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The Umbrella Mouse
- By: Anna Fargher, Sam Usher
- Narrated by: Katherine Press
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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A timeless tale of courage, resistance and friendship, The Umbrella Mouse is a heart-stopping adventure drawing on the true stories of animals caught in the conflict of WWII, winner of the 2019 Sainsbury's Book Prize for Fiction and selected for Waterstones Book of the Month. 1944, and London is...
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THE BEST!!! LOVED IT SO MUCH!!!!!!!!😃😃😃😃😃
- By N.C.K. on 06-05-22
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The Umbrella Mouse
- Narrated by: Katherine Press
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 16-05-20
- Language: English
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Hell Breaks Loose
- By: Derek Landy
- Narrated by: Kevin Hely
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance30
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Discover the world of Skulduggery Pleasant in this prequel to the bestselling series. So many enemies, so little time . . . Italy, 1703. As the war with Mevolent rages on, the Dead Men are dispatched to a walled town in the Tuscan hills – not to assassinate the Lord of the Dark Sorcerers, but...
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Excellent narration
- By Jessica on 26-03-24
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Hell Breaks Loose
- Narrated by: Kevin Hely
- Series: Skulduggery Pleasant
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 03-08-23
- Language: English
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D-Day Dog
- Conkers
- By: Tom Palmer, Tom Clohosy Cole - illustrator
- Narrated by: Frazer Hadfield
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Jack can't wait for the school trip to the D-Day landing beaches. It's his chance to learn more about the war heroes he has always admired – brave men like his dad, who is a reserve soldier. But when his dad is called up to action and things at home spiral out of control, everything Jack believes about war is thrown into question. Finding comfort only in the presence of his loyal dog, Finn, Jack is drawn to the heart-wrenching true story of one particular D-Day paratrooper.
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Decent lamo 67
- By carlie.nelhams on 05-10-25
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D-Day Dog
- Conkers
- Narrated by: Frazer Hadfield
- Series: Conkers
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 09-05-24
- Language: English
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The Hatmakers
- By: Tamzin Merchant, Paola Escobar
- Narrated by: Tamzin Merchant
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall63
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Performance58
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Story58
Brought to you by Puffin. The first adventure in a spellbinding new magical world. 'Wildly inventive . . . full of laugh-out-loud humour, enchanting magic and rebellious hope. I loved it' Catherine Doyle Cordelia comes from a long line of magical milliners, who weave alchemy and enchantment into...
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Just beautiful!!!
- By Lizzie on 16-03-21
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The Hatmakers
- Narrated by: Tamzin Merchant
- Series: The Hatmakers, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 18-02-21
- Language: English
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Wild Boy and the Black Terror
- By: Rob Lloyd Jones
- Narrated by: Daniel Coonan
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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A new sensation grips London – a poisoner who strikes without a trace, leaving victims mad with terror...and then dead. Is there a cure for the Black Terror? To find out, Wild Boy and Clarissa must catch the killer. Their hunt will lead them from the city's vilest slums to its grandest palaces and to a darkness at the heart of its very highest society.
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Wild Boy and the Black Terror
- Narrated by: Daniel Coonan
- Series: Wild Boy, Book 2
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 04-06-15
- Language: English
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Vikings
- Terrible True Tales Series
- By: Terry Deary
- Narrated by: Terry Deary
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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The Eye of the Viking God: Norway, 793 CE. Fleece was snatched by Viking warriors when she was a young girl. Now she must work for a bullying farmer and his family, looking after their sheep. She longs to return to the country where she was born, but how will she ever make that journey back across the sea? The Battle for the Viking Gold: Whitby, Northern England, 867 CE. Edwin and Luke are young boys training to be monks. It's a quiet life until suddenly the Vikings invade.
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Vikings
- Terrible True Tales Series
- Narrated by: Terry Deary
- Series: Terrible True Tales
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 16-04-26
- Language: English
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The Box of Delights
- By: John Masefield, Quentin Blake
- Narrated by: Caius Nicholas
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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‘Two of the greatest children’s books ever written’ – The Times on The Box of Delights and The Midnight Folk. A magical old man has asked Kay to protect the Box of Delights, a Box with which he can travel through time. But Kay is in danger: Abner Brown will stop at nothing to get his...
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Thoroughly enjoyable
- By Miss Von Trapp on 09-12-25
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The Box of Delights
- Narrated by: Caius Nicholas
- Series: Kay Harker, Book 2
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 27-11-25
- Language: English
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Storm Warning (The 39 Clues, Book 9)
- By: Linda Sue Park
- Narrated by: David Pittu
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall40
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Performance30
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Story28
On the hunt for the 39 Clues, Amy and Dan Cahill uncovered shocking information about their past - from what happened the night their parents died to the shattering discovery of their family branch. Will Book Nine be the end of Amy and Dan? Or just the end of everything they think they know?
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Storm Warning (The 39 Clues, Book 9)
- Narrated by: David Pittu
- Series: The 39 Clues, Book 9
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 24-05-10
- Language: English
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Black Hearts in Battersea & The Story of Is
- Three BBC Radio Children’s Classic Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Joan Aiken
- Narrated by: Emily Watson, Joe Dempsie, Rik Mayall, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the finest storytellers of her time, Joan Aiken wrote over 100 books for both adults and children. Among her best-known works are the 'Wolves Chronicles', a sequence of novels set in an alternate 19th-century England ruled by Stuart kings. Included here are three tales from that magical, wolf-infested world - The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Black Hearts in Battersea and The Story of Is.
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Black Hearts in Battersea & The Story of Is
- Three BBC Radio Children’s Classic Full-Cast Dramatisations
- Narrated by: Emily Watson, Joe Dempsie, Rik Mayall, Sheila Reid, John Rowe, Alison Pettitt, full cast
- Series: Wolves Chronicles Series, Book 1-2
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 08-06-23
- Language: English
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
- By: John Boyne
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance808
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Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution or the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is...
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One of the best books I have ever read.
- By anne levine on 11-12-16
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Series: Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Book 1
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 06-10-16
- Language: English
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The 39 Clues Book Three
- By: Peter Lerangis
- Narrated by: David Pittu
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall65
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Performance42
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When the hunt for the 39 clues leads 14-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, to Japan, their only chance to find the third Clue seems to lie with their unreliable uncle, Alistair Oh. Will they be foolish enough to make an alliance? With a Clue on the line, Amy and Dan might not have a choice. But in the Cahill family, trusting your relatives can get you killed.
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Great Book
- By Joanne McKee on 18-01-24
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The 39 Clues Book Three
- Narrated by: David Pittu
- Series: The 39 Clues, Book 3
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 03-03-09
- Language: English
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The Midnight Peacock
- (The Sinclair’s Mysteries)
- By: Katherine Woodfine
- Narrated by: Jessica Preddy
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall46
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Performance40
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The festive season has come to Sinclair’s and Sophie and Lil are spending the holidays at snowy Winter Hall. But it turns out that this is no ordinary house party… As sinister secrets come to light, our intrepid heroines find themselves faced with a more baffling mystery than ever before! With the help of their friends, can they uncover the truth in time to foil a truly diabolical plot? Or will Mr Sinclair’s New Year’s Eve Midnight Peacock Ball spell disaster for the dauntless young detectives?
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THE midnight peacock review
- By Blanche Alexandre on 15-07-20
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The Midnight Peacock
- (The Sinclair’s Mysteries)
- Narrated by: Jessica Preddy
- Series: The Sinclair's Mysteries, Book 4
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 06-12-18
- Language: English
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The Star of Kazan
- By: Eva Ibbotson
- Narrated by: Ruth Jones
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
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Read by actress Ruth Jones, Eva Ibbotson's hugely entertaining The Star of Kazan is a timeless classic for listeners young and old. In 1896, in a pilgrim church in the Alps, an abandoned baby girl is found by a cook and a housemaid. They take her home, and Annika grows up in the servants'...
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A true parent is the one who loves you for real
- By Tisha on 05-12-15
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The Star of Kazan
- Narrated by: Ruth Jones
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 29-04-08
- Language: English
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Merlin Missions Collection: Books 17-24
- A Crazy Day with Cobras; Dogs in the Dead of Night; Abe Lincoln at Last!; A Perfect Time for Pandas; and more
- By: Mary Pope Osborne
- Narrated by: Mary Pope Osborne
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Merlin Mission Books 17-24 of the #1 New York Times bestselling Magic Tree House series available together for the first time ever! Magic Tree House Merlin Missions are more challenging adventures for the experienced Magic Tree House reader. In each adventure, Merlin the magician sends Jack...
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Merlin Missions Collection: Books 17-24
- A Crazy Day with Cobras; Dogs in the Dead of Night; Abe Lincoln at Last!; A Perfect Time for Pandas; and more
- Narrated by: Mary Pope Osborne
- Series: Magic Tree House Merlin Mission, Book 17-24
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 02-05-17
- Language: English
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Refugee
- By: Alan Gratz
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom, Kyla Garcia, Assaf Cohen
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall31
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Performance26
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This timely and powerful novel tells the story of three different children seeking refuge. Josef is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world. Isabel is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America. Mahmoud is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward Europe.
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Idk
- By Richard Jones on 08-06-25
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Refugee
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom, Kyla Garcia, Assaf Cohen
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 01-08-17
- Language: English
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Viking Boy
- Blood. Fire. Vengeance.
- By: Tony Bradman
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall28
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Performance23
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Gunnar is the son of a Viking chieftain, living peacefully with his mother, father, and their people - until they are raided by Skuli and his Wolf Men, who raze his home to the ground and take his father’s life. Gunnar swears to avenge his father’s death and save his mother from Skuli - but first he must run to save himself facing murderous raiders, hand to hand battles, mythical flying wolves, and a relentless sea journey to the Land of Fire and Ice... Unknown to Gunnar, his life has been foretold, and he finds he has a destiny greater than his own story.
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Thrilling
- By Elisa White on 23-10-21
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Viking Boy
- Blood. Fire. Vengeance.
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 11-07-13
- Language: English
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Moonfleet Crimson Tide
- By: William Adams
- Narrated by: Ken Watkins
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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When thirteen-year-old John Treverton is drawn into Moonfleet's hidden world of Smugglers, Poachers and a Pirates cursed diamond, his childhood is swept away overnight. Forced to flee across the sea, John embarks on a perilous journey of storms, secrets, and survival—while the love he leaves behind reaches out to him across the sea and through the clouds of war.
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Moonfleet Crimson Tide
- Narrated by: Ken Watkins
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 05-03-26
- Language: English
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The Silver Sword
- A BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: Ian Serraillier
- Narrated by: Sarah McDonald Hughes, Hester Cox, Stephen Hoyle, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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When the Germans march into Poland in 1941, the Balickis’ happy family life is shattered. With their parents taken away by Nazis, Ruth, Edek and Bronia are forced to fend for themselves in the dangerous, war-ravaged city of Warsaw. When Edek is captured too, the girls are desperate. Then they meet orphaned street urchin Jan, who carries with him a talisman of hope: a silver sword paperknife that they recognise as having belonged to their mother. Realising that their parents may still be alive, Ruth and Bronia set off on an epic journey to Switzerland to search for them.
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lovely well written book xx
- By Anonymous on 26-09-22
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The Silver Sword
- A BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisation
- Narrated by: Sarah McDonald Hughes, Hester Cox, Stephen Hoyle, full cast
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
- Release date: 07-02-19
- Language: English
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Mission Atomic (The 39 Clues: Doublecross, Book 4)
- By: Sarwat Chadda
- Narrated by: David Pittu
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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The thrilling conclusion to 39 Clues, Part VI: Doublecross. A Cahill family member from the past is bent on revenge! Confidential until July 2016!
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Good
- By Kan Rongrong on 17-04-23
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Mission Atomic (The 39 Clues: Doublecross, Book 4)
- Narrated by: David Pittu
- Series: The 39 Clues: Doublecross, Book 4
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 01-07-16
- Language: English
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The Eagle of the Ninth
- By: Rosemary Sutcliff
- Narrated by: Charlie Simpson
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Abridged
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Performance94
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Marcus Flavius Aquila, a young centurion in Roman Britain, is forced into retirement after receiving a wound in his first major engagement against a rebel British tribe. It allows him the freedom to embark upon a dangerous mission to find out what happened to the Ninth Legion, which, years before, disappeared in the savage lands of the Picts. Will he find out what happened to the men, led by his father, who never returned? And will he recover the Eagle, the symbol of Roman dominance and power?
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Totally terrific!
- By Paula on 17-12-06
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The Eagle of the Ninth
- Narrated by: Charlie Simpson
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 01-01-06
- Language: English
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