YA Fiction audiobooks

Samurai Summer

By: Åke Edwardson

Narrated by: Nick Podehl

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Looked at from the outside, the annual summer camp in the countryside seems idyllic. But for Kenny, a boy with a Samurai soul, it is no more than a prison camp, run by a sadistic woman who is sometimes helped by her salacious son, Christian. To escape the adults, Kenny and his “samurai” friends sneak out to the forest to build a secret castle.... Read more

Silent Harmony

By: Michele Scott

Narrated by: Amy McFadden

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Small town seventeen-year-old Vivienne Taylor is a talented equestrian with Olympic dreams and a little something extra going on—she is also an “equine empath,” someone who has the ability to read horses’ minds and moods. When she receives a full scholarship to attend Fairmont Riding Academy, a prep school with a famous riding program, she... Read more

You Know What You Have To Do

By: Bonnie Shimko

Narrated by: Cristina Panfilio

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

You do not kill a man in cold blood and then talk your way out of it. Other than her real name—Mary-Magdalene Feigenbaum—fifteen-year-old Maggie’s problems seem ordinary. She has tiffs with her too-critical mother, a crush on her cute psychologist, and worries that her only friend—fellow outcast Abigail—is morphing into a popular girl, leaving... Read more

The Edge of the Shadows

By: Elizabeth George

Narrated by: Amy McFadden

Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The much anticipated third installment of the Whidbey Island sagaWhidbey Island, a place of secrets and mystery, is home now for Becca King, still in hiding from her criminal stepfather. But Becca and her friends have new worries, as a series of fires are being set, the latest causing a fatality. Is one of the newcomers to blame? Perhaps it’s... Read more

The Living

By: Matt de la Pena

Narrated by: Henry Leyva

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Shy takes the summer job to make some money. A few months on a luxury cruise liner—how bad can it be? Bikinis, free food, maybe even a girl or two…every cruise has a fresh crop of passengers, after all. He’ll rake in the tips and be able to help his mom and sister out with the bills.But then, an earthquake more massive than any ever recorded... Read more

The Hunted

By: Matt de la Peña

Narrated by: Henry Leyva

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Newbery Medal-winning author Matt de la Peña’s The Hunted, the sequel to The Living, is a high-energy, action-packed survival story.“De la Peña has created a rare thing: a plot-driven YA with characters worthy of a John Green novel.” —Entertainment Weekly on The Living, A-For those left living, it’s kill or be killed. When Shy pulled himself... Read more

I Will Save You

By: Matt de la Pena

Narrated by: Henry Leyva

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Newbery Medal-winning author Matt de la Peña’s I Will Save You is a "heartwarming, root-for-the-underdog novel." [SLJ]Kidd is running from his past and his future. No mom, no dad, and there’s nothing for him at the group home but therapy. He doesn’t belong at the beach where he works either, unless he finds a reason to stay.Olivia is blond hair,... Read more

Mexican WhiteBoy

By: Matt de la Pena

Narrated by: Henry Leyva

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

“[A] first-rate exploration of self-identity.” —School Library JournalDanny’s tall and skinny. Even though he’s not built, his arms are long enough to give his pitch a power so fierce any college scout would sign him on the spot. Ninety-five-mile-an-hour fastball, but the boy’s not even on a team. Every time he gets up on the mound, he loses it.... Read more

We Were Here

By: Matt de la Pena

Narrated by: Henry Leyva

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Newbery Award-winning author Matt de la Peña's We Were Here is a "fast, funny, smart, and heartbreaking" novel [Booklist].When it happened, Miguel was sent to Juvi. The judge gave him a year in a group home—said he had to write in a journal so some counselor could try to figure out how he thinks. The judge had no idea that he actually did Miguel... Read more

Tabula Rasa

By: Kristen Lippert-Martin

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

The Bourne Identity meets Divergent in this action-packed debut thriller with a Katniss-esque heroine fighting to regain her memories and stay alive, set against a dystopian hospital background.Sarah starts a crazy battle for her life within the walls of her hospital-turned-prison when a procedure to eliminate her memory goes awry and she starts... Read more

I'm With Stupid

By: Geoff Herbach

Narrated by: Nick Podehl

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

“Deep, moving, LOL funny, and completely original.” – School Library Journal on Nothing SpecialFelton Reinstein has never been good with stress. Which is why he's seriously freaking out. Revealing his college choice on national TV? It's a heart attack waiting to happen. Deciding on a major for the next four years of his life? Ridiculous. He... Read more

Fat Boy vs. the Cheerleaders

By: Geoff Herbach

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

It's geeks versus jocks in an epic battle of the beverages!From "one of the most real, honest, and still funny male voices to come around in a while" (YALSA) comes a brand-new cast of quirky characters, pitting fat boy Gabe against the high school cheerleading team in a battle over control of the school's soda machine.The war is ON! Never have... Read more

To Be Perfectly Honest

By: Sonya Sones

Narrated by: Kate Rudd

Length: 4 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

My name is Colette.
This book is about me.Who am I?
To be perfectly honest,
I’m not exactly sure who I am.I guess you could say
I’m the fifteen-year-old daughter
of an annoyingly famous movie star.Or maybe
I’m the eighteen-year-old daughter
of a famous movie star’s stand-in.Or maybe
I’m the thousand-year-old daughter
of a vampire....Having trouble... Read more

Juvie

By: Steve Watkins

Narrated by: Whitney Dykhouse

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Heart-wrenching and real, Juvie is the story of two sisters grappling with sacrifice, accountability—and who’ll be there to help you up after you take the fall.Sadie Windas has always been the responsible one — she’s the star player on her AAU basketball team, she gets good grades, she dates a cute soccer player, and she tries to help out at... Read more

Foul Trouble

By: John Feinstein

Narrated by: John Feinstein

Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling sports writer John Feinstein exposes the big money and backroom deals that pervade college basketball recruiting in this fast-break novel.Terrell Jamerson is the number one high school basketball player in the country. His team is poised to win the states. He’s got top colleges lined up to offer him scholarships, and press coverage... Read more

Fractured

By: Sarah Fine

Narrated by: Amy McFadden

Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Book Two in the Guards of the Shadowlands seriesIn the week since Lela returned to Rhode Island as Captain of the Guard with Malachi as her second in command, local news has been dominated by chilling sightings of human-like creatures running on all fours. Lela knows there’s only one explanation: the Mazikin have arrived in the land of the... Read more

In the Band

By: Jean Haus

Narrated by: Kate Rudd & Luke Daniels

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Eighteen-year-old Riley Middleton should be far away from home, about to start her freshman year of college on a full-ride scholarship she earned with her unmatched skills on the drums. But instead of marching-band practice and dorm life, Riley is stuck at home—her family needs her. In an effort to help her regain her rhythm, Riley’s best... Read more

Ink My Heart

By: Jean Haus

Narrated by: Nick Podehl & Amy McFadden

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Even if he wasn’t the lead singer of the insanely popular college band Luminescent Juliet, Justin Noel wouldn’t have to work at picking up women. It only takes one flash of his dimples to make ladies swoon. And they do—nightly. Which is perfect because Justin doesn’t have any interest in a relationship that might last longer than sunrise.For... Read more

Into That Forest

By: Louis Nowra

Narrated by: Lisbeth Kennelly

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Two girls.
Two tigers.
Four years in the wild.Two girls survive a terrible flood in the Tasmanian bush and are rescued by a pair of Tasmanian tigers who raise them in the wild. Their story of survival is remarkable, as they adapt to the life of the tiger, learning to hunt and to communicate without the use of human language. When they are... Read more

The Meme Plague

By: Angie Smibert

Narrated by: Amy McFadden & Alexander Cendese

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

You, my friend, have been hacked.It begins with the name JONAS W. on the side of a cardboard coffin—right before the funeral procession blows up. Then it’s the whisper in the back of Micah’s head: Your father betrayed his country. You can’t always trust your own brain. Not when you have one of the mayor’s mandatory chips in your skull. Micah... Read more

Not Your Ordinary Wolf Girl

By: Emily Pohl-Weary

Narrated by: Kate Rudd

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

"An absolutely fabulous new young adult novel.… The story is fast and superbly told, and the characters are likable and believable." —Cory Doctorow, New York Times bestselling author of Little BrotherSometimes Living in the Big Apple Really Bites!Eighteen-year-old rock star Sam Lee isn’t like other girls. She’s the super-talented bass player and... Read more

Skin

By: Donna Jo Napoli

Narrated by: Whitney Dykhouse

Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

My lips are white. Sixteen-year-old Sep stares into the bathroom mirror on the first day of school. It’s not some weird lipstick (she never wears lipstick), she didn’t bump her lips or chew on ice. Her lips are just—white. In a panic, she digs up an old lipstick and smears it on her colorless lips. But soon, more and more white spots begin to... Read more

Under the Empyrean Sky

By: Chuck Wendig

Narrated by: Nick Podehl

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Corn is king in the Heartland, and Cael McAvoy has had enough of it.It’s the only crop the Empyrean government allows the people of the Heartland to grow—and the genetically modified strain is so aggressive that it takes everything the Heartlanders have just to control it.As captain of the Big Sky Scavengers, Cael and his crew sail their rickety... Read more

World After

By: Susan Ee

Narrated by: Caitlin Davies

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

In this sequel to the bestselling fantasy thriller, Angelfall, the survivors of the angel apocalypse begin to scrape back together what's left of the modern world. When a group of people capture Penryn's sister Paige, thinking she's a monster, the situation ends in a massacre. Paige disappears. Humans are terrified. Mom is heartbroken. Penryn... Read more