With his shaved head and begging bowl the new kid is an automatic target for the bully boys of Edward Rucher High, an easy mark for their casual cruelty.
Watching this, Justin would gladly stay as far from the newcomer as possible, until their economics teacher pairs them for a project and he finds himself becoming fascinated by the kid the others mock as "Buddha Boy". The thing is, friendship with an outcast always carries a price, and soon Justin must decide if he can stay silent in the face of what he knows.
A scorching portrait of contemporary high school life, featuring a character listeners will never forget.
New territory brings new troubles for the fierce cats of the warrior Clans, who are still uncovering the secrets of their new home around the lake....
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With a bit of last summer's sand in the pockets, the Traveling Pants and the Sisterhood that wears them embark on their 16th summer....
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Mattie Gokey has a word for everything. She collects words, stores them up as a way of fending off the hard truths of her life, the truths that she can't write down in stories.
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High school senior Tyler Miller used to be the kind of guy who faded into the background: average student, average looks, average dysfunctional family....
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A comet has just missed the Earth, leaving London in chaos and the people fearing an apocalypse. Tersias, a blind boy oracle, predicted the comet and sees visions through the darkness....
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When Eddie 'Dipper' Hopkins steals George Archer's wallet, he has no idea that he is about to enter a dark world of graverobbing, assassins and zombies....
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Boy has survived the terrors of life with the magician Valerian, dark magic, and deadly chases, but he is still on the run....
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High school freshman Scott Hudson is sideswiped by the unexpected news that his mother is about to have another baby....
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Thirteenyearold Steven has totally normal life. But when his fiveyearold brother, Jeffrey, is diagnosed with leukemia, Steven's world is turned upside down....
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Nancy Drew arrives in Phoenix, Arizona, eagerly looking forward to a funfilled vacation at Shadow Ranch, but abruptly finds herself involved in a baffling mystery....
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One Friday night, Emma, Anna, and Mariah, three best friends, are out doing something they shouldn't. They make up a story so they won't get into trouble at home. It seems like the easy way out....
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It is the dawn of the 18th century, when girls stay home and sew while men sail the high seas finding adventure, danger, and gold....
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It's 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16yearold Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England....
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Shocking his stodgy colleagues at the exclusive Reform Club, enigmatic Englishman Phileas Fogg wagers his fortune, undertaking an extraordinary enterprise to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days....
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Why I Recommend
Audible by Alan Twigg
Audible (an Amazon.com company) is the world's leading online
audio-book provider. Audible is responsible for supplying audio
content to Apple's ITunes service. I have been listening,
enjoying and creating audio books for many years. With
the arrival of the internet and portable digital devices,
audio-books began to become availalbe for download.
Having tried most of
the other download services myself, I finally came to
the conclusion that Audible offers the best and most
reliable service. Whether you are using an IPod, IPhone,
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availalbe, Audilbe makes downloading great quality audio
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offer, you can download any audiobook of your
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certainly the title on this
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This link will take you to Audible...
All about Audiobooks and how they can make your life more
enjoyable.
Books in audio format are a fantastic alternative to reading.
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Here at Playtime Books we offer lots unabridged talking
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