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Dani Martineck
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From bestselling and award-winning author Andrew Joseph White, a queer Appalachian thriller that pulls no punches—following a trans autistic teen who's drawn into the generational struggle between the rural poor and those who exploit them.
On the night Miles Abernathy—sixteen-year-old socialist and proud West Virginian—comes out as trans to his parents, he sneaks off to a party, carrying evidence that may finally turn the tide of the blood feud plaguing Twist Creek: Photos that prove the county’s Sheriff Davies was responsible for the so-called “accident” that injured his dad, killed others, and crushed their grassroots efforts to unseat him.
The feud began a hundred years ago when Miles’s great-great-grandfather, Saint Abernathy, incited a miners’ rebellion that ended with a public execution at the hands of law enforcement. Now, Miles becomes the feud’s latest victim as the sheriff’s son and his friends sniff out the evidence, follow him through the woods, and beat him nearly to death.
In the hospital, the ghost of a soot-covered man hovers over Miles’s bedside while Sheriff Davies threatens Miles into silence. But when Miles accidently kills one of the boys who hurt him, he learns of other folks in Twist Creek who want out from under the sheriff’s heel. To free their families from this cycle of cruelty, they’re willing to put everything on the line—is Miles?
A visceral, unabashedly political audiobook that won’t let you go until you’ve reached the end, Compound Fracture is not for the faint of heart, but it is for every listener who's ready to fight for a better world.
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Grant Rossi is never getting a happily-ever-after. Ever since he was a kid and made a wish on his family’s iconic Wishing Rose, his romantic relationships have been cursed to end. Following his most recent (and extremely public) dumping, Grant is languishing in a hot Chicago summer, abandoning his beloved design projects to sink back into depression. But when his family suggests spending the summer helping his aunt and uncle refurbish their beautiful but rundown B&B and vineyard—the home of the Wishing Rose that changed everything for him—Grant decides to accept.
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WoW
- By ClinD2002 on 11-22-24
By: Adam Sass
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Before We Disappear
- By: Shaun David Hutchinson
- Narrated by: André Santana, Mark Sanderlin
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
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Jack Nevin’s clever trickery and moral flexibility make him the perfect assistant to the Enchantress, one of the most well-known stage magicians in turn-of-the-19th-century Europe. Without Jack’s steady supply of stolen tricks, the Enchantress’ fame would have burned out long ago. But when Jack’s thievery catches up to them, they’re forced to flee to America to find their fortune. Luckily, the Enchantress is able to arrange a set of sold-out shows at Seattle’s Alaska - Yukon - Pacific World’s Fair Exposition.
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Boring and racial weirdness
- By Jackson on 11-20-21
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The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry
- Sunderworld, Vol. I
- By: Ransom Riggs
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Seventeen-year-old Leopold Berry is seeing weird things around Los Angeles. A man who pops a tooth into a parking meter. A glowing trapdoor in a parking lot. A half-mechanical raccoon with its tail on fire that just won’t leave him alone. Every hallucinatory moment seems plucked from a cheesy 1990s fantasy TV show called Max's Adventures in Sunderworld—and that’s because they are. Not a good sign.
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66-yr-old female Attorney/Eng Major loved this!
- By Leslie deGraffenried on 01-27-25
By: Ransom Riggs
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The Midnight Game
- By: Cynthia Murphy
- Narrated by: Harrie Dobbie, Sam Stafford
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
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When a group of six strangers who have only ever spoken on a creepy Deddit thread decide to meet IRL, they have one plan in mind: they are going to play The Midnight Game and summon the Midnight Man. Rules of the game are simple: Do not turn on the lights. Do not go to sleep. Do not leave the building. And once you start the game, you must finish it—there's no other way out.
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the characters personalities
- By Troy Dillard on 09-16-24
By: Cynthia Murphy
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Nyxia
- By: Scott Reintgen
- Narrated by: Sullivan Jones, Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
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Emmett Atwater isn't just leaving Detroit; he's leaving Earth. Why the Babel Corporation recruited him is a mystery, but the number of zeroes on their contract has him boarding their lightship and hoping to return to Earth with enough money to take care of his family. Forever. Before long, Emmett discovers that he is one of 10 recruits, all of whom have troubled pasts and are a long way from home. Now each recruit must earn the right to travel down to the planet of Eden, where they will mine a substance called Nyxia.
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I probably won't read the second one...
- By Ellie on 11-21-17
By: Scott Reintgen
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House of Hollow
- By: Krystal Sutherland
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Iris Hollow and her two older sisters are unquestionably strange. Ever since they disappeared on a suburban street in Scotland as children only to return a month a later with no memory of what happened to them, odd, eerie occurrences seem to follow in their wake. And they're changing. First, their dark hair turned white. Then, their blue eyes slowly turned black. They have insatiable appetites yet never gain weight. People find them disturbingly intoxicating, unbearably beautiful, and inexplicably dangerous.
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Pay no attention to the cover art
- By Kimberly D. Bouchu on 05-19-22
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Wish You Weren't Here
- By: Erin Baldwin
- Narrated by: Valerie Rose Lohman
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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Juliette doesn't hate Priya Pendley. At least, not in the way teen movies say she should hate the hot popular girl. They don't do cat fights, love triangles, or betrayal. To survive their intertwined small town lives, they’ve agreed to a truce. They complete group projects without fighting, never gossip to mutual friends, and stand on opposite sides of photos so it’s easy to crop each other out. Priya seems to have everything during the school year—social media stardom, the handsome track captain boyfriend, and millions of adoring fans—and Juliette is at peace with that.
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Adorable story
- By Tlacy on 01-10-25
By: Erin Baldwin
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Dreadful
- By: Caitlin Rozakis
- Narrated by: Keval Shah
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
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Gav isn't really sure how he ended up with a castle full of goblins, or why he has a princess locked in a cell. All he can do is play along with his own evil plan in hopes of getting his memories back before he gets himself killed. But as he realizes that nothing—from the incredibly tasteless cloak adorned with flames to the aforementioned princess—is quite what it seems, Gav must face up to all the things the Dread Lord Gavrax has done. And he'll have to answer the hardest question of all—who does he want to be?
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The goblins!
- By Cady Wieck on 06-25-24
By: Caitlin Rozakis
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The Kingdoms
- By: Natasha Pulley
- Narrated by: Theo Solomon
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
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Joe Tournier has a bad case of amnesia. His first memory is of stepping off a train in the 19th-century French colony of England. The only clue Joe has about his identity is a century-old postcard of a Scottish lighthouse that arrives in London the same month he does. Written in illegal English - instead of French - the postcard is signed only with the letter 'M', but Joe is certain whoever wrote it knows him far better than he currently knows himself and he’s determined to find the writer.
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Fascinating story but not the performance needed
- By Pat on 06-30-21
By: Natasha Pulley
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The Bletchley Riddle
- By: Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin
- Narrated by: Louis Hill, Georgina Jane, Ruta Sepetys, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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Summer, 1940. Nineteen-year-old Jakob Novis and his quirky younger sister Lizzie share a love of riddles and puzzles. And now they’re living inside of one. The quarrelsome siblings find themselves amidst one of the greatest secrets of World War II—Britain’s eccentric codebreaking factory at Bletchley Park. As Jakob joins Bletchley’s top minds to crack the Nazi's Enigma cipher, fourteen-year-old Lizzie embarks on a mission to solve the mysterious disappearance of their mother.
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A war novel that champions the contributions of intellectuals and respects the children's experiences
- By Carolyn M Robinson on 03-15-25
By: Ruta Sepetys, and others
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The Secret Library
- By: Kekla Magoon
- Narrated by: Nekia Renee Martin
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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Since Grandpa died, Dally’s days are dull and restricted. She’s eleven and a half years old, and her exacting single mother is already preparing her to take over the family business. Starved for adventure and release, Dally rescues a mysterious envelope from her mother’s clutches, an envelope Grandpa had earmarked for her. The map she finds inside leads straight to an ancient vault, a library of secrets where each book is a portal to a precise moment in time. As Dally “checks out” adventure after adventure she begins to dive deep into her family’s hidden history.
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Yes! Great listening!
- By mom22qtp2ts on 10-31-24
By: Kekla Magoon
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Road Home
- By: Rex Ogle
- Narrated by: Ramón De Ocampo
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
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One hot summer afternoon, Rex Ogle’s sexuality is found out and his father gives him an ultimatum: you can be gay, or you can live here, but not both—and you have twenty-four hours to decide. Rex desperately hopes for a reprieve that doesn’t come, and the following day, he leaves. With no place to go, he drives to New Orleans, where he has the phone number of a man he met briefly and kissed once.
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Wonderful Author
- By Rebecca on 01-31-25
By: Rex Ogle
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Song of the Six Realms
- By: Judy I. Lin
- Narrated by: Jen Zhao
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
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Xue, a talented young musician, has no past and probably no future. Orphaned at a young age, her kindly poet uncle took her in and arranged for an apprenticeship at one of the most esteemed entertainment houses in the kingdom. She doesn’t remember much from before entering the House of Flowing Water, and when her uncle is suddenly killed in a bandit attack, she is devastated to lose her last connection to a life outside of her indenture contract.
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A BEAUTIFULLY WOVEN TALE
- By Heinisch on 09-16-24
By: Judy I. Lin
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- Katrina
- 12-30-24
Wonderful and inspiring story
This book I would recommend to young people bc it deals with a lot of today’s topics and how people react to the issues that transgender and all the other issues that affect someone’s sexuality. Read with caution because some of the violence but it is a very informative book.
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- Emmaleigh Parker
- 02-12-25
He's done it again!
When I read AJWs first book, I love it, but when I read his second I was floored. I feel seen, and heard and understood reading his books, and on top of all that, he's an excellent story teller!
this one was no different, although, this might be my new favorite!
I can't wait for him to release more books!
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- J. Cicero
- 09-18-24
impeccable
Possibly the best and most difficult coming of age novel I've read in a long time, it seamlessly blends localized history and current events, self-discovery, class struggles, small town life, family relationships, and... violence. The author's deft weaving of both details and sparse language match perfectly with the actor's telling. Or is the actor's voice and inflection the perfect match for the author's storytelling? Either way... Wow. This book will stay with me for a long while. Congratulations and thanks to both of you for jobs perfectly executed.
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- Logan
- 12-08-24
Perseverance
I liked how this story takes the time to portray underrepresented queers characters in situations you wouldn’t normally expect to see them. I also love how we get to see a character fight back against realistic threats that hit close to home. The characters are amazing and relatable and I find the story to be inspiring. Love AJW’s work and will forever be a fan.
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- Olivia W.
- 01-11-25
Haunting and fantastic
I love this author so much. I love the representation in all his books, and this one is no exception. This book is gritty and wonderful, and I couldn’t put it down.
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- Book Bermi
- 09-04-24
Phenomenal.
Oof, this book hits where it hurts. The story grabbed me from the very beginning! Trans rage is one of my favorite things to read and this book delivers in abundance! The added notes of a society crushed under the weight of capitalism added with the push for anarchy really resonated with how I feel about today’s political climate. Adding to it spectacular trans Rep, and this book is one you don’t want to miss! It’s not cute and cuddly. Instead it’s full of rage and gore, and it’s perfection.
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- AndRhysHend
- 11-21-24
disturbingly well-done
This book made me uncomfortable in the good way of stuff that makes you take a step back and look at the preconceived notions and beliefs around you, while also being just a really well-written story. It was gross, thought-provoking and the characters were engaging!
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- Brooke Towns
- 02-05-25
Amazing VA performance
Loved the production and telling of the story, the voice actor was perfect for this role.
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- Kraftykat
- 09-06-24
Better and better
WOW!!!
I just finished this one and WOW! I just can't say enough about this book. Having listen to the first two books (Hell Followed With Us & When the Spirit Bares Its Teeth), I was ready for the graphicness and blunt honesty of this book. What I was not ready for is the plethora of "Holy sh**" moments that drew me further into the world these characters live in. Yes, this one had some graphic violence but my takeaway from this book is one of unconditional love, community, and being brave enough to stand up to bullsh** ideas that tell us who were supposed to be.
Thank you AJ for another fabulous book. They just keep getting better and better, as do you. Thank you for being you 😊
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- George Watts
- 09-28-24
hard hitting
out of all of AJW's books, this is by far the most brutal and bleak. I say this in the most positive way as reading this book was incredibly fun but it will test your heart. one of those books that I love and would recommend a thousand times over, but I don't think I can bring myself to read it again.
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