"Card works both pathos and humor into this tale of a family pulling together to rescue one of their own."Publishers Weekly
"Space Boy offers readers that perennial delight, space travel without the hardware. Card writes with a deceptively simple clarity here, the kind of smart science-fiction fairy tale that is exciting and rewarding for anyone who wants to wrap their brain around the present clothed as the near-future."Trashotron.com
Is it space travel that children dream of, or merely visiting other worlds? Todd had always set his heart on being an astronaut, but when he meets an alien and travels to another world, he doesn't use a spaceship; he just hangs out in his own back yard.
In Space Boy, Orson Scott Card, author of Ender's Game, takes listeners into a strange and wonderful future, where people from another world regularly visit Earth, usually without being noticed. And when humans travel to their world, they find themselves dangerously weak and powerless, until Todd finds a way to set both worlds to rights.
By turns funny and painful, Space Boy is Card at his best, exploring human nature for the entertainment of readers young and old.
Author : Jacqueline Wilson
Narrator : Helen Lederer
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 6 hours
Categories : Over 10s General Under 10s
Download Price : $13.49
A wonderful story about real family life from Jacqueline Wilson, prize-winning and bestselling author of Girls in Love, The Diamond Girls and The Dare Game. View...
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Author : Lemony Snicket
Narrator : Tim Curry
Published By : Harper Collins UK
Runtime : 6 hours 10 minutes
Categories : Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Magic Under 10s Over 10s
Download Price : $12.75
The tenth book in this outrageous publishing effort features more than the usual dose of distressing details... View...
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Author : Ally Carter
Narrator : Renée Raudman
Published By : Brilliance Audio Inc
Runtime : 7 hours
Categories : Over 10s Love & Romance
Download Price : $24.95
ALIAS meets prep school in this fun and fast-paced spy girl novel. View...
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Author : Lemony Snicket
Narrator : Tim Curry
Published By : Harper Collins UK
Runtime : 6 hours
Categories : Action & Adventure Under 10s Over 10s
Download Price : $12.75
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Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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