2008 Award Audio Book:

JAZZ (Book and Audio)
by Walter Dean Myers
Original music enhances each poem performed by James “D-Train” Williams and Vaneese Thomas in Walter Dean Myers’ rhythmic tribute to jazz.

2008 Honor Audio Books:

DOOBY DOOBY MOO (Book and Audio)
by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
Music and barnyard chatter enhance Randy Travis’ performance of Cronin’s comic tale of talented farm animals gone wild.

SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT
by Derek Landy
Rupert Degas fleshes out a cast of characters including a “tweenage” girl, nefarious villains and a skeleton detective. Music and sound effects mirror the mood of this bone-rattling mystery. Place a hold on the book.

BLOODY JACK: BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE CURIOUS ADVENTURES OF MARY "JACKY" FABER, SHIP'S BOY (Audio)
by L. A. Meyer
Katherine Kellgren’s vocal athleticism takes listeners from the filthy streets of eighteenth century London to the high seas in Meyer’s fast-paced novel about a girl who stows away as a cabin boy. Place a hold on the book.

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (Audio)
by J.K. Rowling
Jim Dale masters and maintains voices for all genders, ages, species and emotions created by author J.K. Rowling in this final Harry Potter adventure. Place a hold on the book.

TREASURE ISLAND (Audio eBook)
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Stevenson’s pirate classic elegantly unfolds as Alfred Molina’s panoply of accents and the soundscape of the sea place listeners aboard the Hispaniola. Place a hold on the book.

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