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  • Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) - Suzanne Collins

    Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) - Suzanne Collins
    Mar 18 2025
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    Title: Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)
    Author: Suzanne Collins
    Narrator: Unknown
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 0:00:00
    Language: English
    Release date: 03-18-2025
    Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
    Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure

    Summary:
    The phenomenal fifth book in the Hunger Games series! Sunrise on the Reaping revisits the world of Panem twenty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.
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    Less than 1 minute
  • Woman Who Knew Everyone: The Power of Perle Mesta, Washington's Most Famous Hostess - Meryl Gordon

    Woman Who Knew Everyone: The Power of Perle Mesta, Washington's Most Famous Hostess - Meryl Gordon
    Jan 7 2025
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    Title: Woman Who Knew Everyone: The Power of Perle Mesta, Washington's Most Famous Hostess
    Author: Meryl Gordon
    Narrator: Carrington Macduffie
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 15:00:00
    Language: English
    Release date: 01-07-2025
    Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
    Genres: Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics, Arts & Entertainment, Women

    Summary:
    An in-depth biography of the socialite, political hostess, crusading feminist and United States envoy to Luxembourg, Perle Mesta, from New York Times bestselling author Meryl Gordon. Perle Mesta was a force to be reckoned with. In her heyday – the 1940’s, 50’s and 60’s – this extremely wealthy globe-trotting Washington widow was one of the most famous women in America, garnering as much media attention as Eleanor Roosevelt. Renowned for her world-class parties featuring politicians and celebrities, she was very close to three presidents – Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson. After Truman named her as the first female envoy to Luxembourg, Irving Berlin wrote an entire hit musical based on Perle’s life – “Call Me Madam” – which starred Ethel Merman, ran on Broadway for two years and later became a movie. Dubbed by Berlin as the “hostess with the mostess’,” Perle inherited serious money (Texas oil) and married even more money (a Pittsburgh steel magnate). She had a rollicking life outside of Washington, befriending such Broadway legends as Merman, Angela Lansbury and Pearl Bailey. She also had a serious side. A pioneering supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment dating to the 1930’s and influential champion for working women, she was a prodigious Democratic fundraiser and rescued Harry Truman’s financially flailing 1948 campaign. In this intensely researched biography, author Meryl Gordon chronicles Perle’s lavish life and society adventures in Newport, Manhattan and Washington while highlighting her important, but nearly forgotten contribution to American politics and the feminist movement.
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    15 hrs
  • Before the Ships: The Birth of Black Excellence - Maisha Oso

    Before the Ships: The Birth of Black Excellence - Maisha Oso
    Oct 1 2024
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    Title: Before the Ships: The Birth of Black Excellence
    Author: Maisha Oso
    Narrator: Kim Staunton
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 0:14:38
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-01-2024
    Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
    Genres: Kids, Non-Fiction, Health & Family, Historical

    Summary:
    Before the Ships is a powerful and poetic celebration of the early roots of Black history. The great achievements and accomplishments across Africa prior to the Transatlantic slave trade are told through melodious words, that culminate into the strength and resilience of modern-day Black people. For so many of us, the first introduction to Black history begins with lessons about slavery. While slavery is a crucial part of African-American history, it is not the beginning. In fact, there is a rich history tied to the continent of Africa that deserves to be told and to be marveled at-- which is exactly what Maisha Oso does in Before the Ships.
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    15 mins
  • If Anything Happens To Me - Luanne Rice

    If Anything Happens To Me - Luanne Rice
    Sep 17 2024
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    Title: If Anything Happens To Me
    Author: Luanne Rice
    Narrator: Marli Watson
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 8:28:18
    Language: English
    Release date: 09-17-2024
    Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
    Genres: Teen, Mystery & Thriller, Tough Topics

    Summary:
    From celebrated New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice comes a hotly anticipated YA thriller about two girls desperate to catch a murderer who's still on the loose. It's been eight months since the body of Eloise Parrish was found in the woods. Eloise's surviving sister, Oli, is numb with grief and shock. But Oli's also angry. Her sister's killer was never identified or caught. There are no leads, no clues. The case is growing cold, and only Oli seems to care. Until Oli finds another girl left for dead, in the exact spot Eloise's body was found. Except this girl is alive. She can't remember how she got there, but Oli knows that she's the key to solving Eloise's murder. The two girls join forces to unravel a mystery that is all too real -- and all too dangerous. As their search leads them around Oli's seemingly idyllic hometown and into the paths of people Oli knows well, Oli begins to wonder who she can trust... and how much she'll risk to learn the terrifying truth. New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice delivers a tour-de-force thriller, full of breathtaking writing and heart-pounding suspense, about sisters, secrets, and the lengths we're willing to go to for those we love the most.
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    8 hrs and 28 mins
  • Ruin Road - Lamar Giles

    Ruin Road - Lamar Giles
    Sep 17 2024
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    Title: Ruin Road
    Author: Lamar Giles
    Narrator: J.D. Jackson
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 9:27:22
    Language: English
    Release date: 09-17-2024
    Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
    Genres: Teen, Mystery & Thriller, Tough Topics

    Summary:
    'My twin, Lamar, is a phenomenal innovative storyteller... A true king!' -- Tiffany D. Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Grown and The Weight of Blood Sometimes a little fear is a good thing... Cade Webster lives between worlds. He's a standout football star at the right school but lives in the wrong neighborhood--if you let his classmates tell it. Everywhere but home, people are afraid of him for one reason or another. Afraid he's too big, too fast, too ambitious, too Black. Then one fateful night, to avoid a dangerous encounter with the police, he ducks into a pawn shop. An impulse purchase and misspoken desire change everything when Cade tells the shopkeeper he wishes people would stop acting so scared around him, and the wish is granted... At first, it feels like things have taken a turn for the better. But it's not just Cade that people no longer fear--it's everything. With Cade spreading this newfound 'courage' wherever he goes, anything can happen. Fearless acts of violence begin to escalate in both his neighborhood and at school. With the right moves, and brave friends, Cade might have one -- and only one -- chance to save all he loves. But at what cost? After all, the devil's in the details.
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    9 hrs and 27 mins
  • Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools (Scholastic Focus) - Dan Sasuweh Jones

    Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools (Scholastic Focus) - Dan Sasuweh Jones
    Sep 17 2024
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    Title: Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools (Scholastic Focus)
    Author: Dan Sasuweh Jones
    Narrator: Dan SaSuWeh Jones, Denise Lajimodiere, Shaun Taylor-Corbett
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 6:10:00
    Language: English
    Release date: 09-17-2024
    Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
    Genres: Kids, Non-Fiction, Biography & Memoir

    Summary:
    'Stealing Little Moon is both a moving family saga and an expertly told true story that all Americans should know.' -Steve Sheinkin, New York Times bestselling author of Bomb and Undefeated Little Moon There Are No Stars Tonight was four years old when armed federal agents showed up at her home and took her from her family. Under the authority of the government, she was sent away to a boarding school specifically created to strip her of her Ponca culture and teach her the ways of white society. Little Moon was one of thousands of Indigenous children forced to attend these schools across America and give up everything they'd ever known: family, friends, toys, clothing, food, customs, even their language. She would be the first of four generations of her family who would go to the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School. Dan SaSuWeh Jones chronicles his family's time at Chilocco--starting with his grandmother Little Moon's arrival when the school first opened and ending with him working on the maintenance crew when the school shut down nearly one hundred years later. Together with the voices of students from other schools, both those who died and those who survived, Dan brings to light the lasting legacy of the boarding school era. Part American history, part family history, Stealing Little Moon is a powerful look at the miseducation and the mistreatment of Indigenous kids, while celebrating their strength, resiliency, and courage--and the ultimate failure of the United States government to erase them.
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    6 hrs and 10 mins
  • Legends of Lotus Island #4 - Christina Soontornvat

    Legends of Lotus Island #4 - Christina Soontornvat
    Sep 17 2024
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    Title: Legends of Lotus Island #4
    Author: Christina Soontornvat
    Narrator: Sura Siu
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 3:01:11
    Language: English
    Release date: 09-17-2024
    Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
    Genres: Kids, Health & Family, Fairy Tales & Folklore

    Summary:
    From three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Christina Soontornvat comes a compelling and immersive young middle grade fantasy series for listeners who love stories about animals, magic, and kids like them embracing their power to change the world. Plum's adventure continues in the fourth installment of the Legends of Lotus Island series. Lotus Island is in grave danger, and the powers of the Guardians are weakening. Plum must gather all her strength in order to fulfill her destiny and save her friends.
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    3 hrs and 1 min
  • Peppa and the Christmas Elf (Peppa Pig) - Unknown

    Peppa and the Christmas Elf (Peppa Pig) - Unknown
    Sep 17 2024
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    Title: Peppa and the Christmas Elf (Peppa Pig)
    Author: Unknown
    Narrator: Lauren Irwin
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 0:19:00
    Language: English
    Release date: 09-17-2024
    Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
    Genres: Kids, General, Animals & Nature, Holidays

    Summary:
    Come on a Christmas adventure with Peppa in this festive new audiobook! It's the most magical time of the year, and Peppa makes a wish: to have an adventure with an elf from Santa's workshop! When mysterious things start happening all around her, Peppa thinks it's the work of a mischievous elf! Can Peppa find out what's really going on?
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    19 mins