eBranch Blog

June 06, 2006

Updated: Audiobooks on the Go Book List

Planning a family vacation this year? Is it going to be a long ride in the car or van? If so, the Audiobooks on the Go book list offers some great suggestions for family listening. Titles include Classics, Other Times & Places, Fantastic Worlds, and Family & Community. Grab a audiobook and go!

Irene Hunt. Across Five Aprils
Young Jethro Creighton grows from a boy to a man when he is left to take care of the family farm in Illinois during the difficult years of the Civil War. Read by Terry Bregy.

Nathaniel Philbrick. Revenge of the Whale
Recounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds. Based on the author's adult book "In the Heart of the Sea." Read by Taylor Mali.

D. J. MacHale. Pendragon: The Merchant of Death
Bobby Pendragon is a seemingly normal and somewhat reluctant 14- year-old boy who is swept into an amazing five-year quest. He has a family, a home, and even Marley, his beloved dog. But there is something very special about Bobby. He is going to save the world. And not just Earth as we know it. Bobby is slowly starting to realize that life in the cosmos isn't quite what he thought it was. Read by William Dufris.

Deborah Ellis. The Breadwinner
In Afghanistan, a country controlled by the Taliban, a courageous young woman pretends to be a boy in war-torn Kabul in order to support her family. Read by Rita Wolf.