
The Shadows
The Books of Elsewhere, Volume I
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Narrated by:
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Lexy Fridell
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By:
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Jacqueline West
For fans of Small Spaces, Coraline, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and James Howe's Bunnicula classics comes the first book in the award-winning, New York Times best-selling Books of Elsewhere series.
This house is keeping secrets...
When 11-year-old Olive and her parents move into the crumbling mansion on Linden Street and find it filled with mysterious paintings, Olive knows the place is creepy - but it isn’t until she encounters its three talking cats that she realizes there’s something darkly magical afoot. Then Olive finds a pair of antique spectacles in a dusty drawer and discovers the most peculiar thing yet: She can travel inside the house’s spooky paintings to a world that’s strangely quiet...and eerily sinister. But in entering Elsewhere, Olive has been ensnared in a mystery darker and more dangerous than she could have imagined, confronting a power that wants to be rid of her by any means necessary. With only the cats and an unusual boy she meets in Elsewhere on her side, it’s up to Olive to save the house from the shadows, before the lights go out for good.
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My class loved it!
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Would you listen to The Shadows again? Why?
I would listen to this book again, it was a great read with so much imagination put into it. I am sure another time I would even get more from it.Have you listened to any of Lexy Fridell’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
noExceptional read for young people
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Would you listen to The Shadows again? Why?
Each chapter left the listener wondering what would happen next.Any additional comments?
This book had just the right amount of suspense and mystery for my 5th grader. I did not have to provide encouragement to read from this text each night, but instead had to say that it was time to stop for the evening. My child is eager to read book 2 of the series.A Page Turner
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I have a 10 year old step-son who is NOT into reading! Going into 6th grade, this is obviously making us all crazier than usual. His Mom has tried some audio books for him rented from the library but it didn't take. The kids hear me listening to my audio books all the time and sometimes they chime in so I thought this one could be for us. We mostly listened to it in the car, but it took a while as we live in a small town and don't drive too far between places, but we loved getting in the car!!! His Dad and I were worried as the main character is a girl, but it didn't bother him. The story is great, entertaining and well put together. The characters are consistent and the narration, in my opinion, works perfect for Olive and all the characters. I highly recommend this for all ages (the 13 year old liked doing errands with us all of a sudden... Not because he liked the book or anything, lol) I thoroughly enjoyed this first installment and am looking forward to starting book 2 next week!!!!Perfect for 10+ year old
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Great listen
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I loved reliving my favorite story in audiobook form. it was great. the narrator did a really good job with the voices. although I did always picture Olive with a deeper voice. oh well. still amazing. I highly recommend it.
awesome
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A wonderful scary adventure.....with cats
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What an adventure!
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here kitty kitty
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
yes... good listen if you have kids in the 'tween' range. My daughter really took to the female lead. There were some potentially scary parts but nothing to keep the kids up at nightWhat does Lexy Fridell bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Personally I thought she did a great job of bringing the characters to life, but my wife thought her voice was annoying.My 10yr. old daughter loved it
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