Young Adult Biography

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    • How I Became a Special Ops Pararescue Jumper
    • By: Jimmy Settle, Don Rearden
    • Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
    • Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 10-30-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 96 ratings
    • From death-defying Alaskan wilderness training, wild rescues, and battles against the Taliban and Al Qaeda, this is the true story of how a boy from humble beginnings became an American hero....

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    • Memoirs of an American Soldier
    • By: Howard E. Wasdin, Stephen Templin
    • Narrated by: Corey M. Snow
    • Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 03-29-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 55 ratings
    • When the Navy sends their elite, they send the SEALs. When the SEALs send their elite, they send SEAL Team Six—a secret unit made up of the finest soldiers in the country, if not the world. This is Howard Wasdin's story of beating the odds to become an elite American warrior....

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    • A Memoir of My Life with OCD
    • By: Allison Britz
    • Narrated by: Emily Ellet
    • Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 05-12-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 105 ratings
    • Until sophomore year of high school, 15-year-old Allison Britz lived a comfortable life in an idyllic town. But after awakening from a vivid nightmare in which she was diagnosed with brain cancer, she was convinced the dream had been a warning....

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    • The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
    • By: Pamela S. Turner
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 08-17-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 171 ratings
    • Minamoto Yoshitsune should not have been a samurai. This epic warrior tale may sound like a novel, but this is the true story of the greatest samurai Japanese history....

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    • Fighting to Stand Strong No Matter What Comes Your Way
    • By: Tim Tebow, A. J. Gregory - contributor
    • Narrated by: Adam Verner
    • Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 01-30-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
    • In this powerful book designed specifically for young Christians, Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow provides an intimate look into how he's been able to face professional triumphs and defeats and still emerge with his faith and identity intact....

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    • In the Eye of the Storm
    • By: Bella Kuligowska Zucker
    • Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
    • Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 05-31-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 51 ratings
    • This is the memoir written by Bella Kuligowska Zucker, the only person in her family to survive the Holocaust. In September 1939, Bella was a carefree teenager living in Poland when the German army struck. Rounded up with her friends and family, she survived by changing her identity....

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    • Growing Up in the Holocaust
    • By: Livia Bitton-Jackson
    • Narrated by: Christine Williams
    • Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 05-14-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,320 ratings
    • This is the memoir of Elli Friedmann, who was 13 years old in March 1944, when the Nazis invaded Hungary. It describes her descent into the hell of the Auschwitz concentration camp....

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    • By: Rex Ogle
    • Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
    • Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 11-16-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 34 ratings
    • The companion to Rex Ogle’s award-winning Free Lunch is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence....

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    • By: Karen Blumenthal
    • Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
    • Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 08-14-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 294 ratings
    • Bonnie and Clyde may be the most notorious - and celebrated - outlaw couple America has ever known. This is the true story of how they got that way....

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    • Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
    • By: Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith - adapter
    • Narrated by: Monique Gray Smith
    • Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 05-02-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things—from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen—provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her bestselling book Braiding Sweetgrass....

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    • The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea
    • By: Sungju Lee, Susan McClelland
    • Narrated by: David Shih
    • Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 09-13-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 239 ratings
    • Every Falling Star is the intense memoir of a North Korean boy named Sungju who is forced at age 12 to live on the streets and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju creates a gang....

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    • By Any Means Necessary
    • By: Walter Dean Myers
    • Narrated by: Corey Allen
    • Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 09-11-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • As a 14-year-old, he was Malcolm Little, the president of his class and a top student. . At 19, he was back in Boston, leading a gang of burglars. At 20, he was in prison. It was in prison that Malcolm Little started the journey that would lead him to adopt the name Malcolm X....

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    • The Definitive Edition
    • By: Anne Frank
    • Narrated by: Selma Blair
    • Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 05-25-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6,982 ratings
    • Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has since become a world classic - a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit....

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    • Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544
    • By: Kathryn Lasky
    • Narrated by: Josephine Bailey
    • Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 04-22-05
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 104 ratings
    • Welcome to the bizarre court of Henry VIII, where even a princess fears losing her head like her mother....

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    • An Olympian's Journey From Airman to Castaway to Captive
    • By: Laura Hillenbrand
    • Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
    • Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 11-11-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 978 ratings
    • In this captivating young adult edition of her award-winning number one New York Times best seller, Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of a former Olympian's courage, cunning, and fortitude following his plane crash in enemy territory....

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    • A True Story of Love, War and Survival
    • By: Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, Laura L. Sullivan
    • Narrated by: Leila Buck
    • Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 01-09-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 54 ratings
    • It is 1992, and Bihac, Amra's hometown, is a multicultural city with Muslims, Croats, and Serbs. But when tensions escalate, the Serbs turn on their Bosnian neighbors. The Serbs control the army, and now they have peaceful Bihac surrounded....

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    • By: Rex Ogle
    • Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
    • Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 09-06-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • Rex Ogle’s companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother’s legacy....

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    • The Life of General Thomas J. Jackson
    • By: James Robertson
    • Narrated by: Jack Garrett
    • Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 05-07-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 91 ratings
    • Jackson fought poverty and sadness, rising to become one of the most extraordinary figures in American military history....

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    • A True Story of the Fight for Justice
    • By: Bryan Stevenson
    • Narrated by: Bryan Stevenson
    • Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 09-18-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 542 ratings
    • In this very personal work, adapted from the original number one best seller, acclaimed lawyer and social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson offers a glimpse into the lives of the wrongfully imprisoned and his efforts to fight for their freedom....

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