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The Books of Elsewhere, Volume 5
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Narrated by:
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Lexy Fridell
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By:
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Jacqueline West
About this listen
The fifth and final book in The Books of Elsewhere, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling, fan-favorite series - absolutely not to be missed.
Annabelle McMartin is gone for good, but something worse lurks just out of sight - watching, waiting, preparing to strike. Then a field trip to the local art museum reveals a shock. What Olive discovers will create a chain of events that propel her to discoveries she may not wish to uncover, involving Morton's vanished parents and the very deepest, darkest roots of Aldous McMartin's creepy painted world. In this fifth and final book, Olive must seek the full, complex story of Elsewhere, its magical origins, and its creator, and in so doing, face her own fears and limitations - and possibly the destruction of Elsewhere itself. How far will Olive go to save the people and home she loves? And what will be the final cost?
A must-read fantasy series for fans of Pseudonymous Bosch, Coraline, and Septimus Heap.
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"The suspenseful and well-realized world that West has created comes to a satisfying conclusion.... Hand these books to fans of Lemony Snicket, Pseudonymous Bosch, and Angie Sage.” (SLJ)
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4 out of 5 stars
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An Unexpected Adventure
- By Shannon on 05-30-13
By: Stefan Bachmann
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Liesl & Po
- By: Kei Acedera, Lauren Oliver
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 586
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 532
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Story4 out of 5 stars 527
Liesl lives in a tiny attic bedroom, locked away by her cruel stepmother. Her only friends are the shadows and the mice - until one night a ghost appears from the darkness. It is Po, who comes from the Other Side. Both Liesl and Po are lonely, but together they are less alone. That same night, an alchemist's apprentice, Will, bungles an important delivery. He accidentally switches a box containing the most powerful magic in the world with one containing something decidedly less remarkable. Will's mistake has tremendous consequences for Liesl and Po....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story made better by a great narrator
- By Marie on 09-16-12
By: Kei Acedera, and others
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The Disappearances
- By: Emily Bain Murphy
- Narrated by: Devon Sorvari
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 68
Aila Quinn's mother, Juliet, has always been a mystery. Vibrant yet guarded, she keeps her secrets beyond Aila's reach. When Juliet dies, Aila and her younger brother, Miles, are sent to live in Sterling, a rural town with mysteries of its own. In Sterling, the experiences that weave life together - scents of flowers and food, reflections from mirrors and lakes, even the ability to dream - vanish every seven years. No one knows what causes these Disappearances or what will slip away next.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Always
- By Lisa Gay on 09-09-17
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Once a Witch
- By: Carolyn MacCullough
- Narrated by: Hannah Friedman
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 154
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 107
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Story4 out of 5 stars 107
Tamsin Greene comes from a long line of witches, and she was supposed to be one of the most Talented among them. But Tamsin's magic never showed up. Now 17, Tamsin attends boarding school in Manhattan, far from her family. But when a handsome young professor mistakes her for her very Talented sister, Tamsin agrees to find a lost family heirloom for him. The search—and the stranger—will prove to be more sinister than they first appeared, ultimately sending Tamsin on a treasure hunt through time that will unlock the secret of her true identity, unearth the sins of her family, and unleash a power so vengeful that it could destroy them all.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Missing content
- By Amazon Customer on 04-02-15
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The Jewel
- By: Amy Ewing
- Narrated by: Erin Spencer
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,480
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,324
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,319
Violet, born and raised in the Marsh, has been trained as a surrogate for the royalty - because in the Jewel the only thing more important than opulence is offspring. Purchased at the surrogacy auction by the Duchess of the Lake and greeted with a slap to the face, Violet (now known only as #197) quickly learns of the brutal truths that lie beneath the Jewel's glittering facade.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Left Me Feeling Annoyed
- By Carol Dunn on 11-04-15
By: Amy Ewing
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Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
- By: Lynne Jonell
- Narrated by: Lynne Jonell
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Emmy was a good girl—too good, perhaps. The rat, whose cage sat on the counter next to Emmy’s desk, was not so good. On the other hand, he was the only one in Emmy’s class who would talk to her. The rest of the kids barely knew she existed. Even her teacher didn’t seem to know she was there! Only her nanny, the lovely-but-sinister Miss Barmy, really pays her much attention.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing!
- By Amanda on 06-08-22
By: Lynne Jonell
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The Book Jumper
- By: Mechthild Glaser
- Narrated by: Mary Sarah
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 133
Amy's grandmother, Lady Mairead, insists that Amy must read while she resides at Lennox House - but not in the usual way. It turns out that Amy is a book jumper, able to leap into a story and interact with the world inside. As thrilling as Amy's new power is, it also brings danger: someone is stealing from the books she visits, and that person may be after her life. Teaming up with fellow book jumper, Will, Amy vows to get to the bottom of the thefts - at whatever cost.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful 🥲
- By DOMINIQUE on 06-22-21
By: Mechthild Glaser
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The Boy Who Drew Monsters
- By: Keith Donohue
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 196
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 181
Ever since he nearly drowned in the ocean three years earlier, 10-year-old Jack Peter Keenan has been deathly afraid to venture outdoors. Refusing to leave his home in a small coastal town in Maine, Jack Peter spends his time drawing monsters. When those drawings take on a life of their own, no one is safe from the terror they inspire.
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3 out of 5 stars
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troubled boy, troubled waters
- By Debra B on 10-29-14
By: Keith Donohue
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Breadcrumbs
- By: Anne Ursu, Erin McGuire
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 92
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 81
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Story4 out of 5 stars 79
A stunning modern-day fairy tale from acclaimed author Anne Ursu.... Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends. But that was before he stopped talking to her and disappeared into a forest with a mysterious woman made of ice. Now it's up to Hazel to go in after him. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen, Breadcrumbs is a story of the struggle to hold on, and the things we leave behind.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic read for all ages
- By MCinTX on 03-07-12
By: Anne Ursu, and others
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The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding
- A Fiendish Arrangement
- By: Alexandra Bracken
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 145
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 145
Prosper is the only unexceptional Redding in his old and storied family history - that is until he discovers the demon living inside him. Turns out Prosper's great-great-great-great-great-something grandfather made - and then broke - a contract with a malefactor, a demon who exchanges fortune for eternal servitude. And, weirdly enough, 4,000-year-old Alastor isn't exactly the forgiving type. The fiend has reawakened with one purpose - to destroy the family whose success he ensured and who then betrayed him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I know we aren't suppose to like demons.
- By BooksToTheTea on 09-07-17
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The Door by the Staircase
- By: Katherine Marsh
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 46
Twelve-year-old Mary Hayes can't stand her orphanage. But when an attempted escape doesn't go quite as well as she'd hoped, Mary fears she'll be stuck in the Buffalo Asylum for Young Ladies forever. The very next day, a mysterious woman named Madame Z appears at the orphanage requesting to adopt Mary. The matron's all too happy to get the girl off her hands. Soon Mary is fed a hearty meal, dressed in a clean, new nightgown, and shown to a soft bed with blankets piled high.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very creative tale
- By Audible Dad on 02-01-19
By: Katherine Marsh
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Hide Me Among the Graves
- By: Tim Powers
- Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
- Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 96
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 90
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Story4 out of 5 stars 89
Winter 1862, London. Adelaide McKee, a former prostitute, arrives on the doorstep of veterinarian John Crawford, a man she met once seven years earlier. Their brief meeting produced a child who, until now, had been presumed dead. McKee has learned that the girl lives - but that her life and soul are in mortal peril from a vampiric ghost. But this is no ordinary spirit; the bloodthirsty wraith is none other than John Polidori, the onetime physician to the mad, bad, and dangerous Romantic poet Lord Byron.
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4 out of 5 stars
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One More Mortal Sin
- By Dave on 01-31-14
By: Tim Powers
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Coraline
- By: Neil Gaiman
- Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,495
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7,692
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,687
In Coraline's family's new flat are twenty-one windows and fourteen doors. Thirteen of the doors open and close. The fourteenth is locked, and on the other side is only a brick wall, until the day Coraline unlocks the door to find a passage to another flat in another house just like her own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Scary, but interesting for both adults and kids
- By Melise on 03-19-08
By: Neil Gaiman
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The Magic Thief
- By: Sarah Prineas
- Narrated by: Greg Steinbruner
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 433
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 365
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 364
In a city that runs on a dwindling supply of magic, a young boy is drawn into a life of wizardry and adventure. Conn should have dropped dead the day he picked Nevery's pocket and touched the wizard's locus magicalicus, a stone used to focus magic and work spells. But for some reason he did not. Nevery finds that interesting, and he takes Conn as his apprentice on the provision that the boy find a locus stone of his own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Spectacular middle grade fantasy!
- By Karissa Eckert on 11-13-14
By: Sarah Prineas
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Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book
- By: Jennifer Donnelly
- Narrated by: Jenna Augen
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 524
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 485
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 483
Hidden in the Beast's library is a very mysterious book. Belle is about to discover it and visit a glittering new world. But is everything in that world what it seems? And will Belle be able to find her way home? Or will the story take hold of her - and never let her go?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Naive Belle
- By De-Anna on 08-02-18
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The League of Beastly Dreadfuls, Book 1
- By: Holly Grant
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
Anastasia is a completely average almost-eleven-year-old. That is, UNTIL her parents die in a tragic vacuum-cleaner accident. UNTIL she's rescued by two long-lost great-aunties. And UNTIL she's taken to their delightful and, er, "authentic" Victorian home, St. Agony's Asylum for the Criminally Insane. But something strange is going on at the asylum. Anastasia soon begins to suspect that her aunties are not who they say they are. So when she meets Ollie and Quentin, two mysterious brothers, the three join together to plot their great escape!
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5 out of 5 stars
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fun little romp
- By Bonnie Gerard on 08-28-16
By: Holly Grant
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Escape from Asylum
- By: Madeleine Roux
- Narrated by: James Fouhey
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 196
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 182
Ricky Desmond has been through this all before. If he could just get through to his mother, he could convince her that he doesn't belong at Brookline. From the man who thinks he can fly to the woman who killed her husband, the other patients are nothing like him; all he did was lose his temper just a little bit, just the once. But when Ricky is selected by the sinister Warden Crawford for a very special program - a program that the warden claims will not cure him but perfect him - Ricky realizes that he may not be able to wait for his mom a second longer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow!
- By Kindle Customer on 08-28-20
By: Madeleine Roux
What listeners say about Still Life
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- K. Glazier
- 09-08-14
Fun Read
Would you consider the audio edition of Still Life to be better than the print version?
Not sure, I didn't read the book. I listened to the audio version.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Rutherford Dewey, he was interesting to listen to... fun facts about history, etc. He was also mysterious at times along with his Grandmother. He thought through things sensibly before reacting.
What does Lexy Fridell bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Life in the characters. She really felt like Olive vs. just the voice to the story's narrative.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
When Morton found his parents. It would have been great to get more emotion though out of that part. It seemed like the audio just glossed over the reunion.
Any additional comments?
I thought the series could have been wrapped up in one less book. Book 4, The Strangers was good; however, seemed to drag a bit. All in all it was a great read! Thank you!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Teresa Osborne
- 04-14-17
Love this series and ....
...and Lexy Fridell is the perfect narrator for this series. I bought all the books to read with my niece but it was Lexy's voice that made me want to get the audio series. THANKS Lexy!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Aimeelou
- 02-02-17
a great end
This book series was a wonderful adventure for the entire family and it's last book brought closure and a great end to a wonderful Adventure
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Cheryl G.
- 05-03-22
fascinating series of books
always keeps u guessing and a very good narrator. characters are intriguing and colorful. great audio book
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