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Mike Chamberlain
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Marion Jensen
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On February 29th, at 4:23 p.m., everyone in the Bailey family over the age of twelve gets a superpower.
No one knows why, and no one questions it. All the Baileys know is that it's their duty to protect the world from those evil, supervillainous Johnsons.
Today, Rafter Bailey and his brother Benny are finally going to get their superpowers. Benny wants to be a speedy, and Rafter hopes he gets his grandpa's super strength so he can save the day just like him.
But when their powers arrive, they are - well - duds. Rafter can light matches on polyester, and Benny can turn his innie belly button into an outie.
How is Rafter supposed to defeat his algebra class nemesis, Juanita Johnson, now? And worse still, what if everything Rafter thought he knew about superheroes turns out to be a lie?
Rafter may not have an awesome power, but with the help of his wits and an unexpected friend, he could just be almost super.
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Bobby Pendragon is a seemingly normal 14-year-old boy. He has a family, a home, and even Marley, his beloved dog. But there is something very special about Bobby: he is going to save the world.
And not just Earth as we know it. Bobby is slowly starting to realize that life in the cosmos isn't quite what he thought it was. And before he can object, he is swept off to an alternate dimension known as Denduron, a territory inhabited by strange beings, ruled by a magical tyrant, and plagued by dangerous revolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Merchant of Death (Unabridged
- By Bronwyn on 07-26-08
By: D. J. MacHale
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All We Have Left
- By: Wendy Mills
- Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio, Amy Melissa Bentley
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story5 out of 5 stars 41
Now: Sixteen-year-old Jesse is used to living with the echoes of the past. Her older brother died in the September 11th attacks, and her dad since has filled their home with anger and grief. When Jesse gets caught up with the wrong crowd, one momentary hate-fueled decision turns her life upside down. The only way to make amends is to face the past, starting Jesse on a journey that will reveal the truth about how her brother died. Then: In 2001, 16-year-old Alia is proud to be Muslim....it's being a teenager that she finds difficult.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful!
- By Amazon Customer on 08-11-21
By: Wendy Mills
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Top Elf
- By: Caleb Zane Huett
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Ollie and Celia think they know what the life of an elf is supposed to be like: Make toys. Help Santa. Make more toys. Help Santa. Try out a new ice-cream flavor. Help Santa. But then Santa rocks the North Pole with a surprise announcement! He's decided this is going to be his last year in the Big Red Suit, and, instead of letting his oldest son - the unfortunately named Klaus Claus - take over, he's opening up the job to any Claus or elf who wants to apply.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Santa Trials Contest- Fun for the whole Family
- By CuteAsADaisy on 01-03-21
By: Caleb Zane Huett
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The Blood Guard
- Blood Guard, Book 1
- By: Carter Roy
- Narrated by: Nick Podehl
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 130
When thirteen-year-old Ronan Truelove’s seemingly ordinary mom snatches him from school, then sets off on a high speed car chase, Ronan is shocked. His quiet, nerdy dad has been kidnapped? And the kidnappers are after him, too? His mom, he quickly learns, is anything but ordinary. In fact, she’s a member of an ancient order of knights, the Blood Guard, a sword-wielding secret society sworn to protect the Pure — thirty-six noble souls whose safety is crucial if the world as we know it is to survive.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Thrilling from start to finish
- By Amazon Customer on 09-28-17
By: Carter Roy
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Cragbridge Hall, Book 1
- The Inventor's Secret
- By: Chad Morris
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 969
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 863
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Story4 out of 5 stars 867
Imagine a school in the year 2074 where students don't read history, but watch it happen around them; where running in gym class isn't around a track, but up a virtual mountain; and where learning about animals means becoming one through an avatar. Welcome to Cragbridge Hall, the most advanced and prestigious school in the world. Twins Abby and Derick Cragbridge are excited as new students to use their famed grandfather's inventions that make Cragbridge Hall so incredible.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Harry Potter meets DaVanci Code -Young Adult title
- By Douglas on 04-28-13
By: Chad Morris
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Fear: 13 Stories of Suspense and Horror
- By: R. L. Stine - editor
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews, Fred Berman, Rachel Butera, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 127
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 108
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Story4 out of 5 stars 107
In this collection of 13 fabulously chilling stories from 13 true masters of suspense, including five New York Times best sellers and a number of Edgar Award nominees, all edited by none other than R. L. Stine, nothing is what it seems. From cannibalistic children, to an unwitting date with a vampire, to a crush on a boy who just might be a werewolf, no scary stone is left unturned. A must-have for all fans of the genre!
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4 out of 5 stars
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Its cute
- By Jill on 07-27-13
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Black Panther
- The Young Prince
- By: Ronald L. Smith
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 351
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 299
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 299
Life is comfortable for 12-year-old T'Challa in his home of Wakanda, an isolated, technologically advanced African nation. When he's not learning how to rule a kingdom from his father - the reigning Black Panther - or testing out the latest tech, he's off breaking rules with his best friend, M'Baku. But as conflict brews near Wakanda, T'Challa's father makes a startling announcement: he's sending T'Challa and M'Baku to school in America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Coming to America meets Harry Potter
- By Wayne E. Evans on 01-15-18
By: Ronald L. Smith
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Guys Read: Funny Business
- By: Jon Scieszka, Adam Rex, Christopher Curtis, and others
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman, Kate DiCamillo, John Keating, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 119
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 86
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Story4 out of 5 stars 85
Funny Business is based around the theme of - what else? - humor, and if you’re familiar with Jon and the Guys Read Library, you already know what you’re in store for: 10 hilarious stories from some of the funniest writers around. Before you’re through, you’ll meet a teenage mummy; a kid desperate to take a dip in the world’s largest pool of chocolate milk; a homicidal turkey; parents who hand over their son’s room to a biker; and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome super funny
- By sacha on 10-03-16
By: Jon Scieszka, and others
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Pillage
- By: Obert Skye
- Narrated by: E. B. Stevens
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 209
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When 15-year-old Beck Phillips travels by train to the secluded village of Kingsplot to live with his wealthy but estranged uncle, Beck discovers some dark family secrets. A buried basement, a forbidden wall, an old book of family history with odd references to...dragons? Beck's life is about to be changed forever in this suspenseful tale about the destructive nature of greed and the courage to make things right.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WHAT HAPPENED?!
- By Amazon Customer on 07-04-20
By: Obert Skye
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Marvel's Black Widow: Forever Red
- By: Margaret Stohl
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 634
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 578
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Story4 out of 5 stars 572
Natasha Romanoff is one of the world's most lethal assassins. Trained from a young age in the arts of death and deception, Natasha was given the title of Black Widow by Ivan Somodorov, her brutal teacher at the Red Room, Moscow's infamous academy for operatives.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not a guilty pleasure - a waste of a credit
- By Floyd on 06-26-17
By: Margaret Stohl
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The Second Super
- First Superhero Series #1
- By: Logan Rutherford
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 286
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 269
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Story4 out of 5 stars 269
Kane Andrews is just another one of the billions of people on Earth who watch as Richter, the world's first superhuman, goes on a rampage. All the world's military cannot stop him, no matter what they throw his way. Until, with the whole world watching, Kane surprises himself by flying up to catch someone the supervillain has thrown off a building. With no idea of the extent or magnitude of his powers, Kane has a long way to go before becoming the first superhero.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Author need a physics lesson
- By Matthew on 06-25-16
By: Logan Rutherford
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Gone
- Gone Series, Book 1
- By: Michael Grant
- Narrated by: Kyle McCarley
- Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 875
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 779
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 781
In the blink of an eye, everyone disappears. Gone. Except for the young. There are teens, but not one single adult. Just as suddenly, there are no phones, no Internet, no television. No way to get help. And no way to figure out what's happened. Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens themselves are changing, developing new talents - unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers - that grow stronger by the day. It's a terrifying new world.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Please rerelease this book w new narration
- By Kim on 02-12-17
By: Michael Grant
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The Candy Shop War
- By: Brandon Mull
- Narrated by: Emily Janice Card
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,626
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,356
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,358
Welcome to the Sweet Tooth Ice Cream & Candy Shoppe, where the confections are a bit on the... unusual side. Rock candy that makes you weightless. Jawbreakers that make you unbreakable. Chocolate balls that make you a master of disguise. Four young friends - Nate, Summer, Trevor, and Pigeon - meet the grandmotherly Mrs. White, owner of the Sweet Tooth, and soon learn about the magical side effects of her candies.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining for grade schoolers and their parents
- By D.R. on 07-08-13
By: Brandon Mull
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A List of Cages
- By: Robin Roe
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead, Christopher Gebauer
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 261
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 234
When Adam Blake lands the best elective ever in his senior year, serving as an aide to the school psychologist, he thinks he's got it made. Sure, it means a lot of sitting around, which isn't easy for a guy with ADHD, but he can't complain, since he gets to spend the period texting all his friends. Then the doctor asks him to track down the troubled freshman who keeps dodging her, and Adam discovers that the boy is Julian - the foster brother he hasn't seen in five years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heart wrenching!
- By Heather Shaver on 02-28-18
By: Robin Roe
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Science Fair
- By: Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 81
Toby Harbinger, an eighth grader at Hubble Middle School near Washington, D.C., is in big trouble. He made the mistake of selling his dad's priceless original Star Wars blaster to a lunatic who thinks he's Darth Vader and travels with a large, hairy sidekick known as the Wookiee. Now the lunatic wants more from Toby, whose only hope of getting out of this mess is to win first prize at the school science fair: $5,000.
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5 out of 5 stars
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family fun
- By JMS on 11-23-11
By: Dave Barry, and others
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- Alicia Dugan
- 05-31-22
Amazing Book
I love the voice of Mike Chamberlain it was very calm and really helped me to sleep at my night:
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- Anonymous User
- 10-27-21
Funny!
I read this to my third grade class every year. They love it! Funny and silly without being dumb.
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- J. Kilpack
- 01-26-14
Best Family Read (Listen) Ever!
Would you consider the audio edition of Almost Super to be better than the print version?
Haven't read it, Audio is awesome.
What other book might you compare Almost Super to and why?
Series of Unfortunate Events, maybe, mostly because of the wittiness and genre.
What about Mike Chamberlain’s performance did you like?
Very well done.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Laugh, more than once.
Any additional comments?
This is a great audio book for a family car ride--entertaining to the adults as well as the kids (for real, not like when a kid movie makes you wish you were at the dentist--truly fun)
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- Angelia Malloy
- 01-23-17
love it
I loved it so much thank you please read the second part of the book
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