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Becky Doughty
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Graeme Ing
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Fourteen-year old Lissa is snatched from her home and finds herself a slave on a trading ship traveling on a waterless ocean of nothing but gray dust. A feisty, curious and intelligent girl, her desire to explore the ship earns her the hatred of the cruel first officer, Farq.
Fascinated by the ocean of dust, Lissa becomes embroiled in its mysteries, sensing things that the crew cannot, while cryptic whispers in her head are leading her toward a destiny linked to the dust itself. Only one man aboard can help her make sense of her new talent, but can she trust him? All is not as it seems, and she must unravel the clues before it's too late.
When a sinister plot casts her adrift on the barren ocean, her best friend is left in the hands of the treacherous crew. Everything hinges upon her courage, quick wits, and her ability to master her new talent.
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Princess Anidori-Kiladra of Kildenree was born with a word on her tongue, and a secret magic. Though she is raised in luxury, she is never quite comfortable with who she is, or what she is to become. Then she is sent on a journey to marry an unknown prince. The trip is difficult, and before it is finished all her expectations are overturned. Alone, friendless, stripped of her crown and her title, Ani must learn to make her own path in the world. Along the way, she just might learn to be a princess.
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Surprisingly Good!
- By Douglas on 01-08-14
By: Shannon Hale
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Into the Dim
- By: Janet B. Taylor
- Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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When fragile 16-year-old Hope Walton loses her mom to an earthquake overseas, her secluded world crumbles. Agreeing to spend the summer in Scotland, Hope discovers that her mother was more than a brilliant academic but also a member of a secret society of time travelers. And she's alive, though currently trapped in the 12th century, during the age of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Hope has 77 hours to rescue her mother and get back to their own time.
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Typical YA
- By Lucy on 03-08-16
By: Janet B. Taylor
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The Darkdeep
- By: Ally Condie, Brendan Reichs
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch, Emily Bauer
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
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New York Times best-selling authors Ally Condie and Brendan Reichs team up to co-author this thrilling first book in a darkly suspenseful middle grade series. Everyone in Timbers knows Still Cove is off-limits, with its creepy Beast sightings and equally terrifying legends. But when a bullying incident sends 12-year-old Nico Holland over a cliff and into Still Cove's icy waters, friends Tyler and Emma - and even Opal Walsh, who usually runs with the popular kids - rush to his rescue...and discover a mysterious island hiding in the murky, swirling mists below.
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FANTASTIC
- By Activee LIVE on 07-17-23
By: Ally Condie, and others
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The Clockwork Three
- By: Matthew Kirby
- Narrated by: Marc Thompson
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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A team of unlikely friends - an orphaned street musician, a hard-working girl from the tenements, and a talented clockmaker's apprentice - discover that together they can overcome even the darkest of fears.
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HASTY CLIMBERS SUFFER SUDDEN FALLS
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 09-17-17
By: Matthew Kirby
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The Spirit Thief
- The Legend of Eli Monpress, Book 1
- By: Rachel Aaron
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
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He's not just any thief. He’s the greatest thief of the age - and he’s also a wizard. And with the help of his partners - a swordsman with the most powerful magic sword in the world but no magical ability of his own, and a demonseed who can step through shadows and punch through walls - he’s going to put his plan into effect. The first step is to increase the size of the bounty on his head, so he’ll need to steal some big things. But he’ll start with somethingsmall. Something like a king....
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Entertaining light fantasy
- By Kindle Customer on 02-16-12
By: Rachel Aaron
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Storybound
- By: Marissa Burt
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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When Una Fairchild stumbles upon a mysterious book buried deep in the basement of her school library, she thinks nothing of opening the cover and diving in. But instead of paging through a regular novel, Una suddenly finds herself Written In to the land of Story - a world filled with Heroes and Villains and fairy-tale characters. But not everything in Story is as magical as it seems. Una must figure out why she has been Written In - and fast - before anyone else discovers her secret. Together with her new friend Peter and a talking cat named Sam, Una digs deep into Story's shadowy past.
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Okay story about wandering into a fairy tale
- By Karissa Eckert on 11-13-14
By: Marissa Burt
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House of Furies
- By: Madeleine Roux
- Narrated by: Billie Fulford-Brown
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
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After escaping a harsh school where punishment was the lesson of the day, 17-year-old Louisa Ditton is thrilled to find employment as a maid at a boardinghouse. But soon after her arrival at Coldthistle House, Louisa begins to realize that the house's mysterious owner, Mr. Morningside, is providing much more than lodging for his guests. Far from a place of rest, the house is a place of judgment, and Mr. Morningside and his unusual staff are meant to execute their own justice on those who are past being saved.
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One of the characters is Satan..lots of the occult
- By Angela Briggs on 07-25-19
By: Madeleine Roux
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Under the Never Sky
- By: Veronica Rossi
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne Flagler
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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Since she’d been on the outside, she’d survived an Aether storm, she’d had a knife held to her throat, and she’d seen men murdered. This was worse. Exiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria knows her chances of surviving in the outer wasteland - known as The Death Shop - are slim. If the cannibals don’t get her, the violent, electrified energy storms will. She’s been taught that the very air she breathes can kill her. Then Aria meets an Outsider named Perry. He’s wild - a savage - and her only hope of staying alive.
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Beware of the Triology
- By Katherine on 09-23-12
By: Veronica Rossi
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The Door Before
- 100 Cupboards Prequel
- By: N. D. Wilson
- Narrated by: Kathleen Gati
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
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Hyacinth Smith can see things that others miss, stop attack dogs from attacking, and grow trees where no trees have grown before. But she's never had a real home. When her father tells them they've inherited a house from their great-aunt, Hyacinth sees trouble brewing. Their great-aunt has been playing with forces beyond her control, using her lightning-tree forest to create doors to other worlds. When one door opens, two boys tumble through...bringing with them a battle with the undying witch-queen, Nimiane.
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If Siri read you a book
- By Brian K on 06-29-17
By: N. D. Wilson
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Dancer's Lament
- Path to Ascendancy, Book 1
- By: Ian C. Esslemont
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Length: 16 hrs and 49 mins
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Esslemont's all-new prequel trilogy takes readers deeper into the politics and intrigue of the New York Times bestselling Malazan Empire. Dancer's Lament focuses on the genesis of the empire, and features Dancer, the skilled assassin, who, alongside the mage Kellanved, would found the Malazan empire.
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FISH
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 01-05-17
By: Ian C. Esslemont
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- Joleen
- 07-20-20
3.5 stars. YA+ audience
Ocean of Dust by Graeme Ing
Genre: Secular YA sci-fi/fantasy. "Gods" are mentioned
Fourteen-year old Lissa, Lyndon and Pete are snatched from her hometown to be made slaves on a trade ship. This no ordinary ship, nor is the ocean ordinary. It's waterless, made of nothing but gray dust. Currents of dust are grabbed by an object on chains below the ship to propel them along. It takes a special person to chart and "feel" these currents. And what no one knows, not even Lissa herself, is that she is gifted in it all, and can communicate telepathically with the creatures that live in this dust ocean.
Imaginative.
Lissa is clever, curious and intelligent, with a big heart. Except for two young people, the physicker and a navigation teacher, not a single person on this ship treats her with anything other than disdain. Slapping her, calling her names, shoving her into or down any hole or flights of steps, and ordering her to do every menial task is her daily life onboard. Primarily she assists the cook who is brusque and nearly as hateful as the rest of the crew. (I've never read a book with such a horrible group of miserable people in my life).
As much as she misses her family she doesn’t seem to want to go back...like something is calling her to travel. She wants to explore the ship and learn all she can.
No matter what Lissa does though, no matter how compliant, it earns her only hatred from the cruel first officer, Farq, who seems to blame her for everything, punishing her constantly. Lissa lives in perpetual fear of the crew and two other abducted teens, Lyndon, an uppity spoiled rich kid, and Alice who is never anything but cruel. Lissa is so sweet and apologetic for everything, but it seems the nature of the crew is hateful.
Sounds pretty awful, doesn’t it? To be honest, I’m not sure I’d want my pre-teen reading this. A pre-read by parents for their teens might be considered as some bizarre language is also used.
But the imagination and storytelling of this author is like nothing I've ever read. Clearly written for a younger set, it is nonetheless engaging, and the reader is constantly hopeful for a better outcome throughout the book. Oh, it comes, but it is hard won. Many adventures, and explorations of new lands and new creatures.
The story could have used less cruelty and a few more sympathetic characters, in my opinion. Worth the read? There's definitely a fan base for this sort of book, so I'll give it a plus for that. But will I read another book if the story continues? Nope. Too much stress for me. All the way through I kept saying to myself, “What more can happen to this poor child?”
If I may, though, this was an audiobook given to me by a different author and by Audible.com, and the narrator was incredible. Becky Doughty does accents, voices and emotion to perfection. I know it’s cliche to say, "I felt like I was there", but in this case, I cannot find another way to say what went on in my mind while listening to this. To me, her narration really made this book! Great job!
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- Michael
- 06-19-14
Imaginative but depressing
Ocean of Dust is a tale that follows a young girl in another world named Lissa. She is kidnapped and forced to work as a galley girl aboard a ship sailing across an ocean made of dust. She is mistreated and disrespected most of the time, but she eventually realizes she has a magical connection to the ocean.
Lissa has an insatiable curiosity and often puts her nose where it doesn't belong, bringing her no end of trouble. She does learn some secrets that threaten the crew, but she doesn't act on them quick enough to make any difference. While the book tells us she has a perfect moral compass, she seems to lack wisdom or prudence. Thus, much of the violence and troubles she encounters were her own doing.
Speaking of violence, this book has no shortage of it. In fact, I would say it is over-the-top and completely overdone. Having Lissa endure round after round of beatings leads little to the story.
The plot was entertaining, though the action is mostly contained to the ship. There were quite a few slow parts that could have been removed with little impact on the story. However, I felt myself wanting to know what came next so the "page turner" factor is well there.
The world building was quite imaginative and interesting. I have certainly never read a story about an ocean made of dust, filled with magical creatures. We don't learn a whole lot about the various peoples of the world, or the lands, but what we do learn is enough to push the story forward.
The characters were also well developed and intriguing, though several were absolutely despicable. Unfortunately not all met an appropriate reckoning, but at least some justice was dealt out. Lissa grows well and learns to use her abilities to ultimately rescue the crew on several occasions.
I listened to the audiobook and felt the narrator did a good job. She had a good naive voice appropriate for Lissa, and did a fine job with the other voices as well.
Overall, this is an entertaining and imaginative story that follows the growth of Lissa and the ship's crew, but one that is dark and brutal with some unnecessary violence and some slow pacing. It is, however, a memorable experience that is worth trying.
NOTE: I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
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- Casie L
- 01-13-15
A great adventure :)
My Thoughts - 4 out of 5 Unicorns - I really liked it!!!
***I won this audiobook in a giveaway this summer :)
The cover is definitely intriguing and I like her eyes and the sky especially :)
My son and I have been listening to audiobooks on the ipod I won over the summer since school started, and this is one of the audiobooks that I won with that ipod. I wasn’t sure what to expect when we started listening to this book since I didn’t look at the blurb prior to listening; I just knew it was YA and therefore okay to listen to with my son :)
Graeme has an amazing imagination to come up with a world like this where sailing on an ocean of dust can happen. I especially like how Lissa comes from a place more like our world with sailing, so we get her reactions and impressions to help us see what is going on. The descriptions and storyline was awesome, and I really can’t wait for more in this series. And according to his website, there is more coming which will make my son extremely happy because even he wants more, and he is harder to please :)
Lissa is such a strong and curious girl. I don’t know if I could be as brave as her given her kidnapping and subsequent troubles. She exhibits all the characteristics I would want my son to with being kind, loyal, and courageous. I’m annoyed with some of the characters thinking that because Lissa is a girl she is useless and can’t be intelligent. Thankfully, most of them redeemed themselves in the end for the most part. I really want to see what happens in Lissa’s next adventure with Branda.
I recommend this book to any adventure lovin’ soul from middle schooler to adult :)
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