Magnolia House - a boarding house for those looking to study the passions: art, music, dramatics, wit and knowledge. Brienna must discover her passion and train hard to perfect her skill, in the hope that she will one day graduate and be chosen by a wealthy patron....
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Predictable and a bit of a let down
- By Anonymous User on 14-11-19
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The Queen's Rising
- Narrated by: Suzanne Elise Freeman
- Series: The Queen's Rising, Book 1
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 08-03-18
- Language: English
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An Eagle in the Snow
- By: Michael Morpurgo
- Narrated by: Paul Chequer
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
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The powerful new novel from the master storyteller - inspired by the true story of one man who might have stopped World War II. It's 1940. The train is under attacks from German fighters. In the darkness, sheltering in a railway tunnel, the stranger in the carriage with Barney and his mother tells them a story to pass the time. And what a story. The story of a young man, a young soldier in the trenches of World War I who, on the spur of the moment, had done what he thought was the right thing.
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An Eagle in the Snoe
- By anne stephens on 19-12-17
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An Eagle in the Snow
- Narrated by: Paul Chequer
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 08-10-15
- Language: English
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Call of the Titanic
- By: Lindsay Galvin
- Narrated by: Jennifer Woodward, Isaac Stanmore
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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Young cabin steward Sid is proud to be working on the TITANIC, the greatest ship ever built. Clara dreams of adventure - and now she's an accidental stowaway in the hold of the CARPATHIA. Here she meets the biggest, best dog she's ever known: Rigel, who is on his way to his new owner in Italy. None of them could have imagined how they would need each other one ice-cold, terrible night - or that an extraordinary sea creature might also answer their call....
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Call of the Titanic
- Narrated by: Jennifer Woodward, Isaac Stanmore
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 08-06-23
- Language: English
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Magic Tree House Collection: Books 1-8
- By: Mary Pope Osborne
- Narrated by: Mary Pope Osborne
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
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This audio collection includes the first eight stories from The Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne: Dinosaurs Before Dark, The Knight at Dawn, Mummies in the Morning, Pirates Past Noon, Night of the Ninjas, Afternoon on the Amazon, Sunset of the Sabertooth, and Midnight on the Moon. Join Jack and Annie in adventures in time and space!
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Good fun for young listeners
- By Kindle Customer on 27-12-12
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Magic Tree House Collection: Books 1-8
- Narrated by: Mary Pope Osborne
- Series: Magic Tree House, Book 1-8
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 27-09-11
- Language: English
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Little House on the Prairie
- Little House, Book 3
- By: Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Narrated by: Cherry Jones
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
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The adventures continue for Laura Ingalls and her family as they leave their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and set out for Kansas. They travel for many days in their covered wagon until they find the best spot to build their little house on the prairie. Soon they are planting and plowing, hunting wild ducks and turkeys, and gathering grass for their cows. Sometimes pioneer life is hard, but Laura and her folks are always busy and happy in their new little house.
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Wonderful
- By Chloe R on 07-07-18
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Little House on the Prairie
- Little House, Book 3
- Narrated by: Cherry Jones
- Series: Little House, Book 3
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 07-02-17
- Language: English
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The Houdini Inheritance
- By: Emma Carroll
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Brennan
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
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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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Armistice Runner
- Conkers
- By: Tom Palmer, Tom Clohosy Cole - illustrator
- Narrated by: Flora Ogilvy
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
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Lily has lots of worries. She's struggling to compete in her fell-running races and, worse, she's losing her gran to Alzheimer's. But then she discovers her great-great-grandfather's diaries from the First World War. Could his incredible story of bravery help her reconnect with her gran and even give her the inspiration she needs to push through and win?
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Armistice Runner
- Conkers
- Narrated by: Flora Ogilvy
- Series: Conkers
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 09-05-24
- Language: English
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The Wild Way Home
- By: Sophie Kirtley
- Narrated by: Sarah Ovens
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
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When Charlie’s longed-for brother is born with a serious heart condition, Charlie’s world is turned upside down. Upset and afraid, Charlie flees the hospital and makes for the ancient forest on the edge of town. There Charlie finds a boy floating face-down in the stream, injured, but alive. But when Charlie sets off back to the hospital to fetch help, it seems the forest has changed. It’s become a place as strange and wild as the boy dressed in deerskins.
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Endearing adventure
- By C. B. Walker on 31-08-20
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The Wild Way Home
- Narrated by: Sarah Ovens
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 01-07-20
- Language: English
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Letters from the Lighthouse
- By: Emma Carroll
- Narrated by: Victoria Fox
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
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February 1941. After months of bombing raids in London, 12-year-old Olive Bradshaw and her little brother, Cliff, are evacuated to the Devon coast. The only person with two spare beds is Mr Ephraim, the local lighthouse keeper. Desperate to be helpful, Olive becomes his post girl, carrying secret messages (as she likes to think of the letters) to the villagers. But Olive has a secret of her own. Her older sister, Sukie, went missing in an air raid, and she’s desperate to discover what happened to her.
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love it
- By miss debbie a moore on 01-12-19
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Letters from the Lighthouse
- Narrated by: Victoria Fox
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 19-03-18
- Language: English
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The Garden of Lost Secrets
- By: A.M. Howell
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
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A brilliant debut brimming with secrets, mystery and friendship, set against a backdrop of the First World War in the walled gardens of Ickworth estate. October 1916. Clara is sent to stay with her formidable aunt and uncle in the grounds of a country estate. Clara soon discovers that her new surroundings hold secrets: a locked room and a hidden key, and a mysterious boy who appears in the gardens only at night.... But can Clara face up to her own secrets and a war she's desperate to forget?
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I Absolutely Loved This Book
- By Strawberry on 04-04-24
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The Garden of Lost Secrets
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 13-06-19
- Language: English
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White Bird
- A Wonder Story
- By: R J Palacio
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber, Hope Newhouse
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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Sara Blum lives an idyllic life. But her world comes crashing down when the Nazi occupation arrives in her small French town, separating her from her parents and forcing the young Jewish girl into hiding. Sara's classmate Julien and his family will risk everything to ensure her survival, and together, Sara and Julien manage to find beauty in a secret world of their creation.
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amazing
- By Jojo loebig on 26-04-24
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White Bird
- A Wonder Story
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber, Hope Newhouse
- Series: Wonder
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 29-06-23
- Language: English
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Once
- By: Morris Gleitzman
- Narrated by: Morris Gleitzman
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
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Felix lives in a convent orphanage high in the mountains in Poland. He is convinced his parents are still alive and that they will one day come back to get him. When Nazi soldiers come to the orphanage Felix decides to escape and make his way home. The journey to find his parents is a long and difficult one, as all of Poland is occupied by the Nazis and a dangerous place for a Jewish boy.
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A moving, emotional tale.
- By Mrs Baxter on 30-08-18
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Once
- Narrated by: Morris Gleitzman
- Series: Once, Book 1
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 02-02-06
- Language: English
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Arctic Star
- Conkers
- By: Tom Palmer, Tom Clohosy Cole - illustrator
- Narrated by: Joe Eyre
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
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Winter 1943. Teenagers Frank, Joseph and Stephen are Royal Navy recruits on their first mission at sea during the Second World War. Their ship is part of an Arctic Convoy sailing to Russia to deliver supplies to the Soviets. The convoys have to navigate treacherous waters, sailing through a narrow channel between the Arctic ice pack and German bases on the Norwegian coast. Faced with terrifying enemy attacks from both air and sea, as well as life-threatening cold and storms, will all three boys make it home again?
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Arctic Star
- Conkers
- Narrated by: Joe Eyre
- Series: Conkers
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 09-05-24
- Language: English
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The Wolf-Girl, the Greeks and the Gods
- A Tale of the Persian Wars
- By: Tom Holland
- Narrated by: Victoria Fox
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
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“The Persians are coming…” Hearing these words, Gorgo of Sparta is plunged into a dangerous world of vengeful gods and invincible heroes. For a mighty empire threatens Athens, Sparta and all who stand in its path... Calling on the ancient power to transform into a wolf and the blood of Zeus that runs through her veins, Gorgo must lead her nation in one of history's greatest wars. Multi-award-winning author Tom Holland and acclaimed illustrator Jason Cockcroft boldly weave myth and history in this dramatic tale of Greeks and Gods.
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The Wolf-Girl, the Greeks and the Gods
- A Tale of the Persian Wars
- Narrated by: Victoria Fox
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 26-10-23
- Language: English
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Merlin Mission Collection
- A Crazy Day with Cobras; Dogs in the Dead of Night; Abe Lincoln at Last!; A Perfect Time for Pandas; and more
- By: Mary Pope Osborne
- Narrated by: Mary Pope Osborne
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
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Merlin Mission books 17-24 of the number-one New York Times best-selling Magic Tree House series, available together for the first time ever! Magic Tree House Merlin Missions are more challenging adventures for the experienced Magic Tree House fan. In each adventure Merlin the magician sends Jack and Annie on an adventure in the magic tree house.
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Merlin Mission Collection
- A Crazy Day with Cobras; Dogs in the Dead of Night; Abe Lincoln at Last!; A Perfect Time for Pandas; and more
- Narrated by: Mary Pope Osborne
- Series: Magic Tree House Merlin Mission, Book 17-24
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 02-05-17
- Language: English
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Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
- By: Michael Morpurgo
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox, Tim Pigott-Smith
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
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There were dozens of us on the ship, all ages, boys and girls, and we were all up on deck for the leaving of Liverpool, gulls wheeling and crying over our heads, calling good-bye, I thought they were waving good-bye. None of us spoke. It was a grey day with drizzle in the air, the great sad cranes bowing to the ship from the docks as we steamed past. That is all I remember of England…
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Marvellous tale for young and old
- By Sigrin on 24-04-20
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Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox, Tim Pigott-Smith
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 23-08-11
- Language: English
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