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Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and recently replaced by a computer, Olivetti has been forgotten by the Brindles—the family he’s lived with for years. The Brindles are busy humans, apart from twelve-year-old Ernest, who would rather be left alone with his collection of Oxford English Dictionaries. Once a collector of words, now Olivetti only collects dust.
He gets a rare glimpse of action from Ernest’s mom, Beatrice—his used-to-be frequent visitor—only for her to drop him off at Heartland Pawn Shop and leave him behind. When Olivetti learns Beatrice has mysteriously gone missing afterward, he believes he can help find her. He breaks the only rule of the typewriterly code and types back to Ernest, divulging Beatrice’s memories stored inside him.
Their search takes them across San Francisco—chasing clues, dodging a dumpster diving girl, maybe committing a few misdemeanors. As Olivetti spills out the past, Ernest is forced to face what he and his family have been running from, the Everything That Happened. Only by working together will they find Beatrice, belonging, and the parts of themselves they’ve lost.
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- Narrated by: Susan Denaker
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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The never-before-told true account of the design and development of the first desktop computer by the world's most famous high-styled typewriter company, more than a decade before the arrival of the Osborne 1, the Apple 1, the first Intel microprocessor, and IBM's PC5150.
By: Meryle Secrest
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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.
By: Kekla Magoon
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The Secret Language of Birds
- By: Lynne Kelly
- Narrated by: Ferdelle Capistrano
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
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Nina is used to feeling like the odd one out, both at school and in her large family. But while trying to fit in at summer camp, she discovers something even more peculiar: two majestic birds have built a nest in the marsh behind an abandoned infirmary. They appear to be whooping cranes, but that’s impossible—Nina is an amateur bird-watcher, and all her resources tell her that those rare birds haven’t nested in Texas for over a hundred years. When Nina reports the sighting to wildlife officials, more questions arise.
By: Lynne Kelly
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Free Period
- By: Ali Terese
- Narrated by: Josephine Huang, Cassandra Cassandra
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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Helen and Gracie are pranking their way through middle school when a stinky stunt lands them in the front office—again. Because nothing else has curbed their chaos, the principal orders the best friends to do the unthinkable: care about something. So they join the school's Community Action Club with plans to do as little as humanly possible. But when Helen is caught unprepared by an early period and bleeds through her pants— they were gold lamé!—the girls take over the club's campaign for maxi pads in bathrooms for all students who menstruate.
By: Ali Terese
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Faker
- By: Gordon Korman
- Narrated by: Christopher Gebauer
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
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Trey knows how the trick works: His dad gets him into a school full of kids with rich parents. Trey makes friends, and his dad makes connections. Soon, there’s the con, where Trey’s dad suckers the other parents into giving him money for one of his schemes. Once the money’s in the bank, Trey, his sister, and their dad go on the run … until they set up somewhere else and start again.
By: Gordon Korman
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The War That Saved My Life
- By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn't waste a minute - she sneaks out to join him. So begins a new adventure of Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan.
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Great historical Fiction -- 2016 Newbery Honor
- By Mel on 01-05-17
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The Mysterious Affair at Olivetti
- IBM, the CIA, and the Cold War Conspiracy to Shut Down Production of the World's First Desktop Computer
- By: Meryle Secrest
- Narrated by: Susan Denaker
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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The never-before-told true account of the design and development of the first desktop computer by the world's most famous high-styled typewriter company, more than a decade before the arrival of the Osborne 1, the Apple 1, the first Intel microprocessor, and IBM's PC5150.
By: Meryle Secrest
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The Secret Library
- By: Kekla Magoon
- Narrated by: Nekia Renee Martin
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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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.
By: Kekla Magoon
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The Secret Language of Birds
- By: Lynne Kelly
- Narrated by: Ferdelle Capistrano
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Nina is used to feeling like the odd one out, both at school and in her large family. But while trying to fit in at summer camp, she discovers something even more peculiar: two majestic birds have built a nest in the marsh behind an abandoned infirmary. They appear to be whooping cranes, but that’s impossible—Nina is an amateur bird-watcher, and all her resources tell her that those rare birds haven’t nested in Texas for over a hundred years. When Nina reports the sighting to wildlife officials, more questions arise.
By: Lynne Kelly
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Free Period
- By: Ali Terese
- Narrated by: Josephine Huang, Cassandra Cassandra
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Helen and Gracie are pranking their way through middle school when a stinky stunt lands them in the front office—again. Because nothing else has curbed their chaos, the principal orders the best friends to do the unthinkable: care about something. So they join the school's Community Action Club with plans to do as little as humanly possible. But when Helen is caught unprepared by an early period and bleeds through her pants— they were gold lamé!—the girls take over the club's campaign for maxi pads in bathrooms for all students who menstruate.
By: Ali Terese
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Faker
- By: Gordon Korman
- Narrated by: Christopher Gebauer
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Trey knows how the trick works: His dad gets him into a school full of kids with rich parents. Trey makes friends, and his dad makes connections. Soon, there’s the con, where Trey’s dad suckers the other parents into giving him money for one of his schemes. Once the money’s in the bank, Trey, his sister, and their dad go on the run … until they set up somewhere else and start again.
By: Gordon Korman
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Kyra, Just for Today
- By: Sara Zarr
- Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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Krya has always felt like she’s a bit too much. Too tall. Too loud. Too earnest. But she’s okay with that, because she’s got her mom. Ever since Mom got sober about five years ago, she and Kyra have always been there for each other—something Kyra is thankful for every week when she attends her group meetings with other kids of alcoholics. When Mom is managing her cleaning business and Kyra is taking care of things at home, maybe, she thinks, she’s not too much. Maybe, she’s just enough.
By: Sara Zarr
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The Cats of Silver Crescent
- By: Kaela Noel
- Narrated by: Hope Newhouse
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
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With her mother busy traveling for work, Elsby isn’t thrilled to be spending a few weeks with her great-aunt Verity. Luckily, she has her notebook and a lush garden to sketch to help pass the time. But a visitor takes Elsby by surprise: a cat standing on its two hind legs and dressed like a sailor dashes across the garden and into the neighboring woods!
By: Kaela Noel
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Tree. Table. Book.
- By: Lois Lowry
- Narrated by: Hope Newhouse
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
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From two-time Newbery medalist Lois Lowry comes this warm and resonant story of an unlikely friendship, which unfolds as a revelation on how we hold on to—and pass on—what matters most.
By: Lois Lowry
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Abeni's Song
- Abeni's Song, Book 1
- By: P. Djèlí Clark
- Narrated by: Funmi James
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
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On the day of the Harvest Festival, the old woman who lives in the forest appears in Abeni's village with a terrible message: You ignored my warnings. It’s too late to run. They are coming. Warriors with burning blades storm the village. A man with a cursed flute plays an impossibly alluring song. And everyone Abeni has ever known and loved is captured and marched toward far-off ghost ships set for even more distant lands. But not Abeni. Abeni is magically whisked away by the old woman.
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Good Story
- By Wendy on 07-27-23
By: P. Djèlí Clark
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Sona and the Golden Beasts
- By: Rajani LaRocca
- Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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Though music is outlawed in the land of Devia, Sona hears it everywhere. Sona is a Malech, a member of the ruling class that conquered Devia centuries ago. Malechs forbade music to prevent the native Devans from using their magic, and Sona hides her abilities lest they put her in danger.
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A gripping story.
- By GJ on 04-02-24
By: Rajani LaRocca
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Summer at Squee
- By: Andrea Wang
- Narrated by: Yu-Li Alice Shen
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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Phoenny Fang plans to have the best summer ever. She’s returning to Summertime Chinese Culture, Wellness, and Enrichment Experience (SCCWEE for short and “Squee” to campers in the know), and this year she’s a senior camper. That means she; her best friend, Lyrica Chu; and her whole Squad will have the most influence. It almost doesn’t matter that her brother is a CIT (counselor-in-training) and that her mom and auntie are the camp directors. Time spent at Squee is sacred, glorious, and free.
By: Andrea Wang
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The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry
- By: Anna Rose Johnson
- Narrated by: Elise Randall Modica
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
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The Martin family is big, hard-working, and close, and Lucy—who has always been a dreamer—struggles to fit in. Can she go one day without ruining the laundry or forgetting the sweeping? Will she ever be less afraid of the lake? Although life at the lighthouse isn’t what Lucy hoped for, it is beautiful—ships come and go, waves pound the rocks—and it has one major advantage: it’s near the site of a famous shipwreck, a shipwreck that went down with a treasure her father wanted more than anything.
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Lovely Literary Listen
- By Anonymous User on 05-04-24
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The Major and the Missionary
- A Love Story
- By: Diana Pavlac Glyer - editor
- Narrated by: Simon Vance, Anne Flosnik
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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After the death of his brother, Warren Lewis lived at The Kilns in Oxford, edited his famous brother's letters, and did a little writing of his own. Then he got a letter from a stranger on the far side of the world. Over the years that followed, he and Blanche Biggs, a missionary in Papua New Guinea, shared a vibrant correspondence. These conversations encompassed their views on faith, their politics, their humor, the legacy of C. S. Lewis, and their own trials and longings.
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Courtesy of Cupid
- By: Nashae Jones
- Narrated by: Jade Wheeler
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
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Erin Johnson’s thirteenth birthday unfolds like any other day, from her mom’s quirky and embarrassing choice of outfit to racing her nemesis, Trevor Jin, to the best seat in class—front row, center. But her gifts this year include something very out of the ordinary: magical powers.
By: Nashae Jones
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Mid-Air
- By: Alicia D. Williams
- Narrated by: Landon Woodson
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
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It’s the last few months of eighth grade, and Isaiah feels lost. He thought his summer was going to be him and his boys Drew and Darius, hanging out, doing wheelies, watching martial arts movies, and breaking tons of Guinness World Records before high school. But now, more and more, Drew seems to be fading from their friendship, and though he won’t admit it, Isaiah knows exactly why. Because Darius is…gone.
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Max in the House of Spies
- A Tale of World War II
- By: Adam Gidwitz
- Narrated by: Euan Morton
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
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Max Bretzfeld doesn’t want to move to London. Leaving home is hard and Max is alone for the first time in his life. But not for long. Max is surprised to discover that he’s been joined by two unexpected traveling companions, one on each shoulder, a kobold and a dybbuk named Berg and Stein. Germany is becoming more and more dangerous for Jewish families, but Max is determined to find a way back home, and back to his parents. He has a plan to return to Berlin. It merely involves accomplishing the impossible: becoming a British spy.
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Fast paced adventure
- By Margaret Goldstein on 04-07-24
By: Adam Gidwitz
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Zorrie
- By: Laird Hunt
- Narrated by: Holly Palance
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
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As a girl, Zorrie Underwood’s modest and hardscrabble home county was the only constant in her young life. After losing both her parents, Zorrie moved in with her aunt, whose own death orphaned Zorrie all over again, casting her off into the perilous realities and sublime landscapes of rural, Depression-era Indiana. Drifting west, Zorrie survived on odd jobs, sleeping in barns and under the stars, before finding a position at a radium processing plant. At the end of each day, the girls at her factory glowed from the radioactive material.
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Beautiful writing, bad storytelling
- By Lowhohe on 03-29-21
By: Laird Hunt
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- Andrew
- 03-28-24
great story
I really enjoyed it. This book makes me want to go and buy a typewriter!
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-27-24
Exceptional
Allie Millington is a brilliant author. I fell in love with the Brindles and Olivetti. The power of story, memories, and family told in a captivating way made me want more. Hopeful Olivetti will become a series and one day a movie! Thank you, Allie, for sharing Olivetti with all of us! 🤍
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- Mary
- 05-15-24
Delightful
Heartwarming story, Elliott was a perfect main character. I enjoyed every chapter. Simon Vance is one of my favorite narrators.
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- Stephanie C.
- 05-14-24
Absolutely brilliant!
“Together is the only way forward.”
By far one of my favorite reads of 2024.
Let me just start by saying, the idea to give a sort of magical existence to a typewriter is absolutely brilliant. Olivetti lends a bit of class and maturity to the story, a stability to the emotional turmoil of twelve-year-old Ernest and his family. Even if, yes, Olivetti does show emotion sometimes. The entire cast of characters, even those who didn’t have a POV were captivating and well-rounded.
The first few minutes of this book had me laughing, and even though it soon became heartbreaking, mysterious, and then sweet, humor danced along the lines of this beautifully narrated story. (So, hats off to Allie Millington—but also to Christopher Gebauer and Simon Vance for the audiobook version.)
Allie weaves such a compelling tale of what it’s like to walk through life not having all the pieces of the puzzle; navigating hurt and healing amid the uncertainty; and embracing the people who just show up along the way (like Quinn).
I can’t say enough good things about this book, and yet, I could go on and on. But I don’t want you to spoil the experience for you—you’ll just have to check it out. And I recommend that you do.
Content notes: mentions of cancer; depression; family issues; divorce
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- bsn23
- 06-14-24
Loved it!
Genius, precious, heartfelt storytelling. Set in the current day, the story has an irresistible nostalgic appeal. Wonderful listen!
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- Jennifer
- 06-12-24
Must Read!
I loved the family, mystery and especially Olivetti, the typewriter as a character!! Touching story!
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- HMD
- 06-09-24
Unique
Most original. The highly comedic twined with heartbreak and despair was unique though not enjoyable.
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