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2008 Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults

Selected by the Audiobook and Media Exploration Committee of the Young Adult Library Services Association.  The titles are selected for their appeal to a teen audience, the quality of their recording and because they enhance the audience's appreciation of any written work on which they may be based.  Titles are selected from the past two years of releases.

2006

Li Cunxin.  Mao's Last Dancer

John Green.  An Abundance of Katherines

Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships.  Read by Jeff Woodman.

Jenny Downham.  Before I Die

A terminally ill teenaged girl makes and carries out a list of things to do before she dies.  Read by Charlotte Parry.

Sam Enthoven.  The Black Tattoo

When his best friend, Charlie, is possessed by an ancient demon, fourteen-year-old Jack, accompanied by a girl with superhuman powers, battles all over London and into Hell to save him.  Read by John Lee.

L. A. Meyer.  Bloody Jack, Being an Account of the Curious

Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy

Julius Lester.  Cupid

Cupid, the spoiled and mischievous god of love, is attracted to and marries the beautiful mortal, Psyche, and both learn many lessons about the nature of love.  Read by Stephen McKinley Henderson.

Robin Brande.  Evolution, Me and Other Freaks of Nature

Ann Brashares.  Forever in Blue

As their lives take them in different directions, Lena, Tibby, Carmen, and Bridget discover many more things about themselves and the importance of their relationship with each other.  Read by Angela Goethals.

J. K. Rowling.  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Burdened with the dark, dangerous, and seemingly impossible task of locating and destroying Voldermort's remaining Horcruxes, Harry, feeling alone and uncertain about his future, struggles to find the inner strength he needs to follow the path set out before him.  Read by Jim Dale.

Markus Zusak.  I Am the Messenger

This teen gem about an unambitious teenager whose life is suddenly turned upside down by anonymous messages has it all:  mystery, humor, romance, friendship. Meet Ed Kennedy--underage cab driver, pathetic card player, and useless at romance. He lives in a shack and he's hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That's when the first Ace arrives ... That's when Ed becomes the messenger.  Read by Marc Aden Gray.

Walter Dean Myers.  Jazz

From bebop to New Orleans, from ragtime to boogie--and every style in between--this collection of energetic poems, accompanied by bright and exhilarating paintings, celebrates different styles of the American art form, jazz.  Read by James "D-Train" Williams and Vaneese Thomas.

Susan Beth Pfeffer.  Life As We Knew It

Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.  Read by Emily Bauer.

Lilli Thal.  Mimus

An action and adventure novel set during a dark period of the Middle Ages. A war between kingdoms results in one king mired in treachery and imprisoned, while his son is forced to work with an unpredictable jester, Mimus.  Read by Maxwell Caulfield.

Catherine Gilbert Murdock.  The Off Season

High school junior D.J. staggers under the weight of caring for her badly injured brother, her responsibilities on the dairy farm, a changing relationship with her friend Brian, and her own athletic aspirations.  Read by Natalie Moore.

Roland Smith.  Peak

Nancy Werlin.  The Rules of Survival

Seventeen-year-old Matthew recounts his attempts, starting at a young age, to free himself and his sisters from the grip of their emotionally and physically abusive mother.  Read by Daniel Passer.

Alan Gratz.  Samurai Shortstop

While obtaining a Western education at a prestigious Japanese boarding school in 1890, sixteen-year-old Toyo also receives traditional samurai training which has profound effects on both his baseball game and his relationship with his father.  Read by Arthur Morey.

Derek Landy.  Skulduggery Pleasant

When twelve-year-old Stephanie Edgely inherits her weird uncle's estate, she must join forces with ace detective Skulduggery Pleasant, a walking, talking, fire-throwing skeleton mage, to save the world from the Faceless Ones.  Read by Rupert Degas.

Michelle Paver.  Soul Eater:  Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 3

When Wolf is taken by the Soul-Eaters, Torak must infiltrate their clan to bring him back.  Read by Ian McKellen.

Jay Asher.  Thirteen Reasons Why

When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.  Read by Debra Wiseman.

Robert Louis Stevenson.  Treasure Island

Terry Pratchett.  Wintersmith

When witch-in-training Tiffany Aching accidentally interrupts the Dance of the Seasons and awakens the interest of the elemental spirit of Winter, she requires the help of the six-inch-high, sword-wielding, sheep-stealing Wee Free Men to put the seasons aright.  Read by Stephen Briggs.

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