
This Thing of Ours
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
3 months free
Pre-order for $20.00
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Ruffin Prentiss
-
By:
-
Frederick Joseph
About this listen
The powerful and timely YA novel debut from two-time New York Times best-selling author Frederick Joseph is a deeply heartfelt story—and a rallying cry against book banning. In an instant, Ossie Brown’s entire future is in jeopardy when a torn ACL ends his promising basketball career. Now that basketball is no longer a major part of his identity, Ossie—a Black teen who doesn’t come from wealth and privilege—must navigate his new place in the social and academic ecosystems of his affluent, predominantly white school. When a Black teacher encourages him to join her highly regarded writing program, Ossie begins to find a new purpose, buoyed by not only the rich works of literature by marginalized authors he’s now reading, but also by new friends who see him as something more than an asset to the sports program. Everything changes when some students’ viral “anti-woke” video puts the teacher’s job, the writing program, and even Ossie’s friends’ safety at risk—and Ossie must find his true voice. This unflinching novel confronts critical issues like racism and classism, the treatment of student athletes, homophobia, and book banning while weaving together a moving testament to family, romance, friendship, and the power of words.
©2025 Frederick Joseph (P)2025 Recorded BooksPeople who viewed this also viewed...
-
This Thing of Ours
- By: Lucy Scott Bryan
- Narrated by: Viola Lorde, Marc Worden
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Overnight, my casual hookup turns into a psycho who leaves me battered and bruised. With no money, my nightmare gets worse when he burns my home and everything I own to the ground. So, I do what any scared, self-respecting Omega does, and run. Hiding in a new city with a fresh approach to staying alive, I keep my head down until I get caught in a crossfire. When I choose to play Good Samaritan to one man over the other, I stumble into their world.
-
-
Loved ♾️
- By leslie b on 05-31-25
By: Lucy Scott Bryan
-
The Romance Rivalry
- By: Susan Lee
- Narrated by: Shannon Tyo, Eric Yang
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Irene Park loves romance novels—so much so she’s made a career of them as an online book reviewer with a massive following. But Irene’s real life dating story? Non-existent. So when she starts her freshman year of college, she sets her sights on finding true love using the one thing she really understands…romance book tropes. If only it were that easy. Enter Aiden Jeon, Irene’s online book review rival and biggest nemesis.
-
-
Ode to the Romance Genre
- By Melissa on 06-09-25
By: Susan Lee
-
Audre & Bash Are Just Friends
- By: Tia Williams
- Narrated by: Jordan Cobb, Torian Brackett
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
MEET AUDRE. Junior class president. Debate team captain. Unofficial student therapist. Desperately in need of a good time. MEET BASH. Mysterious new senior. Everybody’s crush. Tall, floppy, great taste in jewelry. King of having a good time. It’s the last day of school at Cheshire Prep, Brooklyn’s elite academy—and Audre Mercy-Moore’s life is a mess. Her dad cancelled her annual summer visit to his Malibu beach house. Now? She’s stuck in a claustrophobic apartment with her mom, stepdad, and one-year-old sister (aka the Goblin Baby).
-
-
The voice talent selection
- By Rosalind on 06-10-25
By: Tia Williams
-
His Face Is the Sun
- Throne of Khetara, Book 1
- By: Michelle Jabès Corpora
- Narrated by: Suehyla El-Attar
- Length: 17 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Tensions run as hot as the Khamsin winds in the great kingdom of Khetara. Rumors of the pharaoh's mysterious illness abound, and with them, murmurs of rebellion grow. Meanwhile, in the quiet desert, a forgotten oracle begins to unfold, setting a dark prophecy into action and drawing together four strangers …
-
-
Immersive, Colorful and Dynamic
- By Emily on 06-03-25
-
Only Because It's You
- A Novel
- By: Rebecca Fisseha
- Narrated by: Araya Mengesha, Mekdes Teshome
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Miz is not the marrying kind. She's more of the no-strings-attached kind. No labels, only fun. So, when she finds a diamond ring in her casual-but-very-hot hook-up's gym bag, she immediately ends things and runs. Kal is one of Miz's best friends, an aspiring actor who moved to Toronto from Ethiopia and is on the brink of his big break. But when he's suddenly at risk of having to return home and leave Toronto forever, Miz panics. She can't imagine her life without Kal.
-
-
A story about friendship, identity, love, and second chances!
- By Anonymous User on 05-17-25
By: Rebecca Fisseha
-
Love at Second Sight
- By: F.T. Lukens
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Fifteen-year-old Cam Reynolds wants to spend his sophomore year flying under the radar. That shouldn’t be too hard, considering he’s a human going to school with kids who have paranormal powers, like his best friend and witch, Al, and his longtime werewolf crush, Mateo. Then Cam has a psychic glimpse of the future in front of most of the student body, seeing a gruesomely murdered teen girl from the point of view of the killer. When Cam comes to, he knows two things: someone he goes to school with is a future murderer, and his life is about to change.
-
-
READ IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK
- By Adri P. on 05-22-25
By: F.T. Lukens
-
This Thing of Ours
- By: Lucy Scott Bryan
- Narrated by: Viola Lorde, Marc Worden
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Overnight, my casual hookup turns into a psycho who leaves me battered and bruised. With no money, my nightmare gets worse when he burns my home and everything I own to the ground. So, I do what any scared, self-respecting Omega does, and run. Hiding in a new city with a fresh approach to staying alive, I keep my head down until I get caught in a crossfire. When I choose to play Good Samaritan to one man over the other, I stumble into their world.
-
-
Loved ♾️
- By leslie b on 05-31-25
By: Lucy Scott Bryan
-
The Romance Rivalry
- By: Susan Lee
- Narrated by: Shannon Tyo, Eric Yang
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Irene Park loves romance novels—so much so she’s made a career of them as an online book reviewer with a massive following. But Irene’s real life dating story? Non-existent. So when she starts her freshman year of college, she sets her sights on finding true love using the one thing she really understands…romance book tropes. If only it were that easy. Enter Aiden Jeon, Irene’s online book review rival and biggest nemesis.
-
-
Ode to the Romance Genre
- By Melissa on 06-09-25
By: Susan Lee
-
Audre & Bash Are Just Friends
- By: Tia Williams
- Narrated by: Jordan Cobb, Torian Brackett
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
MEET AUDRE. Junior class president. Debate team captain. Unofficial student therapist. Desperately in need of a good time. MEET BASH. Mysterious new senior. Everybody’s crush. Tall, floppy, great taste in jewelry. King of having a good time. It’s the last day of school at Cheshire Prep, Brooklyn’s elite academy—and Audre Mercy-Moore’s life is a mess. Her dad cancelled her annual summer visit to his Malibu beach house. Now? She’s stuck in a claustrophobic apartment with her mom, stepdad, and one-year-old sister (aka the Goblin Baby).
-
-
The voice talent selection
- By Rosalind on 06-10-25
By: Tia Williams
-
His Face Is the Sun
- Throne of Khetara, Book 1
- By: Michelle Jabès Corpora
- Narrated by: Suehyla El-Attar
- Length: 17 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Tensions run as hot as the Khamsin winds in the great kingdom of Khetara. Rumors of the pharaoh's mysterious illness abound, and with them, murmurs of rebellion grow. Meanwhile, in the quiet desert, a forgotten oracle begins to unfold, setting a dark prophecy into action and drawing together four strangers …
-
-
Immersive, Colorful and Dynamic
- By Emily on 06-03-25
-
Only Because It's You
- A Novel
- By: Rebecca Fisseha
- Narrated by: Araya Mengesha, Mekdes Teshome
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Miz is not the marrying kind. She's more of the no-strings-attached kind. No labels, only fun. So, when she finds a diamond ring in her casual-but-very-hot hook-up's gym bag, she immediately ends things and runs. Kal is one of Miz's best friends, an aspiring actor who moved to Toronto from Ethiopia and is on the brink of his big break. But when he's suddenly at risk of having to return home and leave Toronto forever, Miz panics. She can't imagine her life without Kal.
-
-
A story about friendship, identity, love, and second chances!
- By Anonymous User on 05-17-25
By: Rebecca Fisseha
-
Love at Second Sight
- By: F.T. Lukens
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Fifteen-year-old Cam Reynolds wants to spend his sophomore year flying under the radar. That shouldn’t be too hard, considering he’s a human going to school with kids who have paranormal powers, like his best friend and witch, Al, and his longtime werewolf crush, Mateo. Then Cam has a psychic glimpse of the future in front of most of the student body, seeing a gruesomely murdered teen girl from the point of view of the killer. When Cam comes to, he knows two things: someone he goes to school with is a future murderer, and his life is about to change.
-
-
READ IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK
- By Adri P. on 05-22-25
By: F.T. Lukens
-
Bitter Honey
- A Novel
- By: Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
1978: A scholarship draws Nancy from Gambia’s warmth into Stockholm’s frigid winter. When her friendship with charismatic scholar Lars blossoms into something more, she thinks she may have finally found her place. But there’s more to Lars than his charming persona, and Nancy is about to discover the danger of being drawn into his world…
-
Up in Smoke
- By: Nick Brooks
- Narrated by: Aubrey Joseph, Megan Sousa
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
After Cooper King is pressured by big brother figure Jason to go on a looting spree during a local march, the unthinkable happens: gunshots ring in the air and someone ends up dead. After Cooper flees, the news shows four teens in ski masks near the scene of the murder—Cooper and his friends. Cooper fears the cops will come knocking at his door, and the pressure only mounts when a suspect is taken into custody: Jason.
-
-
Great YA story
- By GHJ on 06-14-25
By: Nick Brooks
-
Detective Aunty
- A Novel
- By: Uzma Jalaluddin
- Narrated by: Deepti Gupta
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
After her husband’s unexpected death eighteen months ago, Kausar Khan never thought she’d receive another phone call as heartbreaking—until her thirty-something daughter, Sana, phones to say that she's been arrested for killing the unpopular landlord of her clothing boutique. Determined to help her child, Kausar heads to Toronto for the first time in nearly twenty years. Returning to the Golden Crescent suburb where she raised her children and where her daughter still lives, Kausar finds that the thriving neighborhood she remembered has changed.
-
-
This was wonderful and refreshing!
- By Charles w. on 06-12-25
By: Uzma Jalaluddin
-
The Thrashers
- A Novel
- By: Julie Soto
- Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky, Jesse Vilinsky
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Welcome to The Thrashers, the exclusive friend group of New Helvetia High. They are everything you want to be and everyone wants to be them. Then there’s Jodi Dillion, the odd one out. The others—Julian, Lucy, Paige, and the infamous Zack Thrasher—are rich, sophisticated, and love being the center of attention; Jodi usually feels out of place. But Zack’s been her best friend since elementary school, so he says she’s in—and no one turns down the chance to be part of their group. Like Emily Mills. She wanted to be a Thrasher. More than anything.
-
-
Haunting quick read
- By NATASHA WHITE on 05-20-25
By: Julie Soto
-
Overgrowth
- By: Mira Grant
- Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly
- Length: 17 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Since she was three years old, Anastasia Miller has been telling anyone who would listen that she's an alien disguised as a human being, and that the armada that left her on Earth is coming for her. Since she was three years old, no one has been willing to listen. Now, with an alien signal from the stars being broadcast around the world, humanity is finally starting to realize that it's already been warned, and it may be too late.
-
-
I wanted escapism, not a socio-political message.
- By Angie Key on 05-16-25
By: Mira Grant
-
Curvy Girl Summer
- By: Danielle Allen
- Narrated by: Wesleigh Siobhan
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Aaliyah is determined to celebrate her thirtieth birthday with a boyfriend. And after a failed blind date, the local bartender, Ahmad, suggests she joins a dating app. Filled with lies, catfish, and fetishizing, the wild world of online dating makes Aaliyah think she’s in over her head. And she is. But with her two best friends and a protective bartender by her side, what could go wrong?
-
-
True love triumphs over trauma
- By S. Holmes on 07-02-24
By: Danielle Allen