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Jordan Alfaro
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Risa Nyman
About this listen
One dead father.
One lying mother.
After 12-year-old Rocky overhears Mom admit her story about how his dad died is bogus, his trust in his one remaining parent unravels. The for sale sign appears on the front lawn right after the funeral, forcing Rocky to leave the house linked to so many memories of his dad.
Consumed by the secret and struggling to adjust to changing schools mid-year, Rocky is startled by a familiar voice. Dashing into a restroom stall to hide, the voice of his father tells him that the only way to learn the truth is to return to his old town.
Can you take advice from a dead person?
Rocky finds a real partner in a new friend, Olive, who offers to be his assistant sleuth and help him crack the secret and get his life on track. The pair's schemes go bust, but they embolden Rocky to embark on a journey of risks, eavesdropping and snooping to discover the truth about the father he thought he knew.
©2020 Risa Nyman (P)2020 Immortal WorksListeners also enjoyed...
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- By Khoula on 08-17-20
By: Tobly McSmith
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We Now Return to Regular Life
- By: Martin Wilson
- Narrated by: Will Ropp, Whitney Dykhouse
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4 out of 5 stars 50
Sam Walsh had been missing for three years. His older sister, Beth, thought he was dead. His childhood friend Josh thought it was all his fault. They were the last two people to see him alive. Until now. Because Sam has been found, and he's coming home. Beth desperately wants to understand what happened to her brother, but her family refuses to talk about it - even though Sam is clearly still affected by the abuse he faced at the hands of his captor.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Mundane and predictable.
- By Mark on 10-27-17
By: Martin Wilson
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Liar, Liar
- The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Deception
- By: Gary Paulsen
- Narrated by: Joshua Swanson
- Length: 2 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 45
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 46
Kevin has a big talent. Some might call it compulsive lying. He calls it common sense. Kev doesn’t mean to cause trouble by lying all the time; he’s just trying to make everything easier for everyone (and himself). And, of course, a few harmless, um, falsehoods are crucial to his plan to convince Tina that he’s the perfect boyfriend for her. In Gary Paulsen’s irresistible and chaotic comedy, Kevin’s lies spiral out of control until he’s faced with the need to do the unthinkable: tell the truth.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mindless entertainment
- By Melody on 01-21-15
By: Gary Paulsen
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The Last Time We Say Goodbye
- By: Cynthia Hand
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 515
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 464
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 467
The last time Lex was happy, it was before. When she had a family that was whole. A boyfriend she loved. Friends who didn't look at her like she might break down at any moment. Now she's just the girl whose brother killed himself. And it feels like that's all she'll ever be. As Lex starts to put her life back together, she tries to block out what happened the night Tyler died. But there's a secret she hasn't told anyone--a text Tyler sent that could have changed everything.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Such sweet sorrow
- By Lesaly on 04-26-15
By: Cynthia Hand
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Leaving Paradise, Book 1
- By: Simone Elkeles
- Narrated by: Nick Mondelli
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 74
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 75
Nothing has been the same since Caleb Becker left a party drunk, got behind the wheel, and hit Maggie Armstrong. Even after months of painful physical therapy, Maggie walks with a limp. Her social life is nil and a scholarship to study abroad - her chance to escape everyone and their pitying stares - has been canceled. After a year in juvenile jail, Caleb’s free...if freedom means endless nagging from a transition coach and the prying eyes of the entire town. Coming home should feel good, but his family and ex-girlfriend seem like strangers.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Couldnt finish so bad
- By Chelsea on 09-11-18
By: Simone Elkeles
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Starworld
- By: Audrey Coulthurst, Paula Garner
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Emma Galvin
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4 out of 5 stars 49
Sam Jones and Zoe Miller have one thing in common: they both want an escape from reality. Loner Sam flies under the radar at school and walks on eggshells at home to manage her mom’s obsessive-compulsive disorder, wondering how she can ever leave to pursue her dream of studying aerospace engineering. Popular, people-pleasing Zoe puts up walls so no one can see her true self: the girl who was abandoned as an infant, whose adoptive mother has cancer, and whose disabled brother is being sent away to live in a facility.
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5 out of 5 stars
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lovely story
- By Chess on 11-05-19
By: Audrey Coulthurst, and others
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The Secret Side of Empty
- By: Maria E. Andreu
- Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23
What's it like to be undocumented? High school senior M.T. knows all too well. With graduation and an uncertain future looming, she must figure out how to grow up in the only country she's ever called home... a country in which she's "illegal". M.T. was born in Argentina and brought to America as a baby without any official papers. And as questions of college, work, and the future arise, M.T. will have to decide what exactly she wants for herself, knowing someone she loves will unavoidably pay the price for it.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Heavy topics handled well but just fell short 4 me
- By AudioBookHoe on 07-30-17
By: Maria E. Andreu
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11 Birthdays: A Wish Novel
- By: Wendy Mass
- Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 318
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 263
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 264
Amanda is reliving her 11th birthday over and over again - even the fight with her best friend, Leo. How can she fix everything and put the day behind her? Only time, friendship, and luck will tell.
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5 out of 5 stars
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In the words of a 9 yr old
- By Heather Baker- and kids on 04-03-17
By: Wendy Mass
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Picture Us in the Light
- By: Kelly Loy Gilbert
- Narrated by: James Chen
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
When Danny discovers a taped-up box in his father's closet filled with old letters and a file on a powerful Silicon Valley family, he realizes there's much more to his family's past than he ever imagined. Danny has been an artist for as long as he can remember, and it seems his path is set, with a scholarship to RISD and his family's blessing to pursue the career he's always dreamed of. Still, contemplating a future without his best friend, Harry Wong, by his side makes Danny feel a panic he can barely put into words.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A poignant, touching novel for the Asian American millennial
- By Jenny on 06-30-23
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Eliza and Her Monsters
- By: Francesca Zappia
- Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly, Kate Rudd
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 222
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 194
Eighteen-year-old Eliza Mirk is the anonymous creator of the wildly popular webcomic Monstrous Sea, but when a new boy at school tempts her to live a life offline, everything she’s worked for begins to crumble. In the real world, Eliza Mirk is shy, weird, and friendless. Online, Eliza is LadyConstellation, anonymous creator of a popular webcomic called Monstrous Sea. With millions of followers and fans throughout the world, Eliza’s persona is popular. Eliza can’t imagine enjoying the real world as much as she loves her digital community.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just...... Breathtaking
- By Amazon Customer on 06-15-19
By: Francesca Zappia
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Turtles All the Way Down
- By: John Green
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,023
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,826
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,807
Aza Holmes never intended to pursue the disappearance of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Pickett’s son Davis. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I hate to call it a trigger warning, but-
- By Lynnzee on 10-23-17
By: John Green
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The Meaning of Maggie
- By: Megan Jean Sovern
- Narrated by: Therese Plummer
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37
As befits a future President of the United States of America, Maggie Mayfield has decided to write a memoir of the past year of her life. And what a banner year it's been! During this period she's Student of the Month on a regular basis, an official shareholder of Coca-Cola stock, and defending Science Fair champion. Most importantly, though, this is the year Maggie has to pull up her bootstraps (the family motto) and finally learn why her cool-dude dad is in a wheelchair, no matter how scary that is.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful narration
- By M. Jackson on 04-17-24
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A Girl Named Digit
- By: Annabel Monaghan
- Narrated by: Julia Farhat
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Farrah "Digit" Higgins may be going to MIT in the fall, but this L.A. high school genius has left her geek self behind in another school district so she can blend in with the popular crowd at Santa Monica High and actually enjoy her senior year. But when Farrah, the daughter of a UCLA math professor, unknowingly cracks a terrorist group's number sequence, her laid-back senior year gets a lot more interesting. Soon she is personally investigating the case, on the run from terrorists, and faking her own kidnapping - all while trying to convince a young, hot FBI agent to take her seriously.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nails It
- By Lifeisshort on 05-16-14
By: Annabel Monaghan
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Perfect Chemistry
- By: Simone Elkeles
- Narrated by: Roxanne Hernandez, Blas Kisic
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 754
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 630
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Story4 out of 5 stars 638
When Brittany Ellis walks into chemistry class on the first day of senior year, she has no clue that her carefully created perfect life is about to unravel before her eyes. She's forced to be lab partners with Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, and he is about to threaten everything she's worked so hard for her flawless reputation, her relationship with her boyfriend, and the secret that her home life is anything but perfect.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect Chemisty has perfect chemistry.
- By Leslie on 04-21-10
By: Simone Elkeles
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Cracked
- By: K. M. Walton
- Narrated by: Nicholas Tecosky, Andrew Wilson
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Victor hates his life. He has no friends, gets beaten up at school, and his parents are always criticizing him. Tired of feeling miserable, Victor takes a bottle of his mother’s sleeping pills - only to wake up in the hospital. Bull is angry, and takes all of his rage out on Victor. That makes him feel better, at least a little. But it doesn’t stop Bull’s grandfather from getting drunk and hitting him. So Bull tries to defend himself with a loaded gun. When Victor and Bull end up as roommates in the same psych ward, there’s no way to escape each other or their problems. Which means things are going to get worse - much worse - before they get better.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting
- By Mitra Grondin on 06-07-15
By: K. M. Walton
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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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She's with Me
- With Me, Book 1
- By: Jessica Cunsolo
- Narrated by: Sarah McEwan
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 628
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 585
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 583
Arriving in another new town, Amelia Collins vows to fit in and finish her senior year drama free. There can’t be any mistakes. Staying under the radar is what keeps Amelia one step ahead of the man who is trying to find and destroy her. But when she’s befriended by a group of students who make her feel safe and loved, Amelia struggles to maintain her distance, especially when faced with her feelings for Aiden Parker, whose piercing gray eyes and strength weaken her resolve.
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5 out of 5 stars
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LOVED it, but too much swearing
- By Jarom Johnston on 08-14-22
By: Jessica Cunsolo
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Where They Found Her
- A Novel
- By: Kimberly McCreight
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert, Lauren Fortgang, Rachel F. Hirsch, and others
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,098
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,729
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,722
At the end of a long winter in well-to-do Ridgedale, New Jersey, the body of an infant is discovered in the woods near the town's prestigious university campus. No one knows who the baby is or how her body ended up out there. But there is no shortage of opinions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't stop listening
- By Erika on 04-27-15
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- Susan
- 10-23-21
Interesting story
At first I didn't like the story but as it continued my mind changed. Rocky's dad dies and he doesn't understand why. He is given an explanation but it makes no sense. He is uprooted and his mother moves them. He has to learn to fit in at his school & make new friends but his #1 task is to find out the real reason his dad died no matter what. This story had the perfect narrator.. The voice fit the characters very well.. Great story.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- CuteAsADaisy
- 06-05-21
Fun Middle Grade Mystery
This was a really clean and fun middle grade mystery! My 11 year old son read this book and loved it too. My only warning with this one is there is some light discussions regarding suicide; however, it is tastefully done and the overall mood of the book is not really depressing. It's a great book to segway into the topic of suicide and getting the proper help for friends or yourself. The narrator did a great job and was fun to listen to.
—I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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